Part 85 (2/2)

And eu{er} kepe thys lesson A-mong{e},

[Sidenote: Mind what you say.]

Whate eu{er} thow sey, A-vyse the welle! 48

[Sidenote: Had men thought of this, many things done in England would never have been begun.]

y dere well{e} swery by the sonne, yf eu{er}y man had thys woord yn thow?t Meny thynggis had neu{er} be by-gunne That ofte yn Ingelond hath be y-wro?t. 52

[Sidenote: See _The Wise Man_, in _Babees Boke_, &c. p. 48.]

The wyse man hath hys sone y-taw?tte yn ryches, poorte, woo, and welle, Thys worthy reson for-?ete thow no?t, Whate eu{er} thow sey, A-vyse the welle! 56

[Sidenote: To speak aright observe six things: 1. what; 2. of whom; 3. where; 4. to whom; 5. why; 6. when.]

yf that thow wolte speke A-ry?t, Ssyx thynggys thow moste obserue then: What thow spekyst, & of what wy?t, Whare, to wham, whye, and whenne. 60 Thow noost how soone thow schalt go henne; As lome be meke, as serpent felle;

[Sidenote: In every place mind what you say.]

yn eu{er}y place, A-monge all{e} men, Whate eu{er} thow sey, A-vyse the welle! 64

[Sidenote: Almighty G.o.d, grant me grace to serve Thee!]

”Almy?ty G.o.d yn personys thre, W{i}t{h} herte mylde mekly y praye, Graunte me grace thy seruant to be Yn woorde and dede eu{er} and aye! 68

[Sidenote: Mary, mother, send me grace night and day!]

Mary, moder, blessyd maye, Quene of hevyn, Imp{er}es of h.e.l.le, Sende me grace both ny?t and daye!”

Whate eu{er} thow sey, A-vyse the welle! 72

EXPLICIT &c.

A Dogg Lardyner, & a Sowe Gardyner.

[_MS._ O. 9. 38. _Trinity College, Cambridge._]

_Printed in _Reliquiae Antiquae, v. i. p. 233_, from MS. Lansdowne No. 762, fol. 16 b._

[Sidenote: A dog in a larder, a sow in a garden, a fool with wise men, are ill matcht.]

hoo so maky?t at crystysmas A dogg{e} lardyner, And yn march A sowe gardyner, And yn may A foole of every wysmanys counsayll{e}, he schall{e} neu{er} haue goode larder, ne fayre gardyn, nother counsayll{e} well{e} y-keptt.

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