Three prose versions of the Secreta Secretorum / edited with an introduction and notes by Robert Steele and a glossary by T. Henderson
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Three prose versions of the Secreta Secretorum / edited with an introduction and notes by Robert Steele and a glossary by T. Henderson
Editor
Steele, Robert Benson, b. 1860
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London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co.
1898
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"Three prose versions of the Secreta Secretorum / edited with an introduction and notes by Robert Steele and a glossary by T. Henderson." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/SSecr. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 7, 2025.
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Of studie and wijsdome. Capitulum 26m.
dere sone, loke that ther be stodies and skolys in thi Citees;
and comaunde alle men that þey sette her children vnto
lettrure, and make hem be studyauntis in the nobille sciencis;
and it longith to the to helpe and soccure alle that haue nede
and haue no frendshipe, and thou must yeve sum prerogatif
vnto studiauntȝ forto susteyne and helpe them in her stodiyng.
And avaunce hem that are konnyng, be they pore or riche;
preyse hem that are worthi, and worshipe hem that are
worshipfulle;
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yeve thi yeftis often vnto them that are worthi, thus
shalle þou stere hem and excite hem to preyse the, and to
cronycle alle þi nobille dedis, the whiche owen perpetuelly to be
in recomendyng.
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