The Babees Book

"And loke þou paye weel þat þou doost owe, And bi oþir richesse sette no greet price, For deeþ wole take boþe hiȝe and lowe, And þan fare-weel al þat þere is."

"Sonne, sette not bi þis worldis weele, For it fariþ but as a cherie faire."