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The Dictes and Sayings
the Philoſophers.

e REPRODUCTION. OF THE FIRST
BOOK PRINTED IN ENGLAND BY

WILLIAM CAXTON,

IN I477.

LONDON:
ELLIOT STOCK, 62, PaTERNosTER Row.

New York:
J. W. BOUTON, 706, Broapway.

1877.

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Preface.

: © OUR hundred years ago, in the year 1477, a great

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marvel appeared in England, and many of her
proudeſt nobles and wealthieſt citizens wended their
way to the Almonry at Weſtminſter, to ſee the
{mall wooden printing preſs which William Caxton
had brought from Bruges and there ſet up in a tenement called the
“Red Pale,” and to gaze in wonder at its almoſt ſupernatural pro-
ductions.

The “ Dictes and Wife Sayings of the Philoſophers ” was iſſued
as a firſt-fruit of Caxton’s prefs, and the cauſes which led to its
ſelection form a ſtory not without much hiſtorical intereſt.

In the year 1470 upon the reſtoration of King Henry VI. to the
throne of England, Edward IV. and his partiſans fought refuge at the
Court of his brother-in-law, Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy.
William Caxton was then © Governor of the Engliſh Nation abroad,”
or Merchant Adventurers, whoſe head-quarters were at Bruges,
and he was therefore the moſt influential among the many foreigners
who reſided in that city. There can be no doubt that during the
few months which elapſed before Edward IV. regained the Engliſh
Crown Caxton had it in his power to render many important ſervices
to his expatriated countrymen, and thus laid the foundations of that

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friendſhip and patronage which in after years proved of ſo much
advantage to him, and which was in all probability a ſtrong induce-
ment to his adoption of a new vocation and ſettlement at Weſt-
minſter.

However this may have been, it is certain that Earl Rivers, the
brother of Edward's Queen, Elizabeth, was among the earlieſt to wel-
come and encourage Caxton. Good-will towards one who had always
been a ſtaunch adherent of the White Roſe, and perhaps alfo a little
pardonable vanity in wiſhing to fee in print his own tranſlation, may
have led the Earl to patroniſe the infant preſs. So it came to
paſs that on the eighteenth day of November, 1477, was completed
the “ Dictes and Sayings of the Philoſophers,” the book which is in-
diſputably the firſt iſſued in this country bearing a diſtin& indication
of its date of printing, and the only ſure ftarting-point in the hiſtory
of Engliſh Typography.

What grave incredulity would have ſeized the fagacious Earl and
his ſober printer had they been told that after the lapſe of four cen-
turies their countrymen would be honouring their memories in con-
nection with that very work, and that a copy of it, however torn and
time-worn, would be thought the brighteſt gem of which an Engliſh
library could boaſt! How would the printer have laughed to ſcorn
the idea that an art which would employ ſunbeams inſtead of types—
one almoſt as uſeful and precious as his own—would one day be uſed
to reproduce with minuteſt accuracy this early work of the Engliſh
prefs, and that this. volume would be deemed a fitting tribute to his
memory.

The “ Dictes and Sayings” were a kind of ſober Joe Miller to
our forefathers, who lived in times when the changes and chances of
life made men much more grave and thoughtful than at the preſent
day. Theſe worthies gleaned from its pages pleaſant ſtories and ſmart
repartees, wherewith to ſeaſon their converſation, as well as words of
wiſdom upon the more ſerious aſpects and events of life.

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True, the philoſophers all talk wonderfully alike, and the pithy
ſayings put into the mouth of the firſt, a very apocryphal perſonage
named Sedechias, would have been equally well placed in that of
Socrates ; while Solon himſelf appears but little, if any, wiſer than the
unknown philoſopher, Tac. Many ſpecimens of the philofophic
replies of theſe wiſe men might be given—we will quote but two.
Hermes, when aſked why he married not, replied, © he that cannot
ſwim in the ſea alone, how ſhould he bear another on his back?“
And Diogenes, when queſtioned as to why he talked ſo little, returned
for anſwer, there was great virtue in a man's ears.”

Much alſo might be written on the philology and orthography of
the work, abounding as it does with French derivations and termina-
tions, but we muſt paſs on to a ſhort account of the outward aſpect of
the volume.

The firſt thing which ſtrikes the eye is the abſence of any fort of
title-page, the book beginning at once with the Prologue of Earl
Rivers. We muſt remember here that the manuſcripts of the middle
ages had no title-pages, and that it was not until after Caxton's death
that Wynken de Worde, his chief aſſiſtant and ſucceſſor, recognized
the advantage of diſplaying the title of a work alone on the firſt page.

The next point which attracts attention is the peculiar ſhape of
the characters. They are very pictureſque, and as cloſe an imitation
of the handwriting of the time as could be made in letters ſeparately
caſt; fo that people accuſtomed to read manuſcripts might not be re-
pelled by any great diſparity. Roman type was not introduced into
England until ſeveral years after the death of Caxton, and even then
many long years elapſed before it was received into general favour.

Another peculiarity is the uneven length of the lines, which gives
a very ragged appearance to the page. This is a fure ſign of early
work, and in the cafe of Caxton’s prefs is poſitive evidence that any
book in which it occurs was printed before the year 1480.

The ſpace left blank at the commencement of each chapter for

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the infertion by hand of an ornamental initial letter, coloured blue or
red, is another fign of early work.

Caxton printed three editions of the © Dictes.“ The firſt, which
is the one now reproduced, bears date the © xvii day of the moneth
of Nouembre and the feuententh yere of the regne of kyng Edward
the fourth.” The type uſed for it, and there is but one throughout
the book, is that known as No. 2, the firſt employed by Caxton on
Engliſh foil, type No. 1 having been uſed only in conjunction with
Colard Manſion at Bruges. Thirteen copies of this edition are known
to exiſt, two of which are in the Britiſh Muſeum and two at Cam-
bridge: theſe are all of which our public libraries can boaſt. Earl
Spencer alſo has two copies in his magnificent library at Althorp, one
of which poſſeſſes an unique diſtinction of much intereſt in the addition
of the following paragraph printed on the laſt page, at the end of
Caxton's Epilogue :—

Thus endeth this book of the dyétes and notable wyfe ſayenges of the phyloſophers
late tranſlated and drawen out of frenſhe into our englifshe tonge by my forfaide lord
Therle of Ryuers and lord Skales' and by hys comandement ſette in forme and em-
prynted in this manere as ye maye here in this booke fee Whiche was fynifshed the. xviij.
day of the moneth of Nouembre. and the feuententh yere of the regne of kyng Edward
the. fourth.”

But the fineſt copy which has ſurvived the ravages of time is
that in the choice collection of Samuel Chriſtie-Miller, Eſq., of
Britwell.
The ſecond edition, printed about three years later, is an exact
copy of the firſt, only diſtinguiſhable by experts, who find that the
face of the letter is thinner, ſhowing plain marks of a graver. All
the copies known of this edition have the Colophon, which occurs
only in the Althorp copy of the firſt edition. The orthography
varies throughout the volume from that of the previous edition.
The third edition, which was not required until about 1490,

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was alfo an exact reprint, even to the original date of 1477, the type
ufed being that known as No. 6.

The value attached to thefe editions by the lovers of our old
literature may be eſtimated by the fact that upwards of fifty years
ago as much as 250 guineas was given for a copy of the firſt edition,
and that a very fine copy would now fetch £1000.

The authorſhip of theſe celebrated Dictes of ancient wife men
is veiled in obſcurity. They were originally compiled in Latin
about the year 1350, and foon after attracted the notice of the cele-
brated Provoft of Paris, Guillaume de Tignonville, who in the year
1410 tranflated them into French; from which verfion Earl Rivers
made his Engliſh tranſlation. The cauſes which led him to under-
take this taſk are narrated in the Earl's prologue, and are remarkably
characteriſtic of the habits and cuſtoms of the fifteenth century.

In the extreme north-weſt of Spain, girt around by rugged and
barren mountains, ſtands the Holy City of Santiago, renowned
throughout the middle ages by the pilgrimages to its ſhrine of Saint
James of Compoftella. As Cordova was a Spaniſh Mecca to the
followers of Mahommed, fo did Santiago become the Pilgrim-city
of the Chriftians who were forbidden by the Pope to engage in the
Crufades for the recovery of Jerufalem, fo long as the Infidel
remained unexpelled from Spain. There, from the twelfth century
to the prefent day, has ftood one of the grandeft cathedrals in all
Chriftendom, in the foundations of which is faid to lie the body of
Spain’s patron Saint.

The pilgrims to this now forfaken fhrine were once very
numerous, for almoſt as many pardons and privileges were accorded
to wearers of the Cockle-ſhell, the emblem of a pilgrimage to
Compoſtella, as were granted to thoſe who accomplifhed the much
longer and more dangerous journey to the Holy Land. Pilgrims
from many countries frequented the Shrine of St. James, and during
the ſummer months there was direct communication between England

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and Spain for their convenience, ſhips of the largeſt burthen ſailing
from Southampton to Corunna.

In the year 1473 Earl Rivers, moved thereto by a grateful
remembrance of many perils fafely paſſed during the late civil wars,
determined to undertake a voyage to the Jubilee of St. James of
Compoftella. On board the fhip in which he failed was an old
acquaintance, Louis de Bretaylles, a Gafcon knight well known at
the Englifh Court for his bravery and prowefs. De Bretaylles,
whofe character had a literary no lefs than a fighting fide, took with
him, to beguile the tedium of the voyage, Guillaume de Tignonville’s
verfion of © Les Dicts moraulx des philofophes,” which had recently
been printed at Colard Manfion’s prefs at Bruges. This book fo
pleafed the Earl that he borrowed it for home perufal, and upon his
return to England, being appointed Governor to the young Prince of
Wales, he reſolved to tranſlate it into Engliſh, “thinking alfo full
neceſſary to my faid lord the underſtanding thereof.” The ſtyle of
the tranſlation muſt not be criticiſed too cloſely, for in the then
tranſition ſtate of the Engliſh tongue there was no acknowledged
ſtandard. The Earl is certainly very literal, and as though diffident
of his own judgment in the choice of words, and well aware of
Caxton's ſucceſs in tranſlating © The Hiſtories of Troye ” and © Jaſon,”
brought his manuſcript to the printer and requeſted him to “overfee”
it before it went to preſs. This reviſion reſulted in the addition of
a whole chapter containing the © Dittes” of Socrates “ towching
women,” which, having been omitted by the Earl, was tranſlated
and printed by Caxton, who excuſes himſelf for fo doing with a quiet
humour which reveals to us more of the real character of the man
than any other of his literary works, and affords, at the fame time,
evidence of the intimate relations which exiſted between Earl Rivers
and himſelf. © But I ſuppoſe” fays Caxton, © that fome fair lady
hath deſired him to leave it out of his book, or elſe he was amorous
on ſome noble lady, for whoſe love he would not ſet it in his book,

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or elſe for the very affection, love, and good-will that he hath unto
all ladies and gentlewomen, he thought that Socrates ſpared the footh,
and wrote of women more than truth, which I cannot think that fo
true a man and fo noble a philoſopher as Socrates was ſhould write
otherwiſe than truth. For if he had made fault in writing of women,
he ought not, nor ſhould not, be believed in his other dictes and
ſayings. But I perceive that my faid lord knoweth verily that ſuch
defaults be not had nor found in the women born and dwelling in
theſe parts nor regions of the world. Socrates was a Greek, born
in a far country from hence, which country is all of other conditions
than this is, and men and women of other nature than they be here
in this country. For I wot well, of whatſoever condition women be
in Greece, the women of this country be right good, wife, pleaſant,
humble, diſcreet, ſober, chaſte, obedient to their huſbands, true,
ſecret, ſteadfaſt, ever buſy, and never idle, temperate in ſpeaking,
and virtuous in all their works, or at leaſt ſhould be fo.” The Earl
certainly ſhowed his taſte in the omiſſion of the ſatire, which has
little wit but much coarfenefs. The three following“ Dictes“ will
ſerve as a ſample :—“ Socrates faid that women be the apparails to
catch men, but they take none but them that will be poor, or elſe
them that know them not: — And he faw a woman that bare fire,
of whom he faid that the hotter bare the colder: ”—< And they faid
to him and demanded wherefore he blamed fo women, and that he
himfelf had not come into this world nor none other men alfo
without them. He anfwered, woman is like unto a tree called
Chaffoygnet (Cheſtnut?) on which tree there be many things ſharp
and pricking, which hurt and prick them that approach unto it, and
yet, nevertheleſs, that fame tree bringeth forth good dates and ſweet.”

There is in the Library of Lambeth Palace, a manuſcript copy
of Caxton’s third edition, which is well known from the frequency
with which its fingle illumination has been copied and referred to.

This illuftration has been fuppofed to reprefent Earl Rivers prefenting

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Caxton to King Edward IV. The Earl is kneeling and offering
a copy of the © Dictes,” but it is not Caxton who is by his fide, for
the tonfure upon his head ſhows the perſon to have been a prieſt and
probably the ſcribe who wrote the volume.

WILLIAM BLADES.

11, ABCHURCH LANE,

May, 1877.

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gligent and) ſloughful and) take no hede bo ſerche and)
enquere the diſpoficioy and) Rorkic of Gps oinempes. Coss
tent By? and) dedis of hys ſubgettys he (Bal not & long
in furete in his mpame ¶ And) ſaid) Sedechias the peo
ple 16 foꝛtunat andy happy that haue a goode andy « Keres
ous kyna) ox prynd diſcrete and) Pyſe in ſeunees . Andy
777 ax che people jnfoꝛtunat Vhay enp of thyes thynges
lab in Chote lynch) or prynde · And) ſaid) Sedech ia
if a kyng) 0: a prynte fos ſLouthe leue bo do np of the lytil
thynges that hym ought / and) is oꝛdeygnedꝰ he ſhulde
execute lighely af tex he leueth greteꝛ vn don and) (oo confer
quent iy fe map boſe alle, ryght as a Gal ſelieneſſe or hurt
Vyt houte it & fone and) Wel remedied / may cauſe the Dif
truction of alle the hoe body. © (Ando ſayd) Semdias
if a kynch 07 a prynce byleue Be ſapre Noꝛdes and) flate
ryngis of hys mzempes hauynch noo Feſpect to theyr Mer
Eis it 16 mezuaplle hut che ſayd kyng oz prone therby

fowpnly takte Farme | (And) ſaydy Sedechias. Je azar
teygneth & a lynch o a prynee (o arfourme hys fore yy
Lertue and) ſctenee and) foe he ſhal gouuerne hys lande
af tir hym hodde he ſhulde be right Vis & hys people + hodde
Br ſhoulde loue andy haunte hys linyghtes not ſufferyng
them to Sle & myſtel huntyngis noꝛ offer del neſſes / but
inſtructe hem bo haue goode eloquence andy & eſcheue alle
Tunes (And) ſapd) Sedechias It aſparteygneth to
« Bona) oꝛ to a prynce, if he Bol haue eny nygh ſeruaunt
tft & ino de hys gupdync andy oon dictous and) ho We
gouuerneth hym eh hys houſe andy amougis Hys
ſelladdes . andy if he vnderſtande hym of goode don dicloy
and) gounernaunee hauyng pacience in hys Duerſite weep
ne and) take hym thy hardely. Rnd) ellis bt be Ware
of hym nd) ſaydꝰ Sedechias if thou haue aKrry
true frende that louet h the Wele thou ought & eae hym mo
re in thy loue andy fauour , tay ony of thy lienneſmey de⸗
ſiryncy thy wth for to haue the fucceffions of thy goodis
N ndꝰ ſayd Sedechias commonely euery reſemblance
delyteth other Nnd) ſapdy Se dechias fe that Wyl not
& chaſtyſed) by fayre and) (ete Boxes . ought to be correc
ted) by ſharp andy haꝛde correctioy © Windy ſayd) Sedechi⸗
as the gretteſt richeſſe 16 ſatiſf acid of th herte nd ſaid
he is not riche / eo Phom richeſſe lo ſtet hot / ne Whay thy
map be ligheky talen a Payt / Wut the beſt richeſſe is that
thing/t hat dudeh ore Andy ſayd) Sedechias the
obeiſſaunde wy Sp our is more ſexme thay that that is woy
by myght ox dred⸗ qi Andy ſaydꝰ that epperperter 13 « go0de
Gaſtiſemens ¶ End) fapdp te loliyng) Spy th: ende of

che Borke / pf it be good) + peueth hope bo ke Eenpmipng
Rnd ſaide/that goode ren õmeꝛ and) fame is right prof⸗
fitable in this Woꝛlde/ che dedes ther of auaileth m the otfes
Boakde ¶ Rudy ſaide/ it is better a may o holde his peas
thay & ſpelie myche & np ignoꝛant maß. and & be a lone
thay to be acopupned) With euill pope Mind ſaide Tay
a Syma oꝛ a prince is eal tachedo and) Sraoup / bettir is
to chaim that haue noo lenoſblege of him thay to thoos that
be grefteſt maiſters in his fouſe ¶ Nndy ſaide/bettir is a⸗
Womaß to be bareyi thay to bere ay euilk diſpoſid) oꝛ a
Wik Redy childe And ſaide / the compante of a poure Wieſe⸗
may is bettir thay of a riche ignorant that Neneth to be
Vyſe by fubtilitee ¶ Nndp ſaide/he that offendeth god) his
creato4*6y gretter reaſoy he faileth & other (Nudo faire
bileue not in him that ſeith he leueth and lino eth trodth
and) wth th contrary f Mundy ſaide/the ignorante mey
Wok not abſtynt them from their ſenfualite es but loue their
Caf for chair pleaſaunce / Vhat deſende ſo euer & made Into
theym. right as chil dre enforce them ſelf & ee (Bete thin /
ges. and (le rather that tp be chaꝛged) the dont rarie · but
it is other Wieſe Wich Pieſemeñ for they loue thir liues but
onely & do goode deddis / and to hue J del neſſe g the delecka
oſis of this Voꝛlde ! N nd faire, bode may be cõpared the
Werkes of che im that ente nde the pfeckioy of tle goode thi;
ges perpetuel/(o thaim that Pol but thw delides traſptorp
nd (aire that th Wieſe mey bere ew greues g forbes
as they Were (Bete vnto them · nod ing hw trouble paciẽtly
takey+the onde theꝛof Baſle to their merited (nd faire (hab
it is ꝓufitable g goode to do Pele to them tlet haue deſerued it

Andy that it is euill dooy eo do Pele ko thaim that haue
nat deſezuedꝰ it / for alk is loſt that is yeuey vnto they,
right as tle repne falleth Spon the quel Rnd ſaid he is
happy that Sieh his rapes in doyng couenable thyngee / and
taltith 1 this Woꝛl de but chat / that is neceſſazie vnto him
and may not foꝛbere / Npplying him ſelf to do good dedis
to leue the ba dde ! (Nd) ſaid) amay onght nat to be de
med) by his Woꝛdes / but by his Borkie / for oomenly Woꝛdes
len Veyne / but by the dedes is linolden the haꝛme oꝛ te pwuf⸗
fit of euery thing ¶ nd) ſaid) Þhay that al mes is diſtri
Bute to pouer indigẽt peple/it proffiteth as a good medicine
couenably peuey bo them that be (eRe / but the al mes peuen
bo the nol indigẽt is a medicine peut Vit hout cauſe (Nd
ſapdy/he is happy that Vithdra eth his ere g his eye from
alle vyle chingẽes ! And) fapdo the moſt couenable diſpen
ee that eny may may make m hys lyf 16 hit that is (cote
in the ſexutce of god /g in good Workis* And the ſend is
that 15 ſpeed in necſſarie thiges that may nat le ſorboꝛne
as mete dꝛinlie clothing /g fox remedies ayenſt ſilteneſſe g
che Woꝛſte of alk is that is diſpended in ſpy g ank Terſts,
Ermes Bas Lorne in egypt sand is as myliyl
Þ to fap thr as mercuri/ꝝ in ebreu as Enok Mhide
_ Vas fone (o Jareth the fone of Matuſale the fone
of Maſaleel the fone of Caynay/tſe fone of Enoes fone
of Seth fone to N dam / Nnd bo fore the grebe flow called
Moes flode After that Pas there another litik flode / Phiche
droPned / but the contre of Egipte onely afore the Vhiche
che ſaide Her mes deparbeth tens and) Wore through alle
lan des tpl he Bas four ſcore pere olde and j Nndꝰ Vith

him hadde Ceri, perſonnes of dinezs EngesPhiche aldeye
ſtevedy and evhorted) the people bo obepe our lord, g edified
C$+toTnes Vhiche he ful filled) With ſcioꝛtes · And Nas
the firſt that fone tft ſciende of ſcoles / eſtabliſſhe d to he
people of euery cłlymat falbes coutnabl and appar teig;
nyng to thai opimons. to the Vhiche hermes th kyngis y
tho dayes paf grete audience and obeiſſaunce in all khair
ſandes and fo did) theuhitantis of the Iſkes of the ſee he
tonſtreyned them to liepetle laſde of god in ſaing trouthe &
diſpiſe the Woꝛlde bo Reve Juſtiee, bo Bynne th: ſal uadoß ny
che offer Woꝛlde. he om̃aunded) oriſons g pꝛaiers & be ſaide
and b& faſte euery Pyke ooß dp + bo deſtroye ehe ennempes
of chr lade to peue al mes to the ouer goddis people · chat is
bo ſay · to the feble and Impotent. he oom̃aunded) that poꝛbe
fleſſhe and amel ys cholde be ec, and ſuche ſemblable mez
tes · and eom̃aunded) they eppreſſely . that they ſhulde liepe
them fro pariury. he ſtabliſſbody many feſtts at oertam ſeas
ſons. and oꝛdeigned alſo diners perſones to offre ſacrifices
at khe riſing of the ſome *and ſom ot her at the firſt nedde
moone · and at the ooniuncti oy ofthe planettes. z alſo Vhan
te planetes entre m to there houſes. and Thay they aſcẽded
and» Þhay ep diſcended). The ſacrifices Were of manp
things . that is bo ſap of wſes · of ours of grepnes of
Whee , of barley + of frutes , of grapes of licours + of
Wpnes , Ind) khr ſame hermes ſatde , that it Bas noo
toom penſe ſuſſiciont + bo thanke god) onely for the Fee
be bath ſent vs ef And) ſaide. O thou may pf thou dre /
deſt 55002 Tele , thou ſthuldeſt neuer fülle in to the patthes
hal beincgelh may to haxme . ct Andy faite + make not

elamours & god) as Ignoraundes ful of cozrups Wil
Fahnes. and; be not jnobedient Into oure Lorre cod) + noꝛ
treſpaſſours & hys lalde · And By? nooy of pou do to pour
ſeloſde . other dyſe thay ye Nolde & dy to. but be condoꝛ dat
and) loue & gyders Iſe faſtyngis and) oriſons 1 pure
and) clene Willes. donſtreyne pou to do goode dedes humbly
; and) Withoute pryde in ſuche manere as of pour Verſes
map gro We good fruptes · and) kept you oute of the coms
panpes of tutes of forniaatours. and) of Hoos that vſe
euik Werkis ( And) ſapd) bee you that pe be not pariu
red) and) let Erouth be al wey in pour mouthe / and) (eve
not but pe andy nap . enforce pou not & cauſe them
[Weve that pe linoſde Wel Pye +leſt pe be parteners bo kleyr
parutrp, put pour truſt in god) that Rnolbeth alle ſecretes
and) fe ſhal his pou ty equite at the grete day of Juge⸗
ment Whey he ſhal peue vemuneracioy to the goode ſoz tleyr
go0dneſſe and) punyſſh che euil for theyr BypCRpwneffe,
(And ſaydꝰ · ye be certain that the vedemptour our loꝛdꝰ. is
the greteſt ſapiende. andy the greteſt dileckacioy that one

& haue of Bly alle goodeneſſe comet h/ by Who

alle che yatis of Witte ¢ vnderſtã dyng bey opened Ando
god) that hath loued) his ſeruãtis hath yeuen them difcrect,
oy e bath eſtabliſſſed) prophetes x propheciers.æ mmſtres
ful filed Wich ehe holy qooſt by the Phiche he Fath many;
feſtely ſhecded Biro then the ſecretts of the lade g the trouth
of the ſapience bo entente that they ſhuld efchue al errours
e apple chem to ale good de dis {Andy ſaid) vſe faprence
E folotbe che la Wes / be merciful and) garmſſſẽ you With
Foode dockrines think g loſte Pele Spoy pour Perks Without

Rafting pou to myliy@? g in eſpecial Thay ye Bal puniſſh
mifroers and pf pe vſe erp manere of thinge lilely eo ſpite
be not Bamefafte to Rich draſe pou therfro-and take
penaundce fox the ſame fox to peue other exemple, for pf it be
not pumſſhedy m this Woꝛl de if Balle at the greete day of
Jugement and fue ſhalbe tourmente d With grete prines
Whitoute ony pyte taltey vpoy them Ando ſaide-correcte
pou by pour ſelf and folo e the Vieſe mey lernpng of hem
good Lertues / z lette all pour deſire be /o dymꝛe goode renou
mee and fame. employe not pour tyme and your mynde ny
FP [Bode noz 19 malte? ¶ N nd ſeide lolte ye ſette noo Bay
&6 & the nopſaunce of eny body. nox that ye ſelie thaire
hurtes by au tell es oꝛ ſotiłk tees. For fuck Works Mol
not be Grove, but at the laſt they Vol azpere ¶ Nndp ſaide
donſtreyne you to amreve the loue of god and of pour feith
Into ſapience , and yf pe do fo all your lyf . it Halle &
you agrete prouffitable Synnyng) rand of that nobel tue
(Bal come Sno pou greter benefices · hay pF pe ſhol de aſſe;
ble grebe golde and fifuer or other treſours not durable. for
it (Balle to pou a grete richeſſe ny the other Vorl d that neue:
{half haue nde ¶Nnd ſaidy . be al one Withm and Vith⸗
oube in that ye Bal ſpelꝛe. c beſdare that your Woꝛdes be not
contrary to the thoughtis of your Pest ¶ Nnd ſaide hüble
and oleye pour ſelf & your kyng) and pour pꝛynces. and
Woꝛſhip the vets ynniſtres vnder them, loue god ¢ trouth
7 peue true counſaile & that eitent pe may the more fool
With pouz good penaſter be in th: Baye of ſaluacis ¶ Nnd
ſaide/yel de lourg vnto your loꝛde aſ Wele m pour tribulacion
as in ꝓſperite ny pouꝛe pouerte aſ Wele as in pour richeſſe

