Here begynnyth a treatyse intitulyd the myrrour of good maners ::

Here begynnyth a treatyse intitulyd the myrrour of good maners

conteynynge the .iiii. vertues callyd cardynall compyled in latyn by Domynike Mancyn: And translate into englysshe at the desyre of syr Gyles Alyngton knyght by Alexander Bercley [i.e. Barclay]

Barclay, Alexander (1475?-1552)

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[Who couetith to knowe chefe maners cōmendable]

Alexander Barclay to the reder of this present treatyse translatynge the wordes of dominyke Mancyne.

[The myrrour of good maners]

The prologe of Alexāder Barclay vpon the four Uertues cardynal to his ryght honorable Mayster Gyles Alingtō Knyght Translate of the preface of dominyke Mācyne by hym wrytyn to Frederyke Seuerine busshop of Maleacence.

Here folowyth the four fountayns or wellys of honeste/whiche of naturall reason haue theyr begynnynge oryginall/and of whome the four cardynall vertues springyth.

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Of the originall of prudence

Of the orygynall of Iustice.

Of the origynall of magnanymyte or strengthe of mynde.

Of the begynnynge of temperance.

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Of the fyrste Cardynall vertue named prudence.

Of iustyce.

Of magnanimite or strenth of mynde.

Of temperaunce

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Of the originall of prudence

So mankynde aduertynge/& ponderynge by wysdome
Thynges gone and passyd/and also thynge present
He seeth for certayne: what semyth for to come
And agaynst it happyn: is nat improuydent
But makyth prouysion: for all impediment
Of thynges necessary wantynge nothynge at all
But hym selfe preparynge/to chauncis/or they fall

Hym selfe so disposynge by reason president
Thynge passyd to consyder/thynge ≼sent well to frame
And for thynges cōmynge/well to be prouydent
Thus of a prudent man/deserueth he the name
These thynges consydered/than reason is the same
Whiche ioyneth man to man: for loue of company
For cōmonynge/comfort/and socour necessary

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Of the originall of prudence