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<HEAD>A Table of good Nurture: Wherin is contained a Schoole-ma&s;ters admonition to his Schollers to learne good manners the Father to his Children to learne vertue: and the Hou&s;-houlder to his Seruants to learne godline&s;&s;e.</HEAD>
<OPENER>To the tune of, <HI>The Earle of Bedford.</HI></OPENER>
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<LG>
<L>GOod Children, refu&s;e not the&s;e le&s;&s;ons to learne,</L>
<L>The path-way to vertue you here may di&s;cerne,</L>
<L>In k&eacute;eping them liuely, you &s;hall be mo&s;t &s;ure,</L>
<L>The prai&s;e of all people thereby to procure.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Let God fir&s;t be &s;erued, who all things doth giue,</L>
<L>That by his good ble&s;&s;ing thou long time mai&s;t liue:</L>
<L>And then to try Parents thy duty vnfold,</L>
<L>Who keepeth thee daily from hunger and cold.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>To all men be courteous, yea and mannerly both,</L>
<L>For feare le&s;t thy betters thy pre&s;ence doe loath:</L>
<L>For youth without manners no man can abide,</L>
<L>Much like a poore Begger po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed with pride.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Thy garments vnbutton's delight not to weare,</L>
<L>L<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;t &s;l<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">uenly nick-name fall vnto they &s;hare:</L>
<L>Thy Ho&s;e vngartered de&s;erueth like &s;hame,</L>
<L>Whereby thou wi<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="2 letters"> purcha&s;e thy Tutor much blame.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Be comely and decent in all thy array,</L>
<L>Not wantonly giuen to &s;port and to play:</L>
<L>But labour by vertue, in youth to obtaine</L>
<L>The loue of thy betters, their friend&s;hip to gaine,</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>I likewi&s;e command thee this le&s;&s;on to keepe,</L>
<L>No longer than due time delight not to fleepe;</L>
<L>Le&s;t &s;loath in thy bo&s;ome &s;uch harbour doe finde,</L>
<L>As will cau&s;e thee be tearmed a &s;luggerd by kind,</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>The morning appearing ri&s;e thou with &s;peed,</L>
<L>Wa&s;h hands and face cleanely before thou goe feed,</L>
<L>Let &s;hooes be fa&s;t tyed both clo&s;e to thy feet</L>
<L>The better to trauell all day in the &s;treet.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Thy &s;hirt-band mo&s;t comely about thy necke weare,</L>
<L>Haue handkerchiefe likewi&s;e both cleanely and faire:</L>
<L>With hat ready bru&s;hed, that people may &s;ay,</L>
<L>There goes a child cleanely in all his array.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Goe neuer vntru&s;&s;ed, for feare of the cold,</L>
<L>For it doth indanger both the yong and old,</L>
<L>Thy Girdle forget not, I put thee in minde,</L>
<L>No Girdle, no ble&s;&s;ing that day thou &s;halt finde.</L>
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<LG>
<L>If thou be a Scholler, to Schoole make good ha&s;te,</L>
<L>For he is a Truant that commeth there la&s;t,</L>
<L>For if thou do&s;t loyter and play by the way,</L>
<L>Be &s;ure with thy Ma&s;ter it will cau&s;e a fray.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But being their placed, I charge thee to looke</L>
<L>Thou lo&s;e not thy Inkehorne, thy Pen, nor thy booke&punc;</L>
<L>Thy Garters, they Girdle, thy band, nor thy Hat.</L>
<L>For feare left thy Parents be grieued thereat.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Sweare not, nor cur&s;e not, delight not to &s;teale,</L>
<L>Thy ma&s;ter obey thou, his &s;ecrets conceale,</L>
<L>Take heed of fal&s;e lying, &s;et no man at &s;trife,</L>
<L>Nor be thou too de&s;perate to &s;trike with a knife.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Among&s;t thy Companions be Gentle and kinde,</L>
<L>If that thou their fauours do&s;t looke for to finde.</L>
<L>For gentlene&s;&s;e gaineth thee loue from a foe,</L>
<L>And getteth thee glory whereeuer thou goe.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Play not, nor laugh not, thy Ma&s;ter to fret,</L>
<L>When thou among&s;t Schollers art orderly &s;et,</L>
<L>For &s;ilence is vertue, and vertue is grace,</L>
<L>Which ought to be v&s;ed, thy betters in place.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Thus you good Children and Schollers each one,</L>
<L>Here in good order you follies are &s;howne:</L>
