(706)
¶ Comméndable is, conséil take óf þe wyse, [¶ Thobie 4o. Consilium semper a sa|piente per|quire, & non a fatuo, &c. ¶ Scriptum est, Cum fa|tuis non ha|beas consili|um, quia nou possunt dili|gere nisi quod eis placet. ¶ Iterum Thobie 4o. Omnia con|silia tua in deo perma|neant, &c. ¶ Scriptum est, Cum bo|nis fac tuum consilium, non cum impiis, &c. ¶ Prouerbia|rum 12o. con|silia impior|um fraudu|lenta. ¶ 3o Regum 12o. Ad Ro|boam dixer|unt Iuuenes qui nutriti erant cum eo, 'sic loqueris ad eos; Mini|mus digitus meus est grossior dor|so patris mei; & nunc pater meus posuit super vos iu|gum graue, ego autem addam super iugum ves|trum; pater mens cecidit vos flagellis, ego autem cedam vos scorpionibus.']
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And noght of foolës, for þei may noght loue
But [But R, And H.] swich þing as hem likyth. in al wyse,
Your conseiler, chesith our lorde god a-boue;
Chesith eke godë men; ánd awey shoue
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The wykkyd, whos conseyl is déceyuáble;
Þus byddyth holy writ, it is no fable.
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(707)
¶ Chesith men eke of olde experience;
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Hir wit and intellect is gloriouse;
Of hir conseil, holsome is þe sentence;
Þe oldë mannës rede is fructuouse;
Ware of yong cónseyl, it is perilouse;
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Roboas fonde it so, whan he forsoke
Oldë conseil, and to þe yong hym toke.
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(708)
¶ The éntente, wot I wele, of þe yong man
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As louyng is and trewe, as of the olde,
Þogh þat he noght so wele conseilen can.
Yong men, strong ben, hardy, and bolde,
And more weldy to fight, if þat þei sholde;
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But aske [aske R, þow H.] þe olde in tyme of pees or werre
Rede & conseil; it schal naght be þe werre.
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(709)
¶ He þat is fressh and lusty now þis day,
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By lengthe of yerees shal no þing be so;
ffresshnesse & lust may naght endure al-wey;
Whan age is comen, he commaundeth, ho!
But lat see, who considereth þis two, [who R.]
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Goode is þat agë sette a gouernayle, [folio 87b]
And youthe it sue: thus may al avayle.
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