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flesh of the industrious , but though their «. and flesh are comfort- 

 able, their stomachs and mouths are often very uncomfo table Some 

 tim s the mouth of the lazy man eats, and his stomach » sat.fied 

 Z often Ws^h^.ot^gWea^^.t^ie*^ 

 distress; and this is because hedoesnot work w.th his hand j Chmhen 

 and grandchildren, do not become imitators of people l.ke these 



Help the ^-.-Children and grandchildren, work, every one o 

 yofanfle" prepared for a time of famine. Then, when a Ume o 

 car ityorfamJcomes, let not the rich, and those ***£* 

 the rice and paddy, reject the poor who have nothmg ; tha ~ 



not lose your honour, and be abused ; but that you may be honou d 

 and respected. When hard times come and there „ famine in yo 

 midst, let the wealthy help those who have nothmg w,th winch to 



Tmv and cannot borrow. 



WiJou. ani 0^^,-Children and grandchildren, do no forsak 

 the widows and orphans. You must take care of the widows and 

 orphans, yon must look after those who have nothmg all that can 

 neither buy nor borrow ; that the poor, the widows and the orphans 

 ma y not die of hunger nor become slaves Then , will be , mused 

 abroad in other lands, that on your streams, m your land the.e are 



n ny wealthy men, and many elders ; and that they take care of the 

 poor, and the widows and the orphans, and that there none die of 

 Ln^er, or become slaves among them. When you are thus prated 



nonewill dare to speak evil of you; and you will become powerful, 



and be honoured. „!,„„,. 



But if you do not work, yon will have nothmg and come to hame 

 because you have nothing. And if you have property, but do not 

 look after each other ; if you are covetous, and do not give compas- 

 sionately, you will come to shame on that account. 



men famine comes among yon, if you do not look after the poor, 

 and the widows and the orphans ; if you do not take care of those 

 w bo have nothing, they will die of hunger or become slaves. Then 

 the inhabitants of other countries will hear and say : << We hear tha 

 in that country the poor, and the widows and the orphans becomj 

 sH ves or die of starvation .» Then the inhabitants of other count >e 

 11 abuse you, and speak evil of you and say, "The people of that 

 ar all tbchildL of poverty. There are no rich men among 



