O I passe norture fy fy for shame [Sidenote: (though it's hardly good manners to say so.)] I myght haue said he shold go hauke & honte For that shold be a gentilmans game 465 To such disportes / gentil folkes be wonte I sayd to ferre / my langage was to blonte But yet sir gala_n_te wha_n_ ye shal bowe or knele [Sidenote: When he tries to kneel, he works round like a wheel,] He goth by compace round as doth a whele 469 [68] [Sidenote: Leaf 12 a.] Braced so strayt / that he may not plye [Sidenote: being braced so tight that he can't bend.] But gaderith it / by maner of a wyndelas And he ought wrenche a syde / or a litil wrie 472 [Sidenote: If he twists, a lace is like to crack.] His geer stondeth then_n_e / in ful parlo_us_ caas His sho / his hose / doblet / point & laas And yf ought breke / som_m_e tu_n_ges þ^t be bad_e_ Wil mocke & saie / a knaue hath broke a lad 476 * * * * * THE ORIEL TEXT. [69] Lat galaunte go, I mene, recheles ruskyn; Take hede, my childe, to suche as ben cu_n_nyng, So shall ye wyrship best conquere and wynne, 479 Enforsith you in all your_e_ demenyng To sewe vertu, and[1] from foly declynyng; [Sidenote 1: _Omit_ and] And, my childe, that ye loue of honeste. Which is accordyng wyth humanyte. 483 [70] That is, to you to vndirstond And knowe, That your_e_ aray be manerly and resonable, Not appeissh knawen[1] and to mowe, 486 [Sidenote 1: _Sic._] I[n] nyse aray that is not couenable, Fetis founde be folkys vnp_ro_fitable, That maketh this world_e_ so pleynly t_ra_nsformate, That men semen almost effeminate. 490 [71] Pley not Iakke mAlaperte, that is to sey, Be ware of p_re_sumpc_i_oun, be ware of pride, Take not the fyrst place, my childe, be no way, 493 Till odir be sette manerly abyde, Presomcion is often sette asyde, And Avalith f[r]om his highe[1] de-gre, [Sidenote 1: MS. hight.] And he sette vppe that hath humanite. 497 [Sidenote: _Hill's Text._] ¶ Lete gallant go! I mene, recheles ruskyn: Take hede my child to suche as be co_n_nyng, so shall[e] ye best worship co_n_qvere & wynne; Enforce you i_n_ all[e] yo_u_r demenyng 480 To folowe vertu, & fro foly declynnyng; & weyte well[e] _tha_t ye love honeste which ys accordyng vnto humanyte. [Sidenote: Ihu 1503 per Richard Hill: ffl C lxv] ¶ That ys for you to vnd_er_stond & knowe, _th_at yo_u_r araye be manerly resonable, 485 Not apysshe ynto moke ne to mowe; To nyce araye _tha_t ys not co_m_mendable, ffetys, newe fonden by foolis vnp_ro_fytable, 488 _th_at make _th_e worlde so playnly transformate _th_at me_n_ seme_n_ Almost enfemynate.