Truthe taughte me ones To loven hem echone; And to helpen hem of alle thyng Ay as hem nedeth.
And but if his knave knele That shal his coppe brynge, He loureth on hym, and asketh hym Who taughte hym curteisie.
Wiser than Salomon was Bereth witnesse and taughte That parfit poverte was No possession to have, 7110 And lif moost likynge to God, As Luc bereth witnesse: Si vis perfectus esse, vade et vende.
Muche merveilled me What maister hem made, And who taughte hem on trees To tymbre so heighe, Ther neither burn ne beest {224} May hir briddes rechen.
And kynde kenned the pecok To cauken in swich a kynde; And kenned Adam To knowe his pryve membres, 7890 And taughte hym and Eve To helien hem with leves.
Tomme Stowne he taughte To take two staves, And fecche Felice hom Fro the wynen pyne.
When shee taughte it her, she counseiled her to geue of her bloudde to Sathan (as she termed it) whyche she delyuered to her in the lykenesse of a whyte spotted Catte.
Item when shee taughte it her, she counseiled her to renounce GOD and his worde and to geue of her bloudde to Sathan (as she termed it) whyche she delyuered her in the lykenesse of a whyte spotted Catte.
The frankeleyn seyde to the champioun · of him stood him noon eye, 'This is yonge Gamelyn · that taughte thee this pleye.
I taughte this answere un-to the knight; 1050 For which he plighte me his trouthe there, The firste thing I wolde of him requere, He wolde it do, if it lay in his might.
He hadde a Somnour redy to his hond, A slyer boy was noon in Engelond; For subtilly he hadde his espiaille, That taughte him, wher that him mighte availle.
I bar him on honde, he hadde enchanted me; 575 My dame taughte me that soutiltee.
I were right now of tales desolat, Nere that a marchaunt, goon is many a yere, Me taughte a tale, which that ye shal here.
Anon the feend in-to his herte ran, 130 And taughte him sodeynly, that he by slighte The mayden to his purpos winne mighte.
Which in a cage he fostred many a day, And taughte it speken, as men teche a Iay.
But me was told certeyn, nat longe agon is, That sith that Crist ne wente never but onis 10 To wedding in the Cane of Galilee, That by the same ensample taughte he me That I ne sholde wedded be but ones.
And the Cristene ben cursed also, as thei seyn: for their kepen not the commandementes and the preceptes of the Gospelle, that Jesu Crist taughte hem.
And took Thomas by the hand, And taughtehym to grope, And feele with hise fyngres His flesshliche herte.
Vppon this conclusion, the Maister taughte hym with greate diligence, the vttermoste of his knowledge in that arte.
This collation betuene whordome and Idolatrie is playne and true / taughte by the prophettes and Paule.
And last of al / after that they haue bene cõpetentlie taughte / to enforce them outwardly to embrace sownde / and holye rites / and ceremonies agreinge with Godds worde.
Thou woldest that I shulde shewe the those thynges that be meete for the inclinaciõ of that age, and whiche shuld by and by be taughte the lytle yongons.
Thei also haue taughte vs that the eatinge of crabs is a remedy against the poyson of spyders.
Srayght waye assone as thy infãte is borne, it is apte to be taughte those thynges whych properlie belonge to a man.
The beste thynge and playnest muste betaughte fyrste.
The Emets are not taughte to gather into their holes in somer, wherby they shulde lyue in wynter, but all these thynges be done by instruccion of nature.
Before thys tyme it was counted a verye vertuous office if euery mã taughte hys kynsefolke in vertue and lernyng.
One Lesson it taughteus betimes, that a naturall Death is not, necessarilie, the most easie.
Holy Writ telleth us, where a Tree falls it must lie; we are taughte that our Prayers may free Souls from Purgatorie.
And as ferre as we be taughte in the sprite/ we can not but seke & wyll the pleasure and glorie of God only.
And though christ taughte all waye to forgeue/ yet peter after longe goenge to scole/ axed wether men shuld forgeue .
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