With wodcokkes, lerne for to dare;
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And sharp thy knyfe with pilowrs for pilage;
like the market, so praysë thy chafare; [ware A.]
And like thyn audience, so vttyr thy langage.
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¶ With an ottyr, spare ryuer none, ne ponde;
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with hem that fyrrettyth, robbe conyng herthys; [feret . . kunnynggers A.]
A blode-hounde, with bowe and arow in honde,
Mawgre the wache of fosters and parkerrys.
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like thy felishyp, spare no dawngers, [folio 82b]
For lyfe ne dethe, thy lyfe to [to om. A.] putt in morgage
Among knythys, squyrys, chanownys, monkes, frerys,
like thy audience, so [so A, om. T.] vttyr thy langage.
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¶ Daniel lay, [callid A.] a prophet full notable
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Of god, preseruyd in prison with lyouns;
Where god list spare, a tygre is not vengeable,
No cruel best, [Nor no cruel bestis] berys, nor grifonys;
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And yf [though] thow be in cavys with dragownys,
Remembre how Abacuk browght þe potage
So ferre to danyel, thorow many regionys;
As case requirith, [Thus like thyn audience] so vttyr thy langage.
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¶ With wise men talke of sapience,
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with philosophers speke of philosophye;
with schipmen, sailyng, that haf experience,
In trobly sëys [sees A.] how they schall hem guye;
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And with poetys talk of poetry;
Be not presumptuose of chere ne of [of, om. A.] visage,
But where thow cummyst in any cumpany,
like thyn audience, [as case requyrith A.] so vttyr thy langage.
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