"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."
— The Babees Book

January 1, 1970

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And look you pay well what you owe, and set no great store by other riches, for death takes both high and low, and then — farewell, all that there is!