Suche reportes alwaye, my child, eschewe,
As may of olde frend_is_ make enmyes newe.

¶ Avyse you well[e] wha_n_ ye take yo_u_r dysporte,
honeste games _th_at ye hawnt & vse; 296
& suche as bene of vyleyns report,
I cownsell[e] you, my child, _tha_t ye refuse;
ffor truste ye well[e] ye shall[e] you not excuse
ffro_m_ brecheles feste, & I may you espye 300
Playenge at any game of rebawdrye.

¶ Ytt ys to a goodly child well[e] syttyng
To vse dysportes of myrth & plesavnce,
to harpe, to lute, or lustyly to synge, 304
Or i_n_ the prees right manerly to davnce.
wha_n_ me_n_ se a child of suche governavnce,
_the_i saye, 'glade may _th_is child_is_ frendys be
To haue a child so manerly as ys he.' 308



CAXTON'S TEXT.

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But beware my child_e_ / also of rehersayll_e_
[Sidenote: Don't repeat what you hear at table.]
Of maters / whiche ben atte table meuid_e_
It greuith ofte / and_e_ doth men disauayle 290
Ful many a man / þ^t vice hath myscheuid_e_