Part 73 (1/2)

[Sidenote: [p. 13.]]

Thy head let that be kembd and trimd, let not thy haire be long, It is unseemely to the eye, rebuked by the tongue. 128

[Sidenote: Hanging down the head]

And be not like a slothfull wight, delighted to hang downe The head, and lift the shoulders up, nor with thy browes to frowne. 132

[Sidenote: Carriage of the body.]

To carry up the body faire, is decent, and doth shew A comely grace in any one, Where ever he doth goe. 136

[Sidenote: Hanging the head aside.]

To hang the head on any side, doth shew hypocrisie: And who shall use it trust him not, he deales with policie. 140

[Sidenote: [p. 14.]]

[Sidenote: Privy members.]

Let not thy privy members be layd open to be view'd, It is most shamefull and abhord, detestable and rude. 144

[Sidenote: Urine or winde.]

Retaine not urine nor the winde, which doth thy body vex, So it be done with secresie, let that not thee perplex. 148

[Sidenote: Sitting.]

And in thy sitting use a meane, as may become thee well, Not straddling, no nor tottering, and dangling like a bell. 152

[Sidenote: Curtesie.]

Observe in Curtesie to take a rule of decent kinde, Bend not thy body too far foorth, nor backe thy leg behind. 156

[Sidenote: The gate in going.]

[Sidenote: [p. 15.]]

In going keep a decent gate, not faining lame or broken, For that doth seeme but wantonnesse, and foolishnesse betoken. 160

[Sidenote: Apparrell.]

Let thy apparrell not exceede, to pa.s.se for sumptuous cost, Nor altogether be too base, for so thy credit's lost. 164

Be modest in thy wearing it, and keep it neat and cleane, For spotted, dirty, or the like, is lothsome to be seene. 168

This for thy body may suffice, how that must ordred be: Now at the Church thou shalt observe to G.o.d how all must be. 172

[_No doubt incomplete, or to be inserted before _Cap. v._ of _Weste's Schoole of Vertue_, at the end of this Part._ F. J. F.]