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Ye cobble and ye clout
Holy scripture so about,
That people are in great dout
And feare leest they be out
Of all good Christen order.
Thus all thyng ye disorder
Thorowe out every border.

— John Skelton A Replycacion Agaynst Certayne Yong Scolers Abjured of Late, Etc (1528)

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There is nothynge that more dyspleaseth God,
Than from theyr children to spare the rod.

A gentle hound should never play the cur.

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With margerain jentyll,
The flowre of goodlyhede,
Embrowdred the mantill
Is of your maydenhede.

How olde proverbys says,
That byrd ys not honest
That fylythe hys owne nest.

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The honor of Englond I lernyd to spelle,
In dygnyte roiall that doth excelle.

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