Caxton's Book of Curtesye by Unknown
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page 27 of 111 (24%)
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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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