<L>In following the&s;e precepts you purcha&s;e alwaies,</L>
<L>The loue of your Parents, and Schoole-ma&s;ters prai&s;e</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But if that in idlene&s;&s;e you doe delight,</L>
<L>Refu&s;ing the&s;e Le&s;&s;ons here plainely in &s;ight,</L>
<L>Looke for no kindne&s;&s;e no fauour nor loue,</L>
<L>But your Ma&s;ters di&s;plea&s;ure, if you him moue.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Therefore be wary you doe not offend,</L>
<L>Your Parents, your Ma&s;ter, nor iniure your friend,</L>
<L>Le&s;t &s;tripes doe reward you, and make you to &s;ay,</L>
<L>Your Precepts Ile follow, your words Ile obey.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>And now to conclude beare this well in mind,</L>
<L>A diligent Scholler much fauour &s;hall finde:</L>
<L>But &s;uch as will loyter, and lazie will be,</L>
<L>Shall for their labour be brought on their kn&eacute;e,</L>
</LG>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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<HEAD>The &s;econd Table of good Nurture;</HEAD>
<OPENER>To the tune of, <HI>Troy Towne.</HI></OPENER>
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<L>THen learne to honour God aright,</L>
<L>let loue and feare thereto prouoke:</L>
<L>Obey thy Prince with all thy might,</L>
<L>&s;ubmit they &s;elfe to prudence yoke.</L>
<L>Imbrace the good, e&s;chew the ill,</L>
<L>This is the &s;umme of wi&s;domes skill.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>To know thy &s;elfe doe thou apply,</L>
<L>fir&s;t trye thy friend before thou tru&s;t:</L>
<L>Loue him that dealeth faithfully,</L>
<L>let word and deed be alwaes iu&s;t,</L>
<L>Striue not to &s;wim again&s;t the &s;treame,</L>
<L>Account not of a drou&s;ie dreame.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Faint not though fortune fauoure fooles,</L>
<L>fret not at others good &s;ucce&s;&s;e:</L>
<L>Delight to &s;it in learned Schooles.</L>
<L>thy former faults &s;eeke to redre&s;&s;e.</L>
<L>Spurne not at him that tels thy crime,</L>
<L>Mend it again&s;t another time.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Acquaint thy &s;elfe with &s;ome graue man</L>
<L>marke well his talke and trade of life</L>
<L>His word of wit &s;ee that thou &s;can,</L>
<L>within thy mouth let them be rife.</L>
<L>De&s;ire to imitate his trade,</L>
<L>By v&s;e like him thou &s;halt be made.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Wi&s;h for no wealth by parents death,</L>
<L>a friend farre pa&s;&s;eth worldly good:</L>
<L>And whil&s;t the body yeeldeth breath,</L>
<L>&s;eeke not for to exceed in food.</L>
<L>For great exce&s;&s;e of meat and drinke,</L>
<L>Will cau&s;e thy &s;oule in &s;inne to &s;inke.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>If fortune &s;mile be not too proue,</L>
<L>for why &s;he hath a frowning face:</L>
<L>If in her loue they &s;elfe thou &s;hrowd,</L>
<L>make much of her while thou ha&s;t &s;pace</L>
<L>Her whirling wheele doth turne full oft,</L>
<L>Some lye full low, &s;ome fleete aloft.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Thinke not thine owne wit to be be&s;t.</L>
<L>keepe not the crew of cogging mates,</L>
<L>To &s;weare and lye doe thou dete&s;t,</L>
<L>for thereby credit oft abates.</L>
<L>Beware of brazen face pa&s;t &s;hame,</L>
<L>And loue to liue in hone&s;t fame.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Where too much curte&s;ie is v&s;ed,</L>
<L>take heed of frawd and &s;ubile guile,</L>
<L>Good nature oft times is abu&s;ed,</L>
<L>in &s;imple &s;ight with &s;ubtle wile,</L>
<L>When all is &s;aid and all is done,</L>
<L>Yet craft lyes vnder clowted &s;hoone.</L>
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<LG>
<L>Report not on the pre&s;ent time,</L>
<L>but marke al&s;o what may en&s;ue,</L>
<L>For cracke of credit is a crime,</L>
<L>change not an old friend for a new;</L>
<L>The &s;ecret councell of thy heart,</L>
<L>Take heed to whom thou do&s;t impart,</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>Prai&s;e no man till thou doe him know,</L>
<L>di&s;prai&s;e not ra&s;hly any wight</L>
<L>Le&s;t &s;hame thereby to thee may grow,</L>
<L>faire words are be&s;t place thing aright</L>
<L>To wi&s;domes &s;choole thus mu&s;t thou go,</L>
<L>And &s;ay experience taught thee &s;o.</L>
</LG>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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<P>Printed at London for H. G.</P>
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