[Ladies learned in languages.] [Ancient ladies' employments.] [Young ladies' recreations.] [Old ladies' skill in surgery, &c.] not the vse and skill of sundrie speaches, beside an excellent veine of writing before time not regarded. Would to God the rest of their liues and conuersations were correspondent to these gifts! for as our common courtiers (for the most part) are the best lerned and indued with excellent gifts, so are manie of them the worst men when they come abroad, that anie man shall either heare or read of. Trulie it is a rare thing with vs now, to heare of a courtier which hath but his owne language. And to saie how many gentlewomen and ladies there are, that beside sound knowledge of the Grécke and Latine toongs, are thereto no lesse skilfull in the Spanish, Italian, and French, or in some one of them, it resteth not in me: sith I am persuaded, that as the noble men and gentlemen doo surmount in this behalfe, so these come verie little or nothing at all behind them for their parts; which industrie God con tinue, and accomplish that which otherwise is wanting! "Beside these things I could in like sort set downe the waies and meanes, wherby our ancient ladies of the court doo shun and auoid idlenesse, some of them exercising their fingers with the needle, other in caulworke, diuerse in spinning of silke, some in continuall reading either of the holie scriptures, or histories of our owne or forren nations about vs, and diuerse in writing volumes of their owne, or translating of other mens into our English and Latine toong, whilest the yoongest sort in the meane time applie their lutes, citharnes, prickesong, and all kind of musike, which they vse onelie for recreation sake, when they haue leisure, and are frée from attendance vpon the quéenes maiestie, or such as they belong vnto. How manie of the eldest sort also are skilfull in surgerie and distillation of waters, beside sundrie other artificiall practises perteining to the ornature and commendations of their bodies, I might (if I listed to deale further in this behalfe) easilie declare, but I passe ouer such maner of dealing, least I should séeme to glauer, and currie fauour with some of them. Neuerthelesse this I will generallie saie by the of them all, that as ech of them are cuning in somthing [All are cunning wherby they keepe themselues occupied in the court, so there is in maner none of them, but when they be at home, can helpe to supplie the ordinarie want of the kitchen with a number of delicat dishes of their owne deuising, wherein the Portingall is their chéefe coun- in cookery, helped sellor, as some of them are most commonlie with the Portuguese.] clearke of the kitchen, who vseth (by a tricke taken vp of late) to giue in a bréefe rehearsall of such and so manie dishes as are to come in at euerie course throughout the whole seruice in the dinner or supper while: which bill some doo call a memoriall, other a billet, Memorial, but some a fillet, bicause such are commonlie hanged Fillet.] on the file, and kept by the ladie or gentlewoman vnto some other purpose. But whither am I digressed?"1577, W. HARRISON, in Holinshed's Chronicles, vol. I. p. 196, ed. 1586. [Introduction of of the Carte, Billet or COLLATIONS. These are given as a warning to other editors either to collate in foot-notes or not at all. The present plan takes up as much room as printing a fresh text would, and gives needless trouble to every one concerned. p. 11. The A B C of Aristotle, Harl. MS. 1706, fol. 94, collated by Mr Brock, omits the prologue, and begins after 1. 