By Andreas Capellanus
Date: 18 September 1997

from Book 1 of De Arte Honesti Amandi

1.  Flee from avarice like a noxious plague, 
    and embrace its opposite.
2.  You must keep yourself chaste for your beloved's sake.
3.  You must not deliberately try to break up a love affair 
    between a woman suitably joined to another man.
4.  Take care not to choose for your love a person whom a natural 
     sense of shame would prohibit you from marrying.
5.  At all costs take care to avoid lies.
6.  Do not have too many people in the secret of your love.
7.  Being obedient in all things to the commands of ladies, 
    always study to be nerolled in the service of love.
8.  When fulfilling and receiving the pleasures of love, 
    always let modesty be present.
9.  Speak no evil.
10. Never publicly expose lovers.
11. Show yourself in all things polite and courteous.
12. When you are engaging in the pleasures of love, 
    do not exceed the desires of your lover.