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THE CONSAIL AND TEICHING, ETC.
and gyf fair langage in asking,
Fair answer, and kep weil thi thinge.
luf nocht sa percny, corn na store
bot god and honore be ay before.
145 Be besy em> and luf na sleuth.
Be nocht our lefull of thi treuth
For brokin faith oft brekis luf,
and eftzV folowis gret repruf ;
Suppos for lytill thing It bee
I5° Jit wyll men say, he is leif to lee.
And lytyll forfait raft blafh f. 45
and bringfs a maw sohe in 111 nam ;
a man is sohe broc/zt in-to sclandyr
For mawis honore is ful tendyr.
I55 gyff kow in court be raparand,
hals glaidly, be fair-farand,
here al mew say and lytill spek.
fThocM ]?ow have cauft bot noc/zt to vrek,
Fore quhen pow bostzs to mak venginge
160 pow wamis thi faa of thin etlyng,
bot lat hyme vyt he has the wyt
For gentill hund gymis or he byt;
For defyans of mystraisting
In weire suld ga be-for al thing.
165 be noc/zt lefull to hic/zt na grant
Bot set thi wyt thi will to dant;
and quhen pow grantzs kep veil thi hec/zt
And couer neuzV thi hecht with slycht,
For lawte wald neuzV fen3hed bee
170 Na sek hymis in na degree.
For atte last lawte is kend,
and falsat sal neuzV mak fare end ;
For god is grund of verytee.
And feindz's are fapzVis of falsatee.
175 Crab noc/zt lychtly for lytill thing,
151. And : A large. Shaft of 1 in lytyll extended and slightly flourished.
169. For: possibly Fore. 175, 6. Nota contra, deligacie in small con¬
temporary hand in left-hand margin opposite.
THE CONSAIL AND TEICHING, ETC.
and gyf fair langage in asking,
Fair answer, and kep weil thi thinge.
luf nocht sa percny, corn na store
bot god and honore be ay before.
145 Be besy em> and luf na sleuth.
Be nocht our lefull of thi treuth
For brokin faith oft brekis luf,
and eftzV folowis gret repruf ;
Suppos for lytill thing It bee
I5° Jit wyll men say, he is leif to lee.
And lytyll forfait raft blafh f. 45
and bringfs a maw sohe in 111 nam ;
a man is sohe broc/zt in-to sclandyr
For mawis honore is ful tendyr.
I55 gyff kow in court be raparand,
hals glaidly, be fair-farand,
here al mew say and lytill spek.
fThocM ]?ow have cauft bot noc/zt to vrek,
Fore quhen pow bostzs to mak venginge
160 pow wamis thi faa of thin etlyng,
bot lat hyme vyt he has the wyt
For gentill hund gymis or he byt;
For defyans of mystraisting
In weire suld ga be-for al thing.
165 be noc/zt lefull to hic/zt na grant
Bot set thi wyt thi will to dant;
and quhen pow grantzs kep veil thi hec/zt
And couer neuzV thi hecht with slycht,
For lawte wald neuzV fen3hed bee
170 Na sek hymis in na degree.
For atte last lawte is kend,
and falsat sal neuzV mak fare end ;
For god is grund of verytee.
And feindz's are fapzVis of falsatee.
175 Crab noc/zt lychtly for lytill thing,
151. And : A large. Shaft of 1 in lytyll extended and slightly flourished.
169. For: possibly Fore. 175, 6. Nota contra, deligacie in small con¬
temporary hand in left-hand margin opposite.
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| Description | Edited, with an appendix of the other pieces from Cambridge University Library Manuscript. Kk. 1.5, no. 6, by R. Girvan. Edinburgh : Printed for the Society by W. Blackwood & Sons, 1939. Contents: Introduction.--Ratis raving.--The foly of fulys and the thewis of wysmen.--The consail and teiching at the vys man gaif his sone.--The thewis off gudwomen.--Documenta matris ad filiam.--Notes.--Appendix: 1. The craft of deyng. 2. Maxims of conduct. 3. Chaucer's Balade de bon conseil. 4. Balade attributed to James I. of Scotland. 5. The duty of work. 6. Dicta Salomonis. 7. The vertewis of the mess.--Glossary. 'Ratis raving' has been attributed to David Rate. |
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