Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T19: virtue, fortune, virtues, honour, fame, vice, envy, world, pride, great.
Nulla tam modesta felicitas est Quae malignantis dentes vitare possit. NO state of man, he it never so modest, Never so unrebukable and blameless, No person, be he never so good and honest▪ Can escape at any season now harmless, But the wicked teeth of such as be shameless, Are ready most maliciously him for to bite, Like as Ualerius in his fourth book doth write. We and other persons have exercised This comely and good faculty a long season, Which of some have been spitefully despised, Wherefore I think they can allege no reason, Where affect ruleth, there good judgement is geason. They never learned the verse of Horace doubtless, Nec tua laudabis ●●●dia, aut aliena reprehends, Thou shalt neither praise thine own industry, Nor yet the labour of other men reprehend, The one proceedeth of a proud arrogancy, And the other from envy, which doth discommend, All things that virtuous persons do intend. For evil will never said well, they do say, And worse tongues were never heard before this day. I marvel why they should detract our faculty: We have ridden and gone many sundry ways, Yea, we have used this feat at the university, Yet neither wise nor learned would it dispraise: But it hath been perceived ever before our days. That fools love nothing worse than fools to be called, A horse will kick if you touch where he is galled. Doth not our faculty learnedly extol virtue? Doth it not teach, God to be praised above all thing▪ What faculty doth vice more earnestly subdue? Doth it not teach true obedience to the king? What godly sentences to the mind doth it bring? I say, there was never thing invented More worth, for man's solace to be frequented, Hypocrites that would not have their faults revealed Imagine slander our faculty to let, feign would they have their wickedness still concealed Therefore maliciously against us they be set, O (say they) much money they do get. Truly I say, whether you give halfpence or pence, Your gain shallbe double, before you depart hence. Is wisdom no more worth than a penny trow you? Scripture calleth the price thereof incomparable. Here may you learn godly Sapience now, Which to body and soul shall be profitable▪ To no person truly we covet to be chargeable, For we shall think to have sufficient recompense, If ye take in good worth our simple diligence. In this matter which we are about to recite, The ignorant may learn what is true believe, Whereof the Apostles of Christ do largely write, Whose instructions here to you we will give, Here an example of penance the heart to grieve, May be learned, a love which from Faith doth spring, Authority of Scripture for the same we will bring. Of the Gospel we shall rehearse a fruietfull story, Written in the vii of Luke with words plain The story of a woman that was right sorry
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Nulla tam modesta felicitas est Quae malignantis dentes vitare possit. NO state of man, he it neuer so modest, Neuer so vnrebukeable and blamelesse, No person, be he neuer so good and honest▪ Can escape at any season now harmelesse, But the wicked teeth of suche as be shamelesse, Are ready most maliciously him for to byte, Like as Ualerius in his fourth booke doth write. We and other persons haue exercised This comely and good facultie a long season, Which of some haue bene spitefully despised, Wherefore I thinke they can alleage no reason, Where affect ruleth, there good iudgemēt is geason. They neuer learned the verse of Horace doubtles, Nec tua laudabis dia, aut aliena reprehendes, Thou shalt neither praise thyne owne industrie, Nor yet the labour of other men reprehend, The one procedeth of a proude arrogancie, And the other from enuie, which doth discommend, All thyngs that vertuous persons doe intend. For euill will neuer said well, they do say, And worse tungs were neuer heard before this day. I maruell why they should detract our facultie: We haue ridden and gone many sundry waies, Yea, we haue vsed this feate at the vniuersitie, Yet neither wise nor learned would it dispraise: But it hath ben perceiued euer before our dayes. That foles loue nothing worse thā foles to be called, A horse will kick if you touche where he is galled. Doth not our facultie learnedly extoll vertue? Doth it not teache, God to be praised aboue al thing▪ What facultie doth vice more earnestly subdue? Doth it not teache true obedience to the kyng? What godly sentences to the mynde doth it bryng? I saie, there was neuer thyng inuented More worth, for mans solace to be frequented, Hipocrites that wold not haue their fautes reueled Imagine slaunder our facultie to let, Faine wold they haue their wickednes still concealed Therfore maliciously against vs they be set, O (say they) muche money they doe get. Truely I say, whether you geue halfpence or pence, Your gayne shalbe double, before you depart hence. Is wisedom no more worth than a peny trow you? Scripture calleth the price therof incomparable. Here may you learne godly Sapience now, Which to body and soule shal be profitable▪ To no person truly we couet to be chargeable, For we shall thinke to haue sufficient recompence, If ye take in good worth our simple diligence. In this matter whiche we are about to recite, The ignorant may learne what is true beleue, Wherof the Apostles of Christ do largely write, Whose instructions here to you we wil geue, Here an example of penance the heart to grieue, May be lerned, a loue which from Faith doth spring, Authoritie of Scripture for the same we will bring. Of the Gospell we shall rehearse a fruietfull story, Written in the .vii. of Luke with wordes playne The storie of a woman that was right sory