Caxton's Book of Curtesye by Unknown
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Kneleth or stondeth deuoutly hym be-syde,
And not to nyghe; your_e_ tounge mooste be applied To Answere hym wyth[1] v[o]ice full moderate; [Sidenote 1: MS. wyth hym wyth.] Avyse you well, my lityll childe, Algate 91 [14] To mynystre wyth de-voute Reuerence, Loke that ye do your_e_ humble obseruaunce Debonarly wyth [dewe] obideence, 94 Cyrcum-spectly, wyth eu_er_[y] circumstaunce Of porte, of chere, demevir_e_ of countenaunce, Remembryng, the lord aboue is he Whom to serue is grettest liberte. 98 [Sidenote: _Hill's Text._] ¶ Avyce you well[e] also for any thynge, The chyrche, of p_ra_yer ys howse & place; be ware _ther_for of clappe or Iangelynge, 80 ffor i_n_ the chyrche yt ys a full[e] gret trespas, & a token of suche as lacketh g_ra_ce. Ther be ye demvre, & kepe ye scilence, And s_er_ve ye god w_i_t_h_ all yo_u_r delygence. 84 [Sidenote: ffl C lxj.] ¶ To helpe _th_e P_re_est wha_n_ he sayth masse, |
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