End (aide pe (Bal Bere hens noy offer khingis but pour
Verkis-and) erfore ke Bare that ye Juge not vniuſtly
and) deſire rather & laue pourete in doing) good) dees/tlay
richeſſe ny ſyß/foꝛ richeſſe may ſooy le loſt / and good dedis
(Fal euer abyde ¶ End (aid be Bare of to mylipk laughi g
and) mene enp perſone-aV be it/pe pezceyue in him ony
ſoule oꝛ euił tache +pet vebube them not diſhoneſtly ,but
thinlie that god) Bath made pou alk of one matere g img
a made pou as eutk as qe / Nlyafore pe ought & thanlte hys
goodeneſſe that bath ſhe ed pou fuche grace /and hach Rept
pou from myſchef in te kymes paſt and) preſenk. And?
pꝛay him of his mera he Vol fo kepe pou fort he ¶ Nnd ſaid
if it ſoꝛtune 5 the ẽnennes of pour ferth Bil diſpute Bith
pou, by diuerſe ¢ ſharp ſeyngis / anſ dere chem in ſeteneſſe
6m Sumplite prayng god to be of pour cornſeile, x that he
if Iddreſſe alk his eres tures to the goode feith for there
przpetuek ſaluacioy ¶ Ind ſaid be ſilent in oounſeil and
be Bel Ware · Bhat pe ſpelie afor your enemies leſte ve reſem
Ble him that ſelteth a wd) to be betyn Vith alk nd ſaide
pe map not be Juſte Sit houte the drede of our Lord god/by
Whiche pe atteyne hel pe of the holy goſt that (Bal open you the
gates of para diſe / Wherin eden ſtal entre. Vith thoos
p haue deſerued euerlaſtig ly ¶ Nnd ſaid eſche Be the copa;
ny of thoos that Louch you not of euil peopel of dꝛüſten mey
E of ignoraũtis N ud Bas pe Heke en good tought eves
ee its pe may jneõtinẽt leſte pe be let oꝛ Vith drawey ther
fro by eny ſiniſtre 02 euil tẽptacioy N nd fard haue no mute
though ef ſe np proſperite cont & ay euil may / for his
ene ſtal not be goode < Rudy faire . malie pour chil drey

lerne goode in there poutfe oꝛ they falle bo malice, and fo ye
Hal not ſyme in them ¶ Nnd ſaide. Vorſhip and pray
& our loꝛde Bich a clene Pik g a dreſſe al your deſirs to him
and fe (Bal lekpe g enhance pou · Phat part fo euer pe go. 7
fubde de your ennempes vnder you ¶ Nnd faite , hay pe
Wil faſte-make fizſt clene pour faults of al fil the. that pour
faſtig may coi of pure {xs Without op em? eogiencons
hide god reputeth vile. and as pe ought to abſtene pour
ſelf from metis. ſo ought pe eo abſtene frome ſynne. fot it
ſatiſfieth not to ſpare mebes · and do em dedis ¶ Nndꝰ
ſaide /n pour ponge age viſite our ler dis houſes and lette
al pour oriſtons be in ſ etteneſſe ¢ humilite Vit hout pom⸗
pes oꝛ pꝛide. nd Play ye be mooſte mezp in pour houſes
Vith pour folRes laue in remembrance our loꝛ dis poure in
diqenk people. and departe Into them your almes ¶ Nnd
ſaide/ yeue conforte & pꝛiſoneꝛs. to them that be in ſoroÞe
and trouble. Bele the (eRe. clothe the naked, eue mete to the
hungery. driſte & the thurſty. harlero de pilgrimes make
ſatiſfacroy & pour ereditouꝛs. and pramely fuffre the In
turies that bey wy vnto pou ¶ Nnd ſaide/diſconfoꝛt nat
few that bey m affliction but hel pe them With (Hee and
plea ſaunt Boxes (And if it be ſuche as affore haue hurte
vou benignely for peue it them. ſatiſpying pou With the
peyne that they fuffre · Ind faire / enfoꝛee your ſelf to Vin
ne frendis. g thay firſt preue them ar ye put & moch truſte
in them / leſt it le to youre hurt /and that after tlewof ye reg
pente you ¶ N nd ſaide/he that god exal ed) in this Dorlas
ought to take no pride noꝛ Kipneglorye m hit / noꝛ repute
him ſelf gretter thay con of his ſelades for god bath made

riche and poure of 003 creaton through Vhiche ale be egall
nd) ſaide/ beware that in pourJre oꝛ Indignacioy ther
eſcape out of your mouth noo foule Nodes. for it is dif hon
neſte and) ngendreth hate .it is not donuenyent for hym
that Wil laue ſcyence + bo ſeſte it by mede oꝛ fox money · but
onely by deleckacoß and) bycanſe it 16 more precious thay
other Hinges af nd) ſaide that leyng) is good) andy no;
ble / tat cauſith in his Foyame coor Tales to le bepte g
ma inbeynedꝰ and the Brow to be layde doſdne «And? ſard
latgeſſe and) liberalite is Gnother, Bay a may is in neoeſ⸗
fie g pourete, ( paciene. Bhan oor bath power to Juge and
Be auenged) </And) faire he that Voꝛch iped te Wyeſe mey
loueth Juſtce sandy dot h goode dedis. and) enſoꝛtet h hym
& Vynne ferencis and) goode con dicons andy ther ore he
(Bal finde that that libeth hym in this Woꝛl de ox in the offer
&ndꝰ ſeithᷣ. he is vnhappy lothe here and) there that hach
Witte and) Bol lerne noo ſcienee ne dottrine ¶ Nndp faire
he that Vol not teche that that he vnderſtodeth in ſtiende x
good) oon dicions. he (Balke partenar to the Janoramſe of
fro dard folſie Nd) he that denyeth to teche ference to him
that it is couenable Into fe ough to be depriued of his &;
neſieæ j this World) Sut cher is noone that doth fo ſaue
Inoraunt folſtis Biche com̃onely Key enuious froBard
andy il Tiley ¶ And ſaide , liberalite and) largeſſe is
betttꝛ in ference thay m richeſſe for th: renomme of a Byles
may abideth · and) the richeſſes abideth nat. (Andy a man
ought not to offen de noꝛ hate him / that Bath treſpaſſed⸗
vnto hym. but ought bo do goode apenſt harme for the Ber,
Ree of the Bieſemey is preued) 19,19 Þthinges that is to

ſeye ko make hys ennemye his Frente / Nnd) to make the
e bo refoꝛme the euyl diſpoſed) Into
goodeneſſe «Andy ſaydꝰ / He map be gal yd) goody Thay
other fare the bettir for his coodeneſſeC] nd) ſad) he that
Couch che Wele of his neyglour as his ofbne 4nd fap;
de That grete ſeienee prouſfpteth litik eo a couctous may
Gut litil ſcymee prouffyteth moche to him that Nithdꝛa⸗
Weth his courage from wuetiſe ¶ Ando ſapdy / That the
lyff may be reſembled) to the flepna) of ay amie - Nndꝰ
the det h is like the lyghting) therof 9 Qnd) ſayde/ It ys
more wezptozy andy bettir & haue pytie vpoy the fool thay
Vpoy the Poul dely Byſemay I And) fayd He that bol,
dech gym not ſatyſf xedꝰ Wich chat that god) had ſent hun
Deſeꝛueth not & haue more ¶ And) ſaydꝛ / N repre »_,
or « oontryue: of talys domonely / other Be Wyeth to hm
that he telletÞ chem or he is fals to ehoos that he bath ſeyde
it of ¶ Andy ſaxdꝰ deryſioh andy Feonpnsy putteth aap
and) Paſtith leue as th: fiere wth ehe donde e And) ſap
de The mupous may is frendely & him that is preſent /g
in e. is his ernemp andy fo 3 — _ his ſren
de by Bore, AHH dinẽ mx bp dede Nndp ſaid / Ny enuious
= ſexucth of noght 2 o diſprayſe alle other ¶¶ And⸗
ſapde he is right ſure chat ſeleth him ſelf Vit houten gilt;
is n none furcte that Pol not linoſde his ow ne gilt And
ſayde. We Ware obeye not vnto couctile fox Pay ye Told
it Wol not oleyt vnto youll Nndꝰ ſapd) / He that peuet h
good) cõſeille co otk folkiis / begymeth to do pwuffyt &
him ſelf/ g Vas axed of the ſaid hermes Nhat it Bas that
mooſt letted a twublech may / he anſueꝛd/ Ire g euie/af bez
. re

cbey axed hyin Thee ſore/ ehe Wieſe may ſtode more atte ya
tes of the niche man / than tle riche man atte yates of the
Wieſe may , And) & anſ Berd, the Wieſe may Knolbeth
che prouffit of th niche, g the riche KnoVeth not tle prouffit
of ehe ſcienctal Wieſe man. (Nnd) faire le that bath Witte
and? diſcregoy andy linoſdeth it not jndede veſembleth the
tree /tlat hereth noo frute l N nd) (aire, be is Wieſe that
knoÞeth Janoratmee and he that lnowith it not is igno
raunt / and) he that EnoVeth not him ſelf, oe ſholde le
RnoWe oꝛ deme anothere And) faite ther be. h. ma nere of
mien the ooß ſeketh and ary not finde / tle ot her findeth and
eay not price Qnty ſaide / fapionce is lie athinge fat
ley in a Watre. Vhiche cay not be founde. but by them that
Mol ſerche and) fette it from the bottom Mnd ſaide With
oute chaſtite / amay cay not be derry par fightly Wieſe / and
Withoute Witte he may not be pur fight in ſciene Rudy
ſaide diſcipline is the oꝛnament of itte. Vith the Vhiche
euery may ought to enriche himſelf nd ſaide it is not
honeſte & chaſtiſe amay afore all folk1s / ratſer a part
(nd) ſaid) Way a may of es excuſeth Himſelf his
FnoBey gilt. it auſich his errour the more to be remebꝛed
nd ſaid · che Ig noraunt perſone is but litik · al be 16
Be Be ofdy + and) the Wieſe is mode + al be it he be yonge
¶ And ehe Woꝛlde diſpraiſeth noe amps thoos that afor
it Was Wont to Woꝛſh ip / and) the erthe Paſteth and eteth
them that afoꝛ it Was Bont & norpſſſe and fedel Nndy
ſaide · the fole is enoſden by his Voꝛ dis · and the Vieſemay
By his Perkicl Nnd ſaid Herb felBe folBie muto? of a de
may/but cherbe many that Bol lye Spon them And (asd

be mery andy gladde and Je ſuffyſeth & angre tie nuyous
may / Nndo ths Bas aped of the ſayd) hermes / hy he ma
ried) him nat/he anſuerd) Ae that any not ſPymme in the
fee alone hoe ſhulde he bere anotlyꝛ in his necke ſ Fymmĩg
And ſayd) Beye the oute of the company of a Jangeler
Which reſembleth & a 1 chat ſemeth good a ferce / and
nygh It is right noght ¶ (Andy ſapd)-He that Bolle do
euylk at thiy Jnſtaunde ayenſt another / Eyght fo Wil he
at his Jnſtaunce do ayenſt Be ¶ Ind) ſapdꝰ / He Gre Bie
prepſe the of Leztues that bey not in the /and) thou reioyte
hit /he may Vele allegge the Store that he ſeth in the / Rndꝰ
ſayde / Ire twubleth reaſon/ and) letteth alle goode Ber bis
and) furtlerethj all eupk ant) ſaydꝰ he that labeuret h in
that /that may not auaple/leſeth ther fore that / that myght
pꝛouffyte Cindy fapdy the hurte ¢ the trouble that is wy
enuſed) by ant peple lettich the deſire and) Bele of the goode
And ſayd han thy frende erceth o: myftaleth him apenfé
the , pet as moche as thou may depaꝛte not from his amps
tice But affape the meanes & vedreſſe hinz & nd ſapdy
Vyſe liynde andy ede that Wil lyghely forpete the
errour of his frende Undo faydo Je is bettir chaſtyſe
thy (elf than lee othe do nd) fapdo / The goodeneſſe
that cometh of ay Janomamt may / Jo life th:rbys that
awbe oy atone) hit Nndo fapdy ay eupk felalde is like
atree kywdeled Wherof the one branche ſetteth the of hex aftere
¶ Andy fapre The nobleſt thing) that god) bath made
in this Woꝛlde io amay /g te richeſt thing & him is reaſon
by tie Phiche hx liepeth tuſtice g eſeheſdeth ſynne ¶ Nnd ſatd
the fole Bol noe y him (elf no Bile thing 7 the ignoraũt

Beneth lightely a chinch be offer thay it is. and) € ec
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; | An de se ene and Jy
erthe is a true tange®! (And ſaid. a king oꝛ a prince ought
[Fa & peue ele noꝛ a e Gar to 5 0 e
; able folhes, Ind therfore they ſhuld loue tlem/ as the fadre
doch his chil dreß et nd ſane it ſholde fuffiſe amay and
ought & holde him ſelf recopenſed Way his Duerſe partie
required of him party And it Pas aped him Plat Was
a liberal thinge. he ſaide to yeue filuer Go vnſinoddey mey
for, che loue of the RnoBey mey · and to for yeue them that
aue noted him / for che four of chem that haue holpm Guy
¶ Ind ſaide the lyf in this Worker is fo (forte that ther
ought non? concepuc Fate noꝛ Wil harme to other And
faid eſtabliſſhe g eaſe thyy Ive. With thy paciende/ thin Je;
norance BY Op ſapienoœ. thy foꝛyetful neſſe. Vith thyy
demẽ date nd ſaid it is a goode ſigne / Phan a Hila:
is ſhamefaſte/foꝛ it ſh edeth he ſhulde haue Wie Qnd aid
it is Vel don that tfou do good Phile thou art 39 profperice
Jer gate in Duerſic fp uber Ba at (Wd fd
e puttis him in danger. that abideth m a pronnice / Thies ther
is no loꝛde. (hat Woll Lenore the Jniunies wy kherto .. Wer
ther is noo Juſte Juge. Where ther is no Vyſe leche. Where
ere is noy habondamil market, and Vhere there is no ren⸗
nyng Vater ¶ And ſoid7 it aparte igneth to euerp wan
Wich alk his power ko fee sal cher Wich eo fortif
fie hauynch a eye vpoy his nemxes + andy
K be her re 050 hiche m pride by lor dſ hip oz offs
richeſſe Gio Wel dis Wore and) hie dodis al Wap es be.

egale/and) fo ſbal god) four him e his ſuceſſioy Andy
ſayd) thes map none eſta pe bo be atte grebe day of Jugemẽt
and) his hel pe (Gale there by⸗ ij · thinges / Diſcrecion/chaſ⸗
tete andy goode Werbe, Gl thinges map be hfe, S aue
goode de dis / N Le thinges may be chaungedꝰ / Saue nature
(Ale thynges may be vedꝛeſſhedꝰ and reformed) / Saue aul
wis, Alle thinges may be eſſeued) / Saue deth/ andy te

ſentence of oure loꝛde ¶ N nd) ſayd)/ It is no mezuaille
though he be goode that is not oouetous. Mut It Mere are
te meꝛuaylle/ If a couctous may Reve goode ¶ Andy ſayde
The errcur of a Byfemen may & reſembled) & a Craſcdy

ſhyp / Nhiche in droBnpng heꝛ ſelf / Dꝛoldneth many offes =

Und) fapdo / truſte is in mane of a bondeſhip / End

myſtruſt 16 a liberte Mud tie ſayde Heꝛmes corredy ng)
Kpne hamoy yaue him this pꝛeerpte g charge Toke that firſt
affore alk tl mis ye loue / drede/and oleye our leꝛd) god)
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the peple ought alVape of neceſſite / o haue-1, thinges )
mynde/ Firſt & vemebre the peple /t hat be fubgect vnto him

Secundel y al Be it chat they be in his ſeꝛuitude / pet ought
he to his polbes to Reve them in fraunchyſe and) liberte and
nat in thral dom / Thirdely Holbe his loꝛdſhip g pode in
this Works may not long or dure nd) ſayde /o ling Gas
mon it behoueth che to Reve thy ſaule/ Eight Vyſely in Vyl
and) Woꝛde/and) thou oughteſt not & be ſlodbehfull co the

diſtruckioy of the myſcreaiites/ but to conſtreyne them €

oleye our lord god) @ deſire not & haue eny richeſſe Tit hout
tt be right fully gotey . Fox thinlie Krilp te prop le Hol ab
Bape obrpe & them that do rightfully and Pele 1x chat Bol

mapntepne tem and) kfere may noo Vele be in a Lopate
Wie houte it & ha bildaunt of people for the decuy of aLopany
is fa dee of people. Wid. if they Wich draVe y th prince
is left Loree alone and kler fore remern ore Wel thy devis
andy eftſones thinke oy thy ſaule and put 19 that gariſoy
OR that thou ſhalt haue nede of 19 the other Woꝛl dy N nd
pf it happen that thou muſt god in the Perce in thyy one
rerfone , beſdare Bele that thin ennemyes ſupriſe the not
by FPoBEH ful ſoiournyng) . (Nndy Why thou gooſt to
hataile lolie that firſt thou ſolicite andy evorte thy people as
corgeouſely as thou ]. and) PoRe that alle thyy babil
mentis of Werre & redp , and) enery may ſet n hys Warde
and) appointed) foe they ſ hal fight and) ſette oute

¶ And be ware Wele that thou be not ſupriſed by thin
ennempes * for lalilte of Bache and) good) eſpial + ther
fore mul tiplie thy frobee Wache and) thyy aſpies fo that
thou mayſt al aye knoVe the guy inc) of py oinemyes
and loſte that thou be fare they deceyue the not , (Andy
hay thou ſhalt oommaunde thy fol lies to do oty thing)
lolie ſeeretely Vlyt her they haue obſerued) it after theyr
charge 02 nat + Phiche (Pal make them drede the more
& offende the. ¶ Nndꝰ Bhar thou ſſalt comma unde orp
lettres to thy Elerke to be made / ſigne nox ſeale they not
til thou haue pd thaim + for many haue bey diſcey⸗
ued) therby. ave chou be not to famil ya: Vith them
that thou linoſdes not. Sttre not the ſecretes of thy here
but to chem that thou haſte preued). andy CnoVeſt true
vnto the + ¶ Gourseene the fo Pyſely , that thy lenygh⸗
tes, and) thy people map haue pleaſir of the. andy gladd⸗

o be ty Bp company, nd) delite they bo fe the right ful
and) of good) gouernatmee , Slepe no more thay ſhal fuf⸗
fyſe onely for the fuſtentacioy of thy body. and) the reſt of
thy Poste and) eit vemete not nor let thy Werſtis be · but in
right Byſeneſſe and) frouth Tichoute diſſimulacioy · and⸗
ſkoutle noꝛ delay not that thou muſt newly execute. Suſ⸗
beyne and loue alſo thoo that be the grete mul tiplyeꝛs/ehat
is & fape-the cõmones that labour the erth/by tylth andy
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and) the louſes (ull of richeſſe · Vhezfore facie thinges Vol
be gretely kept / and) cheriſſhed) · Nndꝰ Fé behoueth openly
do Woꝛſhip thoos that be goode. euer y may after his diſere⸗
cioy oon dicioy andy ſcience & that entent . that the people
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(Re ſciendes. bo toraqe them the more & lerne and) entende
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ter for thaur oonnynges. Geſye thy ſelf eo punyſſhe may
kefactours, and) tloos that puttet h che in daunger oꝛ troub;
le dithm thy wyaume oz lordſhip · malie firphe of the ir he
des publyltely that other may tale example by them , to a
theffe kee his Bante & ſtrylen of To a robber of the hygh
Bape let him be langed) , that the Bape may be the ſure:
rey the Sodomptes and) punyſſte ch mey talen m foz⸗
nicmcoy af ter ther eſtate. Nndꝰ the Nomen m like Vyſe
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pryſoners ones in a moneth · And Delpuxe thoos that
ought to be delyuered) + andy peut tly m of thpy al mes pu
af] y moontinent tos that haue deſerued) J t · Pet not fo

laſtyky but that sp map haue leyſir of reptn@aunce, andy
tat offer let hem be Rept til thou knoſde the twuth · We⸗
ther they be gylty oz not · Geddare alſo,(Pſe not thyn oF;
ne counſeple oneky · But be auyſed) by men of ge anda
diſcreaoy , (Ando fuche as heey experte i many thynges
A ndꝰ Bay thou ſFals inde ony fue Juſt and vightfu
be counſeple dy by hy / Nndp elles veporte the to th; mooſt
lolſome oppmoy of alk thy ooun ſeyllours , and) god) (Bae
hel pe the nd ſaydꝰ . He Jo noble that Sith coors
neſſe. · nd) It is a grete goodeneſſe & vſe Inſtyee andy
chaſtyte + and) to peue lylerally oꝛ It ſe axidꝰ © And)
ſapd) + Whay N kpna oz a prynce ory nox Bp reſtray⸗
ne hys cup Dios « couetiſe, hodde ſhulde ſe repreue his {cx
tuauntes. and) Whay he cay not wrrecte hys pꝛopꝛe ſezuaun
tis. fotbe ſhulde he correcte and) gy alle hys people · andy
ſpecially thoos that bey ferre from hym + Tlerfore It hy
houeth N ſiynq) oꝛ a prynce fyrſt bo & lorde outr hym ſelf
And) aftiz Sp ock Gp oe d (Andy ſepw goods
kynq 02 « prynq ſhulde not be & full of Sufpecoy for
Jt Wol make mey drake from hom . And alſo fk ought
not & haue enp of that dyſpoſicioy in hys houſe. N ndꝰ in
efpeepa ft. ¶Malibytezs , Contryuets oꝛ Peprtere of tales
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ma pryndes bouſe+ Eyghtly no good) Counſeyllours 02
ſeꝛuaumtis Wolde ahyde there

(@) (Ne fapdy he that cay not refrapne his Tre bath no
pRes ourr his Witte ¶ And ſaid aÞyſe Rina oꝛ a

prince duchs not & malie compariſons noꝛ diſpute in dif;
creo} Wich a greter and myghtier thay he is ¶ nd ford
han a Gpna ox « prince Bath conquered andy ouer come
his ennemyes he ounht ko mapnteyne them 19 Juſtier. in
coor cuſtumes and) liberalite and) pacienee, (Ando fo map
be make of aimempes his Friveel] nd ſaid pf a king oꝛ «
pez aſſembledy ay outrageous trſour and) diſpente it
nol as it aqpartepueth he Bal leſe boch it g his Popatime
¶ And) ſane, the prople ar & th: lynch as th Tyne &
a grebe fyere, for the more the Pynde is the ſtrenger is the
nig Qing) ſaide a liyng) or a prince ought to knoVe
thoos tat Wele andy tviely haue ſerued) him and) eſtabliſ
Be khoos a boute hym ſelf after krouth Witte and) doſiyng
and) ought to yeue and) de lounte wous Into the ym af tir
hexe merites. Bind if he he geue by Wil eo noughey fol lis
this haue not deſerued) it /it putech « eye the courage of
his godde ſeꝛnaun tis · ko ſerue hym Bek exp lenger. and
fo ſhal hebe baſti?p fo full? of noughty people that Ney be
Wolde he cay not be delyuerede of hp] Wnd) (ardp it ts
conueinent for a kyng) oz a prince to lerne and knoſde but
not all fox there is many thinges that a Byway oꝛ a priuce
dughe not to ſenoſde noꝛ vnderſtande
lquinus ſayde + that mey recepue grebe benefi⸗
ess dayly of god) oure creafour al be it that they
le ſpuners They they be boüde. to thanke hym for

errxee's and) bo aſſie Spry par don for thapr cveſpaſſes

And (ard many thyngts ſeme right good) · chat be
full Grow , and) after gretely Blamed. . nd) many
thenges be diſprayſed iy the begynnpng) . that afterddard

len founde godde and) deſired) ¶ ud) fa (tir it is
& the to haue grete neceſſyte Chay & Gade S in Vhom
thou Faſt no truſte ¶ And) ſayde If thou laboure bo beche
a foole/tle more (Bal fol ye enceeſſeſ And fapre J meꝛutik
of thods that abſteyne them From metis noyng & the body
and maketh none abſtynenee of ſpun ndy ſayd mul
teplye ſilence , for that auopdeth peꝛelles andy Bie touch
Whiche diſcipline Hal maynteyne the andy thy Verbs /g
he that Wok Pele ſiepe the feyth ought to leue bo his frende
of his goode / and) to be gracious to them that he CnoVeth
good) and) no denpex of Juſtio © his one mpe / and) to
Hele alle things · chat touch eh diſ Woꝛſhip
Me: Was ay anucient Kxafiex n Grece and) of
the reteſt aſtate there. he Was after moyſes / v. e
ES, pere he made many goode thingis · andy alle
fle verciſieꝛs of avece folo ved) his diſcipline , The Vhiche
omeꝛ N fortune Was takey and) empriſoned) + andy put
to be ſole as a prpſonnet oꝛ a blondemay. N nd) thay one
aped) hym . We ns he Was · He fapd of his fa dre and) of
His modre. Wilk chou chat J cha ll beye chu And g anſ⸗
ueꝛd) Vhy axeſt thou me counſeple What thou Wolt do With
thy filues nd) they axed) him · Vherto he Was good
He ſaydꝰ. To be dellueredꝰ , Wid fo ale long) in prpfoy
QUndy at the laſt chey Ree him go + He Bas (N may ſayre
formed), and) of laꝛge ſtature . and) kpued) . C viij. pere
(Kindo here after foloBe his ſeyinges. ge is diſcrete that can
refrayne his foncedy (Rnd) ſayd he that Weꝛ kith by gſep?
peueth him ſelf reft and labour & ot heꝛ ¶ And ſapte it iz
aftendely lyuinq ko dele Withoute fraude g karate] And

faire ae mpanyt the Vith good people. and) fou ſhakt be
oy of hem. atom pany the With badde/g thou (Bale le oy of
thos ¶ And (aire he is good and liberal tat applieth him
to good Werſtis and clene · and that putteth ery in evens
0) oꝛ euer ther come orp occafion of empeſc emen Andꝰ
ſaid the hert ſhyneth in Krtue and is fare hay it is ſet
in fapiẽoe Ind fraude g larat is m tle fruit of em though
tis ¶ And ſaid the mouth ſhedeth ofte / Phat che hert
thmlceth And) ſaid? the looke ſheddeth ſomtyme tle diſ
poſicloy of the bert afore the Bones heey ſpoltey ay And
ſaide it is agrete ſarete fox amay bo puruepe by tyme ny his
cauſis ¶ And) faire it is merueile of amay-that may be
in reſemblaunce & god) ands enfoꝛdeth him ſelf to be like
69 che leeſtys ¶ And ſaid Bare thou do ne tal / no thing
chat thou fereſt to be accuſed) of. for if thou do thou ſhalt be
te acuſe of thy ſil ſe ¶ Andy faire payne thy ſelf to Tins
ne good oon dia dus and Lertues · fox therby Lies x hazmes
(halle eſehred Andy faite ther Vas ſomtyme a Viſe
may ſhaped) out of a broley and) Loft ſhip m & ay Fle
of the ſee · and fo bepng ther alone dreſde a figure of geome⸗
trie / vpoy the ſan dis Mere Vith he Pas fonde by oerta me
ſhipmey . that brought hym to Che lynq) of that grounde
tell yng) hy that ais and) auorture , Andy tler fore the
liyng) ſent through alle hys proupnees . and) charged)
them they ſhulde enforce them ſelf & lerne and) haue fuche
donnyngis as ſhulde dyde With them after kleyr ſhip Vere
oft , that is & ſep . ference and) goode Werlys ¶ Nndꝰ
man &rith Vith byy . y . Kſſeles the oy le fore andy
the other be hynde · In tat byfore be the errours and) Sree

of ocher forties, Jy that bebynde be Gis one ¶ Ind) (aidy
to his fone, Geware that thou be not couctoue?for if thou
le couctous / chou ſhaft be youre ¶ Nndy ſapde If chou Ge ys
cient thou fete be prepſedy- JF thou be w de thou (Bale be
blamed) < nd) ſayde / Nmay is better thay all other bf;
tes of the erte Nndd ſayte,Sapience is as b Werbe by
4 And) ſayde noſblege 16 better thay ignoratmee

