These Also are Triads
Three noble poetic arts are:
the singing of verse
the playing of a harp.
and the telling of stories.
Three things that engender great harm upon a man:
wickedness
and a bad temper
and gluttony
Three customs that cuase harm:
gluttony
and fighting
and fickleness
Three things that men cannot have a surfeit of:
life
and health
and worldly wealth.
Three blessings that will not lead a man to famine or to nakedness if he receives them:
the blessing of the priest at mass
the blessings of the Lord on a sinner
and the blessing of a musician from string music
Three blessings that are better than these ones:
the mother's blessing
and that from the father
and that of the wretched
Three sources of prosperity for a man:
ploughing the lands of his forefathers
and finely-countering an argument
and requiring his children to be noble.
Three things that lead to the completion of a man:
going to battle
and the throne of debate
prosperity comes from seeking wealth. A talent is its obtaining
Blessed is it to maintain this after its its gaining.
Three things that cannot be done unless one is wise or blessed:
Taking leave of frivolity in a timely fashion
and [the same] for adultery
and for excessive drunkenness
Those things a man would choose:
that his steed was large
and his greyhound swift
and his land generous
and his lord generous
and his wife constantly chaste
and his companion not deceitful
and his bed comfortable
and his servant fleet of foot
Three easy paths:
mass
and dinner
and a good companion
Three difficult paths
cries
and bad weather
and persecution
Three conflicts in peace
poor land
a troublesome wife
and a bad lord
Three sustenances for a man:
hunting
and exchanging
and ploughing
Three blessed virtues:
being good in serving others
and in his temperament
and his keeping of secrets
and these are only found in the religious and the noble.
Three things which it is right to thank a man [for]:
an invitation
a warning
and a gift
Three men of whom it is right to be good unto:
a widow(er)
and an exile
and an orphan
Three men of whom it is right to give them food:
a traveller
a hermit
and an acrobat
Three beloved foes of man:
fire
and water
and a lord
Three things that raise a man up.
an ever-chaste wife
and a firm non-interfering⁂ lord
and constant peace
Three things that degrade a man:
poor land
and a faithless wife
and a bad lord
Three inequalities are:
desire for riches
and loving
and mortality
Three great things are:
the ocean
and a lord
and a city
Three common things are:
a woman
the surface of a tallfwrdd board
and a harp
Three things that cannot be done without no matter how much damage they do:
fire
and water
and a lord
Three things that befall a person unbeknownst to them
sleep
and old age
and sin.
Three martyrdoms without slaying a man:
generosity in poverty
and loyalty in yourth
and false-maintenance without wealth.
Three sweet things are:
to fail
and to thrive
and to sin.
Three meanings there are to hustyng (to whisper):
posessing.
and deception
and bashfulness
Three certain things are:
a lord
and worth
and the void.
Three things hateful to the wise men of Rome:
a laggardly greyhound
a mirthless bard
an ugly, faithless woman
And they also loathe:
a tuneless musician
a woman who is jealous
a laggardly delayed-price steed
And they also loathe:
A short-lived sow
and a dead steed
and a proud he-cub
and a small pregnant hag
Three things that are hateful to Gwilym the Tall:
the carpenter of Hopkyn son of Thomas.
the Sunday mass.
and argument
and the market
He also hates:
taverns
and music
and relics
Three men who are hateful to him:
priests
and poets
and minstrels.
