Caxton's Book of Curtesye by Unknown
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page 30 of 111 (27%)
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Rewarde all-way the loke and countenaunce
Of your_e_ master, or of your_e_ souereine, Ther shall ye best preue what is plesaunce, 129 And what displesaunce; this is the soth serteyne, The chere discureth often tyme both twayne, And eke the chere may some tyme you addresse In thyng that langage may not þan expresse. 133 [20] And what ye here there, loke ye kepe hit secre, Besy report of mystrust is cheff norice; Mekell langage may not all fautles be; 136 Than doth, my childe, as teicheth you the wyse, Whiche vnto you this wysdome dothe devise, 'Here and see, be still in euery prees,[1] [Sidenote 1: MS. 'in euery place and in prees.' _Place_ was to have been the last word; _and in prees_ was carelessly _added_, instead of striking out _place_.--Sk.] Passe forth your_e_ way in silence and in pees.' [Sidenote: _Hill's Text._] ¶ As ye be co_m_avnded, so do ye algate; 120 be not cavseles fro _th_e table absente; yt ys a grete pleasure to _th_e high estate[1] [Sidenote 1: noble, lord.] To se his s_er_vaunttes abowte hy_m_ presente. havnte no halke, for the_n_ ye will[e] be shente; 124 |
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