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Caxton's Book of Curtesye by Unknown
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The_n_ all[e] _th_e day the bett_er_ shall ye spede. 28

ΒΆ And while ye dresse yo_u_r selfe, honestly
To dresse yo_u_r selfe & do on yo_u_r araye,
w_i_t_h_ yo_u_r felowe well[e] & tretably
Owr_e_ lady matens loke _tha_t you say; 32
And this obs_er_vance vse ye eu_er_y day,
w_i_t_h_ pryme & owers w_i_t_h_-owt drede.
_th_e blessyd lady will quyte you yo_u_r mede.


CAXTON'S TEXT.

[3]

Take hede therfore / and herkne what I saye
[Sidenote: Attend therefore to what I say.]
And_e_ gyue therto / your good_e_ aduertence
Lete not your ere be here & your herte awaye 17
But put ye therto / besy diligence
Leyng_e_ aparte al wantown Insolence
Lerneth to be vertuous / and wel thewed_e_
[Sidenote: Learn good manners.]
Who wil not lerne / nedely he must be lewed 21

[4]

[Sidenote: Leaf 1 b.]

Afore alle thing_e_ / and_e_ principally
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