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Then he went forth from the house meaner and meeker than a donkey, for verily five things were gathered together in him viz.: love, beggary, hunger, nakedness and hard labour.

The Barber's Tale of his First Brother. 1001 Nights, translated by Burton.
http://www.wollamshram.ca/1001/Vol_1/vol1.htm