470

The eighteenth statut, hoolly to commend,

To plese thy lady, is, That thou eschewe

With sluttishness thy-self for to offend;

Be jolif, fresh, and fete, with thinges newe,

Courtly with maner, this is all thy due,

475

Gentill of port, and loving clenlinesse;

This is the thing that lyketh thy maistresse.

And not to wander lich a dulled ass,