maria and the Crede / with suche other thynges as done folowe I wold therfore you shuld begynne with them by tyme in youth as sone as they caÌ„ speke For it is an olde saynge The pot or vessell shall euer sauour or smell of that thynge wherew t it is fyrste seasoned Quod noua resta capit in ueterata sapit And your englysshe prouerbe saythe / that the yong cocke croweth as he doth here and lerne of the olde you maye in youthe teche theÌ„ what ye wyll / and that shall they lengest kepe remembre We shuld therfore aboue all thynges take hede and care in what company our chylderen bene nourysshed and brought vp For educacion and doctrine that is to saye bryngynge vp and lernynge done make the maners with good and vertuous persones saythe the prophete you shal be good and vertuous Psalmo xvii And with the euyll persones you shall be also euyll Let our chylder therfore vse and kepe good company The pye the iay and other byrdes done speake what they moste here by eare The plouer by syght wyll folowe the gesture and behauyour of the fowler And the ape by exercise wyll worke and do as she is taught / and so wyll the dogge by violence contrary to naturall disposicion lerne to daunce The chylder therfore that by reason don far excede other creatures wyll bere awaye what they here spoken they shulde therefore be vsed vnto suche company where they shulde here none euyll / but where they maye here godly and Christian wordes They wyll also haue in theyr gestures and behauyoure suche maners as they se beholde in other persones And as they bene taught / so wyll they do / and in many thynges they maye be compelled vnto a contynuall custome / whiche dothe alter and chaunge naturall disposicion Vnto some craftes or occupacions a certayne age is requyred in chylder / but vertu and vyce maye be lerned in euery age We must se therfore that in any wyse you vse no company but good and vertuous And as soone as they can speke we must also teche our chylder to serue god and saye the Pater noster Aue. and Crede as I sayd before And nat only our chylder but also se and proue that all our seruauÌ„tes what age so euer they be of caÌ„ say the same And therfore don we vse dayly that in euery mele / dyner or soupper / one persone shulde with lowde voyce say thus 1 The fyrst peticion PAter noster qui es in celis sanctificet nomen tuum ✿ Good lorde god our holy father the arte in heueÌ„ let thy name he sanctified that is to meane / I beseche the graunte vs grace to blesse to honoure to laude and prayse thy holy name 2 The seconde ¶ Adueniat regnum tuum ✿ Good lord god our father that art in heuen / let thy kyngdome come that is I beseche the lorde that all the people of the worlde may come vnto the grace of baptisme and so be the faythfull subiectes of thy realme and kyngdome of Christianite ¶ Fiat voluntas tua 3 The thyrde sicut in celo et in terra ✿ Good lorde god our father that arte in heuen lett thy wyll be wrought in erth as it is wrought in heuen that is to meane I beseche the lorde that all thy christian people here in erth maye perfourme thy wyll and kepe thy coÌ„maundementes after theyr estate and condicion as thy holy angels and sayntes done in heuen after theyr state and degre ¶ Panem nostrum cotidianuÌ„ da nobis hodie 4 The fourthe ✿ Good lorde god our holy father that arte in heuen gyue and graunte vnto vs this day our dayly brede that is to meane I beseche the good lord graunte vnto vs contynually the spirituall fode grace and effecte of thy holy sacramentes Or thus Graunte vnto vs the contynuall grace and effecte of thy holy sacramentes / whiche is the dayly fode of our soules spirituall suerty of our saluacion 5 The fyfthe ¶ Et dimitte nobis debita nostra sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris ✿ Good lord god our holy father that arte in heuen forgyue vs our dettes as we done forgyue our detters that is to meane I beseche the good lord forgyue and pardon me and all Christians all maner of offences and trespaces done agaynste the and thy lawes / lykewyse as we done forgyue all maner of persones all maner of greues and trespaces done agaynste vs. 6 The .vi. ¶ Et ne nos inducas in teÌ„tationem ✿ Good lord god our holy father that arte in heuen / lede vs nat in to temptacion / that is to meane I beseche the good lord suffre me not ne any Christian to be lede or brought by any temptation / vnto the full consente of any synne ¶ Sed