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146.Better no prayer than too big an offering,
By thy getting measure thy gift;
Better is none than too big a sacrifice,
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So Thund of old wrote ere man's race began,
Where he rose on high when home he came.
147.The songs I know that king's wives know not,
Nor men that are sons of men;
The first is called help, and help it can bring thee
In sorrow and pain and sickness.
148.A second I know, that men shall need
Who leechcraft long to use;
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