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A pleasant new nosegay full of many godly and sweet flowers, lately gatheredA pleasaunt newe nosegaye full of many godly and swete floures, lately gathered
A pleasant new nosegay full of many godly and sweet flowers, lately gathered by Theodore Basil.A pleasaunt newe nosegaye full of many godly and swete floures, lately gathered by Theodore Basille.
printed for Joha, 1543printed for Ioha, 1543
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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.
Euse. If they would set before the eyes of their mind this most godly & wise sentence, than should they never offend, but ever fear once to think any thing that should be prejudicial to the kings graces honour.
Euse. If they would set before the eyes of theyre mynde thys moost godlye & wyse sentence, than shoulde they neuer offend, but euer feare once to thinke ony thing that shoulde be preiudiciall to ye kinges graces honour.
Phil. Ye say trueth. Provide therefore that ye your selves remember it well,1 & ever set before your eyes this fear, and that not constraint, servile, bond or churlish, but reverent, gentle, obsequious, willing, yea & even such a loving fear, as a dear Son hath toward his most heartily beloved father, so that ye would fear to offend though there were no law nor punishment at all, even for the love that ye hear toward virtue, true innocency & purity of life. If ye have this fear, ye shall easily have the true obedience & all other things, which most of all become faithful ⟨image 74⟩& loving subjects. And with out this fear know that ye can none otherwise but precipitate & throw headlong your selves into all kind of mischief, peril, danger & destruction.
Phil. Ye saye trueth. Prouyde therfore that ye your selues remember it well,1 & euer set before your eyes this feare, and that not constraynte, seruyle, bonde or churlysh, but reuerent, gentle, obsequious, wyllynge, yea & euen suche a louynge feare, as a deare Sonne hath toward his moost hertely beloued father, so that ye woulde feare to offend though ther were no law nor punyshment at all, euen for the loue that ye heare towarde vertue, true innocencye & purite of lyfe. If ye haue this fear, ye shal easly haue the true obedience & all other thinges, which moost of al become faythfull