libera nos a malo 7 The .vii. ✿ But good lorde god our holy father that arte in heueÌ„ delyuer me all christians from euyll that is to meane I beseche the good lorde / that not onely thou kepe me and all thy people from all synne and offence of thy goodnes / but also that thou wylte delyuer and make vs quyte of all synnes paste / and conserue and kepe vs continually in the state of grace AmeÌ„ So be it that is to meane / good lorde we beseche the that all these thynges maye come to passe in full effecte / accordynge to our peticion and desyre This prayer of the Pater noster / is the most excellent prayer bycause that our sauyour made it hym selfe / and taught it to his disciples ¶ The Aue Maria is the most plesaunte prayer and of most honoure vnto our blessed lady bycause one parte therof is the salutacion of the angell Gabriell wherby immediatly after her consente she conceyued the sone of god in her wombe And the other parte was spokeÌ„ vnto her by saynt Elizabeth inspired and moued thervnto by the spirite of god the holy ghost And therfore dowe set forth the Aue maria after suche maner as we dyd the Pater noster AVe Maria gratia plena dominê° tecum benedicta tu in mulieribus et benedictus fructus ventris tui Iesus AmeÌ„ ⧠Hayle Mari full of grace god is with the. Blessed be thou amoÌ„g women and blessed be the fruyte of thy wombe Iesus Christe god and man Amen So mote it be ¶ That fyrst worde Aue whiche I do Englyshe after the commune maner hayle is a worde of salutacion as we say in commune coÌ„gresses or metynges together God spede you god saue you god blesse you Good morowe / good eueÌ„ god spede god be at your game god be at your werke god sende you with suche other after the maner of the countrey where it is spoken And the last worde Amen it is a worde of consente or desyre that the mater spokeÌ„ before shuld vnderstande what euery worde meaneth ¶ Nowe
doth folowe the Crede ¶ The fyrste article CRedo in deuÌ„ patrem omnipotentem Saynte Peter creatorem celi et terre ✿ I byleue vpoÌ„ god the father almyghty maker of heuen of erth This terme In deum / is diuersly Englysshed some done saye / in to god some inwardly in god / some perfytly in god But the mooste commune vse of the countrey of the vnlerned people / is to saye I byleue vpon god and vpon his fayth / but all dothe meane in effecte / that the persone hath perfyte faythe and byleue in god / and vnto god ¶ The seconde article Saynte Andrew ¶ Et in Iesum Christum filiuÌ„ eius vnicum dominum nostrum ✿ And I also byleue perfytely vpon our lorde Iesu Christe his onely begoteÌ„ sone that is to say the only begoten sone of the sayd father ¶ The thyrde article Saynte Iohan. ¶ Qui coÌ„ceptus est de spuÌ„ sctoÌ„ natê° ex maria virgine ✿ And also I byleue perfytly the our sayd lorde Iesu was conceyued of the holy ghost borne of our lady saynt Mary she remaynyng abydyng euer euer a virgine ¶ The fourth article ¶ Passus sub pontio Pilato / crucifixus mortuus et sepultus Saynte Iames the more ✿ And also I perfytly byleue that our sayde lorde Iesu dyd suffre his passion was crucified deed and buried vnder the power and iugement of a man called by propre name Poncius / and by his seconde or surename Pylate ¶ The fyfth artycle ¶ Descendit ad inferna Saynte thomas of Iude. tertia die resurrexit a mortuis ✿ And I byleue perfytely also / that our sayd lorde Iesu after his sayde passyon and dethe / descended and wente downe vnto the lowe places of hell / and brought forthe froÌ„ thense our fyrste father Adam and all that were there with hym / and that vpoÌ„ the thyrde day after his deth he dyde aryse from deth / and all the bondes therof vnto lyfe euerlastynge ¶ The syxth artycle Saynte Iames / the lesse ¶ Ascendit ad celos sedet ad dexteram dei patris oiÌ„potentis ✿ And also I byleue perfytly that our sayd lorde Iesu dyd ascende and stye vp vnto the hyghest heuens and ther doth syt vpon the ryght hande of god the father oiÌ„potent and almyghty ¶ The seuenth article Saynte Philipe ¶ Iude veÌ„turus est iudicare viuos et mortuos And I also ê‘fytely byleue that he wyll come these agayne in to this worlde to iuge all persones quycke and deed ¶ The .viii. article Saynte Bartelmewe ¶ Credo in spiritum sanctum ✿ I byleue perfytly also vpoÌ„ the holy ghost the spirite of the father and of the sone with them both the same selfe god ¶ The .ix. article Saynte Mathewe ¶ Sanctam ecclesiam catholicaÌ„ ✿ I also byleue that the churche of Christe is and was / and euermore shal be holy faythfull / therefore I do gyue fayth and credeÌ„ce vnto the same and vnto the determinacions therof ¶ The .x. article ¶ Sanctorum communionem Saynte Symon remissioneÌ„ peccatorum ✿ I byleue also the communioÌ„ of sayntes that is to say / I byleue that all the workes and good dedes of all good holy persones / ben and shal be coÌ„mune so that euery faythfull Christian hath shall haue part with other And also I byleue the remisson of synnes that is to say / that all maner of synnes may and shal be forgyuen / if forgyuenes be duely desyred and axed ¶ The .xi. article ¶ Carnis resurrectionem Saynte Iude called also saint Tadeus ✿ I also byleue the resurrection of our flesshe / that is to saye / I byleue that all maner of persones shall aryse at the daye of dome in soule body with the same flesshe blode and bones that they were borne with and dyed with ¶ The .xii. article Saynte Mathie ¶ Et vitam eternam Amen ✿ And I also byleue euerlastyng lyfe that is to say that after the generall resurrection all maner et persones / as well good as euyll dampned or saued / shall coÌ„tynue in lyfe euerlastynge eyther in ioye or payne neuer departe therfroÌ„ This worde Amen is declared before in the ende of the Pater noster ¶ This maner of the Pater noster Aue and Crede I wold haue vsed rede vpoÌ„ the boke at euery mele / or at the leeste ones a day with a lowde voyce as I sayde that all the persones presente may here it And yet forther I wolde aduyse counseyle all other housholders to se as I do knowe / and proue / that euery persone in theyr house / all that ben vnder theyr gouernaunce and charge can say the same and therfore they muste take the laboure to here them theym selfe and wher nede is to teche them For many that ben aged and can not say wyll be abasshed to lerne it openly and yet if they here it dayly redde after the maner shewed before they shall by vse and custome lerne it very well And some other persones there bene that can saye ryght well / both vpon the boke and without but yet amonge them some bene dullaâ—des and slouthfull and some negligente and careles / and so done they not saye it but in tyme forgete it / as in maner they hade neuer lerned it I pray you therfore good deuoute housholders do as I do take the payne to here them your selfe at the leestâ— ones a weke let none escape you / olde nor yong It shall byleue me be vnto you a great discharge of conscience and not without merite greate rewarde And charge them straytly vnder payne of punysshement / that they say it euery day thre tymes at the leest / that is to saye / in the mornynge / at none or myddaye / at nyght Than must you teche them to knowe by ordre the preceptes or coÌ„maundementes of god the names of the .vii. priÌ„cipall synnes of theyr .v. wyttes as thus The coÌ„maundementes of god ben .x. in noÌ„bre The fyrst that we shall haue no straunge ne other godes but one alone and hym to loue honoure drede aboue all thynges The seconde we may not take the name of god in vayne therfore we may not vse to swere The thyrde we must kepe our holy day with close mynde vnto god reuerende deuocion and therfore we may do no bodely or worldly labours for lucre therin The fourth we muste with reuerende and due lowly maner do honoure vnto our parentes that is to say vnto our fathers and mothers and we shall haue by the promyse of god longe lyfe therfore The .v. we shall not slee or kyll any persone neyther in dede nor yet in wyll or mynde nor yet may we hate any persone in harte For who so euer so doth i. Ioh. iii. is an homicide and maÌ„sleer The .vi. we maye do no lechery The .vii. we may
maners Glotony is vyle fylthy and stynkyng and wyll make the negligeÌ„t and careles persone soone roten shorte lyued Ecclesi xxxi Meane fedyng with scarcite is vnto the diligent persone / pleasaunte and profytable vpon the holydayes hyghe feastes gyue your housholde plenty of meate but seldome fewe delicates For the vse of delicate fode / wyll soone marre a good seruauÌ„t Let glotony and thy purse stryue and go to lawe together and beware thou well whiche parte thou takest but for the moste parte alway holde with the purse For glotons men of lawe and wytnesses / done speke all of affection but the purse bryngeth in playn euidence and profe the empte barne and the empte bagge But if very negardy shut vp