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Byrne therm by theire good dedið / and) ſomme lieſe by thi
re cup? goͤuernaunce CUnty ape by grere diligence ſom
mey atteyne to the purpoſe © (nds ſayde / he that hath
grete myght and) goue: na unce this Woꝛlde ought to ba
ue no grete reioyſſyng / ande le that hath noon /is diſpreiſed
¶ (Ando ſapte ther is no Wiſiliedder thing) thay lyeng/
ther ts no goodeneſſe in alyeꝛ

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of predicacions/{Nnd) eſtablyſſtedy the la es the

re Whiche Was a Cyte in thoos rapes ful filled

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HeBe their propre Villes nd) ſapde / hay thou Wile
doo ony thing foloVe not thpy ow ue Wil but ſelie counfey
le Endo. tlerby (Balé chou ſino We/ ele trout h of the Berkes

It Pas aſſed) him / What Was the mooſte difficulse

in amay anſ Werd) + To lino de hym ſelf. To Ge,
"Y fræunchyſe oꝛ likerte . To ſpelie in places Whe he
t not / To be angry / Vith chat e may not amende

( & coucpée that that he may not haue ¶ nd ſaid the thin
gis of this Noꝛl de at eſtabliſſpedo by la Wes /g che la des &

RAY Kun j · chingis that is fo fap by [Verde and Bp
Payere UNnd) ſaid) to his diſciples a that pe be no
mokers for that engen dvel h battered) nd faire the $2;
tous hues of a may be not tos, that he yeueth him ſelf
But thoos that bey peuty hym for his goode Verſies · Ando
it Was aſſed) him Boo Bas liberalk he ſaide. he that vſith
liberalite. not couetyng offer memes goodes N nd ſatd
ay ank tonge Was ſharper thay a glaxue. ade may af;
kedy him That Weve his goodis. he an Bere mp treſoꝛ is

ſuche that no may map haue yt Vit houte my Dyll and may
not be mpmiſſſed) for noo thing) chat J peue of it but

thou maiſt departe With nooy of thy) Wit hoube dymynua/
ciey (Nndp ſaid if thou Kilt. the loue of thy fron Bal
abyde ferme Into the. be tur te iſe & him andy ſpare Spry 19
his angre oꝛ errour U N nd ſaide. thou oBahte/t not eo yeue
a may greter preif yng in his pſence thay he is Þorthy for le
bnolbeth the twuth Nnd Bas axed him hoe amay ſhold
Tyre frendes. he anſ Reed in Worth ipp ing 7 ſeyng good of
ehem 19 che ir abſence U(Nndo ſaid) agoode ſaule Sach ney;
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bloody ox a grene braunche prouffitable to tle eyey/he leuyd
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thought Fort / the peyne is thought longe/wperince bars
de & cone bye and) Jugement daugerous (Nndp ſaid)
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faire if is better G ampunſſſe that hurteth tay & enereſ⸗
ſe that hel peth h nd) fatdy / the berte is fourmented)

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thought dometh the Waliyngis and) vnreſtis / and) ſoro de
is a paſſioy of thynges paſt / and) thought is fere of
thynges to come | (ind) ſaid) . that fausle is loſt thab |
Ketceh hys entẽt Spon Woꝛdely hinges + that is b& ſep ny
couctife (And ſaid be that Wol the lif o tone lete hym
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may Wele be loue bit wene · j Pyſemey, but nol bitwene, y.
foles. al be if that their fool yes bee equal. for Wye goth
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noo due oꝛdomaunde andy therfore may they neue: concorde
in bus ¶ Nndꝰ ſayde· Nmay ought not to (Bere, but xt
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tlat that ought rat you sandy fo pe ſhal not haue no
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lice and) Til bedeneſſe Dit hdꝛadde you alſo frem ſpme 4p
ſelie the nde of Kextues and) goddeneſſes ¶ Nndy ſayd · He
that Tol be fre let him not coucpte that thinge / tlat he map
not haue / for and) he do he is boune therto · and) therfore if
thou MLE haue that thou deſireſt wfive that thou mapeſt hag
ue , It Das aſſed) of him a queſtꝛoy of euyl and) vile
thinges. To th Vhiche he anſueꝛd) noo thing) + They aſ⸗
Redo him Vherſore he foake not. He ſayde that ſilende Bas
the anſ were of ſuche queſtions ¶ And) ſapte, This Bouts
de is ko noo creature peꝛpetuel therfore they let nooy di fer
re oꝛ delay bo doo goode thinges as longe as le map. Andy
namely that. that he ſ holde Bpnne goo renommet t herby
Nad) ſayde He that linodeth not trouth is rather fps

Re not & do it / than he that is enſourmed) andy taught the
to And) ſayde/ Science is liße a mote of a Tree/and
optrad dy is like the braunches · and) ference is lite a ching
engendrynq). (Andy operacioy is liſte a thing) enen dred)

Mud ſayde. Take a LHe of ſcioio at ones fo (dat
thou maiſt lie pe it and) lerne more + For iß thou Vylt tas
be more at ones thy thy Bytte map fuffiſe thou mayeſt
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noble ching bo ſerue god. g to ſayntifie his ſame;
<< tes co diſpreyſe the Morfd)-fo vſe Juſttee,and of
lle vertues + th: mooft principal is to aßſteyne hym from
Tyme, Andy it is good) to Hfe faſtynges ¢ ſtudyes /and
to make hym to be Bifoucd + andy it is goode to haue ſciẽce
to vnderſtande tle twuth of thinges. and to lerne it to the
men and cheſde it & the Women he oꝛdeigned) alſo predic
ons and) to poliſſhe and) enourne the ſpeche : nd ſaid
the ſaule is per petuel and oouenable to vedeyue merites and
peynes / he moderated) fo his mate and) his drinke that he
Pas at noo tyme fatter no: Kener thay otfer, he Vas a ſub
til may and) loued) aſwele to do good & his frendes as to
him (elf, ſayng) the goodie of frendes ought & be compy
He maze , CC + four ſcore Þlumes of booltes. und) Bas
boꝛne in the countre of SampeU ¶ nd ſaid ay harme not
durable is bettir thay a Welche not dee, fe chat Was
Vretey both in his ſcale and ny his gir dil N nd fard as
the begynnyng of our creacion cometh of god. right ſo is 16
beßoueful. that at our ende out ſaule retourne to hi nd
ſaide if thou Wilt EnoWe god enforce not thy ſelf to knolbe
the Boꝛdelp people ¶ ¶ nd ſaide aByfmay reputeth not te
Woꝛſhip of cody in Bore but m WHIM ¶ Nnd ſaid fapraree
is to loue god) / andy he that loueth god) wth that god?
loueth Nnd he that doth the Ber Bis that god) loueth is toy
Hard god. and he chat is Bard god. is nygh vnto hym
Cc (And ſaid god is not Woꝛſh ipped by tle ſacrifices 02 by
other oblacious don vnto hy. but onely by the ByKK andy
acceptable ententis ¶ N nd) ſayd) be that elatereth moche

if is ſigne that hy GatG litil BnoBlexe Lindy ſayde al ak
tymes What ſomeuer thou do/ aue i thy remembrance tha
god) is by the / and) lenoſdeth thy thoughtes / and) ſeeth
thy wees + N nd) ther fore by veaſoy/thou oughteſt to & a;
ſbamed) & do ampſſe Nato fapd Body onelp linoſdit
the Vyſemay that dredeth him. and) meꝛueylle not though
the people knodeth not the ¶ And) ſayde/ God) hach not
19 this Woꝛlde amore eduenable place / than m a clene and)
a pure faule ¶ And) ſayde/ may ought & ſpelie of bo;
neſt and) goode thinges / andy ell is hazſpy to them that
Wil calle $:20F indy ſayde. grucgge g eſchewe all Sph
Hinges aſ ele of the / as of other / but in eſpeciale of che
ſelſe Rnd ſayde /purchaſſe the goodes of this Voꝛlde in
rightful laudable & Woꝛſhipfulk manere g diſpende they ip
lilte Wyſe ¶Mndꝰ ſayde/ kept thy pacienee Vhay thou Breſt
leſinges / and do to de dis that nomay may ſpeke harme
of andy entende bo tle ſaretie of thy body /be attemperate af
oy mete m thy dꝛynlie /m thy lying With Nomen andy ty
all tpy otis ſafours Nndp ſapde / foꝛte th 7 60
do foo Thee tal offer men haue orie at Ce Bin’ ayde
Diſpende not to outrageollſely nox be not to ſcaꝛſe /ſo that
thou be not bounde to thy kreſore/haue therm attemperaune
and) meſure / Thiche ty ak chinges is prouffytable Md
ſapde. Oe Valeing and) heꝛbenyng) bo tp counfeple /for
thy nedi6-fox if thou ſCougth it /oꝛ ſlepe it/hit myght eu.
fe che & le paꝛteneꝛ of thpy one wth ¶ And) ſapte mes
dplk the not to do any thing) . that ought not & be dooy
And ſaid/ he that is not content cay not attepne & troutß
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«\ And) fapdy the Juge Gat demeth not Pightfullp/deſer⸗
ueth crete blame, Pare that thy tunge ſpelte no vilanye nor
thut thou peue thpy eeres to here it Mundy ſapdy amay
oughe not tenforce hym ſelf in this World. /6o malie yur;
Gaffes noꝛ byl dyngis to ſerue otfer after his dh , but
ought to peyne hym to Wynne and) to gete ſuche thyngis
as may prouffit him after hys det h And! ſapd) It is
bettir & amar to Pye vpoy the harde gro Unde beleuyng) fer;
mely in god · thay to Cpe m ale dde of gol d/puttyng doubtes
in hym Snr ſapdo let thy marchaun diſe by ſpiritu⸗
elk and) not corp andy the nereſſe and: Vynnynq Bal
& goode, and) durable nd) ſayd) + he that bath prec
Spy hys one ſaule fereth our loꝛde ¶ (Nnd) ſapd Play
thou Pyle ſette Spor eny may, thynke thou Vol deſte deffen⸗
de the pf thou Bere ſet Sporn ¶ Nndy ſapd diſpoſe thy ſaule
& receyue alle goode and) oõuenable thynges ¶ N nd ſaid
ſette a (pre the Kinptes of this Woꝛl dy. for they lette and
empeſche thy reaſoy ¶ nd ſapdy , thou oughteſt not
to ſlepe eny nyght. a thou haſt remembred) and) conſite ;
red) / thy dedes of the dap paſt , Ando pf thou haue Wel dooy
be gladde ¢ Jopod therfore and) thanke god? therof. Nnd
pf thou baſt ered) andy won a myſſe· repente tle cherof
and) aſlie foꝛgeueneſſe and) par doy of god). andy Hy
thy ſelf. fo doyng) + thou mayeſt opteyne vnto hys grace
nd ſayde. ban thou ſh alt kgyme eny Werlte / pray
god) of hel pe to bringe yt to a good) concluſioy ¶ And)
ſapde . pf tfou ſaue haun ted) ey felobe , and) thou ſe bps
companye is not coucnable Into the. ſpare it. and pet ele
fo that he be not after thin ennemy/g pwue euery may by his

dedis andy not by his Voꝛdis. fox ffou fhalt fynde many
of cup? Perl16,, and) goode Bows) nd) ſayde · Nma
map nat ref rayne him from doynch ampffe , but Phan le
bath treſpaſſed). let him beldare & falk eny more in that er⸗
wut i ſapde · Vyne is ennempe bo the ſaule n talem z
of it oüt regeouſely · and) is like ſetting fyre. to fyre. And
ſapde. aſezuaunt ought to be obeyſſant vu too his loꝛde / but
not fo abſolutely that he leſe th; zbx all his likezte ¢ fraun⸗
chiſe (And) ſayde · It is more couenable for amay & fuf
fre det h. thay & put his ſaule in perptuel der nes. Andy
ſapde. Decte not & doo goode de dis · though thy be not pſa;
ſaunt to the Loꝛlde ©) Qnty ſayde. dele al Saxe fo & thy
po We. that thy (awk map ſtand in goode andy noble ſtats
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pure ſaule bath no delyte in Voꝛdely thinges ¶ And) ſay⸗
de . go not the mathe that thou maiſt gete hatered) cherby
¶ End (apr , thou oughbeſt eo Bynme frendis / ſoꝛ the
mayntepnynq) of thyy aſtate , andy do not thoo thinges
that chou ooueteſt. but that chou oughteſt & do. andy take
bx hay thou Galt ſpebe · and Bay chou ſhulde holde thy
prace Nud) ſayde. he refrepneth him from ae that
letteth not to ſpende his goode for his frendes X
ſayde · Put alk douetiſe from the · and) thay Bale thou ap;
petcepue frouth ¶ Rudy ſayd) *He is not Keep yaciens
that ſufferyth but as moche as he may Gut he zs preſen
&fp pactent. that fuffereth ouer $15 pode ¶ Ando fap
de Pptagoras + Eyght as a leche is not reputed nox talten
fox goode nor connyng that helech offer sandy can not Ile
him ſelfe · right fo is he no goode gouernour that gmandet h

older bo of Hoe viers + and neffer ay nor Wyk leue ther
him ſelf nd) ſapde. the Voꝛlde Vrrieth node Pych the
and) noſe apenſt the / If it be Fith et binke & do Pele /e
if it & ayenſt the abe it yaciently QEnty ſayte*many
Fxrmes come to beeſtes. hy ouſe thy le wmmerandy In
men through cere one — nd) fapre hade it is
& greue him that cay abſteyne him froin · iin. chingis tas
is to Witte faſtyneſſe / Bil fulk froVarreneſſe, pride. andy,
ſeoſdthe. for haſtyneſſe atuſif3 vepenta unde. Wil ful froBas
deneſſedueſſe cauſeth loſſes . pryde aiuſeth bactered) ,andy
ſ boeh cauſetch difpreyſing + He ſabe amay right nobly
andy richely arraped) / Thiche la dde vyle andy foule Woꝛdes
To Toy he fap, Other ſpelte after Spy arrape . or let
thin arraye be af tit thy Woꝛdes · Th liync) thay of Cecil
le defiredo hinz to delle With him · To Pho he ſapdy, thy
Wertes and) thy demeanyngis be countrary to thy pwffit
(Wndo they office is not Welk executed) · ſoꝛ thou diſtwyeſt
te fundement of thy feyth . Blexfore J Vol not oibee
Wich che / for the phyſicien. Jo not fare +for amongis his
jacintis,, he map take ſelteneſſe eine» ſaydꝰ · If chou
MILE chat thy childeren 02 thy ſeruauntis do no faldtes thou
wſireſt a thing) innatura le (And? ſayd) . The ſoult tab
18 9 Che company of good people is m deleckacioy @ Jope
no Bey it is among euyl. It is in ſoroÞe a g heuineſſe
¶ And ſapde . The Ppſemay thenſielh oy the Bele of
Bis ſaule as ackentyuely as offer attende bo the Tele of then
dee qr fpte ale Frenbip of oy as ſv ſee
foloÞe frouth / thmlte oꝛ thou Berke ind ſaid right as
a phiſicien q not Bele his patient Wit hout he bell him ehe

krouthe of hys diſeaſe , right fo may not amay be Pele
counſeled) of hys frende Withoute he ele hym the play,
neſſe of hys cauſe ¶ (Nudo ſepdꝰ many ennemptees gwo⸗
Bey fox faulte of truſt bet Wix par ties / and) truſt aufee}
often many harmes ¶ And Bory pptagoras ſat in his
cheyre be vſed) in ſhe yng) his dockrines & fape , meſure
pour pathos andy go the right Pepe. g fo Bal pe go ſurely
(Netempre pou from oouetiſe/andꝰ pour coor aſtate Gat?
dure , vſe Juſtice and) pe Balle byloue d) and) dredde ·
Reve nat pour Boop m grete deleckacions / ſoꝛ and pe fo do pe
Bab not coy ſuſteyne the Duerſites that myght falle Sno
vou nd) he fae ay ol de may that Bas ſhamefaſt &
ne. 6 Whom he ſap Science is bettir in age thay ty
boughe ; J End) ſapd? . If thou Wylk diſprepſe Hyy »
chat thou hateſt . ſhedde not that thou art hys ennempe
And) ſapd) 4a goode Lyra oꝛ prince oucrht & thynke dr
ligentely to the ſtate and) guy dynq) of hys lande and?
oucht to ouerſee hyt as often as a goode ga: dyner wth
his garden ¶ (Nnd) ſapte hyt kehbuch a liyng & peut exã⸗
ple him ſelf to Rept his Lathes and fe that his next kynneſ
mem and) frendes do fo after hym andy it apparteneth not
bo a bing to be probe noꝛ o do af tir hys obne Wik onely
noꝛ to ride coucreely itor jn no derlie nyght but gla ddelp
ſbewe him ſelf open faced amongis his people / and conuenp
ently be donuerſant amongis them Vithout ouermoche fas
mylyarite ¶ nd) Bhar a kyn g) or a prince ſhal go &
His weft, that he ſe ther be coor Bade, and) if they faille
kherxy that he punyſſk chem Wele / and) & beſdare bo ef
the mete chat a Jalous Pomay peueth hym oz orp other

fuſpect perſone (And) ſapte, the Bele viſpoſedy may vey
membreth But his ſynnes / andy He euyl diſpoſed) bach
mpnde/Put oy his veꝛtues/ It foxtuned) his Wyf Was deceſ
ſed) in a ſerre countre / and) ſom axedy him If there Bere
enp difference & dye in tir ir propre lande orell is ferre From
thens / He anfucrdy, le rſomeuex one dye th Bepe & te
offer Woꝛl de is all like (Nnd) ſayde to a pong man that
Wolde not lerne m his pontle / f thou Bo not ake peyne
bo lerne thou Balt haue the peyne bo be leſdde andy Incon
nyng ! nd ſayde god) loueth hoo that bee dif oleiſſalt
to euyl bemptacioy Andy ſayde / good pꝛaeyeꝛ is one of
fe beſte thinges amay map preſent to god /g if thou axe
him enp Boor lebe thy Veꝛllis be agreable Suto him

(Pogenes ot her Vyſe called) dogly byquſe he ha dde
© ſom eon dicions of a dogge / and) he Was he Tyſeſt
may that Bas in his dayes He difpraiſed) arte
fy th Woꝛlde/ and) lay in a tonne / Whiche he tour ned) for
his auantage from the forme N nd the Vynde/as it plea,
ſed) hym / andy the rin he reſted Vhanſomeueꝛ the nyght fil
Spy him / He ete Whanſomeuer he Was hungered) Were it
by day ox by nyght in the ſtrete 02 ellis Bhere Vythoute eny
(Fame the rof , And) Bas content Pyth h. goPnes of
Wollen cloth in cle pore + Ward fo he leuydg and) gonuez;
ned) him ſelf til his det. Somme axed) him Why de
Was called) dogly / he ſapte be cauſe J karke vpoy the fog
les and) fabne Spy the Byſemey . Nleyſandie the grete
eum vnto him of Plom be tobe litle regante , he axedy hum
hy he ſette ſo litil by him / ſeeyng that he Bas fo mighty a
king and) badde noo neceſſite/ſe anſueꝛd) J haue noght to

do 1302 ſette by him that is bondemay & my thrall, Php qdy
Klex ſan dre · am j fo chay / ye ſaid) dioxenes. for am Poste
and) maiſtre to alk oouetiſe · and holde her vnder my ſee as
my thra andy couctife is thy maiſtreſſe / andy thou art

bounde vnto her. and fo art thou hounde to my khra lt Chay
ſayd) alepandre , pf thou Vp axe me orp Hong) of this

Woꝛlde J Wol yeue ik the Syogenes anfihereo- Why ſhulde
Jape te enp thinq) · While J am Ticher thay thou art. for
that littil chat ) haue dontenteth me bettir thay alk the ave

te quantite that thou Rafe ſatiſfieth the · J prey the ſtande
out of my light. and) take not from me that, that thou

mazeſt not peue me. Tele qd) alexandir . Bho Bal bery the
Whay thou art wd) He anſ Werd). he chat Vol not ſuffre the
ſtenche of my carepy aboue the erte And te ſaid) dio
genes ſaide he is not par fitely goode + that wth but onely

abſteyne him from euil wois fr fae 5 Jong may of good
and) ver tuouſe diſpoſicoy., Fhiche Pas euil viſaged) . to

hom he ſaide/ ke goodeneſſe and vertues that be in the yeue
| Rau in thy face Nnd ſom axed) him Wry it Bas tyme

amay to ete He ſaidy Phay he de dde apetite and mete. and
if he hadde noon hay he myght gete it ¶ nd ſaid it is
goode amay liepe Spry from tte gyle of hys ennemp. (Andy
the enuie of hys frende K ſaid) right as amay ame
rech gretter 19 a myſt thay in aclere Peder right fo azpereth
more his Bice in his Fre thay ny his pacienee gf ind) ſapd)
to aledan dre ine not thou art t$ more Bortbp fox thy

Fraute, treſour and ride araye / but onely for thy liferalits
and) goodeneſſe. ¶ And) faydo + They thu difpreyſeſt
« Pic m another may + ſole that thou vſe hyt not thy ſelf

