Goo, litle childe, and who doth you Appose, Seying, your_e_ quaire kepeth non accordaunce, Tell [hym], as yite neyther of ryme ne prose 521 Ye be experte; pray hym of sufferaunce; Childer must be of childly gouernaunce, And they must also entredet[1] be [Sidenote 1: _Read_ entreted] Wyth esy thyng, [and not] of subtilte. 525 [76] Your_e_ lytil quaier su_m_mitteth euery where To corecc_i_on and beneuolence, But where enuie is, loke hit come not there, 528 For eny thing kepith your_e_ trety thense; Enuie is full of frowarde reprehense, And howe to hurte liethe eu_er_e in awayte, Kepeth your_e_ quaier_e_, that hit be not her baite. EXPLICIT. DOMINE, SALUU_M_ FAC REGEM. [Sidenote: _Hill's Text._] ¶ Go, litill[e] Ioh[=n], & who doth you oppose, sayenge yo_u_r quayre, kepeth no_n_ accordavnce; 520 Tell[e] hy_m_ as 3*et neyther_e_ i_n_ ryme ne p_r_ose ye ben exp_er_te; p_ra_y hy_m_ of suffraunce. Chyldren[1] muste be of childy gou_er_navnce, [Sidenote 1: MS. Clyldren.] & also _the_i muste entreted be 524 W_i_t_h_ easy thynge, & not w_i_t_h_ subtilte. ¶ Go, lytill[e] quayer, submyte you eu_er_y where vnder correcc_i_on of benevolence; & wher envy ys, loke you cu_m_ not ther_e_, 528 ffor any thyng kepe yo_u_r treatye thens; Envye ys full of froward reprehens, & how to hurte lyeth ever i_n_ a-wayte; kepe yo_u_r quayre _th_at yt be not ther bayte. 532 Here endyth A lytyll[e] treatyse called _th_e boke of curtesy or litill[e] Ioh_a_n. CAXTON'S TEXT. [75] Go lytyl Io[=h]n / and who doth you appose [Sidenote: Whoever questions you,] Sayng your quayer / kepe non accordance Telle hym as yet / neyther in ryme ne prose 521 Ye ben expert / praye hym of suffra[=n]ce [Sidenote: say you are not yet up in rime or prose.] Chyldren muste be / of chyldly gouerna[=n]ce And also they muste entretyd_e_ be With esy thing / and not with subtylte 525 [76] Go lytil quayer / submytte you euery where Vnder correct_i_on of benyuolence [Sidenote: Little book, I submit you to correction:] And where enuye is / loke ye come not there 528 [Sidenote: but go not where envy is.] For ony thing_e_ / kepe your tretye thens Enuye is ful of froward reprehens And how to hurte / lyeth euer in a wayte Kepe your quayer / that it be not ther bayte 532 Explicit the book of curtesye. INDEX. H. stands for Hill's MS. at the bottom of the pages, O. for the Oriel MS. on the even pages. Cot. is for Cotgrave's Dictionary. Absolom with dissheveled hair, l. 460. Amyse, l. 376, amice. Fr. _amict_, an Amict or Amice, part of a massing priest's habit. Cot. From L. _amicire_, to throw round; _am_ and _jacere_. Mahn. Annoy no man, l. 170.