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18 For why death hast(en)eth of (or from) sorrow, and covereth virtue (or strength); and the sorrow of heart boweth the head. [Of sorrowy sloth forsooth hieth death, and covereth virtue; and sorrowy sloth of heart boweth the noll.]

19 Sorrow dwelleth in leading away; and the chattel of a needy man is after his heart. [In leading away dwelleth still sorrowy sloth; and the substance of the helpless after the heart of him.]

20 Give thou not thine heart in sorrow [or in sorrowy sloth], but put it away from thee; and have thou mind on the last things,

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