Ne þerfore spende neuere þe more of a ferthing;
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For þouȝ þou borowe faste,
It must hoome aȝen at laste,
Mi leue child.
And if þi children been [Chyldre be] rebel, & wole not hem lowe, [bowe]
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If ony [any] of hem mys dooþ, nouþer [mysdo, ne] banne hem ne blowe,
But take a smert rodde, [yarde] & bete hem on a rowe
Til þei crie mercy, & be of her gilt aknowe.
6Leue child, by-houeþ loore,
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And euere leuer þe more,6 [6-6Leue chylde behoueth lore, And euer þe leuyr the more,]
Mi leue child.
And [Omitted.] loke to þi douȝtren [doughtres] þat noon of hem be lorn:
Fro þat ilk tyme þat þei be of þee [the] born,
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Bisie þee, & gadere faste towarde her mariage,
And ȝeue hem to spowsynge as soone as þei ben ablee. [be of age]
11Maydens ben fair & amyable,
But of her loue ful vnstable,11 [11-11Maydonys be louely, but to kepe þey be vntrusty]
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Mi leue child.
Now haue y þee tauȝt, douȝtir, As my modir [page 112] dide me;
Þinke þeron nyȝt and day, forȝete þat it not be;
