DEDICATED

TO

THE HISTORIAN OF “THE EARLY & MIDDLE AGES OF ENGLAND,"

Charles H. Pearson, Esq., M.A.,

YELLOW OF ORIEL COLLEGE, OXFORD, LATE PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AT

KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON,

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FOREWORDS, OR GENERAL PREFACE.

Education in Early England .. .. .. .. .. .. iv

Cleanliness, or Dirt, of Men, Houses, &c. . . . . . . . . lxii

Notice of the separate Poems up to Rhodes .. .. .. lxviii

PREFACE TO RHODES'S BOKE OF NURTURE, (and herein of the status,

food, and pay, of Gentlemen of the King's Chapel.) .. .. lxxv

PREFACE TO RUSSELL'S BOKE OF NURTURE, and the Poems and

Treatises following it (except those in the Postscript) .. .. civ

COLLATIONS AND CORRECTIONS .. . ..

.. .. cxxvi

PART I. EARLY ENGLISH POEMS AND TREATISES.

The Babees Book, (or a "lytyl Reporte' of how Young People should

behave)

Lerne or be Lewde .. .

The A B C of Aristotle .

Vrbanitatis . . . . . .

The Lytylle Childrenes Lytil Boke, or Edyllys be (on even pages to

p. 24) .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

The Young Children's Book (on odd pages to p. 25) ..

Stans Puer ad Mensam (in English, from MS. Harl. 2251; on the even

pages to p. 32).. ..

The Book of Curteisie that is clepid Stans Puer ad Mensam (from

Lambeth MS. 853; on the odd pages to p. 33) ...

Of the Manners to bring one to Honour and Welfare ..

Take what you find or what you bring .. .

The Reward of the Man who beggars himself ..

How the Good Wijf tauzte hir Douztir .. ..

How the Wise Man tauzt his Son

Recipes (for Fritters, Jussell and Mawmeny)

A Diatorie (on even pages to p. 58) ..

Dietarium (in Latin, on odd pages to p. 59)

Recipes (for Hares and Conies in Civeye, and for Doucettes) ..

HUGI RHODES'S BOKE OF NURTURE (ed. 1577) .. .. .. ..

(Contents thereof, inserted after p. 62.

Various Readings from Petit's Edition of Rhodes, p, 109.

Notes on Swearing and Toothpicks, p. 113.

Note on the first edition of Rhodes by J. Redman, and on East's

edition, p. cxxxii.
Note on Colwell's and Veale's editions, p. cxxix.)

JOIN RUSSELL'S BOKE OF NURTURE .

(Contents thereof, inserted after p. 116; Notes thereon, p. 200.

Lawrens Andrewe on Fish, p. 229.)

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Wilyam Bulleyn on Boxyng and Neckeweede .. .. .. .. 240

Andrew Borde on Sleep, Rising, and Dress

244

William Vaughan's Fifteen Directions to preserve Health

249

The Dyet for every Day (from Sir John Harington's Schoole of Salerne) 254

On Rising, Diet, and Going to Bed (from the same) .. .

256

WYNKYN DE WORDE'S BOKE OF KERUYNGE (ed. 1513).. .. .. 261

(Contents thereof, inserted after p. 264; Notes thereon, p. 287.

Note on the first edition of 1508, p. cxxi.)

The Booke of Demeanor (from the Schoole of Vertue by Richard Weste) 289

The BOKE OF CURTASYE (from the Sloane MS. 1986, ab. 1460 A.D.) 297

Contents thereof, inserted after p. 298.

Bp. Grossetest's Household Statutes (from the Sloane MS. 1986) .. 328

Stanzas and Couplets of Counsel (from the Rawlinson MS. C. 86)..

THE SCHOOLE OF VERTUE BY F. SEAGER (A.D. 1557) ..

Whate-ever thow sey, avyse thee welle! .. .

A Dogg Lardyner, & a Sowe Gardyner .. .

Maxims in -ly ..

Roger Ascham's Advice to Lord Warwick's Servant

360

Notes to the Boke of Curtasye, &c. . . . . . .

.. ..

** POSTSCRIPT (added after the Index was printed).

FFOR TO SERVE A LORD (see Preface to Russell, p. cvii.), with A Feste

for a Bryde, p. 375 ..

The Houshold Stuff occupied at the Lord Mayor's Feast, A.D. 1505 ...

The Ordre of goyng or sittyng .. .. .. .. .. .. 381

Latin Graces ..

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.. .. 384

The Boris Hede furst ..

The Boar's Head .. ..

. .. .. 399 .

Symon's Lesson of Wysedome for all maner Chyldryn ..

399

The Birched School-Boy of about 1500 A.D. ..

The Song of the School-Boy at Christmas

405

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PART II. FRENCH AND LATIN POEMS.

La Maniere de se contenir a Table

Contenance de Table ..

S'ensuivent les Contenances de la Table ..

Prie Dieu pour les Trespassez ..

Autres Contenances de Table

Regime pour tous Serviteurs

Vt te geras ad Mensam (with englishing opposite)

Stans Puer ad Mensam (with englishing opposite)

Modus Cenandi (with englishing opposite) ..

Carnes bone. Volatilia sana. Pisces sani ..

Notes to Part II. . . . . . .

Index to both Parts (but not to the Postscript to Part I.) ..

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