Hou þou schat hem ordeyne
And godes lawe to folfille.
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Igitur mea precepta [ita] legito, vt intelligas: legere & non intelligere est negligere.
8.
Pur ces enchesons,
Beuȝ fiȝ, tey somons
Ke tu me preceps lyceȝ;
Mes nent entendre e lyre
Ceo fet a despire,
Si voyl ke tei en chastieȝ.
Mi biddyng and my teching
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In herte hem vnderstonde;
Ofte to here & nouȝt lerne
Hit is boþe schame & schonde.
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Ideoque deo supplica. parentes ama. cognatos cole.
9 (11).
Deu aoreȝ, [A. ameras, P. amez]
A ly requereȝ
Dount as mester.
Pere e Mere ameȝ,
Vos parens honoures,
E mout les eiȝes cher.
Worschupe god, & him biseche
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Of þing þou hast mestere.
ffader & Moder loue þou wel
And hold hem leoue and dere.
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Datum serua. foro te para.
10.
Mout seit ben garde
Chose ke tey est done
Par deu ou par gent.
Al marche quant aleȝ,
Ben [al. Bel] vous atorneȝ
E enseygnement. [A. acemement, P. ascemeement]
Keep þat þing þat þe is ȝiuen
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Þorw God or þorw mon.
Whon þou schalt to market,
A-tyre þe as þou con.
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Mutuum da. cum bonis ambula.
Cui des videto. ad consilium ne accesseris antequam voceris.
