Of Content

Quho thinkis that he hes sufficence
Of gudis hes no indigence,
Thocht he have nowder land nor rent,
Grit mycht nor hie magnificence,
He hes anewch that is content.

Quho had all riches unto Ynd
And wer not satefeit in mynd,
With povertie I hald him schent -
Of covatyce sic is the kynd.
He hes anewch that is content.

Thairfor I pray yow, bredir deir,
Not to delyt in daynteis seir;
Thank God of it is to thee sent,
And of it glaidlie mak gud cheir.
Anewch he hes that is content.

Defy the warld, feynyeit and fals,
Withe gall in hart and hunyit hals;
Quha maist it servis maist sall repent:
Of quhais subchettis sour is the sals.
He hes anewch that is content.

Giff thow hes mycht, be gentill and fre,
And gif thow standis in povertie,
Of thine awin will to it consent,
And riches sall returne to thee.
He hes aneuch that is content.

And ye and I, my bredir all,
That in this lyfe hes lordschip small,
Lat langour not in us imprent;
Gif we not clym, we tak no fall.
He hes aneuch that is content.

For quho in warld moist covatus is
In warld is purast man, iwis,
And moist nedy of his intent;
For of all gudis nothing he hes,
That of nothing can be content.

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