2 ſayde · hay thou ſceſt adogge leue his maiſtve / fold
Be che. Sryue hem «Pape. for right fo Wil Be leue the & go
& anotle: , He fae amay that prayed) god bo yeue hym
fepiende. To Bloyy he ſayde/ thy peticion auapleth not Vith
out firſt “mn payne thp ſelf & lerne it. And) ſapde · of alle
Lertues of humant ber quantite therof is tle better
ſaue of Woꝛdee Sind ſaid it is not honeſt to pour prayſing
to a may of a chung that he Bath not deſetued · He ſaVe a
peyntour thut Was Bape a phyſicien. (o Who he ſapte thou
bnoddeſt that mey might ſc at the eye/tle falbtes that thou
dideſt m thy crafte/but node they may not be prrecpued for
Hey as hide Int her the erthe . nd) he fale right afaire
perſone / Nhiche Das a foole, and) thay he ſayde · lhes is a fax
re fuſe, andy right ay eupl hoſte f2zforoBedy cher . He
fale alſo afoole fitte in a Tivol And he ſayd) / Ther
ſittith (Nſtone vpoy a ſtone / One axed) ham What Was
koue + He ſayde JE Nas Nſelieneſſe that greſe of Jarl,
neſſe and) for lake of Si tuouſe excereiſe. One aped him
What Nas vicheſſe / He ſept A bſteynyng) from cout; —
ſe ſapde ©pogenes Vas in &Nſeaſoy ſelie, and)
his frendis eum to Spfite hin 4 Sey ving vibe pe nat. for
youre ſcKeneſſes come — of goodie Mille. He anfuerd)
Therſore am J che more aferd Ge fare ay old wer
that dped) hys leeres To Whom he (ayo hae a:
Web hyde thy Phpte her res, but nat thpy age © le
ſapd) . Jt is more Poole , thou goo to the ſeche + Ebay
the leche & che. 8 by ſemblably J fepe 16 + of ele leche
of ehe ſaule A Andy ſapd) Dyogenes Jf thou Tye
oreeche any may (Re it not by Ppolence , ut as Ap

fur yen doch to che ſeliethal is to ſaye ſofteky and packen
ly but and) tfou Vilt correcte thy ſelf /diſpoſe the as khe
hurt may, wth to the leche · Ie Bas axedꝰ hym/ho de amay
myght Reve hym from ire/he anſ Weredꝛ/aman ought alle
Wape & haue » Lemebraunce that he ary not at alk tymes
be ſerued) but ſomtyme ſ hal le fepy to do ſeruice / and) alſo
he (Sal not be al eye obeyde but at ſumtyme he muſt oleye.
aa Be (Bab not at alle tymes be — in bps Kyl kut
at fumtyme he muſt hauyng) thys ny hys mynde / it
ſhulde appeaſe Gee Jew Gen om cee ae
Alexandre ſittynq at his dyner / Niche praiſed) hy ou;
krageoſely · and) dyuerſe herkened) geeteky therto the ſaid
dyogenes began & ete faſter thay be fore + ſom axedy hyy
Why he fexfienedy nor the fepre ſeyngis of the geſter/he an⸗
ſWered). J do moze prouſficablp thay to herliey leſyngys
What is ſache prapſing) Worth, Tay be is neuer the better
kherſore nd) ſapdy / pf thou tallie Tpth a ſtraunger
ſpelie not inode tit thou haue firſt made com pariſon by
tene the connynch of his ſtiende and) thyy / and) pf thou
hy thyy better thay hys / (pele che boldelier and) ellis
lde thp peace and) lerne at hym Qf Dpuers dylicious
perſones blamed) hym of hys manete of leuyng) and) he
ſaydꝛ/it lieth Bele in my poder pf mp lyſt to lyue afrer
youre giuſe / but it is nat in pour power & kyue after mp
maner <>] (Rnd) it Bas cole hym that eertapy perſones
oo ſap cup of hym in hys abſence / he anſ Wered) it
i not Surge me though amay (trike at me and) touche
me not, ¶ Rnd) ſayd) . it is achurliſſh oon dictoy 6
anſ dere difhoneſtely/ andy a noble eon diet oy to anf Were

paeyeikly ¶ Windy ſapd? “Chee is no greter kreſour thay
Diſerecioy and) Wpete / Nox greteꝛ pouerte thay Jano
ratme / Moꝛ becteꝛ frendeſhip thay goode condicons/noꝛ
better guydeꝛ thay Js goode fortune ¶ Ind ſapd) / Se⸗
keneſſe Jo ch pryſoy of the body · Andꝰ fomibe Jo te pry;
for of thy ſaule + Ther Vas maß of se byrthe that ve
Buked) hym / To Wow he ſapd)-/My bloxe and) lynage is
enfaunſed) by me / and) thyy Js hurt and) loued) by the
Th ſapd) , Dyogenes Vas of litik ſpeche / Rnd one
aſked) hym Why he fpake no more / He anſueꝛdꝰ Ther
Was grete er tue in Nmamiys eres ¶ Tks Was amay
ſaydꝰ hym grete upſanye eo Vhay ze fapdy No Wore One
aſked) hym Why he anſuered) not / He 'ſapdy J cour
do hym no retter dpſPoxſhyp thay he wth hym ſelfe
For he hach oontrybuedy blame Into hym that bach not
wferucd it ¶ One aſked) hym / Hob be ſhulde trouble
hys ennempes . He anſuered) Enforce thy ſelf to be Fr;
tuous and) good) N nd) If thou Walt, hat thy goodeneſ
ſe appere grete Into ſtraungeꝛs / Tepute & them thy ſelf
ee nd) fayd) .Jf tu peue power & thy Vyff one
ky & trede vpoy thy fote oy the moro de (fe Boldy trede v⸗
y thy hede ¶ Andy ſapd) · Company of Women Js ay
— chat cay not be eſcheuedꝰ ¶ End) fapdp, He thae
doch good) for th: goodenoſſe of hit onely / ought not &
Drew Before Vhom he dot h not for te pꝛaiſing ne blame ths
of ET One af Bed him Whar he ſhulde knoVe his frende/ſa
ſapdy in neceſſite for in pꝛoſpeperite euery may is frendel
Ther Was anotheꝛ may ſaide vilanye Into him Wher al
& oft noy angre t Vas aſked him Why le Was fo mace

fe aunſBred) offer halh he ſand foth ox liedo/pf he haue far.
twuth/ ] ought not do be angry and pet leſſe if he haue
lied). he fake aman cates fo muche that thr cole no bo dy
make hym holde his eus /e Phom he ſaide/frende thou haſt
y eeres and but oy tunge / Pherſoꝛ thou oughteſt to heꝛſtey
double aſ moche / as thou ſpelieſt · he (abe a faire yon) may
Sat we grete diligende eo lerne /to hom he ſane ye do paſ⸗
fing) Wele & make pour dedis aſſemble pour Raker,
crabs mr grelies konge is bo fap /Reper of Juſ⸗
tice he Vas maned apenſt the cuſtume of that coil;

boolzis noꝛ paue no doctrine & his diſciples / but onefy by
Voꝛdes of diſcipline/and) that opimoy he helde of Tumo
Whiche Was his maiſtr for as the ſaide Socrates beyng)
of tẽdre age axed his maiſter / Vhy dil ye not fuffre me to
Write the doctrines that pe &<e me Tun aunf ered hin
touete ſt thou more the Weed beeſtes / ſliynnes to be Voꝛſh ip
ped) With ſapiende thay thengyne of may ] ſette che caſe
that on mete the in the Bild ſeld/and) axe the conſeile vpoy
a queſtioy. Tere it goody that thou ſhuldeſt ſape/let me go

home and ouer foe my boltes firſt. It Were more honeſt & ha
ue a vecours to thy remembrance andy terupoy briefly to de
termyne/ It Tere fo oer tamely ſapd) Socrates / Rel they,
reteyne it Wel in thy mynde . that thou ſhalt lerne · Andy
put it not in thy Sooke in Thiche opynpy the ſaid Serates
veſted / he defended that no may ſhul d Woꝛſh ip falſe poles
But Volde chat ale fomour and) Voꝛſh ip ſh ul d be referred
& th creatour of alt chyngys , and) for that opynyon he
Das eon dẽpnedꝰ to deth by xi · Juges of Nthenes · Phiche
oꝛdeigned) that he ſhuld) drinlte oertem poxſons / Merof the
Lyng of that oountre Was forp. but he ode not reuoke the
ſentence, ſe gaf him as Lona reſpit of his Juge nent as he
myght. The ſao bkyng ha dde a Bip charged With thingee
that in oertam tymes ſhuld) be offred) in the temple lo the

pdoles , fe hade a euſtume that he Toor peue noo Jugemẽt
and) eſpecially vpoy mannes det h). tile che ſaidꝰ ſhip Bere
retourned) & at henes / Vhiche Bas not yet dom home And
Vpo0y her tom̃yng) home one of Socrates ſela des axlled)

Inelites col de hym in the priſoy-that te ſaid) (Dip ſholde
come & the poꝛte oy the moro de oꝛ the next day. Vherſore he
ſarde , It Ver goody that Be (Hula yeue. CC CC. pees of
gol de to thy ſiepers · that thy Vol d leeee the ſecretely efcape
and) Bay myghteſt thou go to rome and) nedeſt litik &

drede them of athenes · e anſ wered. alk that ] haue is not
Worth four honderdꝰ . peeis of gold). no ſaid) Inclites ·
and) thy frendis haue fo muche Whiche We Wok 9 4
peue thy Ropers to ſaue thy lxf if it pleaſe the 60 the Þhichs
ſoerates anſ Reved this cy her J muſt fuffre deth. is

th naturaſt place of my birth Brim] muſt dye Pit hout

ceſerupng onely by cauſe that 4 repreue hem Froty doyng in
tuft dedes / and for Woꝛſ hippyng the falſe and Vapne poles
and) that J Wold haue them Fonour the true god). Vherfo⸗
re J fape If this mey of mp nacion pezſceute me for ſuſtey
nyng & ſeyng twuth/right fo Vil ſtrangeꝛs do bletſomenes
4 &eoome, for ] Wol neues ſpare & fap crouch not Be no
leſinges / and) ertapnly ooo Wolde haue leſſe meꝛey of me
than tloos of this Cobre, here in ] am Sen / It Goyer
ned) that the tleꝛde daye his diſciples um vnto him g fore
him m pryſoy Bp the oma undement of the /dij / Juges they
aped) him many doddta ble queſtiond /touchyng the ſaule/ he
anſuetd) thy / as largely and) as gladely as euer he deve
le of they mexuepNed) & ſc fo grete gftaunce ij amay
fo nygh his wth / One of his diſciples calledꝰ Demay ſat
de maiſtre ) Enoſde Nele „It is ay harde thing & the. for
& (be and) teche vs in the cage / that thou node ſtandeſt
m g Malina of thy lore is 6 vs atamegeous thing for
in this Noꝛlde haſt thou no ſela We of good) dockyne / So,
crates anſueꝛdꝰ. Spare not & enquere of me Who it plea;
ſeth pou for it is to me a greee pleaſcz thep axed him queſ
tions of the ſaule / Whiche he anſueꝛd / g after tp aped him
of the (late of the Woꝛl de /andꝰ compoſicioy of ehe Elemen⸗
tis Vhiche alſo he anſuerd) right per fundely / Windy & fare
Sno them J two We the hour of my wth azprocheth npgh J
Nil bayne me g malte me clene in this Voꝛlde/ g ſep myn on
fone bo thentẽt that ) (Bal haue no payne af ex my delh Phe
fore J pꝛay you ſpare me for a While/ſe ortred) & alous and
Laigned him ¢ ſaid his oriſ ds /g thay called his Tyf g childe⸗
rey 2 gaue them many fete doctrines g badde them payne them

for & do goode adreſſe there ſaules (o hym that afl ereatedy
andy thay aum one from th Juges to hym With wyſoy to
drinke ain (aro O ſocrates thinke not that J am he
that malteth the bo dye-for J RnoWe thou art the ſt may
that euer arm in this lande / but ) am ſent from the Juges
for to ſle the /g here is the cõſectioy þ chou muſt drin bie talie
it paciẽtly ſithey thou maiſt not ſcape it / Soerates ſaidzJ
fake it Vieh goode hert /e Gnole Pele thou art not gylty
therof /g fo drinke it And Vhay his frẽdes falbe that/chey
made grete Veping) g lamentacioy Vherof he blamed) them
ſeynig J haue ſent a Bape the Women by cafe they ſhulde
not do as pe do/he Went alitil from ehem /g ſaide O god ba,
Ur merep vpoy me /g anone his ſpneſdes \Franlte his fete
Wexed oolde / and thay he leide him wÞy / one of his diſciples
(oolie a bo ddeliyn e priklied him in his feete / and axed him
Jf & fete 00 thing). Nndp le ſaid) nape/thay he priltlied⸗
him in his thyghes andy apedy him if he felt it Le fapdo
nape, Nnone che cole ſtralte vp Into his ſydes thay ſocra
tes faire Dhar the ool de cometh & my hert J muſt nedis dye
Thay ſaide Inelites O dere maiſtre Welle of ſapienee and)
of ference correct and) teche vs yet / Vhyle thy ſpeche laſtech
€ Phom he faite] can noy ot her Vieſe fie Be your node dyyng
thay J haus wor afore in my lyf The ſaid) Inclites ſane,
for domaunde me What khync) pe Wyk, he anſ ered) noo
tpn), and) lift vp his epey to the (Rye ſeyng) ] preſent
mp ſole to the maker of alle the Poꝛldy andy fo vpedy
Thx (apdy ſocrates hu de. yy, M, diſciples andy diſ⸗
ciples of his diſciples nd. in hys lyf he deuyſed) that
mey (Gules be guyded) aftre , ih, oꝛdres that is eo ſaie m

Cleꝛqie / in arpa before x m comones and) orreranedy the
tleꝛgie aboue ih Eup Rowe / the Rupahefore aboue the prple
andy tat te clergie ſhulde pray for the Enpahthore g the
prple th: linyghehode ſholde deſende the clexgie g the yas
people to labour for the cleꝛgie andy the knight hode

ſayde ſocrates Was of rede cofour /g of competent ſtature ho
re heded) / and) Bele facedo/demure of ſpeche/a grete ſtu dyer
and) lolter vpoy the eꝛthe / and) They he fpake he Vaggedy
his Gal Fpnger fe lyued) four ſcore · j yeres / Bas Lapetery
in his ſcale/pacioice g good) byleue in god) malketh amay
vickorious / Ind) Was Prpttey i his girdel/hauing reſpect
and) confireractoy & them of euery thinge cauſech che fals
uacion of the ſaule and) of th body / fe eſtabliſſtedo ſakes
Whiche Were ſent into the Eeſt/eſt/South/g Moꝛth/g
alt Was goueꝛ ned) by them ¶ And) ſapd) Che firſt ching
that thou ſhulde fixe thy Til i is to Reve dyuyne Juſtice
and) to applye thy Vil & che ſame / and) not & do ſacre fi⸗
ces NOs no iniuſt thinges noꝛ to (Tere no falſe otles / And
ſaydꝰ /right as a may is heled) of his ſelteneſſe / by dertue
of a medpctne-right fo is ay euyl may heled) of his malice
by Krtue of the lade ¶ Indy (aire co his Diſciples J am a
til may / and) Lertues bey the ſedes / and) ſtudy is the Vater
that meiſteth them / Wheꝛfore if the ſedes le not elene · nor
the Water fufficiené , What fomenes be ſoſden pro fitet h Bal
End? ſaid / one ought eo meꝛueile af hym that ſoꝛgetetß
the perpetual goodeneſſe of the otheꝛ Worle for the goodes
of this Voꝛlde/that is not durable End ſayd · the Belk of
poſed ſaule loueth to do Vele · g the euil diſpoſeth ſaule buct
& do farm And ſeid th goode ſaule graffeth goodneſſe g

the fruyt therof is ſakuactoy, Nnd the euil difpoſed) /
2 the fruyt chef is dãpnacioy eet
th: goode fable is kinoſdey by p Be recepued gladly truth
| TS ew ſaule by that Ge —.— alad\Fſpnges
(Nudy ſaid) tat Bey aperſonne do eth m do xte fut
thingis and is ſtedfaſt ny thoos that key oper and eu: dẽt
bo che eye /it is ſigne that he is of goode vnderſtan ding
(Nudo ſaid) that te ſaules of them that bey goode / Ber
foro fall of th Verkis of chem that beey emi? ¶ nd ſaid
the may that foloſdeth oouetiſe leſeth him ſelf endeleſky/e at
the [aft is alk diſ ſonoured Nnd Bhoo that hates it geteth
vnough /g at the ende is right Bele Voꝛſh ipped Gad ſaid
that the goode ſable ſaueth him ſelf. g otfer ben ſaued) by
him ¶ And ſaid) th fable knoVeth ak thinges / thay
he that knoſdeth his ſaVle RnoVÞpth euery thing. g be that
ſino eth not his ſa wle /ſenodeth not hing Gd, ſaide he
that is Rept to him ſelf/he is more ſeytif to anotler g he
that is liberal & him ſelf / is oom̃onely liberal eo anotlet
{andy faire litik teching fuffiſeth & the coor ſales to
the cut ſoule mode teching may not a daile ¶ Nndp ſaide
that. vj. maner of mey be / that neuer be out of angre / that
is & Vitte / che firſt is he that may not foꝛgete his trouble
the. ij ay niuous may that dÞelleth Vith fol bis newly en⸗
richyd) ; the · ih · E chat dBellech m a place here another
bath thriuey g he cay finde no prouffitk here. che · iin. a che
may fallen in pouer tie. che. v. be that enforceth him ſelf to
dom & the ſtate that is not bylonging to him bo haue (Rnd
the. vj. he chat hath deli) With a Pyeſemay / and) bath
noo thing lernedꝰ of him ¶ And ſaide Who ſo faynelh him

(LF to ſe dock zyne & amay of eupl couracerefembREh
to him /that Vol maiſtrie a ſtrong hoꝛs / Vhiche if he pare
him not a ſtrong bitte Vith a cork fy (Gal nenex coy gouer
ne him! And ſayde to mode haunting feliſſhip enge dꝛerlß
not grete loue bit Lene them / abſteynyng from them aw;
ſeth ennemytees /g thay it is beſt to rele therm moderately
And) ſaide he that doth good) is better thay the goode · g he
that «tb euyl/is Gore thay the eri (Nudp ſaid) ſcience is
had by oiler of mey / but diſcrecioy cometh of god. nd
faire Byf dom is the lee of the lade /ꝛ moneye is th; ſelie⸗

neſſe . Wher the leche may not ble him ſelf/ſode chulde be
Bole another indy ſaide thou maiſt not be pfectely good if
thu hateſt thyy one ny / What (Bale thou be thay if thou ha
teſt thy frẽde Andy ſaide this Voꝛlde may be likened) to

a ay ful of thiſtlles in a manere brow hes amay is pꝛilt
lied / that entreeh ty it /e if he aſpie them he Pol be Ware of it
And ſaide he that Couch the Woꝛl de/hal h but labour 1; he

that hatech it /hath reſt udp fair he is right ſrple that
is ceꝛceyn bo parte from this Voꝛlde /g beſiech him bo malie
in hit his bil digis Qld. ſaid this Voꝛlde is like a light
be ning fyre/Vhezof alitil is good & Rpndpl his light &
(Rebbe him the Wey/g he dee & moche therof map ligh
tely Brey him ſelf Wit h al arty ſaid) he that ſecteth afk
his mide in this Mork Lefer his ſaule /g he that thenlieth
oy his ſaule hateth this Voꝛlde nd ſaide le that fourth
this Woꝛlde map not faile to falk in one of theſe/ h/ incoͤue⸗
mẽ tis oꝛ both/that is co ſay/otleꝛ & diſpleaſe our lord god
ozellts & be enuted at of mightieꝛ men they he is / And faire
im ay chat (eR eH to haue oinempes ſeketh his diſtructioy/g

he that bath many oxupers g omempes is in the Wileer of
eral foꝛtun nd) ſane this Woꝛlde is but a paſſacce ry
to the offer Vo:kde-and) ther fore. ſe that purucieh him of
415 neceſſarie for that paſſage/is the farce ſoz all pills
End ſaide er ouble not thy ſelf gretly/ Wilh Noꝛdely ac
quiſic de /but reſemble the birddes of the ſpe, Whiche in tho
moꝛnyng (eRe but their vefection for that day ¢ ſemblaby the
Dil de beſtes that coffe oute of the * fee
the ir fore sandy at nyght vepeire home ayen ¶ ndꝰ ſayd⸗
che exroux is EnoÞey in the one bo be curl / and) that that is
goode / is the more clerly ſcey after therby/ Plato Hoke Spy
bim eo go in a Wyage andy wfiredp & knoNe of Socrates
ode he ſhulde gouerne hum ſelf therm /andꝰ he ſaide tolbte
the — thou knoVeſt-z Kibave of thoos chat thou
RnoBes noc /g go not by nyghl / ete noon her bes that thou
Enoddeſt not /g Poe that thou Rope the high Weye/klough it
be kle lenger / wilẽde not & chaſtiſe him /that is oute of alle
reaſoy / ſor thou ſ halt make hym therby thin ene tnt
ſayde Pye not With a Bomar Withoute neceſſite conſtrapne
eC Wind) ſayde tido khynges be laudable/that is for to
fape Late and) ſapieite /lalde bepeth right yſneſſe / andy
apince auſith good condicions, Socrates acompamtedy
hym (eff With a Fiche may , and) kley mette theues in ay
byah Naye/ ehe Fiche may ſaid) It Were daſigewus bo me
if they node me N udp focrates ſaid) Jt Bere the better
for me / If y Pere knoVey by the nd) ſapd) aBpfer
may onght & Ble hys apes in one of theſe (o maneres
chat is io fepe', ny that that may exuſe hym to haue
Jove in thys Worlde and) m the oeher . o in that / that

may arufe hi m to haue goode name in this Worker (And)
ſaide this Voꝛlde is deleckacioy of ay houre / z ſoro de of ma;
ny daies /g the other Voꝛlde is grete reſte g long ioye / Andy
ſaid Vhoſomeueꝛ eee the one Kone of ſoprece doch the mos
re goode / thay if he gafe the of his geld Mrd ſaid (Bere
not by our loꝛd/ſoꝛ no ma nere of lutre al be it thy cauſe be
true /ſox ſom Vol thinſie thou forſ wereſt thy ſelf ¶ nd fat
de take hede hoe thou peueſt thy peftes/ for fom ſiple fol lies
eue to the vnnt dp / and) refuſe hit bo thoos that haue nede
Ind) ſaide If thou Tilt Wine afrende / ſpelte good of him
for Tae t encodieth loue /g euil ſpeche engendꝛelh hate
red) (And) ſaid a being ought to put from him all cup
diſpoſed pſones for the hazme that they of his oom panye do
is reputed his dede Gn faite he that exreth ¢ knoVeeH
hit. and) after repenteth him theꝛof Bath deſezuid) par den
End ſaide he that medleth to correct eueꝛy may auſeth eh
mooſt part & hate him ¶ Ind (aire & a may that ha dde ve
ptoued his linage /f J be che Voꝛſe for my linage as thou
ſayeſt thy linage is che Woꝛſe for the ¶ Und ſaide he that ſe
Reh the whee of this Voꝛlde is like vnto him (hat ſeliec h
6 mG zarab Wenyng it Vere Bates g rẽneth to mine it
tik he be Wery/ g Ihay he cometh to hit. he findeth no thing
e Bar he is more (hriſty than he Bas before for zarab is a
myſt in a medeſß/ Phiche at ſõtyme by veflection of ehe (One
ſemeth a abeꝛ g is none in dede (And) ſaidy a may Gath
neueꝛ pfy& reſte @ Jope in this Bort), for fe ary not al
Wape pſcuere in dſcctacion g poſſeſſe his Vinningis g oft
bath twuble g ang Wyſſhe/aſ Bele fox loſſe of his frẽdis as
otheꝛ wyſe / Nnd ſaid the loue of this Woꝛl d ſtoppeerh mines

teres / from hering ſapiẽce / g blyn fildeth the eyen froin ſept”
twuth. a hit caufath alſo amgy bo be muied) x on ”
from doyng goode de die ¶ (dp ſaid he that Louch a v 00
frouth bach moo ¢ gretet ſeruauntis tay a kin
ſayd) Be is not free that byndel h him to another nd ſap
de afferme noo thing /til thou knoVe the twuth not do nod
thing. but it le couenable noꝛ begi ne nothing /but if thou
fe Soe to bringe it & good) conclufion, Ther Bas a ihe
may ſaid) & him /O ſocrates hp art thou fo pure / Eo
Vhom he anfuerd If thou kneweſt That is pouͤtee thou Bol
weft haue more foroBe of thy puerte thay of my nd?
ſaid It is a grete merueile to ſe a Dpfemay angry. nd
ſaid) de det h is a thing that map not be eſheVed) /g ther
ought none to drede hit / but ſuche as haue cõmitted) grete
iniqinte e dy litil iuſtide / xz fore they ſhuld drede dãpna
coy for their demerites after their det nd) [a1 good?
deth is not & be diſpiſed / hut o be mace fied g prepſed
fox it maliith traſmutacioy from the Þorld) of vnckeneſ
ſe and) ſhame & the Woꝛld) of Woꝛſhip + from the Woꝛld⸗
not durable & che Voꝛld) perpetuel From the Voꝛl de of for
lie and dunites & the Woꝛld) of ſapiẽce reaſoy and trouth
nd fro the Woꝛld) of traueile and) peyne to the Bor
of conſolacioy and) veſte ¶ End) ſapd) Jt is merueile f
him that do dteth to dye / g wth thiges contrary bo his ſa
uacion And) ſaid det h is lyſfe & him that bnoPeth to
faue ioye after it Indo ſaid he that Cucth Wek Gal die
Bele Ind ſaid better it is Borf Bip fick det h chay ſhamefut
liſe. Nnd ſaid dech is the reſt of couebous peple for the lege
thy lyue the more multyplie che ir oouetiſes . ¢ ſo Nth is

more coucnabl for thy thay Cf for the deth of eutl prople
is the Vele and) ſurete of the good) Mectuſe they (Falk do
nomore ſynne no: hurt & the people ¶ And) ſapdy the lyf
Jugeh indereckely amongis the ded And) ſaid) . one
ought not to Wepe for him that is ſlapne Vit houte cauſe,
but for hm that hach (Rayne him / for he chat ſleeth vniuſte
ty aap Hin ſelf Ede fib Be Be Dee on
thing / ought & his per & be Ware eof Alſo be that ©
wibeeth o haue peines for his ſinnes af tit his wth, ought
fo to dele /khat he map eſcheue that pave (nd) ſaide Thay
chou Bolt do eny khing lolie for What cceafion hit is Andy
if thou ſeeſt che onde theꝛof goode/haſte the ooncluſion · and
eſis reſiſte chy Bil nd ſaide bettir is to amay bo Cue
harde. thay to loro dde of him chat reputeth his Gal lones g
pef tes & be grete g Vithoute exuſe Bol khinlie aman to be
iy his danger ¶ Ind faire take in no preiſyng the lone o
peft of him that bath diſ Woꝛſß ipped the for the diſhonour g
ſhame tferof is moze thay the Gpming He loued al Rep to
lerne / Vherof fon rebulted him · o Plow he ſaide/t he gretteſt
ſbame/ that aay dome to ay olde may is to be ignoꝛãt/he forte
a pong may that ha dde foliſſhly ſport a Bafted his fabſtace
and) Was broght & ſuche pouerte · that he Was ſeyn & ete
olyues /o Whory lx ſaide if the olyues hadde be as goode &
che at the begynnyng / as they be node. chou ſhuldeſt haue
adde pet largely of thy goodes Ind) ſayde ther is noo
difference bit ip agrebe teller of kydyngis , and) a lper
End faire the nobleſt thnic) that childꝛen may lerne is
ſcience / ſor cher by chey eſche de & do euilk Werkkis And)
ſaide the greteſt Vynnyng that amay map haue / is & gete

atrue frẽde/ſe herde amah ſap tha one Bas furer ty lieping
his tunge / thay in moche ſpelting for in moche langact one
map lighely erre. To Wlom he ſaid one ought not to Sunder
ſtãde that in them that ſpebe Bele, Nnd ſaide the prof fie of
ſilẽce/is leſſe thay the pwuffit / of ſpeche. 2 the harme of firey
che is more / (hay the harme of ſilence · Ando ſayd one may
benolde a Byſcmay by Barking 7 lol ding his tüge. ¢ amay
may linodde a fole by his moche claberẽg. Ind ſaid he that
Vol not holde his peas til he be gftrepned is not to be blamed
@ be that Dil holde his ras til he be boden ſpelie is to be prep
ſedy. And farde It is ay ignoꝛãt thing to diſpute ny thins
ges p map nat be vInderſtãde / Nnd ſaide the meane is beſt

in ail chẽges. N nd) faite mode rẽning maketh mode He
rineſſe. And ſaide if the Titte of a may oumaiſtnie not his
fraifte fe (Bab fone be outcome ¢ Brought to noughelſNnd
ſaid he is akeſt that cay not diſ derne the good fw the euil
And ſaid ke is a good frẽde that wth the good /g a myghty
Frente /t hat defedeth the fw m haꝛme He Vrote Suto a ling
vecõſoꝛting him Whay his ſone Vas wee in this maneꝛ / god
made this Voꝛlde ay fous of deleckacioy g reÞazd g tle tou
bles m this Doꝛlde cauſen vemuneracioy in the other Find

