Vice or vertu to Folowe and ympresse In mynde; and therfore, to stere and remeve You from vice, and to vertu thou[1] dresse, 10 [Sidenote 1: _Read_ you] That on to folow, and the other to eschewe, I haue devysed you this lytill newe Instrucc_i_on according to your_e_ age, Playne in sentence, but playner in langage. 14 (_Richard Hill's Commonplace Book, or Balliol MS. 354, ffl C lx._) [Sidenote: _Hill's Text._] Here begynnyth lytill[e] Ioh_a_n. ¶ Lytell[e] Iohan, sith yo_u_r tender_e_ enfancye Stondyth as yet vnder_e_ Indyfference To vyce or vertu to mevyn or applie, & in suche age _ther_[1] ys no p_ro_vydence, 4 Ne come_n_ly no sage Intelygence, But as wax receyvith prynt or fygure, So chyldren bene disposed of nature [Footnote 1: The _th_ is the same as the _y_.] ¶ Vyce or vertu to folowe, & enpresse 8 In mynde; & _ther_for to styre & remeve you frome vice, & to vertu addresse, That on to folow, & _tha_t o_ther_ to eschewe, I haue devysed you this lytill[e] newe 12 Instrucc_i_on[1] accordyng vnto yo_u_r age, playn In sentence, but playner_e_ In langage. [Footnote 1: The mark of contraction is over the _n_: t.i. the _n_ has its tail curled over its back like a dog's.] [The Book of Courtesye.] [_Caxton's Text._] [1] [Sidenote: Leaf 1 a.] Lytyl Iohn syth your tendre enfancye Stondeth as yet vnder / in difference [Sidenote: As Infancy is indifferent] To vice or vertu to meuyn or applye 3 [Sidenote: whether it follows vice or virtue,] And in suche age ther is no prouidence Ne comenly no sad_e_ Intelligence But as waxe resseyueth prynte or figure So children ben disposid_e_ of nature 7 [2] Vyce or vertue to folowe and_e_ enpresse In mynde / and_e_ therfore / to styre & remeue You from vice / and_e_ to vertue addresse 10 That one to folowe / and that other teschewe I haue deuysed you / this lytyl newe [Sidenote: I have written this new treatise to draw you from vice, and turn you to virtue.] Instrucc_i_on / acordyng_e_ vnto your age Playne in sentence / but playner in la_n_gage 14 * * * * * THE ORIEL TEXT. [3] Taketh hede therfore and herkyn what I say, And yeueth therto hooly your_e_ adu_er_tence, Lette not your_e_ eye be here and your_e_ hert away, 17 But yeueth herto your_e_ besy diligence, And ley aparte alle wantawne insolence, Lernyth to be vertues and well thewid; Who wolle not lere, nedely must be lewid. 21 [4]