ly hy_m_ besyde, 88
& not to ny[=g]h: yo_u_r tonge mvst be applyde
To answere hy_m_ w_i_t_h_ woyce moderate.
Avyce you well, my lytill child, algate

P) To mynyster w_i_t_h_ devout reverence; 92
loke ye do yo_u_r hu_m_ble observaunce
Debonerly wyth dewe obedyence,
Circu_m_spectly w_i_t_h_ euery circu_m_stavnce
Of poort, & chere of goodly covntenavnce, 96
Remembryng well _th_e lorde a-bove ys he,
whome to s_er_ve ys grettest lyberte.

CAXTON'S TEXT.

[12]

Auyse you wel also / for ony thinge
The chirche of prayer / is hous and place
Beware therfore / of clappe or Iangelyng_e_ 80
[Sidenote: Don't chatter,]
For in [th]^e chirche / it is a ful grate trespaas
And a token of suche / as lackyth grace
There be ye demure / and kepe ye scilence
[Sidenote: but be silent, and serve God.]
And serue ye god / with al your diligence 84

[13]

[Sidenote: Leaf 3 a.]

To helpe the preest / whan he saith masse
[Sidenote: When you help the priest at Mass,]
Whan it shal happen you or betyde
Remeue not fer / ne from his presence passe 87
Knele or stonde ye / deuoutly hym besyde
[Sidenote: kneel or stand near him,]
And not to nyg[=h] your to_n_ge muste be applide
Tanswere hym / with voys ful moderate
[Sidenote: and answer him in a moderate tone.]
Auyse you wel / my lityl childe algate 91

[14]

To mynystre / with deuoute reuerence
[Sidenote: Minister reverently]
Loke ye do / youre humble obseruance
Debonairly / with due obedyence 94
Circumspectly / with euery circumstaunce
[Sidenote: and circumspectly.]
Of poort and chere / of goodly counte[=n]ance
Remembryng_e_ wel the lord_e_ / a boue is he
Whom to serue / is grettest liberte 98

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THE ORIEL TEXT.

[15]

And whan ye speke, loketh men in the face[1]
[Sidenote 1: MS. visage.]
Wyth sobre chere and goodly semblaunce;
Cast not your_e_ eye asyde in odir place, 101
For that is a tokyn of wantowne inconstaunce,
Which wolle appeyre your_e_ name, and disauau_n_ce;
The wyse man seyth, 'who hathe this signes thre
Ne is not like a good man [for] to be--' 105

[16]

'Yn hert,' he seyth, 'who that is inconstaunte,[1