thy purse than arte not thou an euen iudge For nygardy is a folysihe and nedeles fere / and euer lyuynge in pouerte hourdeth muckereth vp he can not tell for whome If you haue pleÌ„ty of corne desyre no derth For those persones that of couetous mynde done procure or desyre derth done procure desyre the deth of the poore and shal be accused as homicides maÌ„steers Sell thy corne better chepe vnto thy neyghbure althouhg he were thyne enemye thaÌ„ vnto strauÌ„gers For an enemye is somtyme soner vaynquysshed and ouercomen by a kynde dede / than by the swerde Be neuer at debate with thy neyghbure but rather study / laboure to be at one For thou canst haue none so sure a castel / or garde of thy lyfe as is the loue and frendshype of thy neghbure If thou suspecte the womeÌ„ of thy house let other persones rather shewe the / thaÌ„ thou shulde be ouer busy to try out the mater For though it were of thyne owne wyfe / or the wyfe of the husbande it were better vnknoweÌ„ For ones knoweÌ„ it is neuer cured / the wounde is wtout remedy If any remedy be it shal be whan lyke chaunce is herde of other ê‘sones The lest most easy way therin is to dissimule the mater though it were pryuely knoweÌ„ / and pretende ygnorauÌ„ce without any quarell or coÌ„tenaunce but rather by a dyscrete ghostly father let the parties be reformed that synne be not contynued A noble harte / hygh gentyll mynde wyll neuer serche of womeÌ„s maters A shâ—ew wyll soner be corrected by smyling or laughynge than by a staffe / or strokes The beste way to kepe a womaÌ„ good is gentyll intreaty neuer to let her knowe that she is suspected / euer to be counseyled informed with louing maner An olde woman vnclene of lyuyng if the lawe wolde suffre shuld be buried quycke Let your clothynge or aray Of aray be in a meane nor vyle ne precyous but alway fayre honest / and of sad and not of wanton fasshyon A costly garmeÌ„te beyonde or aboue the state and degre of the persone is a sygne and tokeÌ„ of lytell wytte For a woman that hath suffyciente araye to desyre newe / and chaunge is a synge of lytell sadnes âšœ Truste hym rather for thy frende that somwhat doth for the than hym that doth offre hym selfe saynge I am yours in all I can may For in wordes is great plenty of frendes Prouerb xvii c * A true frende loueth at all tymes and neuer fayleth at nede There is no comparyson of ryches vnto a faythfull frende Ecclesi s v Neuer repute ne thynke hym thy frende that doth prayse / or boste the vnto thy face or in thy presence Whan you gyue couÌ„seyle vnto a freÌ„de say this semeth best vnto me not thus you muste nedely do For you may soner get rebuke or blame for your couÌ„seyle if it proue not than thaÌ„ke for your good counseyle though it spede well If mynstreles iogulers or gesters come vnto thy house saye thou haste no lodgynge for suche gestes / you kepe neyther Inne nor alestake For if you take pleasure in theyr pastymes you bene full lyke to haue a nother wyfe shortly after whose name is called pouerte or beggry If you fortune to come wher they ben and begynne somwhat to delecte in theyr maters I aduyse you dissymule take vpon you that you herde theÌ„ not / ne set any thynge therby For if they perceue se you but laugh they wyl take that for an ernest to crye largesse / and to haue reward And so importune wyll they be / so shaÌ„fully craue that you shal be yrke and wery of them peradueÌ„ture they wyll fall to rebukynge / braulynge and scoldynge so that you shal be fayne glade to gyue somwhat for fere vnto those galowe clappers worthy in dede to be hanged vp For I tell you god is not pleased with that occupacion except it be as scaÌ„t tolerable or alowable among prynces lordes / and hyghe estates Now for your seruauÌ„tes if you haue a seruauÌ„t of hyghe proude mynde stubburne stomake put hym away lest after he do you harme so do hym that alway doth prayse your maners in all thinges For a flaterer is worse than an enemye your enemy can not lyghtly deceyue you but your seruauÌ„ts or your neyghbours that do prayse you bene surely aboute to deceyue you Ecclesi vii c. â— xxxiii d If you haue a basshefull dredefull seruaunte fynde hym faythfull / than loue hym cherysshe hym as your owne naturall chyld Make your buyldynges rather for nede than for plesure For the appetyte of buyldyng for pleasure shall neuer haue ende tyll pouerte teche wyt soÌ„what to late Be loth to sell your herytage if