[Footnote 1:  A hole in the paper.]

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[Sidenote:  Leaf 11 a.]

Yet eft sones my child_e_ / lete vs resorte
[Sidenote:  But let us return to our first subject.]
To thentente of yur first matere
Degressed somwhat / for we wold reporte 430
And reuiue the laude of hem that were
Famous in our langage / these faders dere
Whos sowles in blysse / god et_er_nel aua_u_nce
That lysten so our langage to enhaunce 434

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THE ORIEL TEXT.

[63]

Than, litle childe, I councelle you that ye
  Take hede vnto the norture that men vse,
Newe founden or Auncient whet[h]er hit be, 437
  So shall no man your_e_ curteyse refuse;
  The guise and custome shall you, my childe, excuse;
    Mennys werkys haue often entirchaunge,
    That nowe is norture, sumtyme had ben full straunge.

[64]

Thinges whilome vside ben layde aside,
  And new fetis dayly ben contryvyde,
Men[nys actes] can in no plight abyde, 444
  They ben chaungeable and oft mevide,
  Thing some-tyme alowide is nowe reprevide,
    And aftir this shall thingis vppe aryse,
    That men sette nowe but [at] litle a prise. 448

[65]

Thus mene I, my childe, that ye shull vse and haunte
  The guise of them that don most man_er_ly,
But be ware of vnthrefte ruskyn galaunte, 451
  Counterfetour_e_ vncunnyng of curtesie,
  His tecches ben infecte wyth vilonye,
    Vngerde, vnblesside, seruyng at the table,
    Me semeth hym s_er_u_a_unt full pendable. 455

[Sidenote:  Hill’s Text.]

[Sidenote:  ffl C lxiiij back.]

P) Then litill[e] Ioh[=n], I co_n_sayle you that ye
    Take hede to the nortvres that me_n_ vse, 436
  newe fownd or avncyent, whe_ther_ yt be;
    So shall[e] no ma_n_ yo_u_r curtesye refuse;
    the gyse & custu_m_, my child, shall[e] you excuse. 
      Menys werkes haue oftyn enterchavnce; 440
      that now ys norture, so_m_tyme hath be stravnge;

P) Thyng_is_ whylom vsed be now layd a-syde,
    & newe fetes dayly be co_n_tryved: 
  Menys actes ca_n_ in no plyte abyde, 444
    They be chavngable & ofte meved;
    thynges su_m_tym_e_ alowed be now rep_re_ved;
      & after this shall thynges vp a-ryse
      that me_n_ sett now but at lytill[e] pryse:  448