CAXTON'S TEXT.

[3]

Take hede therfore / and herkne what I saye

[Sidenote: Attend therefore to what I say.]

And_e_ gyue therto / your good_e_ aduertence

Lete not your ere be here & your herte awaye 17

But put ye therto / besy diligence

Leyng_e_ aparte al wantown Insolence

Lerneth to be vertuous / and wel thewed_e_

[Sidenote: Learn good manners.]

Who wil not lerne / nedely he must be lewed 21

[4]

[Sidenote: Leaf 1 b.]

Afore alle thing_e_ / and_e_ principally

In the morenyng_e_ / whan ye vp rise

[Sidenote: On rising,]

To worshipe god_e_ / haue in memorie 24

With crystes crosse / loke ye blesse you thrise

[Sidenote: cross yourself,]

Your pater noster / saye in deuoute wyse

[Sidenote: say your Pater Noster, Ave, and Creed.]

Aue maria / with the holy crede

Thenne alle the day / the better shal ye spede 28

[5]

And while that ye be aboute honestly

To dresse your self / & do o[=n] your araye

[Sidenote: While dressing,]

With your felawe / wel and tretably 31

Oure lady matyns / loke that ye saye

[Sidenote: say our Lady's Matins,]

And_e_ this obserua[=n]ce / vse ye every daye

With pryme and ouris / withouten drede

[Sidenote: Prime, and Hours.]

The blessid_e_ lady / wil quyte you your mede 35

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