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Caxton's Book of Curtesye by Unknown
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That no defaute in you may founde be;
Loke who doth best and hym envyeth ye,
And specially vseth attendaunce,
Whiche is to souereyne thyng of gret plesaunce. 119


[Sidenote: _Hill's Text._]

¶ And wha_n_ ye speke, loke me_n_ in _th_e face
w_i_t_h_ sobre chere & goodly semblavnce; 100
Caste not eye a-side in no other_e_ place,
ffor _tha_t ys a token of a wanton constavnce
which will[e] apayre yo_ur_ name, & dysavance.
The wyse ma_n_ sayth, 'who hath these thy_ngis_ iij, 104
ys not lyke a good man for to be:'

¶ 'In herte,' he sayth, 'who _tha_t ys Inco_n_stavnte,
A waverynge eye, glydyng sodenly
ffro place to place, & a foote varyavnte 108
that in no place a-bydyth stabli,
'Thyse bene _th_e thyng_is_,' _th_e wysma_n_ sayth sekerly,
'Off suche a wayghte _tha_t be vnmanerly nyce,
& be full[e] lykely dysposed vnto vyce.' 112

¶ Awayte, my chyld, wha_n_ ye stonde at table,
Off mayster or soverayne whe_ther_ yt be,
Applye you for to be servysable
That no defawte in you fownden be; 116
loke who dothe best, & hym folow ye,
& in especyall[e] vse ye attendavnce
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