The minor poems of the Vernon ms. ... (with a few from the Digby mss. 2 and 86) ...

De parler haut ou bas Mal vener ay veu.
Of newe tales þou ne be Line 157 ffurst makere I-founde: Wikked tales a-mong men Bringeþ loue to grounde. Line 160

Rem tibi promissam certam promittere noli: Rara fides ideo quia multi multa locuntur.

41.
Chose a tey promise, A autre en nule guise Ne le promettez auaunt: En le mound y ad poy de fey, Meynt homme est dreyt en sey ffauours e blaundiaunt.
Þing þat þe by-hoten is, Line 161 Loke on none wyse Þat þou bi-hote hit to non oþer, ffor þer mihte strif aryse. Line 164

Cum te aliquis laudat iudex tuus esse memento: Plus alijs de te quam tu tibi credere noli.

42.
Quaunt tu tey orras loyer, Iuggez en toun quer Ly quel est veir ou noun, Eia autre ne creyez De vertu ke tu eyez. Plus ke ta resoun.
Ȝif men preise þe for godnesse, Line 165 Þin oune herte þou tast; Leeue non bettre þen þi self, Wheþer þou þat vertu hast. Line 168

Officium alterius multis narrare memento, Atque alijs cum tu benefeceris ipse sileto:

43.
A autri seruisez Voyl ke tu preysez De-uaunt tote gent; Mes quant tu bien fras, Ia nent enparleras Par moun loement.
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The minor poems of the Vernon ms. ... (with a few from the Digby mss. 2 and 86) ...
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