32 Dame Julianc? s Exordium. 



ne opyn noo mannes gates but that ye 

 shvtte theym agayn. 



" Also ye shall not vse this forsayd crafty 

 dysporte for no covetysenes to then- 

 creasynge and sparynge of your money 

 oonly, but pryncyppally for your solace 

 and to cause the helthe of your body, 



and specially of your soule. 



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" Also ye shall not be to ravenous in 

 takyng of your sayd game as to moche at 

 one tyme, which ye maye lyghtly doo yf ye 

 doo in every poynt as this present treatyse 

 shewyth you on every poynt. Wyche 

 sholde lyghtly be occasyon to dystroye your 

 owne dysportes and other mennys also. . . . 



" Also ye shall besye yourselfe to 

 nouryssh the game in all that ye maye : 

 and to dystroye all suche thynges as ben 

 devourers of it. And all those that done 

 after this rule shall have the blessynge of 

 God and saynt Peter, whyche he theym 

 graunte that wyth his precyous blood vs 

 boughte." 



And so endeth this " lytyll plaunflet," so 

 full of the true spirit of sport. Would that 

 it could be said of all our modern " gamys 

 and dysportes " that they were pursued 

 under the golden rules laid down by its 

 writer. 



