[Poems from the Vernon MS] | ||
Seneca.
Ȝif a fol speke to þe vilenye,Þen is þe beste remedye
ffor to forȝete alle-maner wreche
Of þe folyes of his speche;
ffor ȝif þou woldest hit putte to soþing
Þat he seyde ouur niȝt vppon þe morwening,
Þou miȝtest procure wiþ such prouyng
To þi-self newe schamyng.
[Poems from the Vernon MS] | ||