The Example of VertuThe Example of Virtue
That hym doth rule and is his gyde

And kepeth hym from grete reprefe

And causeth his worshyp for to abyde

So euery crysten man shold prouyde

By his wit to withstand the deuyll

That he consent not to do euyll

 The seconde is that he sholde be true

To his souerayn lorde that on hym reyneth

And all treason for euer to eschewe

In whiche grete shame often remayneth

And by whiche he hizB kỹge dysteyneth

So a crysten man sholde be true euer

To Ihesu Cryst that was his redemer

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 The thyrde is that he sholde be lyberall

Amonge his cõmons withouten lette

That is the cause euer in generall

That he the loue of theym doth gette

For it causeth theyr hertes on hym be sette

So euery true crysten man sholde be


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