Be not to copiose of langage;
As tyme requiriþ schewe out þi visage,
To glad, ne to sory, but kepe þee euene bitwene
For los, or lucre, or ony case sodene.
Be soft in mesure, not hasti, but treteable;
Ouer soft is nouȝt in no maner þing
To children longiþ not to be vengeable,
Soone meued and soone fiȝtinge;
And as it is remembrid bi writynge,
wraþþe of children is ouercome soone,