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The governance of virtue teaching all faithful christia[n]s, how they ought daily to lead…The gouernaunce of vertue teaching all faythful christia[n]s, how they oughte daily to leade…
The governance of virtue teaching all faithful christia[n]s, how they ought daily to lead their life, & fruitfully to spend their time unto the glory of God & the health of their own souls. Newly corrected & augme[n]ted by Thomas Becon. 1566The gouernaunce of vertue teaching all faythful christia[n]s, how they oughte daily to leade their lyfe, & fruitfully to spend their time vnto the glorye of God & the health of their owne soules. Newlye corrected & augme[n]ted by Thomas Becon. 1566
London: printed by John Day, 1566London: printed by Iohn Day, 1566
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Woe be to you that rise up early to give1 your selves to drunkenness, and set all your minds so on drinking, that ye sit sweating thereat until it be night. The harp, the Lute, the Tabor, the droumslade, the trumpet, the shawm, and plenty of wine are at their feasts: but the works of the Lord do ye not behold, neither consider ye the works of his hand.
Wo be to you that rise vp early to geue1 your selues to dronkennes, and set al your mindes so on drinking, that ye syt sweating therat vntill it be nyght. The harpe, the Lute, the Tabour, the droumslade, the trumpet, the shalme, and plenty of wyne are at their feastes: but the workes of the Lord do ye not behold, neither consider ye the workes of his hand.
Woo be unto you that are strong to drink wine, and are mighty to advance drunkenness.
Woo be vnto you that are stronge to drinke wyne, and are mighty to auaunce dronkennes.
Fornication, wine and drunkenness,1 take away the hart.
Fornication, wyne and dronkennes,