ſaid no may ought to repute him ſelf Fyſe / And ſaid this
Woꝛlde peucth evemple & thoos that abyde by thaim p depart
And ſaid the loſſe of [Sure is leꝛnĩg to other / Nnd ſaid he

that truſteth in this Voꝛl de is veceiued/ z le that is ſuſpecti
ous is in grett ſoroVeOne of his diſciples gafe him a gif
te/g he Vas troubled Vith al/ It Was axed him Whp he re
ioyſed it nat / he ſaid the recepcioy of this gif te hat h pared
hie Poꝛſ hip ¢ put me in his dãgeꝛ / And ſaid be bo thy fader

and) ko thy moder/ as thou Wile thy chil drey bey ko he
And ſaide be not 2.angry nes 6 Wrath full fos chat is the
Werke of a fole ¶ Nnd faite one ought to haue ſhame to ſpe
fe that he hath ſhame to do ¶ Ando ſatde refrapne tht fro
ices ny thp pouth g it (Bale te feireſt garmet/that thou
maieſt Per EH nch ſaid) gouerne the fo & thy poder /t hat
nonay fay har me of the / albe it / it Pere leſynges/for alle
mey knodde not the twuth /g yet they haue eres /plato deſi
ved) him bo anſ Were y. ij · thingis @ he Wolde be his diſciple
the firſt Vas What maner of mey one ought to haue mooſt
pie of/the h. Vherfore ſoy mennis Wiꝛſtis preue not / ehe
1 . tobe aman ſhulde do & haue vet ribucioy of our lozdy
The fir ſt he anſ Bered that amay ought to haue pite m. ij
Vieſes p is o ſeye of agoode may m the handis of aſhrebe
for he hach there but all ſoro de /g of a Rieſemay ty the gon
waiter of a fool Thiche is & him grete heupneſſe / z a liberal
may in che ſabiectioy of a baytif for he bath the rby grete tri
bacon Cle. ij che ir Berkis preue nat that haue goode con
ſeile/z Werlte not ther after / a haue richeſſe g Wil not diſpen
de hit fox cheir nede The · in · is the goode vetribucioy / that one
receputth of our loꝛde god) cometh to be oitierky obeiſſant
Into e him Fro ſyſie · g Shay platoy Was thus
anf Were d/be ary his diſciple all his lyf Nnd the ſane fos
rates ſeide diſpreiſe thy bodeli deth/g it ſbal be the lyf of thy
ſaule /folo e Juſtice g thou ſhake be ſaued nd ſaide a ie
ſemã reſteth g wich him / Phan he findeth twuth ¶ And)
faite aſßieſemã ought ko ſpelie Nich ay ignorãt / as the phiſe
dien wth Pitch his price ¶ (And ſaide be that taſteth his
pleaface this Worle muſt nedis falle in one of theſe. y-

exuſes that is co fay other bo ſale that ſe courts or & lt
ſe that he hath Lone With grete payne ¶ nd ſayd & one
of his diſciples · ſuffiſe the & ete that Wil ake ba e Op
hungere. g dꝛincſte that Til ſtanche thy thurſt amc
Welk thy ſaule, @ foloBe goode Wezſtis. lerne ſapiẽde of t
mooſt Wyſemey that & in thy dayes. eſcheue the genes tha
Women ſet to tale mey Bith al. for they be hidꝛers of ſapi
ce ¶ &nd ſaid he that loueth this Woꝛlde is like to him tas
entreth m & the ſee fot if he eſaxye the parels of the fame mey
Fol for le is foꝛtunate · g if he be periſſped they Vol ſey he is
Dil ſully diſceyued Env ſaid) may bath powder ouer his
Wo: dis. tif thy be ſpobẽ · · Whar ly bath ones Sttered them
he bath noo poder oueꝛ km (And ſaid he that hath no poder
to ref reyne bis tõge hath no mpghe & reſiſte al his othe
delectacids [Rnd ſaid ſik be g ſpeche is goode jn diuers Shp,
ſes g places ¶ Ind ſaid if a may be moche hore ſpelte. one
map knoVe if he be diſcrete oꝛ not ( if Be hold his peas: oꝛ
be litil. one Wil the rather deme he be Byſe(Nnd) faro
y amay ſpeleth he ought to gſidere afc ve That he Bil ſeie
for better it is he qſidere. thay another ſhol d. N ndd ſaid to
one of his d ſcipſes han thou Bile ſpelie. fpele atrtaiſely 07
hold thy ꝑ as Nnd fard he that hol deth his peas oꝛ ſpelieth
Cel lerneth at? (rede of other / if he ſpebe /otleꝛ lerne at
bis Woꝛdes / One axed him That Was a goode purchaſſe. he
anſueꝛd that / that gro Beth in the ſpẽ ding theꝛof/Nnd faire
dꝛoͤlienſ hip vn doth ami, ſaid one ought not & ape gfcile
of him that Bath his herbe al ſecte bo the World for his a duis
[Fale but af er his pleaſãde. 2 ſaid good gſeil ſheddeeh often
the ende of the Werlte / cher Bas aBomay that called him old

and ſaid his (ace Bas right foule Co Phom he anſBered)
thou art fo erſte g fo kwublous a myrour that my beaddte
ecy not be perceyued therm ¶ Ind ſaid he is diſctete hat
RepethNele his ſecretes /g he is not Pyſe that diſcouers them
¶ End ſaid amay ought to eye ſecrete that he is deſired
to Reser he is more (o preiſe that liepeth that thing ſecrets
Whiche le is not deſaredy to Reve And) ſaid) if thou cay
not Reve thpy odd ſecretes / moche leſſe Wolk he lie pe hit /t o
Whom thou haſt bol d hit to! one aped him Phy addieſe may
Wil defare to haue counſaile. he fepre leſte his Vyl be in op
Nyſe medio With his Bette ¶ Nndp ſaid) le that is of
good con dicioy is of good and fare lyf / and is belouedꝰ of
goode people / and he that is of cut? con dicions is eupy the
cõtrary nd ſaid to one of his diſciples / truſte not this
Voꝛl de. fox hit paieth neuer that it promitteth UNnd ſaid
atuſtume pou to be content Vith litik + for ye (Bal fynde
hit for the ſt, and chat ſ halt oom vnto pou repute it not
for litil for it may encreſſe/p mnt tiple Bu ſelie & Tyme
frendis in very loue ſle wyng them noo ſagne of hate. and
one axed) him What differẽeꝛ Nas bet wene trouth and) le /
ſingis / he ſad) aſmoche as is bit dene the cove and) the eye
¶ Ind ſaid) he chat deſireth to haue move thay ſuffiſaũce
fath tl profficeth him noo thing Und ſald to one of
his diſciples/truſt not in the tyme. for it faileth )ncõtinẽt
to hum that kruſtich ther to ¶ Nnd fard Ware thou be not
diſcepued by thy Kae, and by thy youth /noꝛ by the helth
of thy body fo thende of thy helth ſpalbe ſelteneſſe/and the
ende of thy feReneffe ſhalbe deth /g thou maiſt not eſcheue the
diſcaſes of this Voꝛld/ ther Bas neuer rope Bit houte ſoroſde

noꝛ neue: light Biehout texKeneſſe-nox neue: veſt Ticheute
labour / not aſſemble Withoute depazting (Rnd) ſapte, ke
as the fortune of this Porlte , ſhal make reiopſing) Bpoy
thiy nnempe-naght ſo may it malie thpy ennempe haue re;
ropſanc) of the nd) fapdo he that ſtabrliſſſeth,and) fet;
EB him ſelf in cournable place / is the more ſure for the pe⸗
ryls of this Voꝛlde Ind ſayd he that is fulfilled Vith
the loue of this Poꝛlde diſpoſeth him & , ti), thinges / that

is to ſape /firſt to wueꝛtte / for he (Bal neuer attepy to the

richeſſe that he — — to ſuffve payne /thirdely
to beſyneſſe / Sithout evpe dito End ſaid) /e le neues

chy gfcp% & him that is angry Thay one praieth him & be
pe it ſecrebe / One axed him Bhat he had Bone by his ſence
Be fapdy J ary as amay ſitting oy the ſce (pre g bißpl ding
the ſimple fol lies Brapedy in the TaVes of the ſee ©! Qndp
ſaid. grete fredom gw with by ſezuree / for te more one ſer
uech the more fre le bedometh nd ſapd, fe that Dil Win
ne frẽdes lebe him lolie firſt if he cuy refrayne them from 007
uetiſe /g if he can /reſt tay With them g ell is fone to departt
N ndꝰ ſaid) if thou be not couetous thou map reſt in euery
place ¶ N nd the ſard) ſocrates had many ſeyinges ayenſt

Nomen Vhiche is not trãſlated / Nnd it Bas aped of him
to Phat ſciẽce it Vas beſt & ſette his childe coſcole/he anfues
de / bo lerne that that is bothe profficable in this Woꝛlde x ehe

other / one axed him Whar he begãne to be Byfe dine tex
anfucsd/ Thay firſt J refreined) my ſelf Tl *(And) ſaide

Fay amayts ſo diligẽt & lerne /g louet h fo Mele ſcrece that
he taliech nooy hede of pꝛepſinc) nos difpreiſync) for the lore

theꝛof/thay is he Wyle It Was tolde him that ther ha dde no

credence be yeuen & alle his Tones Be anfBeved,fo that my
Pordes haue be goode and) reaſomable] geue no grete force
To hach beleued) them oꝛ no ¶ Nndꝰ ſaid) He is goode sy
the hpeſt degre of goodeneſſe. that enfoꝛceth hym to be good)
Bing felf Andy h; is iy ſe h. degre ti enforeeth hin 6
cauſe other & be goode/and he that velilꝛelh of none of thieſe
h. 16 & be deſpreiſed) ¶ And) faire & his diſciples & not
deſi-ous to haue the coor not durable. Put couctte & haue
that is perpetuellp good) ¶ And) ſaid) · be not inguiſitif
vyoh offer folſkis leſt they be jnquiſitif vpoy the atin
ſad) put Vit and) diferecion afore the in alk thy Verlies ·
and thou ſhalt be th better qranyſſſed Phan thou ſhalt com
& thepecucioy of the ſame ¶ And) ſaid) for bere not & do
goode dedis alk be it they be vnknoſden. There Was one dif;
prepſed? his face. fo Whom he faite it Bas not my poder &
malte mp face/and) ther fore J ought not be blamed if it be
foule that that J haue pouer ouerJ haue made fair and that
tat thou haddeſt power ouer thou haſt ſoyled⸗ Cnty ſaid
be true Into hym that companpeth Vith the-andy Kereth
twuth vnto the. and) thou ſhalt be te more fare to eſchedde
daſigiers ¶ And ſaid do & eher as thou Dol deſt they ſhuld
do to th Nnd do fo noon offer but as thou oldeſt be won
fo And) ſatd) amay ought bo be corrected) rience
and) taught by the mutacioy of this Voꝛlde ¶ Andꝰ ſaid
he is Geral + Bath greteꝛ deleckaeioy bo aue goode venoume
thay money And) ſaide protence is g ſtrong caſtell. and
haſtyneſſe oicyrdreth ve pen ta une And ſaid) honour 16
(e frupte of trwuth,andy fos thy trouth thy froꝛdes ſ hate
Horſhip the. Ind thy goodeneſſe (Balk kino den nol ſparig

to do that/thab ſhalbe prouffitable < Ando ſaid) / it oughe
fuffiſe a may & Bnote and) vndeꝛſtande that that be ſeech
dayli fal m this World) fox the ꝛby he may lerne neVe fcr
&5/ſe ought to be Woꝛſhipped) that Bileth Pele & eue ry
may / and ly that Pol other memes haꝛmes putteth hoy ſelf
in grete perille / dut the Juſte may reſteth in ſurete dd
ſed he that Repeth him ſelf Wele is a grete onquerour /

le that ſettith fo litil by him ſelf that he thenlieth not oy
his ſaule /leſeth) him filf he chat is pacient doth Wele/ and)
(Gal not vepente him / and he that holdeth his peas ſaucth his
mungiet ¶ &nd ſard let thy ſees & goode Woꝛlies / z thou
[Pale gadre flours of Joye andy of gla ddenſſe T Ando
ſaid) / tpou (Galt haue reſt ty the com panye of a Byfe may,
labour 1 the companye of afool ¶ And ſaid) & be Si
fied) Wich lictel is Woꝛſhip/and) not to be ſactiſfiedy Pit
mock: is ſhamed Nndd ſaidy enquere Bay thou haſt wor
eny deffaulte / and) if thou haue exved) cozrect thy (eff and
repent the and) af tir that repentaunce Pare thou falle nd
more theꝛto/and) lobe thou Taunt the not of np of 4
goode dedis ¶ (And) ſaide be that pꝛeiſeth him that doch

le is paꝛtene: of his good) dedis © (Nnd) ſaid) accompany
not With him chat kno Weth not him ſelf E And) ſaid)
ſe is in gvete reſte p ref rayneth him fro ãgre l Nnd ſaid
he is Pele diſpoſed) that cay eempre his delyng and) his
Freche ¶ And ſaid-talte noo ſkame & here trouth of Pom
fo euere chou hereſt it/ſoꝛ twuth is fo noble that it Woꝛſhip
pech thoos that pronolice it ¶ nd) faidy that thmay that
kepeth anes (ae ſhame is bettiꝛ thay the richeſſe purchaf
ſed) theꝛby ¶ And ſaid many mey map aptzeepue faldtis

in lhem ſelf · khat fyude fabio m aff otleꝛ ¶ nd) ſapd⸗
to a may that fled) Senqueff Ged from alataille/tlou doſt
euyl to flee From the honourable wth to the ſhameffutk lpff
¶ And fapdy he that erret h/ oꝛ he lino de the twuth ought
the formes 6 haue ſoꝛgeueneſſe indy (aid moche Vyne g
ſapience may not actoꝛde / for they be in maner gfrarious
(Rnd ſatd) /ſu ffiſaun ee is a caſte chat Reeth Pyſemen
fw euyl Berkis Gnd ſaid if he cay not eſchedde ire pet
Rove it ſeize ¶ Ind ſaid that thing that afook leſeth cay
neues be vecoutd But a Ax ſenay cay leſe no thing / There
Was a foole that. blamed him / Ver fore one of his fela des
aped him leue to auẽge him /to whom he faire /a Þpſemay pe
ueth neue: licẽ te to do amyſſe «Andy ſard ak thinges be
ſtrengthed) g fuſteyned by Juſtyte /g all thnges be amy
nyſſkey e FATED) by Jniaſtice And (at aft cht thou
voſt may not & kept gſeile/al be it / it be nat node vndez
ſtandey it ſhalbe lenolden ee ſayd good)
renomme is bettir thay richeſſe/ſoꝛ richeſſe Volle loſte andy
renome Vol laſte / Sapioꝛde is a richeſſe chat Bil neuer
faile nor Wusste, nd faire Bare the of mokenfFip for
the Lit that is ouͤcome Nit h Ppne/16 Oke the hoꝛs that caf
&th his maiſtre ¶ Nndp ſard take hede of the guy dyng) of
him that thou aves gſeyle of / if he goueꝛne hym ſelf euyll
by GRE pfore right fo Tp! ge gupde ch / fer Bp reafoy he ought
o loue him (ef fe better thay the ¶ Andy ſaydy be Ware thou
bꝛelie not the ſabes chat Be for the cõmone pꝛouffyt ¶ Ind
faire pueztee is Better thay eupl gotey richeſſe. Andy ſaide
ama Lit houte ſciece is PpRe a wyaume Vihout a kia / Rnd
ſaid) ale ing) ought to take none to his ſezurce but ſuche as

Be Meg preuedy afore good andy true e Ando (aidy hx tfas
taketh ree in like don dicioy / may not make hem al his
frendes ( (And) ſaide / e õmitte alt thy mules & god Vith
out eny eveepaoy ¶ Ind ſard/vepute not thy ſynnes litil
noꝛ magnifye thy good de dis for thou Hal haue new of
chem if they Bere move] nd ſaid & his diſciples abe Wa
re of this Woꝛlde cf Sipe if is a tfoꝛny buſſhe that thou
muſt cer Spon ¶ nd ſaid iſe as thoos that le Woꝛdely
Wyſe Kepe them from angre in the preſence of klxir lxng) by
as grete veaſoy ought they to be Bare / ho de they degre them
afore god that is & vndeꝛſt anden in euerx place for god is
ouer a nd ſaid he that is long oꝛ le be angry / is fax
des o azpeaſe/thay he that is lightly Broth right as the gre
ne Bore is kottex thay the other Bhan it is Wel bymeledy/
Thez Were brought afore him oeꝛtu py people Vhiche ſard dy
uezſe Jmutes to hym/he anſ ed) Af ye haue exp olheꝛ ma
tere & Byrne of me they this / do it orellis hol de poure peas
Theꝛ Pas gretes reueꝛẽ ce made & another may /thay to him
Pier ſore ooh apxede him if fe hadde enp enuie theꝛat/he anſſde
red if he ha dde more ſciẽde thay J/ ] Wolde haue ha dde eure at
him oꝛ ellis not Nnd ſaid. ſapiẽce g goode renõme is net
founte but m goode ꝑſones Wheꝛ fore they be better thay the gre
te richeſſe chat is found in fooks ¢ curl propel nd ſaid
thy ſaule ought eo thinlie Vel /g thy body bo hel pe therto
And ſaid chat chou oughteſt Beye ſelivet 19 thy corrage dif
outs it not (oeueꝛy mã Ind ſaid oon vnto him þ ſaVe
him in a pure clothing this is not Socrates thus poueꝛly
arraied Hat paue the la es bo þ peple of athẽs / oõ Bly fe
anſ dered p true laÞ is not made by good arrapemẽt but by

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de a Pyſcmay ought & linowe What 16 his ſaule
Zatoy is by inteꝛpretucioy as mode & ſeye as at
p ded or ful filled) g Was of grece / by his faders ſyde
le Nas of the noble eſculapi) ftnerede g by his
dders ſpe of the kineredy of 3aloy that oꝛdeigned Diets
lades / as it is alouẽſaide/he dwefſedy Dith ſocrates te ſpa
& of /v/xeres. g after the deth of te (asd ſocrates he Sites
(tow that in Egipte Were eextapy of pptagoras diſciples co
Vhow he Vent /g proffyted) moche in lerning With them. he
returned? thy ayen eo Nthenes /g there he oꝛdeignedy ..
ſcoles g Bfcdp laudable lyff/ in deyng goode Berkie helping
c nouriſſhmg the nedy peple / Nd they of Réknes Bold
baue made him there lone he refuſed hit vtterlx for as mop
che as he lnedde them of badde g Wikked g dycions /g Bnes
We Welk that he coure not lightly chaũge their diſpoſteids /e
alſo he Vyſte Wele if he ſhulde correcte them ikke as it aypers
teyned they Vol de ſezue him as they did) ſocrates/ The ſap
de plato lyuedꝛ Ppt. eres a may of good Bifcrecton, diſpo
ſicioy/g right pacient /g a grete panes of his good) eo pours
men g to ſtrangeꝛs /and he Baty many diſciples / amdge tie
Vhiche · h. of them after his deth. that is io Bitte / zenoerd⸗
tes ¢ (Nriſtotiles eld) the ſcoles Qndy tho ſapdꝰ Platon
ide be che his fappence by allegorye / to thentent that hyt
ſhuldy not be vndezſtande but by Vytty mey · Nd) be ſexs
ned) hit of Tymeo andy of ſoerutes /he made · vj/ boots /g
preched? and) taught the people that they ſhulde pene graces
and thanſtes & god for his goodeneſſts g meꝛey/g fos that

Be made khem alk egal ty fo moche / hat be amah neuer fo
mighty/his power cay no more /e hay if he Were apouer crea
ture /vefiſte ayoiſt deth/ſemblably he Fad andy thanked god
for the Witte khat he hach yeuen ko may! Andy ſaide yma
gyne no thing bo be in him/but that that is nedfulk goode
and) eouenabbe(] nd) ſaid) / be not couetons Spy Tore
ky goodes / ſor god Bath oꝛdeygned) that Be chulde haue ſuf
fiſaunce my this Noꝛlde And) fuche fuffifaunc is called)
Sapience / The Whiche pe ought bo haue With che dꝛede of
god · Phiche is the Repe of goodeneſſe. Ve z by ye may ottre
and) atteyne to tfe goode and true richeſſe of this Noꝛlde /le
uyng & do a ching) that may aꝛuſe hattered) and) euill
Wik for andy ye Wiſt boNe ſumme thinges that ye loue g
pꝛepſe/as eutl and) vyle / ye Wolde haue the m in more hatered
chan loue | Rnd) ſapde. direcke andy amende pour ſelf. and
after labour to corvecte offs and if pe do not ye ſhalbe dãp
ned), And) J celle pou, the thing that bath made me mooſt
gladde. Js that J haue not ſette by golde ne ſikueꝛ. for if J
Gade ga dꝛedy grete treſoꝛ J chuld) haue hade many heuy
tbuftes- Beweg baue noſße Joye g gladdeneſſe. Heide en
ceſſes daily in me in lernyngſ Vyf dom. And) for to letz
pou Wete. that goldy and) ſilueꝛ arey not good). o be oucs
mode ſet dy + Ther is fumme tountre thé alittitk yuoꝛy
0: Bnpeorne bone. Is Fought for a grete ſowne of gold)
nd) in ot heꝛ places, mey take glaſſes bꝛas and) offs
ſuche thinges. for aſmoche gold · Nndꝰ thexfore if it ere
peꝛfptely goody of him ſelf. he ſhulde be egally Hofer, and
louedy ouer alle like as ſapiemœ is choſey and) louedy 9
euery Cuntte ¶ End) ſapd) . Enquere andy ſelie &

halle Lertues /g pe (halle ſaued praiſe no foule thnigges and
blame no thing that is laudable/g krauaile pou not for &
inne thiges/ that (Bal lightfp be loſt / ſolowe after pour
good predeceſſours aveape pou Vieh iuſtiee and cloth pou
With chaſtite /g fo pe (Palle happy /e pour Verlies lauded
And) ſard Cuſtowe is a grete (hinge Mnd ſaid the Bie
ſted) Verlies dampne and diſtwye the good g tle bittreneſ
fe of the aloe tre diſtroyeth the (Witteneſſe of ehe hony / nd
ſaidꝰ. N Vyſemay ought not & think oy his loſſis Sué
ought to ere Belt the remanaunt of his goody C And
ſaid) le that dolh not for his frendis While fe map + they
Pol ue him Shay he fh ue mooſt nede to them And
ſaid) that ſapioꝛce is good; for he ary not be loft as other
catalles and Hotel's goodes map / Nndy 16 Bas axed him
herby aVpſe may might be knoVey-and he anſuerd Thay
he Pol not be Broth of the munes that bey toy Into him
and) retopſeth him not They mey pꝛeyſe him / Undo JE
Pas apedy of hym / hodde mey might beſt de Enged) of che ir
ennentpes/fe anſuer d for to be Leꝛtuous / and) 6 do goody
andy noble wes ¶ nd) ſapd) & his diſciples Enfor,
& pou & get Sens · by the Phiche pe (Pal dyreche pour
(aula, N nd) do pour past for & ſiepe the lade m fue Bp
fe . that pour maker may be content Vieh you ¶ And) he
fale a pone may that had) fol de/ the lyuelode that Was oom
him by fuceſſtoy. Andy he dyfpendedꝰ it ampſſe m ore
e druers and) offer miſredle. To Pom he fatdy che exthe
eteth offer men , but thy {eff eteſt the eꝛthe. And) it Pas
apo? of him Gp it is that trefour and) Sane map
not ac 60 gider . Andy he anfaczed) and? ſapy =

that one thitce- look a cSpAffrs map not be dpuided (And
ſaid) that Gehe cruſtes m his fortune / Nndd is not ſom
What beſye and diligent to laloure in goode Berke the goo
de reſoꝛted from hym / as doch the awode from the ſtone that
it bath light Spo Cindy ſaid) le that techeth good fo o
cher / and doch it not him ſelf. Js like & hym that lighleth
acendefk & anotſcr and) goth him ſelf darbeling And
ſaide a Binz ought not bo be gretely pra1ſed-thot repgneth
onely but vpoy his ſubgieckes / but he aught & haue laſdde
That reigneth and) hath lor dſh ip Spon his nnemyes
And fapd) Be that gedꝛeth and aſſembleth mocke fifuer
oughe not to be called) riche / but he that diſpen deth ꝛt Hor
ſhipfully and) laudably. nd ſom aſked) him SoBe one
micht Reve him from nede / and he anſ Neꝛed if men be riche
let hem lyue tem perately / and) ſobꝛelp. and if they be pores
lete hem laboure dillgentely / Thay ſome aded him of hoe
moche goode amay ought to be content / Andy le anfBered
& haue fo mode as he neded) nat to flatre not Bore of o
cr dl And) (apd 6 Bie Difeepes, han ye ſſalle Tery
of ſtudynch / ſpoꝛee pou in vedyng goode ſtories ¶ Ind
ſay de / that the Byfemary ought not to doue ite th rhe
fe of his frende / eſt he be Faced) and) diſpreyſe him ther
fore ¶ Nnd) ſayde / Nlittiſt goode is a grebe thing if thou
be content tler With Nnd ſapd/it is bettir and amore co
uenable thing) Eo aint, / & vememhꝛe and) ſe & the goode
gouernaunce of his people the ſpace of aday / thay for bo
dauncs g ſpoꝛte hym a bole pore ¶ Nd ſapd Texſtrs won by
Nyſ dom cauſech kino ſblege of thingis g them diſcreteli to vif
terne / and Verſies woy by ignoꝛãee is ay vnlenolden thing

til (wu ſtable g ſette lhem in there right Ley / g Noꝛltis
wor by leſingis is for to diſoꝛdꝛe goode thiges /g put them
oute of t&ir propre place ¶ Andy faire thou (Balt neuer be
pacioit Whylk chou aꝛt oouetous / And) it Vas aſked ham
holde he might haue ler ned) fo mode Vyſ dom /he anſuezdy by
cauſe ] haue putte more oille iy my lampe bo ſtu die by thay
yy in my arppe · And) it Bas axed) of him hat may is
mooſt couenable to goueꝛne a tone / And) he anfuerd) he
that «ty Bele gouerne him ſelf/ And it Bas alſo axed of
him That may Nas mooſt Woꝛthy bo be called) Byſe andy
he anſuexdꝰ he that taketh mooſt fre bo goode conſc ile andy
cafteth mooſt dowtes ¶ Andy ſayd) that the Veſſels of
golde be pwued) and) FnoVey by thair ſo dne Af they be bro
key oꝛ hole /ſoo as mey proued) andy linodey by tleir ſpe;
che if they be Vyſe oꝛ fooles / Nndy It Vas aved) him Whiz
che be the mooſt Ignorant men in their dedis · And he ſaid
ſuche as Werlte mooſt after their one donſeyle/and) that
obeye & them ſelf · and) for deffault of goode Wutſement
Diſpoſe hem haꝛdely & do Pyliltid) dedes Ind) they af ed
him Pho woth mooſt Wrong & him ſelf, Nnd he ſard) he
that meſh him to thoos that he ought not; (Nndo ſaid⸗
tle ignorãt peple Jugeth lightly the farreneſſe oꝛ the HEH
that they ſe out Waꝛde. g the Vyſemay Jugeh by hat, that
thy fc of mannes cOopaons nde {arty he findet h fa
prince that ſeketh her Sp the right Pepe , and) many ere
by cauſe they ſelie her vn duely and blame leꝛ Without cauſe
End faire he tat is ignorant of good ſapiẽd e inoÞeth
not him ſelf, « he that no wech not him ſelf is of alk ig⸗
norauntis te mooſt ignoruunt. N nd he is Wfe that kno;

