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How to order thy selfe being sente of message.
Cap. viii.
If of messageforthe thou be sente,
Take hede to the same,
Geue eare diligente;
Depart not awaye
and beyng in doute,
Know wel thy message
before thou passe out;
with possible spede
then hast thee right sone;
If nede shall requirr it
so to be done.
After humble obeisaunce,
the message forth shewe
Thy wordes well placinge
in vttringe but fewe
As shall thy matter
serue to declare.
Thine answere made,
then home againe repare,
And to thy master
therof make relacion
As then the answere
shall geue thee occasion.
Neither adde nor deminish
any thynge to the same,
Lest after it proue
to thy rebuke and shame,
But the same vtter
so nere as thou can;
No faulte they shall fynde
to charge thee with than,
In most humble wyse
loke done that it be,
As shall become beste
a seruantes degre.
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