Consider, Sirs, how that in each estate Betwixtë men and gold there is debate, So farforth that unnethës is there none. 4875 This multiplying blint 4876 so many a one, That in good faith I trowë that it be The causë greatest of such scarcity. These philosóphers speak so mistily In this craft, that men cannot come thereby, For any wit that men have how-a-days. They may well chatter, as do thesë jays, And in their termës set their lust and pain, 4877 But to their purpose shall they ne’er attain. A man may lightly 4878 learn, if he have aught, To multiply, and bring his good to naught. Lo, such a lucre 4879 is in this lusty 4880