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The man that will nocht quhen he may
Sall haif nocht quhen he wald.

— Robert Henryson

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In breif Sermone ane pregnant sentence wryte.

Quha hes aneuch, of na mair hes he neid.

Nocht is your fairnes bot ane faiding flour,
Nocht is your famous laud and hie honour
Bot wind Inflat in uther mennis eiris.

Best thing in eird, thairfoir, I say, for me,
Is blyithnes in hart, with small possessioun.

The nuttes schell, thocht it be hard and teuch,
Haldis the kirnill, and is delectabill.
Sa lyis thair ane doctrine wyse aneuch,
And full of fruit, under ane fenyeit Fabill.

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