100 — ¶ Husbandly Posies for the Hall
1
Friend, here I dwell, and here I haue a little worldly pelfe,
Which on my friend I kéepe to spend, as well as on my selfe.
2
What euer fare you hap to finde, take welcome for the best,
That hauing then disdaine thou not, for wanting of the rest.
3
BackbitingE475 talk that flattering blabs know wily how to blenge,
The wise doth note, the friendE476 doth hate, the enmie will reuenge.
4
The wise will spend or giue or lend, yet kéepe to haue in store,
If fooles may haue from hand to mouth, they passe vpon no more.
5
Where ease is sought, at length we sée, there plentie waxeth scant,
Who careles liues go borow must, or else full often want.
6
The world doth think the welthy man is he that least shall néed,
But true it is the godlie1 man is he that best shall spéed.
Notes
1 Cf. ante, ch. 72, st. 2.