Werth Janoraumer and) be that knoVetH if nol is ignorãt
And) ſapdy Wine le (Bae ya ſe Rnd ſid
Ele bm reſembleth & a grete Ppupre groÞpnag) of lic
and) ſmale rempng Watves and) (le ꝛfore if he be (Tete the
Gal ſhulde be ſPete , nd if Be be ſalt the litik ſhulde be
ſalt End ſaid) be Wele Ware chat in lataille thou truſte
not alk onely in thy ſtrength diſpreyſing) thyy natural
Witte cauſeth vickorie Withoute maht/but vnuethe ma
mey haue vickorie by ſtrength Vit houte Se of natural We
And) ſapd) Voꝛdes Wit houte goode effect , is lilte a grete
Batre that dꝛodneth che people andy web it ſelf no pwuf⸗
fyt URndp ſaide a fuſpectious may is of euyl oon dicions
andy lyueth in ſows ¶ Nnd) ſaid) be not Wyll ing to Sle
ey Woꝛdely deleckaciõs / into the tyme that pe ſe Vhether Wit
te and) reaſoy graunte theꝛto / (Nnd) if thieſe t o a coꝛde
thou maiſte Mele and) lightky RnoWe the faireneſſe / and
che fil th thewf. nd) in Bhat Vyſe they varie · and) That
difference is let dene em And) ſaydꝛ · The Peames
aren ſomtyme loft by neglygenee nd) ſomtyme for vſing
to moche Jdel neſſe and) alſo by bo grebe kruſtyng ty fertu
ne + ¶ kſo Whay mey enbende not to encreſe tfe people to ms
habybe che lande. (Nndy allo Ney Werte laſteth long) ther
jy Und) ſaidy The ende of Indignacioy is to be acha⸗
medꝰ of him ſelf + And) Jt Das apedꝰ Spry hoe & Wp,
ſemay coud be twubledꝰ And) he anſuerd) · Whan he is
compelled) to & th twuth of ay vnlinoldey khync &
yy Bind fapdy , Wi Hou fake fe (Rmay of
good) diſpoſicioy , and full of parfecpon* thou ought &
do after hym + Fox couetiſe is tothe Welie and (eRe m Spy

& wafer him / for oouetiſe is Bote Teſte andy fee 59 him
aa fard,oifprxife not alitsk thing fox it map encreſ

ſen (Xnd7 ſaid) Blame not nos vebulie omen By ſe is
Proth, fot Bry thou mapeſt not directe him ¶ & nd ſaid

le not gladde of the euilk fortune of another for thou Eno
Belt not hoe che Bozkre may tourne apgiſt che Cl Andy
ſayd ſtable thy Nitte Boeke at thy right hande and thy left
| (Andy thou alt & Feel And) ſaid / klxre is thre thmges
that wth me bazme bo fe that is bo ſape / N ude may fall
in puertee sa Woꝛſhipfulk may diſpraiſed) / and) a Bp
may moſtſed) andy ſcoꝛned) by ignoraunte people (And
ſaid) not ry feliſſhip ates ce mey for -n00 goo
de that they ory promiſe Heel N nd) ſaid) Thay a ropaume
is in profpenite -Couctife is bounde & He King Vlay it is
m & / the leg is bounde bo couetiſẽ N nd ſaid/ Co
utte not that thy chung / bey haſtily don Bul deſire onely that
they be Te nd fad amay ought to be better dontẽt
@ is more Bounr bo his pꝛinte / ſoꝛ coy ae Text of hym
thay if offer ha dde geuen him grete gift is ¶ N nd ſaid/tlx
gyftes that & yeuen to the goode people af bith vetribucioy
lie giftes that be xeuey bo the noghty people ouuſeth tem
but to afGe more nd ſaid the Vilibtideneſſe ſolo wet h
after th Viited mey/ g diſpraiſeth all goodeneſſe Ake as
khefkye that ſetteth ler Spon corrupt thiges /g leuech the [the
te flodres . nd ſaid haſte hou not to pꝛeyſe np thing vn
& the tyme / that thou knoddeſt if it be Voꝛthy/for to be prap
ſed or not] Ind ſaid) that a Byſemi ought not & exal te
him ſelf byfore the vucẽning bub mebte him a thanke god?
that it Bath pleaſed him bo exal te him in or /g put peine to

brcnge hy out of his Janorance in the Bape of righe dy
ſeneſſes g cortefie for if he ſhulde redukte him Famefully it
ſhuld be cruel te g to iſtructe him eaſely is Wurteiſie / Nnd
fard that. j. diſpute rs diſputing a argunc) , for & haue
ſino lech of p trouth of a chig /haue no cauſe to be Twieh
to gidre for tle ir queſtioy fallet h eo oo cõcluſioy / bul g if
the one thmieth fcr to gquere the other/they may haue ligh⸗
telp hate d) to giter , for as mode as ich of them Volle
berge his feladde & his one entente g fo to fubdue his opp
spor] And ſaid Thay thou Wilt borobe oꝛ axe np thing)
of any may if it le refuſed the chou ought & be mow aſſa;
med of thiy af Binney thay Be of his refusll nd ſaid hy thut
Ky not noꝛ Wil couerne him ſelf is not able to gouerne
many other ¶Nnd fard a Pyſcmay ought to aſke air eyſe
ly g meſiely /g Vith fre Voꝛdis Ake as the leche that va,
eth more bloode of a may meliely g Pithout noyſe thay
doch cle ſincerolle that pricketh faſter malielh more noyſe
And ſaide amay of feble courage amoyeth hem lightly of
that he Guts ſaid en force thy ſelf to knoVe god/e
dꝛede Hiya prone the for to RnoWe thy ſelf tko 6eche offer
andy rales to do fo thay to beſy the » thy other daily oxu
conc Windy ſaid) Defive no thing of god / but the is
p:ouffptable but deſire of him the good) that is durable Lo,
ue te the goode lyff here / but principally the good)
ene Windy ſaid) he 45 Inhanpy that gtinueth m his mali⸗
& g thinketÞ not oy his <1 nd) ſaide velien not thy
getting in thinges that bey from the / ne tarp not bo do for
ery that haue won for Fer til they aſbe the / the redompenſe
(Rnd) ſaid) , He is not Levep Pyſe that gla ddelh oꝛ

reropſed him in Voꝛdely pꝛoſperitees sand is kroubled in D
uerſitees ¶ N nd Es fil th of Woꝛdely Witte is no
Bey in moche ſpeche “1 Ind ſaid · firſt thinke g af tir dard
ſpelie x thay execute for thinges cha unge lighely ¶ Andy
ſald. angre th: not ſodeynly for if thou acuſtune it · it Dole
bourne ones bo thy harmes U Ando ſaid, If thou & Wil
ling & peue eny thing & enp ne dy body. carp not till & mo
wulde. for thou kno0eſt not What may fal to the. nd
pene & him that a not labour ne cote his lining ¶ N nd
ſaid be not Lyfe onefy ny ſeyng but in dedes · ſor the ſpeche
Vaſteth in the Woꝛld) g ehe ſapiende of dedis/is pꝛouffita
ble in che euer laſting Berto (And ſaid · our loꝛde accep
&th him for noble · that wth goode Verſiis though he be pe
aſible of litle Voꝛdes + and reputeth for emit th pꝛateres g
ſacrifices that hey woy by euiſk people ¶ And ſaid · If chou
Paboure & wo coow, thou ſhalt cher ſore ſuffre no peyy ! for
if thou Saft dilectacioy to do ſpye , ep dileckacioy ſhall
1 @ be none / and thy fynne ſhall abide euer Nith ehe
nd ſaid haue in mynde th: Supe that thou ſ halbe called
to thy Jugemẽt /e fou ſtake here nothing gz thay thy elatte
ryng tounge ſhalbe ſtitk · che thought ſhal fuck the thpy yen
ſtalbe wake, and thpy humanite ſ halbe cõfumed in bo the
erthe/and thy Bitte fo corrupt , chat thou ſhalt haue no po
Wer & fele a+ ſtenche of thy body. nor loVe the Noꝛmes
ſhall fuke thy wten Eavepy / Alſo haue in mynde the place
Whee thou ſhalt goo · che loꝛdis andy the ſezuauntis (Balke
alle like iy the ſayd) place + and) the ter may not her
frende ne foo hurt nor hel pe the © And cher fore ler;
ne good) ferences andy. diſciplyne + for thou ſ halt not

node Whar thy depaꝛting out of this Noꝛl de ſpalbe and
be certapy that amongis aff the peftes of god-ſapimee
is the mooſt exellent, ſt yeueth goodeneſſe o te good prple
par donneth & the Tiſiſied their Wibliedneſſes. thinke g
— in thy mie gtinually that thou haſte ado /g truſt not
in eny thingis of this moeuaeble Bory, le Pele Ware that
thou do no foule dedis · ſoꝛ no deleckacioy not Win ingis. g be
Ware that for the Vrria ble placſailees of this Wililted Voꝛl d
chou leſe not the ioyfulk g euealaſt inc) blyſſt ¶ Rudy faire
loue fapionce vnde: ſtande g herſien the Byſemey ¢ be obeyſ⸗
fant to thy forte Bore not but iy due tyme · g pet cake le;
de pode thou ſhalt do it /lole that thou ſap no Bore Seon
uenient /g be not pꝛoddde for no richeſſts · ne deſpeire the not
for noy aut fortunes le Bek Diſpoſed) to alk peple/ g diſ⸗
pꝛayſe no may for his melteneſſe nd? ſaid) chat chou
reputeſt no vice in thy ſelf Blame not another though he
doch it. 2 thou ought not to deſire & be pꝛeyſed) of dertues
that be not m che /ne do no ſuche ching ee thou Vol deſt bla
me or diſpraiſe another if he dyd) it / Thou muſt do ſuche
thingis as been good x coutnable though they be forkorey te
And ſaide & Pyſeman ought & repute his errour grete
& his good de dis itil ¶ And) fardy afolpe is bo ul the vy
nes /: tale a Bey the euil Branches rf g fo leue Pithm
our ſelf ehe oouetiſes. g offer Wililtidneſſes ¶ nd ſaid li;
Re as We Reps our ſelf From the mul titude of metes for th
helth of our body / De ought by a grete reaſon & abſtein vs
from Biers for ch ſatiacion of oure faults ¶ Nndp faire he
chat Dreth & his gen til neſſe nobleſſe Vith good manets
and) eon dictons is Porthy to be pꝛayſedꝰ. Ind) le thas

eakeh and ſuffiſe th him conly Beth te gentik neſſe that co
meth to him by hys ynred) /-Nithoute purthaſſenc) erp
othes Wn oe no & de bach fefa & Ro
noble ¶ Nnd) ſapd) if thou fele thy ſelf more true bo t
bync / than e chat 0 be bey liſte o ter
res o7 leſſe/yet᷑ thou ought not to he therof/ſoꝛ thin
ax laſt in) randy fo az not theires Gnd ſapd/ f orp ba
ue enuie at the /and) by exe (arth emi? of the Sete not
kbeaby/and) thou Bale haue yeas With hym/ſoꝛ he ſeketh
not but for co haue nopſe ith the Rad ſapd) mey ought
o kepe Tele their halidapes / that is to Bitte pꝛinci pally from
euil doying ) And) ſaid) /t he more that thou art eval ted
in high aftate the more thou ought to & melie and) ater
fe (o th people & He ende-that their loue may abyde With
eRe if orp thing ſhul de befalk ehe. offer Bpfe thay Bele
nd) ſapd) onneth may amar Reve the _—_ frẽ
des /if he Wo correct him ru dely of his faul tes And
ſaid) a Ppſemay ought for to cheſe goode men to & his ſex
uauntes / Fike as men cheſe the goode grounde for to la
four hit
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dp 07 complete of goodeneſſe / nd he Was fore
& Michomadus / th Vhiche Bas right donnyng
in fifihe and a good ſiſiciey / z Vas Srey in the CoBne of
Stagree-and) he Vas of the kinred) both by his fa dirs fp
de/ and) by his mo dirs ſpe of Eſculapius of ele Vhiche le
ve hyfoꝛ bath bemade mencion for he Was in his kyme the
mooſt eveeſlent Nard) che beſt of alk the arelies / and Bay
the ſayde ariſtotle Pas. vi. xeres of age his fadir putted⸗

him in the cite of &tle nes that thay Bas willed) the Cy;
te of Vyſ dom. andy there he Kenedy Gram are Tetorilie
andy other boolies of poetrie. udp therm he ſtudyedo / the
ſpace of. ig. peres prouſfyting) gretelp thexty / And m
tos dayes mey ſette moche ſtore by the foreſapte ſcience s
and Das their oppmioy that it Vas the laddre & go vp in
& alle offer ſciendes / (Nud) ceꝛtayn offs Vpſe men at ehe
fame tyme as (Pptacroras and pytoras and) dpuets offs
reputed) and? held) the fapdy ſciendes for no ſtieides g did
But molie and) ſtoꝛne the um that lerned them / Saying that
fudhe ſcymce as Gramare Peboriſ and) poetrye / Bere not
oouenable to come to eny Vyſ dom / nd) that Gramare
is not but fer co teche the childeren / Poetrye but for to bell
fables andy & make leſynges / Ketorilte for & ſpelie faire
and) in &rmes , (And) Way Ariſtotle haꝛde this Woꝛdes
he had) grete meꝛueyle theꝛof / and) Bas gretely agreued)
Weh fuche as kla eh fame oppnyoy*Aind) ſtrength ſin
aftes his power & ſuſteyne alle manere of Gramaryens
(fe petes andy allo tie Letoricians And) ſapdy pleinty
that Sapience cay not evcuſe Bor of the ſaydꝰ Seiendes for
Peaſoy is ay Inſtrument of Byte as It apperech open,
ly +that linoſdync of exp thyng) is bo vſe of Feaſoy/and
this pꝛeroga tiue / Phyche cody Fad) peuen & men is right
noble and) Dfoꝛchy to tlentenbe that amongis the mey
Be ſhuld) be holdey for the mooſt Moble and) moſt Byfe
that more $ſeth of reaſoy . (Nndy that better andy mo,
we couenably receyueth in hys ferte thynges + And?
telleth hem i place and) tyme oduenable. N ndd for as
mode as Sap ienet is mooſt noble of alle offer thinges

ſte ought to be declared) by te beſt rapſoy and) coucrable
— the Ie = (Goré Bones that
Gary be wy Nit hout ezwur or letting) the ſenfence fos is the
weaſoy be fpolity inpaꝛſeitely the name of Viſ dom if loſt
cheꝛby/and fo is the ſpelteꝛ ty fate Andy fo te herezs re
ſtey in doldte of the ſentende / Nndp af tir that ariſtobeles
boſdde khe ſcintces alouey ſaid) he leꝛned) of plato m aplace
Called) Epidenie Echilies and) the. iijj ſciences theologi
bes / and at that cyme he Bas. x vn peres of age / and Thay
plato Went che ſecõd tyme into Ceale/fe left Nriſtotiles y
his place 9 the faire cone of Epidenie / Jn the Vhiche he
taught ehe ference andy lexned it and after the deth of platy
the Gong phelipe of macedopne ſent fos ariſtotilles Thicke
Pen & him in madꝛdoyne and) tex d dell edꝰ Vith him du
ring his kyff teching contymally the ſaidy feroree andy af
tir the wth of king) pheliſpe Reigned) his fone Nlexan dre
ehe grete (Nnd) Thay Nlex andre wprstedy from mate doy
ne for $0 go into the Countre and) vegioy of Wiſe thoo ve
furned? Nriſtotitk to athenes and) there he Welled)+ x.
peres ſtudying til that he heavy aſouuera iy cleꝛſi/g apreeft =
acuſed) him by enuie to che Cite zins bell inc hem that he
Voꝛſhipped) not the ir pdolles like as other people dide as
that tyme Wherof aciffotit Vas Duertiſed) andy haſtikx
depurted) Fro Nehoes and Went into ß ne of ſecagire
Where ſe Was borne ſering that Hep of Nth:nes Bold fa
ite don to him as they dide to ſperates if he had dBelledy
enger Vith theym Bid he oꝛdeigned) aplate 9 ſetagere
There he helde and liept the ſcoles peuing many good in
ſtructions to the people Nnd occupied) the tyme in goode

WHE. Windy paue grebe aſmeſdedis Eo youre people. andy
maried many pure chil dꝛey that Ber fa dir and modir lees
and) he taught lenignelp alle tho that Wolde ſtudye That
aſtat oz nacioy that euer they Ver of / and ediffied ¢ bil ded
nelle apey the ſaid) Cite of ſtagire and) therm oꝛdeigned
laddes · and) paue inſtructions to kmgis and) prmas Thy
che they Cooke andy Rept right veuerentely + and) af tir he
deyde in the age of lxin · yeris · they of Stagire ole his lo
nys and) right Po:ſhipfully put hem ma ſhryne Wer hep
held) their oounſcile for his grete Bitte / and alſo for the ave
te and) ſeruent loue that they hadde & him · and as often
tymes that they ha dde ado eny grete matere for to haue the de
claracioy cbwf. the mey Thiche Were of counfcik Bolo go
and) ſtande as nigh che faire ſhreyne er te bonys Tere
as they code for to haue knoWſege of ÿ trouth of their ma
tere. and) thus they did for to Woꝛſhip him the more. and
their opimons and) Keep truſt Ver for onely beyng nygh
the ſaid) ſhryne their Bretes ſhulde be the bectie andy their
vnderſtan dyng) more pure andy ſubtik . (Ando the ſaid⸗
Mriftoti€ Grove in his tyme many kmges ſones that Wer
his diſciples · and) he made in his dayes Wele ay · C. booltis
of ch Bbiche Be ſaue noe, vp Bip Cowie, S h. h nate
re the Book of Ethil + Book of polltiß the booke of Methy
ſiſilie · that is named) theologilte and) the Bookie of th Wit
tes of geometrie / and) platoy rebulied) him bicuuſe that hy
Protte his ſciences in Bookie / bo Phom he ſaid) in eveuſing)
him that it is athing Bnolber and) notified) ynoſße . that
ale cho that loueth ſciente ought to do nothing that ſhulte
quſe the loſſe of her Nndꝰ therfore Jt is good to compoſe

and) malie Bookie by the Vhiche ſeitee ſbalbe lerned/ z Bray
our memorie (Fal faple it ſbolbe vedouered by meane of Boos
Bis for fe that ag ſerenee (BAP not proffite ry hit though |
it & fo that he ſe the fookie g biholde hem yet (Gal he ſette not
By it / but depaxte Wore ¢ leſſe Vyſe thay he Was « fore. g J
haue made and oꝛdeigned) my lookis ny ſuche forme that che
Wyſe mey (Bal lightly g aifely vnderſtande ſem but te is
noraumt mey (Bab haue but Gal auaple bo hem Nndꝰ th
ſaide Nriſtotiles Golo gladly in his hande ay Inſtrument
of the ſciẽce of the beate) ſaid to bing (Nlipandre
he that bath m this Voꝛlde good g laudable name g the er
of god ought eo afGe ne deſire non other thing ¶ And (ard
thus & him / directe thy ſelf firſt for if thou he not iuſte ho
Ve maiſt chou Bele direct thy peole . g if thou be m exrour
thou canſt neuer gouerne hem Vele/ſor a pouer may ory not
make another vie, he that is diſ Woꝛſ hipped) ory not Thor
ſhip auother/ he that is right feble may not hel pe another /g
fo map not goodely ne Bele ap may directe anotler. but
I he dyrecke him ſelf firſt, And) tHe xfore if chou Bol take
of the fil thes From other /clenſe thy ſelf firſt 102 ellis thou
(halt be as the leche that is (eRe g any not bel him ſelf and
Erxueilet bo Bele offes that haue the fame ſekeneſſel Ando
ſaid) It is a grete chaſtiſement to ehe peple bo haue a right
Wps Lordy . End) Je is a grete corrupcioy Sito theym &
haue a corrupt andy myſruled) Bona ET Chuo fapy Bere
che fro couetiſe for chou dicghteſe & thinſi and) vemembre
Wele chat Je is not laudable thync) & baue rpcheſſes m
this Told, and ſhame iy the offer ſexing that this Woꝛld⸗
is no more but onefp alaytyng) place for 60 go by th

offer Borkoe ¶ And) ſaid/ f tou Bol be vide fuffiſe che
With fuche as thou haſt / for le that bath not fuffiſaunce cary
neuer be riche That goodes tat euer le harh ; (Nndp ſayd)
If it Were fo that by ene doyng It ſhulde fortune the to ha⸗
ue ſom good /g by Bele doyng to haue ſom harme/yet ofthe Be
the an? orellis thou ſ halt be deceyue d atte laſt g euir do Be;
le g atte Caſt thou (Balt be remuneredy ther fore ¶ Ind fays
de / ſuche thinc) as thou pꝛayſes Spon thyſelf blame it not
vpon another. and do not hing to other / but as thou Noldeſt
it Ber wy to the -refrapy thyy olbne Wille / hace not offer
mey / be not oruious / and) haue hym not ny Indignacioy
that hath offeiſedy the fox no may ary ſomtyme eſchedde ex;
wur / be not oouetous for couctife lettith the mines reaſoy /
taleth aVepe the knolege of teouth / do not Sncouenable
Werkis ake compapme Vieh Pyſe mey and ſtudie in their
Bookia / fle fines, for the lyeꝛs lyeth not but for vnlino⸗
Ving of reaſoy-and of her ſaules / the left harme that cay fall
& alper / is (hat no may bileueth him of nothing that fe
9 may may bettir be Pare of a the ffe Gay
of alper « (Andy ſapdy the hertis of goody people accozdeth
Gaiters Ake as winta Bate With che Vatre of th ſee, x
che her tis of euik people ary not lighely accoꝛde/all be it that
ep be foodies / as che vnreaſonable beſtes that playe g lope
gde formyl flle & fighting I Ende ſoit p orwigne
chat pour offices and) auckoritees bey peuen to theym that
Fourth e foloſdeth er outh g right dyſnes andy cauſe chery to
haue rigowus peynes ß bey har me does g loueth falſhode x
deſepeioy ¶ Ind ſaid/ If pe haue Vee in ary thing counſeile
you to Byſemey gg if they diſpraiſe you therof be ye ne Broth

theꝛſore/and) if amay hach ſom Bree g beſtoe that Fath ma⸗
ny L2tues pe ought not ehe rſore to lete to aſlie him co eile
Andy ſaide many may (Bal loch lette ¢ Exouble the thas
cary not hel pe the 2 (ard Juſtice is « meſure the BGs
che god) bath oꝛdeigned) vpoy the eꝛthe by the Thiche the fe
ble is defended) fron the myghey / and the true from the
vntrue ; Ind faire the Vpſe may lnoſdeth What ignorẽ⸗
& is in af mode as ſomtyme he Gath bey ignorant but the
ignorant Was neuer Bok cher fore he BnoWeth not What
is Vyſ dom Andy ſaid eo Nlexãdte / ther be many litil bes
ſineſſes in thy wyame g many grete ¢ generalk « if ſou pe
ue poudir & eny pſone Spon ehe grete / z thy ſelf & ocupie che
litik chou ſ halt Wele Witte g poepue that gvete domage ſhal
cherby fall & che in tyme compra if it falleth not forsee
(Rnd ſaid liberalite is to pene bo ne di peple oꝛ (o him þ bath
deſeruedꝛ 1€/fo that the gift be aftar the poſſibilite of the ye
uer for he that peueth ouer reaſoy ought to be called Balter
6 not Feral And ſaid) ſapiẽc is the defenſe of ehe ſaule
¢ myreour of veafor Nhe r fore be is right bleſſed that traueil
eh eo haue her for ſhe is the fodemẽt ¢ p mote of at noble
dedes E laudable thingis ¢ by her De may Pine the good en
de ar do eye vs From peyne euerlaſtẽg Mundy ſatd O alex
andre if thou Ve thy puoi and lordſhip other Vyſe Fay
chou oughteſt to do · thou ſhalt be enutedy of muie (Gal tom
leſingis -of leſingis ſal om Ininſtier g amemptee / of In
iuſtic and) ennemptee ſ hal oom bataile. and by kataylle the
lade ſhal be periſſſydꝰ. the people hurt. andy thy pſſeſſrons
foſt + Gut if ebou fe + By lordſhip as tſou oughtet
& do twuth (Bal encreſſe in thy Vopaume of trouth

