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[A]Nother ensample I will tell yow, of the wyse Cathon, by whos wysedome was all the Cyte of Rome gouerned. He made & wrote many fayr auctorytees, the whiche yet as now make grete memore of hym. This Cathon had a sone,
and as he was in the bedde of his deth, he callyd̛ his sone to hym, the whiche had̛ to name Cathonet, and sayd̛ to hym, "Fayre sone, I haue longe lyned̛ in this world̛, whiche is moche hard̛ to knowe, and̛ moche merueyllous, and̛ alwey shall wexe wors, as I trowe; wherfore I wold̛ and̛ desyre moche that your gouernement and̛ maner of lyuynge shold̛ be good, to the worship of yow and̛ of all your frendes. I haue take therore to yow by wrytynge many enseygnementes, the whiche shalle prouffyte to you herafter, yf ye therto wylle sette your herte, and̛ haue them in youre memorye. Neuertheles, I haue bethought in my self to telle and̛ gyue yow other thre er I deye; wherfore I praye yow that euer ye wyll haue them in your memorye.