14 with, "Here be-gynnethe Arystoles A B C. made be mayster Benett." A, for argue not read Angre the B, omit ne; for not to large read thou nat to brode D, ,,; for not read thow nat E, ,,; for to eernesful read ne curyons F, for fers, famuler, freendli, read Ferde, familier, frenfulle G, omit to; for & gelosie pou hate, read Ne to galaunt never H, for in pine read off I, for iettynge read Iocunde; for iape not to read Ioye thow nat K, omit to and &; for knaue read knaves L, for for to leene read ne to lovyng; for goodis read woordys M, for medelus read Mellous; for but as mesure wole it meeue read ne to besynesse vnleffulle N, for ne use no new iettis read ne noughte to neffangle O, for ouerþwart read ouertwarthe; for & oopis pou hate read Ne othez to haunte Q for quarelose read querelous; for weel 30ure souereyns read men alle abowte R, omit the second to; for not to rudeli read thou nat but lyte S, for ne straungeli to stare read Ne starte nat abowte T, for for temperaunce is best read But temperate euere V, for ne &c. read ne violent Ne waste nat to moche W, for neiper &c. read Ne to wyse deme the ¶for is euere þe beste of read ys best for vs Add XYZ xy wyche esed & per se. Tytelle Tytelle Tytelle than Esta Amen. p. 16. The Lytylle Childrenes Lytil Boke, with part of the Advocates Library MS., fol. 84, back (collated by Mr David Laing). 1. 1, for children read childur 1. 2, dele pat; 1. 3 dele For 1. 6, for with mary, read oure Lady 1.7, for arñ read byn 1.9, prefix Forst to Loke, and for wasshe read wasshyd 1. 12, for tylle read to 1. 13, prefix And to Loke 1. 14, is, To he yt reweleth ye howse ye bytt 1. 16, put the that between loke and on 1. 17, for without any faylys read withowtte fayle 1. 18, for hungery aylys read empty ayle 1. 20, for ete esely read etett eysely p. 18, 1. 25, for mosselle read morsselle 1. 30, for Into thy read nor in the; for thy salte read hit 1. 32, for The byfore read Byfore the; and dele pyne Whyles yu etyst be yi lyfe The poem in the Advocates' MS. has 108 lines, and fills 5 pages of the MS. (Wynkyn de Worde's version ends with this, after 1. 105, And in his laste ende wyth the swete Ihesus. Amen. Here endeth the boke of curtesye.' p. 16. The Lytylle Childrenes Lytil Boke collated with the Cambridge University MS., by Mr Henry Bradshaw. Hem is always written for him in this MS., and so with other words. 1. 2, for wrytyne read brekeyd 1. 6, for Elizabeth read cortesey 1. 7, for closide read clodyd 1. 10, for on read yn 1. 11, 12, for pou read ye 1. 14, for hous the bydde read hall þe beyt 1. 15, for be read they 1. 16, for on read no 1. 17, for any faylys read fayle 1. 18, for aylys read heydyt 1. 19, for Ete..hastely read yet.. hastey 1. 20, prefix Bot to Abyde; for esely read all yesley p. 18, 1. 23, for Kerue not thy brede read Kot they bred not 1. 24, is Ne to theke bat be-tweyn 1. 25, for mosselle read mossels; for begynnysse to read dost 1. 26, for in read owt of 1. 27, for on read yn p. 18, 11. 28-30, are Ne yn they met, feys, ne fleys. Put not thy mete yn þey salt seleyr 1. 32, is Be-fore the, that ys worschep 1. 33, for ne read nother 1. 34, for If read And; for come read comest 1. 35, for And read Seche; put the is before yn 1. 37, for Ete.. by read Kot. . yn 1. 38, prefix And to Fylle; omit done 1. 40, is Weyles thou hetys, bey they leyffe 1. 43, for Ne read Nether 1. 44, is For no cortesey het ys not habell 1. 45, for Elbowe.. fyst read Elbowhes. . fystys 1. 47, is Bolk not as a bolle yn the crofte 1. 48, for karle þat read charle; for cote read cotte 1. 50, for of hyt or pou art read the or ye be p. 20, 1. 52, is all of curtesy loke ye carpe 1. 53, for at read all; omit loke pou 1. 54, for Loke pou rownde not read And loke ye 1. 55, omit thy; for and read ne 1. 56, for doo read nake 1. 57, for laughe not read noþer laughe 1. 58, for with moche speche read thow meche speke; for mayst read may 1. 59, for fist ne read ner; and for the second ne read not 1. 60, for fayre and stylle read stere het not 1. 61, for thy read the 1. 66, omit a 1. 67, for I rede of read of j redde pe of 1. 68, for neþer read neuer; omit yn þi before drynk 1. 69, for þat read they 1. 73, for pou see read be saye 1. 76, for pou read yow; for thow art read yow ar 1. 77, for forthe read before yow 1. 78, omit pow not 1. 79, for ynto read yn p. 22, 1. 83, for ende read hendyng 1. 84, for wasshen read was 1. 85, for worthy read wortheyor 1. 86, for to- read be- ; omit &; for þi prow read gentyll cortesey 11. 87, 88, 89, are omitted. 1. 90, for nether read not; for ne read ne with 1. 91, omit þi; for the hede read they lorde 1. 92, for hyghly read mekeley 1. 93, for togydre ynsame read yn the same manere |