In flyinge from all Applyinge our bookes, May fructifye and go forwarde In this vale of miserie That after this lyfe and graunt our desyre, we do the requyre! that we walkynge aryght acceptable in thy syght, And body do growe, we may lykewyse flowe and ioy of our parentes, and kepe thy commaund mentes; 26 32 Vice, synne, and cryme, not losynge our tyme, 36 here in good doynge vnto oure lyuees endynge, here transitory to greater glory." se thou recyte, at mornynge and nyght. day. Let us abound with virtues, flee from vice, and go forward in good doing to our live's end." [sign, A. iii.] 44 Repeat the Lord's Prayer night and morning. and don't let it lie. Go down, salute your parents, wash your hands, comb your head, brush your cap and put it on. Els may they say It is not semynge Thy parentes salute thou, [sign. A. iiii.] Takynge it of Cato. Cato doth councel thee Tie on your shirt- Thy shyrte coler fast collar, fasten your girdle, Thy gyrdell about rub your breeches, clean your shoes, wipe your nose on a napkin, pare your nails, clean your ears, wash your teeth. [A. sign. iiii. b.] Have your torn clothes mended, or new ones obtained. and ouer much slepe; 50 therby thou shalte kepe. diseases and payne, 54 62 and hurteth the brayne. thy bed then forsake, 58 thy selfe redy make. It shalbe thy parte, that beastly thou art; and let the same lye, 66 nor yet manerly. Thy hose fayre rubd A napkyn se that Thy nose to clense Thy nayles, yf nede be, Thy frendes therof shewe Get your satchell This done, thy setchell and books, and haste to School, And to the scole But ere thou go, The souldiar preparynge No more shulde a scoler with thy selfe forthynke. pen, paper, and ynke ;116 Howe to behaue thy selfe in going by the streate and in the schoole .ii. IN goynge by the way Thy cappe put of, It is a poynte 126 for use at school. Then start off. 132 and passynge the strete, Salute those ye mete; 136 to suche as passe by, of siuilitie. so for to fall, How to behave going to, and at, School. Take off your cap to those you meet; Isocra. Cato. thy felowes to call. I do the exhort: f. [sign. A. v. b.] Call your play 144 mates on your road. At School 148 when age doth insue. 180 Fame and greate prayse, we se in olde dayes; 184 brought them to lyght who coulde nowe resyght? to learnynge and scyence, wyll be thy defence. 192 compare we may well, all thynges doth excell. this worthy sayinge hath, is as the image of death. most bytter we deme; 202 Moste pleasaunt doth seme. whyle here thou shalt lyue, and good example geue ; A membre most worthy In tyme of necessitie. 212 And shewe to thee playne By learninge attayne 216 But symple and bace,Of Gods speciall grace,— by vertue doth ryse, and counted most wyse. Desyre to be toulde, 226 Beinge neuer so oulde; Great errors in vs Doubts to discusse; the good from the yll, 234 Bere them good will. ye 222 230 240 shall take your waye, twoo in aray, So equall as ye may, May well of you saye 244 your laudable wayes, to your great prayse, 248 Not runnynge on heapes ynge That men it hearynge This foolyshnes forsake, And learne to followe In goynge by the way Gape not nor gase not But soberly go ye Humblye your selues Be free of cappe Greate loue of al men Be lowly and gentyll Then men con not In passynge the strete Vse thou fewe wordes, Then men shal see From whom vertues when thou arte come Thy leaue then takynge The house then entrynge, Humbly salute them |