[If thou yt hast a trusty frend]
If
thou yt hast a trusty frend, desire that his loue may not swarue, then how to vse him to that
end, thou shalt now know thy turne to serue. Both gentlenes and curtesie, to him to
vse see that thou do. Let no rough speech his patience try: nor crooked maners
see thou show. Forbeare him when he is angry. In his errour gently reproue.
When aduers chaunce doth touch him nye, comfort him then as doth behoue. So mayst thou
not onely retaine, thy frend so long as life doth last: but double loue thou oughtst to gain,
as gwerdon for thy frendship past. But whē thou hast so put in vre, the things that erst I told thee on:
if all that please him not, be sure, he is no frend
to trust vpon, no frend to trust vpon.
Tho. Whythorne.