you muste nede sell Sell not vnto great persones but rather for lesse vnto the lower persones Better is to sell thaÌ„ to borow by vsury For vsury is lyke a thefe the wolde warne you before what harm he wold do vnto you If you bye or bergayn be not butyfellow with great persones And though he be vnder you yet stryue not with hym leste he put his parte vnto your better or master In all thinges kepe truely faythfully your bonde promyse accordyng vnto your couenauÌ„te Due temperauÌ„ce is a thynge of greate honesty in a houshold let therfore your drynke wyne / ale / or bere / be temperate Strong drynke is more pleasauÌ„te / than holsome Ecclesi xxxi d The wyse man sayth that sobre drynke is the helthe both of soul and body Ibidem And the wise lerned persone wyl be ryght well contente with lytell drynke that shall not trouble the stomake / but rather cause swete and holsome slepe and of the contrary done come many incoÌ„modytes as there doth folowe Who so euer among many dyuers stroÌ„ge drynkes with haboundauÌ„ce therof is sobre / may be called an erthly god or a god vpon erth wrastle not therwith if you do my couÌ„sell And if by chauÌ„ce you be in coÌ„pany begynne to fele the drynke werke aryse and departe a slepe is more mete for you than any coÌ„pany Who so by wordes wolde excuse droÌ„kennes doth openly declare his owne disease The knowlege iugement of wynes doth nothyng become a yong ê‘sone If a physicion or surgioÌ„ vse to be dronke let him not haue the cure of your disease ne let none of theÌ„ take experience and lerne in you / howe to cure or he le a nother For though they be well lerned / haue not experience it is no wisedome to let theÌ„ proue theyr connyng vpon you Great gaye horses and lytell preaty dogges leue you vnto lordes ladyes A byg labouryng horse a mastyfe or a curre dogge ben good to kepe your house As for haukes houndes huÌ„tyng dogges do spende more than they done get they ben mete and accordyng for states to set ydle seruauÌ„tes on werke but farre vnaccordyng ben they for husbandes ware housholders It is no wysedome to make your owne chyldreÌ„ stewardes or rulers of your houshold or goodes Foles negligeÌ„t or careles ê‘sones haile many misfortunes For that is theyr coÌ„mune excuse whaÌ„ any thyng is wroÌ„g they say thaÌ„ that chaunce or misfortune was cause therof I saye not nay but that chaunce or mysfortune may fall But who so doth folow wysdome lernyng discrecioÌ„ shall seldome accuse mysfortune For diligeÌ„t warenes good hede done seldom coÌ„pany with mysfortune But yet more seldom shall you se mysfortune slouth or neglygeÌ„ce departed in fondre for they doÌ„e coÌ„munely coÌ„pany together The sluggard saythe god wyll helpe hym so longe he trusteth thervnto Prouer. vi tyll he be brought vnto beggry For god by the wyse man doth sende the sluggarde for example vnto the Ant or pysmere Iob. v. to lerne to laboure For man sayth Iob is borne vnto laboure as a byrd to flye Kepe you therfore but fewe ydle persones or men And watche you well take good hede vnto euery ê‘sone of your house And euer poÌ„dre weye and coÌ„sydre your expenses with your gaynes or gettynges Fyrst get and bryng in thaÌ„ spende For it is no good husbaÌ„dry to borow And whan you waxe aged truste rather vnto god than vnto your chyldreÌ„ or freÌ„des That you sede before you you shal be sure to fynde No cofre cheste ne towre may be more sure to kepe treasure than is heueÌ„ Let not therfore the poore passe you What you gyue vnto theÌ„ you gyue vnto Christe And of that you leue behynd you appoynt vnto euery ê‘sone his parte For better were it for you nothing to leue thaÌ„ that stryfe debate shuld be made coÌ„scieÌ„ce blamysshed god offended for your goodes Truste them best to do for your soule not that done loue or say they done loue your soule but that you done perceyue and coniecture done loue theyr owne soule Make your tesâ—â—mente euery yere newe surely sealed by wytnes Laye it where whaÌ„ nede is 〈…〉 ay be founde no man 〈…〉 howe to ende his life The 〈…〉 sure way to dye well is well to lyue Whiche he graunte vs that bought vs our lord god most swete sauyour Iesu christe Amen Of your charyte pray for the same olde wretche of Syon Rycharde whytforde ¶ Imprynted by me IohnÌ„ waylande / At London within temple barre At the sygne of the blew garlande / Frome the temple gate not farre AnÌ„ M. 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