For þe best þu shalt hyt fynde;
For, as þe wyse man sayth and preuyth,
A leve chyld, lore he be-houyth;
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And as men sayth þat ben leryd, [folio 175b]
He hatyth þe chyld þat sparyth þe rodde;
And as þe wyse man sayth yn his boke
Off prouerbis and wysedomes, ho wol loke,
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"As a sharppe spore makyth an hors to renne
Vnder a man that shold werre wynne,
Ryȝt so a ȝerde may make a chyld
To lerne welle hys lesson, and to be myld."
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Lo, chyldryn, here may ȝe al here and se
How al chyldryn chastyd shold be;
And þerfor, chyldere, loke þat ye do well,
And no harde betyng shall ye be-falle:
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Thys may ȝe al be ryght gode men.
God graunt yow grace so to preferue yow.
Amen!
Symon.
