hys werkes shall[e] his name co_n_veye & bere
Abowte _th_e world almoste eternelly. 396
lete his own_e_ werk_is_ p_ra_yse hy_m_, & magnyfye;
I dare not p_ra_yse, leest for fere I offende;
My langage shuld rather_e_ apayer_e_ tha_n_ amend.

¶ Loo, my child, this faders avncyente
Repen _th_e fyldes ffresshe of fulsomnes; 401
_th_e flowres fresshe thei gadered vp, & hente.
Off syluer langage _th_e greate ryches
who will[e] yt haue, my child, dowtles 404
Muste of the_m_ bege: ther_e_ ys no more to saye,
ffor of owr_e_ tonge _the_i were both loke & keye;

¶ Ther ca_n_ no ma_n_ _ther_ werkes dysteyne:
The enbamed tonge & avreat sentence, 408
Me_n_ gete yt now by ca_n_telmele, & glene
here & ther_e_ by besy delygence,
& fayne wold reche _ther_ crafte of eloqvence;
& by _the_ gleyne ytt ys full[e] ofte sene 412
In whose fylde the gleners haue bene.



CAXTON'S TEXT.

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But his werkis / his laude / must nede co_n_q_ue_re
[Sidenote: His works]