[The instruction of a Christian man, in vertue and honestie.].

Of the maners and Vertues, of sundry times and Ages.

ALthoughe Honestie and Vertue doe very well beséeme and sette forthe a man: yet in dyuers times and ages, dy∣uers and sundrye manners are requyred concerning Honestie. For, the Prouerb is: An other life, requyreth an other or∣der of dyet, as also of other maners. For, the same thing doeth not conduce or so aptely profite in euery age: but as some things do become Childehoode, so other thinges doe belong vnto Youth, other things vnto the state of yong men, and other things also vnto mans state, and vnto olde men. For, in time of age, mens manners are ofte altered, and Nature likewise is soone chaunged. And vnto Mankinde, there is belonging sixe ages:

that is to wit, the time of Infancie, the time of Childhood, the time of Youth, the state of Yongmen, Mans state, and Old age: Whereof euery one hathe his pro∣per office, Manners, and Qualities, as immediately followeth.

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