ſha k come Juſtice*of Juſtice Coucrof loue grete pefkis · g ſu ·
retie by the Vhiche · lle lalde · the people andy thy good) fra
be mapntpned) g enerece Andy ſaid) he that makeh his
Fopaume ſeruaunt to the la We ſhalk reigne /g he that taketh
@ put out tle lade from ehe wyame ſ hall not reigne ¶ Nndy
(ard, & king ought to be of goode ¢ ſtrong courage /o re;
meb:e Wele the ende of the Berks, g to be our boys a fre · g

to refrapy his Breath Whee it apparteigneth andy ſhewe hit
Where it nedeth/& Beye him from eouetiſe to be true to co /
uerne him as nygh as le may aftir his goode predeceſſous
& yeue & his mey as they haue deſeꝛued). to deffende 2 lie pe
the lade g the feith · g euir to do Bele af tir his might / ¢ if
the ſtrength of his 65 faile him the nne to Rope the mighe
of his coracre-Þy the Vhiche he ſ halbe the more aſſured iy all
his ne dis (And) ſaid) che ling that gouerneth him e his
waume Wel 8p his Myſ dom Js Woꝛthy to be greetly praiſed
c fauded) ¶ And ſaid) b Nlexandte / ſeche to Pynne the riz
cheſſes that be not trã ſitories. the lyf that is not moeuable

ehe kiyngdõ that ary not be taker aldeye from the. x the euer

laſt ing Joye. + be pite fir but not ſomoche that thou ſtãde in
daumqgiez cherby / do pugnicioy ( Juſtide & thaim that haue vez
ſerued) it Vit hout delay krauaille th & fortiffie th la Be

for m that is the loue g dꝛede of god. g They thou ſ halt be cõ⸗
pelled) to take vẽgeaunſe of chyn Inemp put it not ouer tif
another tape for the foꝛtune. g oon diciõs of this Wꝛol de mo;
eue g chaunge oftẽtymes ſodaynely ¶ And ſaid thou ought
not & hate him that ſaith the ſothe nor to chide him that Bey

eth the ferthe but he chat (Bal do cõtrarie to che feithe be chou
bis 6tnemp Vith af the poder of thy vopaume ¶ nd fair

It is bettir tha thou correcke thy ſelf and amende the aftir
the evemple of thy predeceſſours thay thy ſu ceſſours ſhuld
amend hem aftir the evemple of the (And? ſaid Woꝛſhipre
the goode men g theꝛby thou ſhalt haue the loue of the people
andy ſette not al thy Wil m this Woꝛld) in ele Phiche hou
maiſt not long abyde nv (aire Woꝛſ hippe ſapiẽer x For,
tiffie it by good) maiſtris Viſciples g ſcolers / Woꝛſ hip hem
paye for the ir expencis g Reve hem of thy houſehold) / af tir
that chou ſtukt ſe they (tall preuffyted e ſped) ty the ſion
ce Nd) thou ſhalt fynde that grete pwuffyt @ Vo: ſhip (5°
dom to the tlerfore 6(Nnd? ſaidyle is of bygge g ſtrong)
dorage of good) diſerecioy g laudable feith / that bereth pra,
entelp alk his duezſitees for a may oxy not be Enoben in
his proſperyte ¶ Nndp (aid thou ought & thinbe that tle
Webefe of alk thyy oinemyes is ſiwonger thay thy ſelf
nd) ſaxdꝰ thou ought & cheriſſhe thy kenightis g thy
pomanry/and to haue hem in as grete loue m Epme of peas
as in tyme of Verre/ſoꝛ if thou ſette litil by them in tyme
of pas / they (Bal forſake the Whay thou (Pale haue more ne
de of hem ¶ Nndp ſaide the gretteſt provffpe tat tou canſt
do in thy ropame is to talte albepe tle Tyklird prple/2 bo re
Barre the goode And) ſaide a may 16 of ank g dia oy that
fake no Bore but to the Brees g fabees of offer yy diſprey⸗
ſing of them ¶ N nd ſaid Voꝛſ hipful deth 26 bett thay (ho
meful liff Indy ſaid the ſapiẽce of a may of lodde ware
is Woꝛſhip g the felie of him that is of high ware is aſſame
e auarict is the thig that talteth a Wey the na me of gen til⸗
neſſe (And ſaid the good price ought eo gotine th pple as
his goody p debeſſours haue wy or 6 cheriſſte the good)

and) true peple more tay his kreſour oꝛ offer Noꝛdely goo⸗
des / and bo delite him 9 that / that he Gath right dyſly / 2

not Vwoug fully ¶ And) ſaid no may ought & & aſſha med
to do Juſtiœ/ſoꝛ if the Eing be not iuſtꝛcial he is not Enigy
But he is violent and ra pax ¶ Nndy ſaid) te Bhs mey
oleye for dꝛede/and) the goode fot cheire goodeneſſe ¶ Nndꝰ
ſaid) mey ought & do Pele to the good) peple ¢ to chaſtiſe

che Wileltid) by rigour Wnd) ſaid) Brash ought not &

be to ſtaꝛp ne & . Rete / and) he Brotte ay epifto® & Whey
andꝛe / that che Sines been Woꝛſ hippedy foꝛ · ij. thinges that
is to Witte for inſtructioy of good) la des / ſot conqueſtes of
landes ¢ wgions and for to propliſſe x diſtwye deſertes x

1 he Brotte alſo & al ꝛpãdꝛe that he ſhulde
not be Will ing to correcte alt mẽnes fa Wies to rige wuſely
fox it lith not entierky in mannes poder bo Bere him from

doying eupk / g ther fore it is good ſotyme to foꝛpeue errours
g if it E 5 that of nede pugnicioy muſt be don / mey ought
& ſhelbe hat theydo it by copulſtoy & amẽde g pugniſſhe te
errours g not in manere noꝛ — of vẽgeaunde/g he ſa⸗
Be a may that ade his hand ſmpttey of for thefte hs hy
had) wy ¶ Nnd he ſaid for aſmoche as that may lad Ber
From offer fuche as Vas not tet oſõne men haue talen from
him ÿ/chat Bas his Nnd ſaid thou maiſt not fo Welt cate
fe thy peple & loue the as bo cheriſſhe hem g (Bebe hem right
Pyſeneſſe /g if chou dooſt the contrary though thou haſt te

loꝛdſhip of their bodies thou Faſt not the loꝛ dſhip of Chew her
tis ne of the ir oour ages /g that ſhalt thou finde Phay thou
calleſt vpoy their ſeꝛ uiſe at ty nede Vherfor it is a crete da
gieꝛ for al ing to do ſuture and do make his peple hate him

And ſaid he is right Fypy ß tay chaſtyſe him ſelf tab g ex
emple by other / Ind ſard ſo: tifie pour faults Wit h good de
des g departe pou from couetiſes Vhich diſtropeth the feble co
rages Ther is nothing) that malieth amay leſſe &
be ſette by/t hay to pꝛeyſe g loſte him (elf of his goode de dis
(Nud it Was aped of him That is ele cauſe that Biſemen
Bol not be Trotfe g np may Bol beche fy, Ando he anf
uerd for aſmoche as Byſemen leno den that ſciẽer is a right
pꝛoffitable chig / Nnd ſaide he that Rol not nor y not do
Tele atte Left ought to Reve him from euil doyẽg rid ſaid
bo his diſciples lolie chat ye laue /iiij/ eres / ij/ſor to alice
6 lerne ſeimas x ihe @ ohn g the other -y fox pour
other Worrely beſineſſes The mooſt ꝓfitable ching) to
te Poꝛld) is the det h f th euil peple, nd ſaidy a may
map not be fo Thele knoVey as in grebe auckorite / Ind (ard
in all thicgs the eſt quãtite is the lighter to ere fauf oneky
in ſtiẽces/for Be that Gath mooſt theꝛof the lighteꝛ map bere
it And it Bas aped of him Nhat Nas the mooſt eouenable
chig fox a diſtrete may to haue / Nnd he anfuerd that / hat
ſhuld abide Wich him if he Ver af arppedy out of a dꝛodned
(Grp in ele ſee/Nnd ſaid mey ought bo loue do lerne the eſs
of tle ſciccis as the bees loue the (Beret of the floures / g h
had a noble e Worſ hipful heritage of Be Which he lete offer hs
ue the gounace Wol d not go ther him ſelf / And it Was
axed him the gauſe / And ix anfuerd that he tat ofteneſt
goth & fc his heritagis hath more diſpleaſirs / And ſaid
the koge of a foole is the hep of his ferret / And ſad to one
that Was ſloſothfutk and Bold) not lerne /ſithen thou Bol
not take the peyne for eo Gene , thou (Pale haue che peyne

to be led e vncõnyng. nd ſaid eps the fon the feliſFip
of him that ſino eth not him (ef f+ Tho that bey
daply enclened g vtteꝛly diſpoſed to Lites may not encveſ
fe in good ne proffpte in ference, Nnd ſaide if thou ol bas
bun done to thy body al His Wil thou ſhalt be the Borfe both
in helth g in all other thinges g atte aſt thy ſaule ſ halbe
dampned) theꝛfore ¶ He that is entierkp enefpndy & do
for micacioy may not be pꝛayſed ne eome to good ende / Nnd
(aid a meꝛy may Bol not lighely be Broth, «& N l.
feral may may not Bele & oruious / ne a couctous may cd
tent With his richeſſe. And ſaid the may is preued ( tsp
ed) by his Werkis as the gold by the fyer. One of his diſ
aples made & him ay auk ræpoꝛt of one of his felabes. 6
hoy he ſaid ] Wol not beleue thyy euil Woꝛdis apen(t thy
felade nor ] Wil not beleue his an? Woꝛdes ayẽſt the nd
ſaid like as te rapy may not proffite to the doꝛne ß is ſa;
Den vpoy tle Drpe ſtones/nomore ary ſtu dien auaile to a
foole f & mannes tonge (PUG his Witte or his fol ie
¶ Experience ought bo corrects a may and to hel pe him to
liue Vele / Nnd (aire ſapiẽce malieth richeſſe to be faper a hy
deth poůtee/ t Has aped) of him That Vas faper ſpeleing
Bundy he anfuerd to ſpeũe Gal x laudably g to pene reaſona
ble anſ Weres · g he Book thus & alexandte /ye be a noble
mighty Ring g more mighty thay pe Bere ¢ ſhal enerece if
pe direcke ¢ gouczue Bele x iuſtely pour peple / g in ſo doyng
the peple ſha? obeye pou/but if ye be ay extoꝛcioner g take ab
their good) from them thay pe fate ford of the pouer yep
and) thay ſhal pe be Pike him that hath leuer goune tle dom
leeſtis thay the mey/ne ther is nothig fo cournable eo alia

as bo coucpée vn duelp the goodes of his peple Ando ſay⸗
de he that bath aliti of trouth defireth to haue more / And
ſaide reaſoy malieth ama to be more ſouueram thay heeſ tis
& he that bach no reaſoy is but abeeſte m many thinges the
ne weſt is the beſt / but loue is dont raꝛye / for the elder if is
the more it 16 Woꝛth/ g one N hꝛaliyn lord of ſcimees axed)
him What thing ama ought bo lerne firſt that ſeleth ſapi
nebo hoy he anſ Werd) the gouernemẽt of th ſaule/ Jy
af moche as ſhe is euerlaſting and) more noble Vit hout arp
companiſoy thay orp thing that De haue / Thay they apeds him
ho de may the ſaule acquere ſapience / andy he anf ered) as
a ſee may ſelieth his fifiaen and as ablynde may enque⸗
wth of the colours to theym that ſe hem /andꝛ it Bas apedp
of him fotbe a ſaule might fe her ſelf/and he anf ered the
ſaule that lakReth ſapiende cay ſe not hing as che eyen Vith
out light that nether fe hem ſelf nor other UMnd ſaid all
manere of thinges haue propertes / ano) the properte 0
diſcvecioy is & cheſe Bele the good from the anlk © And
ſaid? the loꝛdſhippes Dome bp ſtudy dangiers andy peynes
and) ſo kept /ought Bek & dontynne and) proſpere; N nd
thoos p be lightly Bone x Kept m Joye and pleſaunce / om
me to alice prouffpt atte laſt /g We fe cõmonely the tones
Wem te inha bitaun tes take grete labour be thele mayntey⸗
ned and enereſſe WEG grete richeſſes / and) the cod nes full
of pleaſaunce g deliœs falk & mpne ¢ diſtructioy ¶ Ind fat
& haſtineſſe of ſpeche maketh men to ere Nnd ſaid j mes
ueille holde p mey lade Vithout cuuſe accept it 2 is ple
aſed Nich all /g he of Bom men fap euil Without uſe is an
cry With ae nd ſaid lolie that thou & not as the Sub tes

Whiche caſtitf the fleure g Repeth th: bꝛenne ¶ Indo faire
men ought not to take th gouernace of the peple & a child
& him alſo that cay not lnodde the nedis of the poure peple
to him that is couctous to him that Pil Werlie Withoute

deliberacion / ne to him that is vegeable ¶ Nndp ſard ther is
no differẽce bit wip a Hild of age g a child of maneres as
of. oon diciey That age that curve he be of for ehe condiade of
men aren knocy g fe Wed by dedis g not by age Und)
faire It is nedeful eo amay if he Wol be good that he be able
of him ſelf to noe trouth g do it in dede oꝛell is that he ler
ne hit of other / for he that of him ſelf quant Indeꝛſtande
hit noꝛ Wil lerne hit ary not be geod ¶ And) ſaid) coors
neſſe is deuided) in / in /maneres / the firſt is in the body the
ſcoold) in tle ſaule. and) the kherde in the operacions Wheꝛof
the mooſt noble is the goodeneſſe of the ſaule for in Bf ig the
Lertue therof / is fone and lino en the for me in good de dis
Andy faire aman findet h ſapienee and) good con dic õs w

long lernyng of Krap ſciẽce · nd ſaid ther be many perfor
nes that Enotbey the good Ther kis g doo hem not Vhiche re

ſebleth che ſelie folks p axe help g gſeill of he leche g do no
thig ther af tir /g therfor the lodyes leey Vit hout pech a the
ſaules Without bleſſidnes · nd ſard one may ſinoſde the in
Vaꝛd diſpoſiciõs of amar by his outÞaxd operaciõs. nd
ſaid Wele doing is a laudable thig-neutleleſſe it is ſomÞbat
haꝛ de (o do but lightfp one may do euil as ay azhier to faile
of the Butte is no Wo der But to hytte the puke is agreet maiſ
trie · Ind ſaid in diuets manere Be may be euil but Be may
not be good but ny one Dey / Nnd ſai d default of Witte cnu;

ſeth many harmes ¢ maketh many men to fall by 1gnorice

Mot lnoding) Vhat chinch to be voy or left ¶ And) fardy
ge dy fol ſtis louen cogider / andy fo doo not chil deren fox
olde follits haue their deleckacions like @ pores fol bis in di⸗
uers Bepes ¶ And) ſaid) agrete ware of menes fe;

fate is fo be Wele frendedo Bay ama Whit out feliſſhip cay
not haue hole ſelieite Tid) ſaidy euery may Hath nede of

frendis / Vhetlher Be ſtãdeth in goode caas oꝛ jn adde / if & ſta
deth in cut cõdicioy/tſey for bo hel pe him / and if le ſtande
jn good) q fe bo make mery hym and) cherpſſhe them

that they map hel pe him to reſiſte incõuenientes that might
falle And ſaid) nooy hath dſectactoy in iuſtice/ but the
iuſte may / none bath fauour to ſapicee but the Vyſe mã and
nooy loueth frendeſ hip but the true frende ¶ Ind ſaid the
Wililiid) mey fuftepne their perilles by their bodely ſtrength
and? the good mey ſuffre their perilles pramtly Sp the vez
tue of thare ſaules Phiche mcience cometh not by unght ef
axme nor of Bando nor nonotſeꝛ mẽbꝛe / but onely of grace
of tle ſaule/and) theꝛby bo reſiſte aeynſt couetiſe and other
grieues of this Hoꝛl d) truſting) tleafere af tir b come to

bliſſe /e he Pwte & ing alixãdꝛe in this formerthou ough⸗
Eſt eo obeye Wele th cõmandemẽtes of god / ſor he bath pene
the thy deſires / and all that thou haſt aved) of him ¶ Nnd
ſaid fapiter is lyf g ignoꝛãde is WEG and theꝛſoꝛ he is fas
pide is a ſpue-for fe vn deꝛſtãdeth Bhat he doth g he ß is igno
oꝛãt᷑ is dee for Be vndeꝛſtãdeth not Wat he dot he And ſayd
th ãtiquite of the tyme maketh the Berkis olde /g bydeth no
thig but renome Phich reſteth ty the Portis of the ſuceſſouss
it is nedefu f Ray to donquere good renommee ¢ ther by Bal
ardour nobleſſe¶ And ſaid leſig is the ſelieneſſe of the ſaule

Vhiche ety —— but Bp fie meane of reafoy Why;
che lieth neuer © nd) ſatde Nmoche Byſemay is he that
ꝓnounſeth not the thinges into the tyme that he is preſent
that Dol vnderſtande hem. Nndp the eft ſpelter is be chat
ſpeſteth not til he is Tele purueped) What he (Bal faye g
p beſt Weꝛlemay is he that begineth not his Werke into the
tyme that he bach Pele diſputed) g auiſed) it in his Bere
(Nethez is none that ought to haue ſomoche thought as the
Byfemay, for it is neceſſarie to him to be purueped) andy
eertapy of his Werbis ¶ Nndꝛ faire mey are more enclined
to couctife thay to veaſoy. for couctife bath acompaigned
they from heir chil deldde. a reaſoy cometh not to thery til
that they be of paꝛfyte age nd) far, the chil dꝛey hate
their maiſtres hay tley ede lem for th y Broke not What
good) may befall chem tleꝛby + but hm oneſp th: labour
of the peyne of the ire lernyng nd he ſaid) Nriſtotelte
call ido ¶Nlexãdꝛe axing him queſtions Spor tle gouernãce
of the lor dis g of th peple. eo Who alexandꝛe paue goody
anſ Weres + Mut neuer the leſſe Nriſtotiles beet him Vith
a Zod, nd) It Was aped of him Thy he Grd. beet him
Without cauſe, (And) he anſuezdy this childe is liſte g able
to be a grete lord) g a mighty lin. Nndꝰ ] haue bete him
all onely for to holde him low ly, and) in melteneſſe for
he (Balle to ſooy probe And ſapd) If thou canſt diveck
anotle: , directe him as thy ſelf , (nd a pong) may ax
ed) him Why he Mac fo pouer / To Vhom he anfuerd), My
pouexte bath nothing) offenſedo me / ne doth me no farms
ut thyn bath won the and) ſſalk dv harmes prothhe
A ndp ſaydz + The Popaumes ky mapntepned) bp

th laddes oꝛdeigned) by the lein) and) pꝛindes And ſaid
th kinges and) prices bey fuftepned g vpholdy by kmahe
Bow / nd) the lnyghtis key maniteynedꝰ by monepe /g
money cometh of che people / and) the people is gouernedꝰ bp
Juſtice Viehout Phiche no Popaume map profpere

Zepander the grete Was ſone to phelip li ing of ma
A ee done / Whiche phelip warned), vi · xere / Nnd the

ſaidꝰ &lexander begay E regne ny che. x vii. per
of his eage / Nndꝛ Be ſaid & his peple m this Byſe / Fapr
loꝛdes J Wi in no Byſe be contrarpe to pour Vylles ne bo
pour wre Hut J (BeBe & pou that J hate fra Bees g mali,
/g a6 ) haue louidꝰ pou duryng my faders kyf/ſo Wil
doo tyme oomyng Cf {And J Bote counceplle g pray pou
that ye dꝛede goby obeye him as ſourrapy of alk / Nnd cheſe
him for king /g be moſt obeyſſant to him that (Bal beſt your-
uxe for the good aftate of his peple/g that (Bal be moſt delo⸗
nape @ mereyful & poure fol lies that beſte (Hal Repe Juſti⸗
coy @ the right of the ſeble on the myghty / him alſo that
[Bak beſt diſpoſe for che publyRe Vele/ g for no deleckacioy of
Woꝛl dly pleaſaces (Bal not be (RoR full to Rene 2 de fende you
and) by Blow pe (Pal be defended /g aff cuit g harmes bp
the meane of his good dedes [Bal be deſtroyed / and him that
moſt har dyly (Bal put him forth for to teſtrope pour ennemr/
es / Foꝛ ſuche ought to ke choſen Epna) and) none offre
Bhan his people had) herd) tle reaſons aboneſayd and no?
Wey his grete diſcrecoy Nytte and) vn deꝛſtã ding) they be
re gretly ameruaplled) and / anſ Wered to him thus We
haue herde and) Inder ſtandꝰ thy grebe reaſons / Nndꝰ ſaue
reſſepned) and) reſſepue thy good counceptl / and ther fore be

Bolt and) byſeche the that tfou mye andy haue the lord;
ſhip Spy vs Durpng) thy lyf / We hopt that ther is none

that Gath fo Pele deſezuidy tobe our liyng) © And) thus

they chees him & ther Ring) andy, to their forty and corned
him e paf him their b iſſinges / and pꝛaid) & cody that be

Woldꝰ bleſſe c mayntene him ¶ To whom be ſapd) J haue
erde the prayer that ye laue made for me/beſeching) to god)
that ſe Bol ſtede faſte the loue of me in pour hertes g corages
Inde that by no manes of the delectactoy le ſuffve nie to do
thing ayen — proffites ne & my diſ Woꝛſhip. 2 fone af⸗
ter he ſente lettres & aff ele primers and) good) tones of
his Lopaume ¶ (nd) Thay he had) ſent his lettres One
mire ling of perce and) of mere ſente & (Nleyandre for tri
Bute ike as he had) of his fader (Nndo he ſente him Woꝛd⸗

that ehe henne that leyd) that egge is dede And after
this Nlexander made grett oonqueſtis · andy Phan he had
gqueredy Inde he Vente & acontre call id bragmay/ le Thy
che Vhay they Niſte his coming / they ſente many Bpfe mey
to him / Thiche ſaleVed him ¢ ſaide / ſir alexãder thou haſt no
muſe to Verte vpoy Done to be euil Dill ig Fox Ve len both
pure @ meſte,z Ve haue nothing but only ſapiẽce/ the hi;
che if thou Vokt haue / pꝛay to god that he Vol peue her bo the
for by hataytt thou (Pale not haue her (Nnd Play alexan
der herd) hem ſape ſo/ſe made al his Ooſte to tarye g Dith

Fee of his Enpahtes Wente Vichy the ſaid) contre for ten
quere further of the twuthe & nd) Thay be entred) With
in the ſame ground) / he fond? many pure follies Women 7

chylderen al nalted) gadring) Socks m the feldes And he

avid) of them many queſtið · (o Vhiche they anſueꝛd righe

Wyſely/and) thay le Bad) lem axe of him fomme khinc that
mpahe wo 925 good g & alle ther peple/ z he Wolde yeuen 16
lem gladdy U (Nnd the nne they ſaide / Sir De axe 40 05.
offer thing but þ thou Wilf gyne vs euerlaſting lyf UC hen
ne Nlexãder anſuerd a ſaid/ ou might ama malte other mẽ
nes lines euesſaftẽc WHA fe mape not lengthe his obey lyf
an oure bid pe axe of me is in no mannes wiker
that fpucth UT hun they ſaid? to hym · Spth thou Saft goo
de lino dleche Eferof., Berfore trauaylleſt thou thy (eff to deſ
trope alt tie Voꝛld/and to gadꝛs alle the Woꝛl dly &efoure
and Woſt not Bay thou muſe leue hem U Theme Nleyan
der ſaid) & hem. ] do not alle theſe thinges that ye faye of
mp ſelf · but god) bath ſente me thurgh alle the Vorl de for
&yalte andy magnifye hys lade and) & deſtroye them
that bileue not ty hym. And) ſomkyme Alexander |
Vente cee viſyting) his loꝛdes and) enqueryng of
er dedes U (Nndo vpoy atyme he ca in to a to Une of his
one, And) falbe t Wo men of the ſame toune byfore a Ju
ce pleting) of the Thiche one fardy bo the Juge / Sir Juge
J haue bought ay hous of this may/ Nnd) longe after J
haue founde Within the fame a treſour Withiy therthe/Vhi
che is not myy / And ] haue offred) to diliuere it & hy
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but he hach edyfyed in that place that Was bpfou com yy to
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haue no right bo take it / And thenne thoy bothe required the
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aid) of him that had) founde the treſeur Bhethet he had ony
childeren / Whiche anſueꝛd) he hade a ſone / and) he axide tlat
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them andy that they ſ hold) haue the treſour by that meane
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mezuap® tſerof /andy ſaid) thus to the Juge · ] Grothe chat
ther is not yy al the World fo right dis ne fo tree a Jug?
as thou art / Nndꝰ the Jug? that knee him not ſaide andy
apid) of him Phe ther ony Juge Wold) haue dy otſe: Vyſe
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Juge hauynq grete metuaplk thewf apedy of him Wly ther
it rapned) and the ſome dide ſhyne m tho landes as though
he Bold) haue ſapd) that is Was meruaph that god) ſhuld
ſende ony light oz vapne 02 other good) thinges to them that
doo not ryght g tree Juſtices / And) therof Nlexander had
gretter mo than byfore andy fatd that ther Tere but
felbe ſuche peple Spon eꝛthe/ as they Pere in that lande
And as Nlepater Vente out of that lande he paſſed thurgh
a eite /in Vhiche alk the houſes of that cyte Mere of one Frigh
te /g byfore te dore of eue ry hous Was a grete pytte or graue

jy Vhiche epte cher Pas no Juge / Therof he had) grete mer,
uayſle · And) avedo of the inha bytauntis eher Pher fore fu
che thingis (Bold ſerue · The Thiche anſuerd) him ¢ apd;
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cary not be longe in a oly among the peple · Nndꝰ they ſay
de that the pittes oꝛ graues Pere thir one houſes eo Which
thy (Gold fone go & g there Welle vntil the dap of Juge

mat, And) as touching that they had) no Juge. they ſane
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ded) no Juge, Theme N lexãder depaz ted) ſwom them right
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fone after Nlexãdꝛe died) a Was put m a Coffre of gold)
and) buried) m N liſaũdꝛe · a he as boꝛy theres Vith grete
reuercee by kyiges princes ¢ other grete ee Rept g
ful filled) his teſtamẽt as he Bady orteigned) UT henue (text
vp one of the grette ſt loꝛdes of them that Bept him ¢ for
thus / They that neuer Pepte for ol her le inges no ought

