On speaking the truth — two long couplets
Subjects: advice, moral; speech, truth-telling
Versification: —
two-line —
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1.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Rawlinson D.328 (SC 15444), f. 168
v
Transcription:All way to say sothe þu shalt neuer comforethe
And all way to lee
þu schalt neuer y the
Sumtyme to lee and sumtyme to say sothe
Than
þu schalt comforth as other men dothe
Note: Translating, ‘Semper veritate discere…’ (4
lines), which follows; both the English and the Latin repeated at bottom of page
by another hand.