[Here beginneth a] good lesson for yonge men This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A05373 of text S121659 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 15525). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 7 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 3 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A05373 STC 15525 ESTC S121659 99856830 99856830 22464 2240894517

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. A05373) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 22464) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 447:01) [Here beginneth a] good lesson for yonge men [4+] leaves s.n., [London : ca. 1540] Title and suggested publication date from STC. In verse. Signatures: A² +. Imperfect; a fragment of two leaves. Reproduction of the original in the Cambridge University Library. eng eebo [Here beginneth a] good lesson for yonge men. [no entry] 1540 6 1040 11 0 0 0 3 2 6163.46 F The rate of 6163.46 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2009-04 Assigned for keying and markup 2009-05 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2010-04 Sampled and proofread 2010-04 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2011-06 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
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Trinitarian depiction of Christ with orb and right hand extended in blessing

Myne owne dere chylde , I rede and counseyle the Whyle thou hast youth , Delicis iuuentutis mee et ignorantias meas : ne memineris . Psalme . 24. & strength at thy wyll All synne and vyce , that thou refuse and flee Thy precyous tyme , beware that thou do not spyll It renneth away , it standeth neuer styll Therfore beware , and fie from all outrage There dyeth mo yonge , than lyueth to great age . 〈…〉 Psalmus , 126 〈…〉 ●y●e hast spent for euery worde and dede , that thou hast done Thou mayst not scape , from thy iust Iugement Therfore do so , that thou nede not to repent That thyne enemyes , saye not to the chekmate when thou shalt passe , and mete them in the gate , Let the drede of god , now be thy brydell And puruey for the tyme , Initium sapientie timor domini . Psa. 110 that lasteth aye From vertuous occupacyon , be not ydell But get the ghostly rychesse , that thou may The fygure of this worlde , goeth fast away He is ryche , that hath heuenly rychesse All worldly myrth , shall ende in heuynesse . whyle thou arte yonge , be meke and seruyable Vnto thy souereygnes , Intertoga patrem tuum & annunciabit tibi maiores tuos et dicent tibi . Deuter. 33. vse thou gentyll speche It is a thynge in youth , ryght commendable To be more glad to lerne , than for to teche Tyll thou mayst to more knowlege a reche He that wyll teache , or he any good can Ie wyll be longe , or he proue a wyse man . Fle from pryde , for that wyll haue a fall For god resysteth , Iniquitatem si aspexi in corde meo : non ex audiet dominus Psalmus . 65. proude men euermore Beware of enuy , it is better as gall Fle from wrath , or it wyll greue the sore Kepe no malyce , within thyne herte in store These wycked rotes , be as a dethes darte My chylde set wysely , kepynge to thy herte . Fle ryottous companye , 〈…〉 chrietatē sectandam et potandum vsque ad vesperam vt vino estuetis , Esa. 5 where so euer thou go It is great shame , a man to take excesse For commonly a beest wyll not do so Fle from slouth , it is a pleasaunt foo A dilygent man wynneth , for body and soule Where as a slouthfull man , may chaunce lose all Fle the fylthy synne of lecherye For it is that , that god doth greatly hate Beware thou speke , no wordes of rybaudrye For all that here , therof some harme shall take For auery worde , Ex abundantis cordis os loqitur . Mathewe . 12. acounte thou must nede make Thy tonge wyll shewe , playnly what thou arte A fylthy tonge , declareth a fylthy herte Laboure truely , for to susteyne thy nede To kepe thy body , from all indygence Couet the blysse of heuyn , Habebis Thesauros in celo . Mathewe . 19. Marke . 12. for thy mete Couet contrycyon , for all thyne offence Couet clene herte , and clene conscyence Couet heuenly rychesse , that lasteth aye whiche no thefe can stele , nor bere away . The .x. commaundementes , In via testimoniorum tuorum de lectatus sum sicut in oimbus diuitijs . Ps. 118 loke the thou kepe & holde with all thy power , vnto thy lyues ende Delyte in them , more then in syluer or golde Loue all creatures , be it foo or frende None is so euyl , Maledicti qui declinant a mādat●● tuis . Idem . but that he may amende And mekely loke , vpon thy selfe with all None is so iust , but that he may fall It is a vertue , … em pat●●●tur ꝓpter iustitiam . Mathewe . 5. that is ryght excellent Though thou somtyme , for trouth do suffre wronge Thou shalte neuer be shamed , though thou be shent To please god , Penitemini ergo et conuertemini , vt deleantur pcta vra. Actes . 3. set all thy hole entent Fle great othes and lyes , for they be euyll For all lyers , be the chyldren of the deuyll Haue stedfast fayth , Quicumque manducauerit panem , et biberit calicem dni indigne / reus erit . corporis et san guinis dni . 1. Corynthi . 8 with parfyte reuerence Vnto the holy sacramentes all The specyall remedy , for thyne offence To ryse agayne by , whan that thou doest fall Ordeyned of god , therfore moost specyall Very contrycyon , with confessyon true To scape the payne , Confiteamur peccata nostra quoniam fidelis est deus vt remittat nobis . 1. Iohan. 1. that for the synne is dewe . But where the serpent , lurketh in theyr herte They saye that confessyon , is ryght nought He is so lothe , from them to departe They saye it is yuough , Confitemini alter utrum p●●cata vestra . Iames. 5. god knoweth our thought we shall befafe , Christ hath so dere vs bought But who so dothe , confessyon dispyse The sacrament of the aultre , Quodcumque solueritis super terram , erunt soluta et in ceis . Mathewe . 16. setteth at lytell pryse . Fastynge and prayer , my chylde se that thou vse To exclude synne , with all thy hole entent Holy brede , Hoc autem genus demoniorum non eiicitur , nisi per orationem et ieiunium . Mathewe . 17 Mathe. 9. and holy water , do thou not refuse In takyng of them , be thou ryght reuerent Thynke they were ordeyned , for a good entent A specyall vertue , shalt thou fynde therin Agaynst wycked spyrytes , and venyall synne .