Early English Meals and Manners

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an vsshere y Am / ye may beholde / to a prynce of highe degre,

þat enioyethe to enforme & teche / alle þo thatt wille thrive & thee[1],

Of suche thynges as here-aftur shalle be shewed by my diligence

[ To] them þat nought Can / with-owt gret exsperience;

Therfore yf any mañ þat y mete withe, þat[2] for fawt of necligence,

y wylle hym enforme & teche, for hurtynge of my Conscience.

To teche vertew and connynge, me thynkethe hit charitable,

for moche youthe in connynge / is bareñ & fulle vnable;

[ þer-fore] he þat no good cañ / ne to nooñ wille be agreable.

he shalle neuer y-thryve / þerfore take to hym a babulle.