Heu primus quis fuit ille
Auri qui pondera tecti
Gemmasque latere volentes
Pretiosa pericula fodit?
Heu quis fuit ille . qui primus fodit pondera tecti auri . gemmasque uolentes latere . pretiosa pericula.
Áh ze sêre . uuér uuás îo dáz . tér êresto grûob ûzer érdo . góld . únde gímma . fréisige tíuredâ . tîe nóh kérno ínne lâgîn . úbe sie mûosîn.
Ha las ! qui fu cil qui premier trest et deffoi les massez d’or couvert souz la terre et les pierres precieusez qui se vouloient repondre ? Cist traist et deffoi aus hommes perilz precieus.
Allas! what was he that first dalf up the gobetes or the weightes of gold covered under erthe, and the precious stones that wolden han ben hid? He dalf up precious perils. That is to seyn, that he that hem first up dalf, hedalf up a precious peril; for-why for the preciousnesse of swichethinge , hath many manbenin peril.
O who the first man was
of hiden Gold the waight
Or Gemmes that willing lurkt
The deare danger digd?
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