Caxton's Book of Curtesye by Unknown
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Kembe your hede / & loke ye kepe it clene [Sidenote: Comb your head;] Your eres tweyne / suffre not fowl to be [Sidenote: clean your ears] In your visage / wayte no spot be sene 38 Purge your nose / lete noman in it see [Sidenote: and nose;] The vile mater / it is none honeste Ne with your bare honde / no filth fro it fecche [Sidenote: don't pick it.] For that is fowl / and an vncurtoys teche 42 [7] [Sidenote: Leaf 2 a.] Your hondes wesshe / it is an holsom thing_e_ Your naylis loke / they be not gety blacke Ne suffre not hem / to be ou_er_ longe growyng 45 [Sidenote: Wash your hands; don't keep your nails jet-black or too long.] To your araye / I warne you good hede take That manerly ye fytte it vp and make [Sidenote: Wear fit clothes, that fit well] Your hood_e_. gowne. hosyn / & eke your sho With al your aray longyng your body to 49 [8] |
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