Caxton's Book of Curtesye by Unknown
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Kepe you clene / and lose not your gere And or ye passe / out of your loggyng_e_ Euery garment / that ye shal on were 52 Awayte wel / that it be so syttyng_e_ As to your degre / semeth accordyng_e_ [Sidenote: and suit your station;] The_n_ne wil men saye / forsoth this childe is he [Sidenote: the men will praise you.] That is wel taught / and louyth honeste 56 * * * * * THE ORIEL TEXT. [12] Avise you well Also for eny thyng, The schirche of prayer is the house and place, Be ware ther_e_-for_e_ of clappe or Ianglyng, 80 For in the schirche that is full gret trysspace, And A token of hem that lacken grace; Ther beth demur_e_ and kepeth your_e_ sylence, And serueth god wyth all your_e_ deligence. 84 [13] To helpe the prest whan he shall sey the masse, Whan hit shall happen you or be-tyde, Remeue not ferr_e_ ne from his p_re_sence passe, 87 |
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