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he oughte to be tryſt and ſorowful / as many foles done / whiche make Joye of theyr vyces and euyll dedes / for a moche fole were the theef whiche that men ledde for to be hanged / and that he had a cord of gold aboute his neck / yf he ſhold make Joye therof / how be hit that the corde were moche ryche and fayre