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hastifz. Les ungs sont hardiz. les aultres sont couars. Les
ungs sont boiteux. les aultres sont boniz. Et les aultres
sont bien fourmez en tous endroitz. ung grant homme
est souvent mal fait et ung petit est bien fait et bien
advenant. Car il na membre qui ne soit a sa droitte tail
le dautant comme il appartient a son corps. ung bel en
fant souvent a croistre devient lait. Lun voeult avoir
moult de ses volentez et laultre en appete pau. Chascun
a son talent et son appetit. ung petit homme engendre
souvent ung grant. et ung bien grant souvent ung petit
ung petit homme emprend souventeffoiz une grande cho
se a fair que nulz bien grans ne voeuldroient entrepren
dre. Les ungs meurent tost. les aultres tard. Et les aultres
vivent tant que viellesse les fait habandonner che siecle
selon che que nature leur dure par la volente de dieu. Len
voit aussi bien souvent entre les hommes que les ungs
entendent a clergie et les aultres sont adonnez a aultre
stille de science comme de carpentier de machon de marescal
out de quelque aultre mestier ou il emploie son temps
Car chascun se adonne volentiers ad che ou son entende
ment est enclin. Et a aultre mestier ou science que

hasty. Some are brave, others are cowards.
Some are lame, others are hardy -- well-formed in every
respect. A big man is often poorly made, and a small
one is well-made and good looking. For every part of
him is the right size in relation to his body. A beautiful
child often becomes ugly when he grows up. One person
wants to have a lot while another asks for little. Each
has his talent and his desires. A small man will often
father a big man, and a big man will father a small one.
A small man frequently takes on a great task which no
big men are willing to do. Some die early, others late.
And some live long enough that in old age they abandon
the world for as long as nature remains to them,
by the will of God. One also often sees, comparing men,
that some are inclined to scholarship whereas
others give themselves to another kind of knowledge,
becoming a carpenter, a mason, a smith, or taking on
some other profession where they spend their time.
For each one devotes himself voluntarily where
his understanding draws him, and
to some profession or science, to which

hastifz. Les ungs sont hardiz. les aultres sont couars. Les
ungs sont boiteux. les aultres sont boniz. Et les aultres
sont bien fourmez en tous endroitz. ung grant homme
est souvent mal fait et ung petit est bien fait et bien
advenant. Car il na membre qui ne soit a sa droitte tail
le dautant comme il appartient a son corps. ung bel en
fant souvent a croistre devient lait. Lun voeult avoir
moult de ses volentez et laultre en appete pau. Chascun
a son talent et son appetit. ung petit homme engendre
souvent ung grant. et ung bien grant souvent ung petit
ung petit homme emprend souventeffoiz une grande cho
se a fair que nulz bien grans ne voeuldroient entrepren
dre. Les ungs meurent tost. les aultres tard. Et les aultres
vivent tant que viellesse les fait habandonner che siecle
selon che que nature leur dure par la volente de dieu. Len
voit aussi bien souvent entre les hommes que les ungs
entendent a clergie et les aultres sont adonnez a aultre
stille de science comme de carpentier de machon de marescal
out de quelque aultre mestier ou il emploie son temps
Car chascun se adonne volentiers ad che ou son entende
ment est enclin. Et a aultre mestier ou science que

hasty. Some are brave, others are cowards.
Some are lame, others are hardy -- well-formed in every
respect. A big man is often poorly made, and a small
one is well-made and good looking. For every part of
him is the right size in relation to his body. A beautiful
child often becomes ugly when he grows up. One person
wants to have a lot while another asks for little. Each
has his talent and his desires. A small man will often
father a big man, and a big man will father a small one.
A small man frequently takes on a great task which no
big men are willing to do. Some die early, others late.
And some live long enough that in old age they abandon
the world for as long as nature remains to them,
by the will of God. One also often sees, comparing men,
that some are inclined to scholarship whereas
others give themselves to another kind of knowledge,
becoming a carpenter, a mason, a smith, or taking on
some other profession where they spend their time.
For each one devotes himself voluntarily where
his understanding draws him, and not
to a different profession or science, to which