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Myne owne dere chylde, I rede and counseyle the | |
Whyle thou hast youth, and strength at thy wyll Delicta iuuentutis mee et ignorantias meas: ne memineris.Psalme. 24. | |
All synne and vyce, that thou refuse and flee | |
Thy precyous tyme, beware that thou do not spyll | |
5 | It renneth away, it standeth neuer styll |
Therfore beware, and fle from all outrage | |
There dyeth mo yonge, than lyueth to great age. | |
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[.............. how thou] thy lyfe hast spent The upper margin is trimmed. [.......... in porta.] Psalmus. 126 | |
For euery worde and dede, that thou hast done | |
10 | Thou mayst not scape, from thy iust Iugement |
Therfore do so, that thou nede not to repent | |
That thyne enemyes, saye not to the chekmate | |
When thou shalt passe, and mete them in the gate. | |
¶Let the drede of god, now be thy brydell | |
15 | And puruey for the tyme, that lasteth aye Initium sapientie timor domini. Psa. 110 |
From vertuous occupacyon, be not ydell | |
But get the ghostly rychesse, that thou may | |
The fygure of this worlde, goeth fast away fygure ='Importance, distinction', or 'style of living, ostentation, display'? See OED s.v. figure n, 8 | |
He is ryche, that hath heuenly rychesse | |
20 | All worldly myrth, shall ende in heuynesse. |
¶Whyle thou arte yonge, be meke and seruyable Interroga patrem tuum et annunciabit tibi maiores tuos et dicent tibi. Deuter. 33. | |
Unto thy souereygnes, vse thou gentyll speche souereygnes: =sovereigns, 'superiors' | |
It is a thynge in youth, ryght commendable | |
To be more glad to lerne, than for to teche | |
25 | Tyll thou mayst, to more knowlege a_reche |
He that wyll teache, or he any good can | |
It wyll be longe, or he proue a wyse-man. | |
¶Fle from pryde, for that wyll haue a fall | |
For god resysteth, proude men euermore Iniquitatem si aspexi in corde meo: non exaudiet dominus Psalmus . 65. | |
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Fle from wrath, or it wyll greue the sore | |
Kepe no malyce, within thyne herte in store | |
These wycked rotes, be as a dethes darte | |
My chylde set wysely, kepynge to thy herte. set ='set out'? See OED s.v. set v1, 106 | |
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Fle ryottous companye, where-so-euer thou go | |
It is great shame, a man to take excesse | |
For commonly a beest wyll not do so | |
Fle from slouth, it is a pleasaunt foo | |
40 | A dilygent man wynneth, for body and soule |
Where-as a slouthfull man, may chaunce lose all | |
¶Fle the fylthy synne of lecherye | |
For it is that, that god doth greatly hate | |
Beware thou speke, no wordes of rybaudrye | |
45 | For all that here, therof some harme shall take |
For euery worde, acounte thou must nede make Ex abundantia cordis os loquitur. Mathewe . 12. | |
Thy tonge wyll shewe, playnly what thou arte | |
A fylthy tonge, declareth a fylthy herte | |
¶Laboure truely, for to susteyne thy nede | |
50 | To kepe thy body, from all indygence |
Couet the blysse of heuyn, for thy me[d]e mede] mete 1540 Habebis Thesauros in celo. Mathewe 19. Marke . 12. | |
Couet contrycyon, for all thyne offence | |
Couet clene herte, and clene conscyence | |
Couet heuenly rychesse, that lasteth aye | |
55 | Whiche no thefe can stele, nor bere a_way. |
¶The .x. comaundementes, loke that thou kepe and holde | |
With all thy power, vnto thy lyues ende In via testimoniorum tuorum delectatus sum sicut in omnibus diuitiis. Ps. 118 | |
Delyte in them, more then in syluer or golde | |
Loue all creatures, be it foo or frende | |
60 | None is so euyl, but that he may amende |
And mekely loke, vpon thy-selfe with-all Maledicti qui declinant a mandatis tuis. Idem. | |
None is so iust, but that he may fall | |
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It is a vertue, that is ryght excellent | |
65 | Though thou somtyme, for trouth do suffre wronge |
Thou shalte neuer be shamed, though thou be shent | |
To please god, set all thy hole entent Penetemini ergo et conuertemini, vt deleantur peccata vestra. Actes. 3. | |
Fle great othes and lyes, for they be euyll | |
For all lyers, be the chyldren of the deuyll | |
70 | ¶Haue stedfast fayth, with parfyte reuerence Quicumque manducauerit panem, et biberit calicem domini indigne / reus erit corporis et sanguinis domini. 1. Corynthi. 8 |
Unto the holy sacramentes all | |
The specyall remedy, for thyne offence | |
To ryse agayne by, whan that thou doest fall | |
Ordeyned of god, therfore moost specyall | |
75 | Uery contrycyon, with confessyon true |
To scape the payne, that for the synne is dewe. Confiteamur peccata nostra quoniam fidelis est deus vt remittat nobis. 1. Iohan. 1. | |
¶But where the serpent, lurketh in theyr herte | |
They saye that confessyon, is ryght nought | |
He is so lothe, from them to departe | |
80 | They saye it is ynough, god knoweth our thought Confitemini alterutrum peccata vestra. Iames . 5. |
We shall be safe, Chryst hath so dere vs bought | |
But who-so dothe, confessyon dispyse | |
The sacrament of the aultre, setteth at lytell pryse. Quodcumque solueritis super terram, erunt soluta et in celo. Mathewe . 16. | |
¶Fastynge and prayer, my chylde se that thou vse | |
85 | To exclude synne, with all thy hole entent |
Holy brede, and holy water, do thou not refuse Hoc autem genus demoniorum non eiicitur, nisi per orationem et ieiunium. Mathewe . 17 Marke . 9. | |
In takyng of them, be thou ryght reuerent | |
Thynke they were ordeyned, for a good entent | |
A specyall vertue, shalt thou fynde therin | |
90 | Agaynst wycked spyrytes, and venyall synne. The copytext fragment ends here; the rest is wanting. |