This mene I my childe / þ^t ye shal haunte
The guyse of them / that do most manerly
But beware of vnthryft Ruskyn gala[=n]te 451
[Sidenote: Imitate the well-mannered, and beware of ruskyn gallants]
Counterfeter of vnconnyng curtoisye
His tacchis ben enfecte with vilonye
[Sidenote: of bad habits,]
Vngyrte. vnblyssed. seruyng atte table
[Sidenote: serving ungirt,]
Me semeth hym a serua[=n]t nothing able 455
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THE ORIEL TEXT.
[66]
Wynter ne somer to his souerayne
Chappron hardy no bonet lust avale,
For euery worde yeuyng his maister tweyne, 458
Vaunparlere in euery mannes tale,
Absolon wyth the disculede heres smalle;
Lyke to A presener of seint Malouse,
A sonny bush myght cause hym to goo louse. 462
[67]
O I passe norture! fy! fy! for schame!
I shuld haue seide he myght go hauke and hunt,
For that schuld be A gentilmannys game, 465
To suche disportis thes gentis folkys be wounte;
I seide to ferre, my langage was to blounte,
But of this galaunte, loo! loke a while & fele,
He feccheth his compace whan he shall bowe or knele,
[68]
Braced so straytly th[at h]e[1] may not plie,
[Sidenote 1: MS. the.]
But gaderith hit in by man_er_ of wyndlese,
And 3*if he wrenche aside or lytil wrye, 472
His gere stonte all in pertous[2] case,
[Sidenote 2: Read perlous?]
The scho, the hose, the point, doublet, and lace;
And if ought breke, som_m_e thing_es_[3] that ben badde
[Sidenote 3: Read toung_es_.]
Shall sey anon, 'a knaue hath broke a ladde.' 476
[Sidenote: Hill's Text.]