The propretees of a goode hors. A Goode hors shulde haue .xv. ꝓpretees. and condicions. y^t is to wit .iij. of a man .iij of a woman .iij. of a fox iij. of an haare and .iij. of an asse. Off a man boolde prowde and hardy. Off a woman fayre brestid faire of here & esy to lip vppon. Off a fox a faire tayle short eris with a goode trot. Off an hare a grete eygh a dry hede. and weƚƚ rennyng Off an asse a bigge chyne a flatte lege. and goode houe. Weƚƚ trauelid women ner weƚƚ trauelid hors wer neu̇ goode ¶ Arise erly. serue god deuouteli. and the worlde besily doo thy werke wiseli. yeue thyn almese secretly Go by the way sadly. Answere the peple demurely. Go to thi mete appetideli. Sit ther at discretely. Of thi tonge be not to liberalli. Arrise therfrom temꝑatly. Goo to thi soper soborly And to thy bedde merely. Be in thyn Inne Iocūdely Plese thy loue duly. And slepe surely. Merke wele theẏs .iiii thẏnges. ¶ Ther be .iiij thyngꝭ principaƚƚ to be drad of eu̇y wise man The first is the curse of owre holy fader the pope. The secunde is thindignacion of a prince Quia indignacion regis vel principis mors est The thridde is the fauor or the wiƚƚ of a Iuge. The iiij. is Sclaunder & the mutacion of a comynalte. Who that makith in Cristynmas a doog to his larder. And in Marche a Sow to is gardyner. And in May a fole of a whise mannys counseƚƚ. He shaƚƚ neuer haue goode larder. fayre gardyn. Ner wele kepyd cownceƚƚ. ¶ Fer from thy kynnysmen keste the. Wrath not thy neighborys next the. In a goode corne cuntre threste the. And sitte downe Robyn and rest the. Who that byldys his hous aƚƚ of salowes. And prickyth a blynde hors ouer the falowys. And suffrith hys wyfe to seche mony halowys. God sende hym the blysse of euerlastyng galowis. If theis be not directid then go thei at aventẏr ¶ Ther be iiij. thynges fuƚƚ harde for to knaw. Wyche way that thay wiƚƚ drawe. The first is the wayes of a yong man. The secunde the cours of a vessayƚƚ in the see. The thridde of an Edder or a serpent sprent. The .iiij. of a fowle sittyng on any thyng. Too wyues in oon hous. too cattys and oon mous: Too dogges and oon boon: theis shaƚƚ neu̇ accorde ɩ oon̄ Who that mannyth hym with his kynne. And closith his croofte wyth cheritrees. Shaƚƚ haue many hegges brokynne. And also fuƚƚ lyttyƚƚ goode seruyes. The Compaẏnẏs of beestẏs and fowlẏs.