& Pepe for this fame ins th} neuer had) meruarlk of
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ood) thing for to gfoꝛte the pꝛple that Was gretly diſmai
edꝰe troubledy for the dech of king alexãdꝛe/oꝛ for the det h of
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img ale xãdꝛe Nas Woe & liepe gold e ſeluer / z nob gold g
ſeluer liepe him / Nnd he ſaide ie uſe of the cheſt that his
body Lape in Thich Was of gold UNnd another ſaid alexa
der is. dp ted) fro ſ ines @ filthes g nod his ſaule is Bich the
good ſaules Thich bey purified (And anothes (ard alexãder

Vas Wonte & chaſtiſe alle mey / and) no he 16 <aſtyſed)
nd) another fard) the kmaes Were Vonte to dꝛede him
2 the ppureſt may of al the Voꝛlde dꝛedeth him not
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& N lexãde /g noÞ te lengehe of his body ſuffiſeth him
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dy durſt ſpelie aeynſt —— no euery may may
ſpelte a le leerith not Und) another ſaid? Ae more þ ta
tate of E ing Nlexãder Was grete g more y ent the more
5 thocaſioy of his deth greuous g pptefult -U(Nud ano;
ther ſaide thoo that fae not peftertap Rlexander ferede lum
grebely / and) noÞ cho that fee him fereth him not Mno⸗
ther ſapd lex ande Was he Tho enemyes durſt not come
nere him rand; noÞ his frendes diſpreyfe and) Bil not ſee
byy End Thy Nlexandez Koay & wane he Vas but
x vii · peres of age / Nnd he regned) x vj. pere of the Thi
che he employed). ix. yeres m bataylle and) ij conquerpnd)
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landes that he had) conqueryy And he lad Dictorpe vpoy
soptin maneꝛ of langages / Rnd in t do peres he ſought
alle thorient andy ogident And) the nombre of his kmgh
tes that Were comonly of his reteneÞ g at his Pages Were
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fagedy like a lyoy. Nndy Nas of grete ſtrengtle g loued
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faire ſapiẽce is meſſagier of reaſoy Udy it byſelk that
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regnedy bifore / N nd) he aſltidꝰ pf ony of their b indede Vas
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peple ſatd) to alexander that he Vas euer m ehe chirchexeꝛd⸗
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oy him ſuche aſtate as his fe der had) his Runeeſtris/as
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uous Rig) J haue here a thing & do / the Bhiche Bhay J ha
ue wy it /] (Bal do thy eoma undement / To Who thenne az
lex ander axid) That chen it Nas that he had) eo do there

(Andy he anſueꝛd) J am ſechyng the bones of my fader g of
myy auneſtris ſiinges for to put hem a paꝛt from che offer
but J finde hem alk fo ſemblable that J can not ſiuoſde one
Frony the other AER me alexander (aire eo him /tfou ough⸗
teſt tacquere Woꝛſhip j this World) / Nndꝰ If thou favs
deft goody and). ſtrong) oorage / thou mighteſt haue alt thy

ſaders goodes andy of thp preeceſſours ¢ alk ther honours
To Vhome the pong child anſuerd g ſaide. ) haue good her
te · And alexã der axed him Wheeny (And) he ſaide bp cauſe
hat] haue folde lyff Vit hout deth/xougtſe it hout eage / i
cheſſe Wit hout porte -Jope Without troble ,z hel the Without
ſelienes Certaynly (ard alexãder of alk theſe thiqes haue J

none / Theme ſapdy the ehilde/yf ye Pil haue em /axe hem
of ham that bath hem / and he may peue hem g none offs
Theme Nlepander ſaid) that he had) neue (coy may of (6
grete diſcrecioy ( Nlexander ved) enezy day to be Ma cer,
tapy place for to here the donplayntes of euety body / Nndy
it Das fo that Spon a day onely that ther cum none to dom
playne vnto hy1y And) ther fore fe Bole not that day
ſboldy be put n the nombre of the dayes of his vegne
And hay he Nas ve dy to fyghte Vith linge daire/it was
told) hym that the ſame daire had With hym more thay, c
M, good fyghting mey · Vhxꝛto he anfucrd ¢ ſayde a good
cooke ought neuer to be abaſſhed to ſee in his kechyy ma ay
ſtep among offer beeſtts CNnd) the prcrparBee g prela⸗
tes that Vere for that tyme cam andy (apd) ko hym. God
bath yeue to the leꝛdſhip vpoy many wyames /regi ons and
dont rees bo thentente that thou ſloldeſt haue many chil dꝛen
begotey of thy body / for to haue the fucceffion of the ſame
after thy deth/and theꝛfore it Bere good) that chou ſholdeſt
haue many Vyues / To Whom he anſueꝛd) , that it ſhold⸗
tone to hym to grete afBame þ had oueꝛ dome alle the mich
tyeſt men of the Voꝛl dy for to be dyſconfited) Sp Vomey
Ther arm & hym a poure may Bel and) Vyſely ſpeliyng)
Whiche Was pourly araped) / To Wlom &lexander ſapd)
J aue maꝛuaylle that thy clot hyng) is not after thy ſpe⸗
che / Fox cher is byt dene them grebe diſſerence · Theme ifs
pure may ſapd, O myghty kinge J may of mp {elf lerne
& ſpeke g eo haue reaſoy With mere pe maye reſonably elo
fi me/thene Nlexãdeꝛ made him to be clotlydꝰ With one of
hie beſt golbnes ¶ Alſo tler paſſed a href byſore alepadzo

that Bas goyng to be banged) / Phiche ſaide/O Gort by ling
ſaue my OF for Jvepente me fore of mp myſdedes / Chime
N lexander comandd) that he f holde be hanged? Phyle he had
goode vepenta mee A Alſo vpoy a kyme one avid) of him
v · pieces of golde / To hom &lexander faire thou art not
Wort hp é haue fo mothe/ (nd) he ſaxde bo him e
if J am not Woꝛthy & haue fo moche pet ar pe able bo peut
it me And) alexander apid) of &riſtotle Phat thing a
good) ga manly king ought eontinuelly to doo / Nndd he
anſuerd) that he ought to thinlte euery night to the good go
uernatice of his peple/g the day foloſding) to put it in effect
(And) it Das axid of him Plat thing) Bas mooſt des
leckable ty conquering of landes andy of counfrees . N nd
he faite the mooſt deſectacioy Was & gyue largely andy ves
compenſe them that haue dooy goode ſetuiſe bo him ¶ And
he apidzof Ariſtotle by What mene he ſbolde be comncepTedy
Mind be anſuetd) ¢ ſaide/Oꝛdeine vpey the gouernemẽt of
thy houſ hold) him that hath many ſeruaũtes g orn Tele ru
le andy gouerne them / malie him thy ꝓturour and recs
uour of thy money that Gath grete lyuelode g ſpendet h diſ
cretely andy notably ¶ And) a Patriatke axid) of hym
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anfucrdy J that am lord) of ehem that key grete @ mighty
lordes may Bel foꝛbere & be loꝛd) of three ſerualltis nd
ther um to mey bifore him differẽt of opinions / ko hom
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otler /g therfore cõſente pe co tle kwout h/ that (Bal pleſe you
Boeke ¶ N nd) it Bas axidy of him Thy e Noꝛſhippid more
his maiſter thay his fader / And ſe anfuerd for as moche as

J haue of my maiſter eatin we J Sane of m
fader lyf but for a ceꝛtayy tyme ¶ (Rnd Phay dares dug
ters Were taken it Bas tol de him that they Pere right fips
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diſtÞnet thinges. ſapng that grete dif fonour Bere Into
hym that had) oůͤome fo manp notable g manly mey in the
hataylles pf le (Fold. be ouomey by Romer beynch th his
ppſons ¶ (And) it bifelle that one made a longẽ ſermoy
byfore him Phiche noyed moche & aleocider Vher fore he ſay⸗
de the predicacioy is not to be laldded) that endureth ouez

po dez of the herbeneꝛs. but that is good that mdureth afteꝛ
che poſſibilite of them that hereth it · nd) it Was apid) of
him hodd men myght acquyre el loue of offer mey⸗/ z he anſ
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ne ane in ſayd mey ſome tyme throue fetter by their
enempes thay by there frendes Cl And) it Bas axid) of him
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of age. indy he fatty for as mode as J haue erauaylled⸗
facquere Frendps / and peupy & mpy enempes+and by this
manex J ſaue poder Brow hem alle 1) Nndo ſapd) it is a
grete loſſe eo d may to loſe his fren dis andy more thay to
leſe his fone or his kreſour ¶ Nnd ſapd the frendes that be
dequerid) bpcrood de des · bey better thay tho that bey acquerid
By force ¶ And) vpon a tyme as alexander Wente & ſpoꝛ⸗
be hym priuel y. ꝛtapy men beyng al a TyndoV eſte Wa:
ler vpon him. Benpng that be had bey one of their Rao g
Beary khey ſaVe p it Pas alexãder they Were gretly aferd/g
alexãdez badde hem be not aferd ſayng p they had Bete d none
but Hoy p they fought & Wege And as ariſtotſe taught

many kiynges ſones Tith Nlexander Lr apedy ones of one
of hem / bat ſbalt chou gyue me Tay thou ſhalt be a Ring
The Thiche faire J Gal malie the my grete goueꝛnour /g iy
Ge Vyſe he axid) of another / Phiche ſaide J (Gl yeue to the
falf mp topame · Nndꝰ lh nne he apidp of alexãder / Phiche
anſuerd) him thus/Maiſtre enquore of me not chis day vp
oy that /that ) haue bo do to mowſde/ or W han] fink ſee that
4 neuer ſaVe, ) (bal thinke chat J neuer thoughibe/ but if
J regne as thu ſayſt 4 ſtal thine J (ial doo as thou ſhalt
fre g thmkie bo le couenable/ And) theme Nriſtotle faire bo
him / Certaynly ] Vote Nel that chou ſhalt be a grete ga
mighti ling. for thy face g thy nature ſhewderh it (oT Rhys
an dre ſayde to one that long had) bey his lieute naſit g had
nauer rebulied) him of no vide / J am no thing pleaſid it h
thy (carters hy ſive ſapte his lieute nat / y cauſe ſapdy
Alexander chat J am a may as another g erre g haue erred
many a tyme/ſit h thou cam in my ſeꝛuice/and thou ſaVeſt
neuer no falbée m me / ther fore thou ax not ſuche-as J ought
60 haue (o be ee ia thou art not Vyſe /g if thou
haſt ſcey g knoVey my fa bes and not corrected) me therof
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ndt bo acquere ſciotee/but (Routh VifprayſitÞ it ¶ Wnty
ſomme aped) of a Vyſemay called) Nychomalte/ Plat Bas
the cauſe that men olepedy fo lightly & Rlexãdꝛe / Wnty he
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de to his mey if he fholde haue vickory of this bataill Where
thiſe Vomey bey / it Pere no Noꝛſ hip eo Vs /g if they had the
vickorie -thene it Pere to vs a p petuel ſtame/Plexfore he
ſbal not fighte ayenſt them Vhyle the Vomẽ bey there / Rnd
fair it is a perillous thinge aman tabide fo long ty the (ce
that che ſtoꝛme (2 tepeſt come Dion him / that may Bek wpe
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ve thig to him that put his WerBic before his Woꝛdes / Nnd
faire the gretteſt ¢ moſt laudable liberte that is to amay · is
to Reve him from douetiſe indy Whay his fader cõmaun⸗
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des Hy thy month ne ſctte al way thyn odden Perſips
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that be don to him / g that he reputed for lit? that he bath dy
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louedo ¶ Andy anotfer fapre afook Bence ener that god
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his one pſone onely U And) another ſaide be Villyng &
peut the nedy peple/g in ſo doyng thou ſFakt do ſeruice {x ple
afer co our loꝛde cod) Rnd) anoffer faire bettir is amay
to holde his peas thay to gtrarpe g aꝛgue Rich a ſoole/g is
as goode & haue the ennempte of Kid) peple as ther frondes
(Sip -2 ehe Garde g the ſharp lyf n; Bele doyng · is bettir thay
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fame Bary & haue hit bad) /g pouerte is bettir thay the riches
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cher ſaide It Were bettir not to linodde ay muſt ling thay
& & his gſeyll our. o: neve in his doe ind) another ſaid
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ralite for thou doſt it hut for thyy one auailt N nd ano
ther ſaid) He is of no laudable lf that is not this day as

good oz bettir / as he Vas te day paſſed ind another fair
thou ſhalt not mode haue that / that thou teſiveſt Tithonss

that thou Bre paciẽtly the greues that thou Voldeſt not haue
And another ſaid a meey ſtalbe in thy bandes as long as
he (Gal fruſte cle / Nud it Pas avid of a Vyſemay / Why be
deſired not to haue a fone fe anſueꝛde Ficauſe that J aue

Fad pnough ado for to chaſtyſe my body g & adꝛeſſe mp ſau
le Nithout hauing exp offer pſone to rule or teche / Ando it
Was avid) of him / Who Vas that moſt ve penteth hym in

this Hold) . Andy he anſuerd / The Vyſemay at hys

del h/ by cauſe that be Fath not Beoughé after fappater andy
he that Fath dooy goode to ay vnleynde may! (Rudy it Bas
axed? of him / Phat thing encreſed) the laſde/ He anſuered)
truth , And) Wat ſuſtyneth twutg / Keaſoy and) Vytte
and? Verb is Pptte gouernedꝰ / by Geppna of the kong /
BoB is the tonge kept Wich prciener, What cauſes pacienee
dred? of cod? , and) Nhat cauſes dred) of god) Often to
hep Tara det h/ and to conſidere x knoVe his frail
nes ¶ & nd) another ſaid fupeꝛfluyte maketh the body ſelie
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tẽptrance don ſortet h the leꝛt/andy put a eye alt heuineſſt
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be of foe Epnred) yet is he noble /g though he be aſtranger
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haue nede of hin (And) anotheꝛ ſaide he that en dureth / g
taketh no papy in his youth reſtith him not m his aace
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to his tloughtis Indo another ſaid the tonge of adiſerete
may is in his herte g che heꝛte of afocle is in his tõge / Nnd
another faire not Nithſtan ding) thy nature Hſe ener more
goo g laudable gdicions / nd another fatd amay ought
cõtinuelly & exquere Bhat mey ſap of him ¢ There 19 they
laddde buy ¢ Ber 19 ehey blame him /yf tley Laibar him he to
eue that afc ceontinuellp Vit houte pride > rof ¢ pf chp
kame him / he & &Bare from fall nc) any more to that at
as andy not & hate hem for thair aueꝛtiſſement Andy
ſayde he is Byfe that is humble andy meke in hys myght ¢
2 : Rnd Thay he is in gvett «ſtate bo dyfprapſe the
anon andy is attenmperate in grete auctorite. Andy one

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this Poꝛl dy and? the offer Woꝛldꝰ . nd be anfuerdy/ this
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and) alle his goodes vnto th: < Ando another ſaide the
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des meſſage; Th:tfore (Be muſt be Woꝛſhipped) for the loue
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temporal goodes dyminueth his eſpüalles / Andy anotlyr
faire thoos that byleue and) dꝛede god ſtedfaſtlye haue not
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ther faire the mooſt * le Rerkis that one may doo is &
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ve laudable thay ehe Berke of the lee onely ¶ Nndꝛ ano;
ther ſaide the aut creatures Key Woꝛs thay ſerpentes lyons
o carapues / N nd) ny ie ple as vpoy the erthe/cher is
nothing bettir thay eſe goode creatures / Eight fo ther is no
thing Bors . thay thoos that be Bylied? ¶ Nnd) another
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nother ſaide he thas Wyk haue reſte in his kyffe / ought to
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& be Woch though ſom creature kyue / Whiche he Wolde haue
dede/ſetonde is pf ſom dye Whiche Be Vol de haue alyue / the
cher de is. if le hath not that / that he defareth and the fours
the is yf he ſee that fortune raſe andy bring vp fomotbes of
locder degre chan he is Wudy anofler faire to ente medle
and) wh Gok Vith Poꝛdely Werſtis is a thing that map
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arraped nor be ſeen / as With truth Andy another ſayde
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him ny thnges inpoſſible/ne ſap thinges not illable/ne

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ſable thy deſir. And) another ſaide Jy feng ſleping is no
pwuffit / but harme is to Hſe it / z amay ought to beware
that he diſpẽde not half his lyf in Idel neſſe / Nnd another
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le (Bal große Oy thy loue / Rnd another ſaid gouerne
the fo Nele that thou Repe the from ant wing / 6 fuffife the
With he goode de dis that thou ſhalt do beſyde / And another
faire he that Bil Vite Whet hir his ſaule be noble x elene/oꝛ
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lyteth him in doing foule g trãſitorie Hinges g of no Kilte
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to peue truſt Ver he bach bey deoeyued / Nnd ſuffiſe you Tith
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otter Bhiche lettres Were lityl apper tinent Into bo dickes

and) [aparece afoꝛſayd) for as moche as tp fpecifpe of
other matess / And) alſo deſired me that dy bo put ehe ſapd
Rooke m mprinte ,Nndy thus obeyjng hys requeſt and) o
maun dement J haue put me in deuoyr & ouerſee this hys
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we Myth cherigynal beync) ny Frenſh . Andy J fynde
nothyng) dyſcoꝛdaunt tler. Sauf onekp in the dyctes
and) ſapengys of Sotrates. Wheriy J fynde that mp ſaide
loꝛd) bath left out oer toyn and) dyueꝛce conclifions bos
chyng) Women. Wherof J meruaplle that my ſayd) for
Bach not Vretoy them + ne That Gath meuydꝰ hym fo to do
Me Bhat cauſe he hadde at that tyme + Gut J fuppoſe thae
ſom fayr lady lath deſired) hym to leue it out of his boobe
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loue he Wold; not ſette pt m hys Bolt ., or ellys for th Sy
ry affecpoy, loue andy good) Vylle that he Fach Into alle
ladyes andy Gentyl Women. he thought that Socra tes
(pared the ſotle ,(Nndy Tree of Vomey more tay krouthe.
Whyche J aay not thinke that fo &eVe amay g fo neble a
Ghyloſophre as Socrates Nas ſhol dy Bryte offer Byſe
thay troutfe + For Tf he had) made fable n Vrytin q) of
Vomey . He ought not ne ſloldy not be Eſeupdy in hys 07
ther dyctes and) fapmace . = J appereepue that my
ſaydꝰ ford) ſnoſdeth Krylp that fuse defautes bey not
had) ne founden in the Bomen boꝛy and) didellynch) in kle⸗
fe partyes ne kegyons of the Woꝛldꝛ + Socrates Bas a
Oreke Lovey in a ferre Contre from fens , Whyche cons
tre is alle of othre oon dycions thay thys is. Andy mey
Vo mey of offer nature thay they bey here in this dontre

J Wok Del of Phat ſomeuet oon dicioy Vomey bey in
ee. che Bomen of this contre ben right good / Byſe-play
ſant / humble / diſerete / ſobre / chaſt / oledient to tleir huſbon;
dis / lve We / ſecrete/ſtedfaſt/euer leſy/ z neues ydle/Netemps
rat in ſpelting / and) vertuous in alle their Werltis. or acte
leſte ſholde be foo, For Phiche cauſes ſo euxdent mp ſayd loꝛd
as J fuppoſe thoughte it Bas not of neceffite & fette 19 his
Book the ſaiengis of his Nuctor ſoerates toucſpng Tomey
Gut for as moche as J Gadp comatemtt of my ſapdy forty
& correcte andy amende Where as J ſholde ſynde faibee / and
oller fynde J none ſauf chat he hat h left out + fe dickes g
ſaynges of the Women of Grece / Theꝛſore in acompliſſhig
his ooman dement for as moche as J am not in dertayy Whe
der it Bas in my Cordis coppe 02 not · oꝛ ellis perauenture
chat the Vynde bad) bloBe ouer the leef / at the tyme of af
lacioy of his booke, J purpoſe & Vryte tho fame ſaynges
of that Grelte Socrates / Vhiche Broe of tho Bomen of
gree andy not hyng) of them of this Popame / Phom J ſup
fe he neuer line lde / For if he had J dar plainly faye chat
f Bokty haue reſerued) thin mefpeaall ty his FA dickes
Bap not pꝛeſumynq to put 7 ſette they ny mp 15 loꝛ
des book But intlende aparte 19 the reherſaytk of the BerGis
humbly requirynq al them that (Bak rede this lytyl refer
ſay ts pf they fynde ony faul te tarette it & Socrates
andy not to me Phiche Vryteth as lere after fololdeth
Ocaates ſayde That Vomey bey thapparaylles &
— cache mey / but they talie none but them tht wil
be poure /o els them that Grobe hem not And
he ſayde chat thes is none fo grete empeſſement neo amay

as Janorame/and) Nome <A Muy he falbe a Womay
that bare fyre/of Phom he ſaide that the hotter Fave the coPoer
And) he ſabe a Bomay ſe lie. of Vhom he ſayd) that the
eupk reſtyth and) didellyth With ehe eure ¶ End he ſas
We a omar brought to tir Juſtper and) many offer Bo
men folo Sed) her Pepinch / of Vhome he ſapd). th erp bey
(ore andy angry bicauſe fr eup® (Bal periſſſe ¶ Ind) he
ſabe a Jong mapte that ler ned) be Brpte, of Whom he fay;
de · hat me multiplied) euyl Spy cup {Ando he ſaxdꝰ
that the Ignoraunde of a may is Bnokoy in thre thinges
That is & Pete / Vhay he bath no thought to vſe reaſoy
Whay he cay not refrayne hys couches / (Nady Thy he
is gouernedꝰ by the concep of Romer m chat he EnoVeth
that they knodde not nd) he ſayd) Into hys Dyſcyples
Wye pe that J enſeygne andy &<e you Foe pe ſbal mo
De eſcape from alle cup / Nnd tley anſuerdo/ye / Rndp
theme he ſayde ko hem / For Nhat ſomeuer thing) that it
be. lepe you and) & Wel Waa that ye oleye not to Tome
Who anfuerd) & hym agapy , And) Bene ſayeſt thou by
dur good) modes g OF our fufters / He ſayde to dem / Suffi
fe pou/ ich that ] haue fapd to pou, For alle bey ſembla
ble ny malice ¶ Nndꝰ he ſapde/ Who ſomeuer Wyle acquere
and? gete ſcxoite/late hym neuer put Spry 19 the gouer naũ
& of a Woman {Ando he ſabe a Bomay that made her
freſſhe and) gaye, to Vhom he ſapd) / Thou reſembleſt the
fyre/ For the more Bow is lexd) bo th fyrt che move Bok
it brenne / Nndp tle gretter is th hete nd) oy a tyme
one apydo hym / Nhat hym ſemed) of Vomey · He sans
That th Tomey reſemble Into a Tre ale Calf

Whyche ys the fapreſt tre o beholde andy ſee chat may be
Gul Ppthyy ie ys ful of ny «Andy thy fapdy to
m ANd) deman ded) Wher fore be blamed) ſo Bomen, andy
that le hym ſelf Bado not comer into thys Voꝛld) ne none
other mey alſo Ppthoute hem .. He anſuerd) + The Bomay
vs ike vnto a Tre named) Chaſſoygnet , on Thyhe tre
ther bey many thynges ſharpe and) pꝛyeliyng). Thiche Gur
te andy pipcke them that approche vnto hyt , Mindy yet ne
uertheleſſe that ſame tre bringeth forth good) dates and)
[ete + Andy they demanded) hym/Vhy be fledy from the
women . nd) be anfuerdy, For aſmoche as J fee them
flee andy eſchedde the goody · and) eomenklp do euyl = (Nd
a Pomay ſayde & hym +VÞylt thou Gave ony other Bomay
thay me Nndp he anfucsre bo hs N rte not thou aſhamed)
toffre thy ſelf to Spm . that demandeth neꝛ deſireth the not

-y——/© theſe y the Dictes ſapengis of cx phploſoph
re Socra&&s Phiche he Wrote in his booſt / Rnd
dertapnly he Broce no Vo:ſe thay afore is reherſed

Andy for aſmoche as it is acordaũit. that his Spetes and
fapenertes ſhold) be bad) as Wel as offers ther fere ] haue ſet
te it in thode of this Boke / And) alſo ſomme pſones per
auenture that haue rede this Boke y frenſſhe Bold) haut
arette a grette defaulte in me that ) hot) not do my deuoir
in viſiting g oueꝛſeeyng of mp loꝛdes bot acoꝛ ding to his
deſir / Nnd) ſomme offer alſo ha ppely might haue ſuppoſed⸗
that Socrates bad) Vretoy moche more ylle of Women thay
here afore is ſpeci fied/Vher fore in ſatiſfyeig of all parties
6 alſo for excuſe of the ſaide ſocrates J haue ſette theſe faire

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or ſhe be that (Bal rede oꝛ here it / that If khey be not Wel

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