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] |
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 | Here begynnyth a treatyse intitulyd the myrrour of good maners |  |
[Who couetith to knowe chefe maners cōmendable]
Who
couetith to knowe chefe maners cōmendable
And with holy lyfe hym selfe wolde inlumyne
Let hym rede this tretyse plesaunt & profitable
Fyrst in latyn metyr composed by Mancyne
This ryght prudent maister/dyd craftely cōbyne
The four noble vertues/surnamed cardynall
In one lytyll tretyse/includynge/thynge nat small
And with holy lyfe hym selfe wolde inlumyne
Let hym rede this tretyse plesaunt & profitable
Fyrst in latyn metyr composed by Mancyne
This ryght prudent maister/dyd craftely cōbyne
The four noble vertues/surnamed cardynall
In one lytyll tretyse/includynge/thynge nat small
Wherby he enfourmyth/man to direct his lyfe
To the towre of vertue: and maners most laudable
Whiche auctour in wrytynge/hath chefe prerogatyfe
Aboue all olde wryters/in sentence delectable
In elygaunce of meter/and speche incomparable
Compendiouse in sentence/and playne aboue them all
Whiche wrote/or this season/of vertues cardynall
To the towre of vertue: and maners most laudable
Whiche auctour in wrytynge/hath chefe prerogatyfe
Aboue all olde wryters/in sentence delectable
In elygaunce of meter/and speche incomparable
Compendiouse in sentence/and playne aboue them all
Whiche wrote/or this season/of vertues cardynall
Wherfore olde Curius/and Cato moste morall
With Senecke/sad and sage/Tully and Petrarke
Pontane. And other moste noble auctours all
Whiche in tymes passed/were vsyd in lyke warke
All these may well knowlege/themselfe diffuse or darke
Them both and theyr warkes/submyttynge to Mancyne
Whiche this fruytfull treatyse composyd in latyne
With Senecke/sad and sage/Tully and Petrarke
Pontane. And other moste noble auctours all
Whiche in tymes passed/were vsyd in lyke warke
All these may well knowlege/themselfe diffuse or darke
Them both and theyr warkes/submyttynge to Mancyne
Whiche this fruytfull treatyse composyd in latyne
| Here begynnyth a treatyse intitulyd the myrrour of good maners | |