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what_o his_o fortune_n be_v his_o honest_a name_n respect_n 16._o make_v use_n of_o wealth_n and_o scorn_v the_o name_n of_o niggard_n evermore_o what_o good_a do_v riches_n to_o though_o man_n that_o starve_v in_o midst_n of_o store_n 17._o if_o thou_o desire_v in_o life_n and_o death_n a_o good_a report_n to_o find_v all_o earthly_a pleasure_n vain_a and_o vile_a abandon_v from_o thy_o mind_n 18._o deride_v not_o age_n dull_a conceit_n in_o thing_n to_o thou_o more_o plain_a for_o whoso_o live_v till_o he_o be_v old_a shall_v wax_v a_o child_n again_o 19_o learn_v something_o and_o if_o sudden_o thy_o substance_n shall_v decay_v thy_o skill_n remain_v may_v relieve_v thy_o want_n another_o way_n 20._o observe_v with_o silence_n whereunto_o each_o one_o discourse_n do_v tend_v for_o speech_n man_n manner_n do_v cnoceal_v and_o utter_v in_o the_o end_n 21._o though_o learned_a yet_o thy_o study_n grave_a by_o no_o mean_n intermit_v as_o labour_n keep_v the_o hand_n in_o use_n so_o 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