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T.N. TO THE READER

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Ye men, come learne of beaſts to liue, to rule, and to obaye,
To guide you wiſely in the worlde, to know to ſhunne deceite,
To flie the crooked paths of guile, to keepe your doings ſtreight.
As earſt therefore you vſed beaſts, but for your bodies neede,
Sometime to clothe, ſometime to beare, ſometime your ſelues to feede.
Now vſe them for behoofe of minde, and for your ſoules delite,
And wiſhe him well that taught them ſo to ſpeake and ſo to write.

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