[...] [...]ne gloues deuised for Newyeres gyftes to teche yonge peop [...] [...] knowe good from euyll wherby they maye learne the .x. commaundementes at theyr fyngers endes .x. other good lessons be written within the fyngers, the tree of Vertues with her braunches in the right palme and the Route of vyces in the lefte, with a declaration of the other pyctures folowinge in meter.
Thes be handys and glovys to [...] for the p [...]y of an lastyng ioye and blys
the [...]ear: tree leaues faul, [...] to the grounde.
The word of god fallyth down & is forgotyn
Frosyn grovnd
The hard hart of man to [...]yve fayth
Reyne and tempests of malice & falshyd.
- 2 thou shalte not aske to thy self any grauē Image nor the likenesse, for I the lorde thy god am a ielouse god & visite the sin [...] of the fathers vpō the childrē &c.
- 4 Remēber that thou kepe holye the [...]abbath day S [...]xe dayes shal [...] thou labour but t [...]e [...]euēth day [...]s the saboth of [...]he lord &c.
- 6 Thou shalte do no murther.
- Thou shalt not steale.
- 1 [...] Thou shalt not couet th [...] n [...]yghbours [...], thou shalte not couette thy neybours wife, nor his seruāt his mayde his Oie, his asse &c.
- Pride is the rote of [...] euyl & mischiefe, and subiecte to all the vices in this Palme.
- Lechery and her fruites. Vnstablenesse, loue of the worlde, blinde thought, loue of him selfe p [...]esignation, hatred of god, vnconsideration, wantonnesse and incontinēce.
- Slouthe, idelnesse, vagacion, pusyllanimitie, erte in the faythe, [...]inesse, and omission.
- Gluttony, folishe reioysing, immundicitie, ouer much speaking, eatīg by leisure, obtuse witty, lickernesse, and drunkennesse.
- Vaineglory, singularitie, discord, inobedience, presumption, bosting, obstination, and ipocrisye.
- Ire, wodnes, indignation, clamour, blasfeming, gret courage, noyse, & hate
- Couetousnesse, theft, disceauing, forswerīg, vsury, rapine, treasō, simony.
- Enuy, detraction, ioy of aduersite, [...]orow of prosperite, homicide, wickednes, & yll maginacion.
Feyth & beleve in god & the chirch
Bokeler of feyth: purpose to amend & no mor to offend & harty cōtrycyon hool cōfessyon̄ & du satisfaccyon̄.
- To chaūge carnal & worlkly love: ī to spiritual & goostly love
- To [...] here to godly honor▪ & to the [...] cyon̄ of synne.
- To [...]e nothȳg vpon [...]
As th [...]s nedle & threde doth signifie, causeth al people to vertue & science them applie.
- The .x. cōmandmēts. Exo. xx. chap. God [...]ayd, I am the lord thy god, whiche broughte the out [...] the land of Egypt▪ &c.
1 Thou shalt haue no other gods bu [...] - 3 Thou shalt not take the name of the lord thy god in vaine. For the lord will not hold him gyltles that [...]h his name in vaine.
- 5 Honour thy father and thy mother. That thy dayes may be long in the lād, which the lord thy god geueth thee.
- 7 Thou shalt not commyt adultry
- 9 Thou sha [...]t [...] b [...] ag [...]īst &c.
- Humilitie & Ient [...]lnes is the rote of al vertu [...]s & hath all th [...]se ver [...]ues in this Palme attendant vpon her
- Charytie and her fruites. Grace, p [...]tie, peace, swetenes, mercy, forgiuenesse compassion, benignirie, & concorde.
- Fayth, religion, clennesse, obedience, chastitie, continence, a [...] tion, and virginitie.
- Hope, contemplacion, ioye, honestie, confession, pacience, compunction, and longa [...]tie
- Prudence, dread of god, co [...]e, memor [...], intelligence, prou [...]d [...]nce, deliberatiō, & reason.
- Temperance, discretion, moderalitie, taciturnitie, fasting, sobernesse, affliction, & dispraising.
- Iustice, lawe, strayghtnesse, equiete, correction, obseruaunce, iudgement, and veritie.
- Force, felicit [...]e, confidence, tolleraunce, reste, stablenesse, perseueraunce, and magnificence.
- Iustyce doing no harme to owr self or to owr neybur
- to do all thyng oonly for the love of god & for no vaynglory
- not to fere īger done no [...] to leve the trewth. [...]
[...] of worldly pleasur. - willynf to dye gladly for iustyce in crystys cause.
- To [...] [...]ly & to do [...] discretly
WHo loueth and wolde vertues increase
and vices eke to ouer throwe,
Loe heare be gloues that wyl the teache
all euyll in tyme to laye full lowe,
Drawe nere therfore and bye apace
For newyeres gyftes you maye them geue
To olde and younge in euery place
Ther is no man will the repreue.
Nowe this matter to make thee vnderstande,
As mans hart is harde gods truth to receue:
So to frosen grounde it is compared
Which in no wyse the plowe can reue.
As the seare tree leaues that falleth to ground,
The worde of god calleth vs to grace,
If we forgetfull be not founde
Our wealth shall growe in euery place.
But wher mallice and falsehode stil doth raigne
With vs in this clere gospelles lyghte,
Ther loke for storme, temepst, and raine,
As plagues from heauen both day and night.
Feare god therfore and loue him eke.
With labour trew the Penny wynne,
And to euerlastinge ioye and blysse,
As before is saide, it will the brynge.
The .x. Commaundementes of the lorde,
At thy fyngers endes here mayest thou lere,
Deuided from one hande to the other,
As title telles in mynde to beare.
The fingers tenne yet more doth teache,
Tenne vertues for to beare in harte,
The which if you kepe well in minde,
From all euill wayes thou shalt reuarte.
More by these gloues thou mayst well see,
The seame is broke by impacient breath,
That vice to restrayne I aduise thee,
Eche time and houre remembre death.
Within the Palmes thou mayst well learne
Vertues to knowe in thy right hande
And vyces in the lefte to ouer turne,
If with shielde of faith, thou stoutly stande.
Detestation of senne, and desyre to do good
As braselettes fine I aduise thee holde,
With d [...]uoute prayer for mercy and grace,
Then hope well thou mayst be bolde.
Throu [...]he Christ our sauiour safe to be,
And his iuste iudgement to imbrace,
This is the trus;te I haue trwely
Within the sterres to haue a place.
And ryde alofte aboue the skyes
In Quintessence I hope to dwell,
Where ioye and solace shall neuer cease
All world [...]ly pleasures they doe▪ cell.
God saue the Quene.
ꝙ. T. T.
Finis.
Imprinted at London by Wylliam Powell