THE .iiij. COURSE OF FRUTE, WITH FOUR SOTELTEES THE SUPERSCRIPCIOUN OF THE 167 168 168-9 SUTILTEES ABOUE (HOW TO DRESS YOUR LORD, PREPARE HIS PEW IN CHURCH, (HOW TO PUT YOUR LORD TO BED, AND PREPARE HIS BED ROOM, ETC.) THE SUMMARY A BATHE OR STEWE SO CALLED.. (HOW TO PREPARE ONE FOR YOUR LORD) THE MAKYNG OF A BATHE MEDICINABLE THE OFFICE OF VSSHER & MARSHALLE (WITH THE ORDER OF PRECEDENCY OF ALL RANKS) L'ENVOY (THE AUTHOR ASKS THE PRAYERS OF HIS READERS, AND HE OR (WITH BITS FROM LAWRENS ANDREWE, ON FISH, ETC.) ANDREW BORDE ON SLEEP, RISING, AND DRESS HEALTH 240-3 244-8 SIR JN. HARINGTON'S DYET FOR EVERY DAY 254-5 SIR JN. HARINGTON ON RISING, DIET, AND GOING TO BED 256-9 John Russells Boke of Nurture. [Harl. MS. 4011, Fol. 171.] In nomine patris, god kepe me / et filij for charite, I In the name of the Father, Son, Et spiritus sancti, where that y goo by lond and Holy Ghost, or els by see! an vsshere y Am / ye may beholde / to a prynce of highe degre, God keep me! I am an Usher to a Prince, and 4 pat enioyethe to enforme & teche / alle po thatt delight in wille thrive & thee', Of suche thynges as here-aftur shalle be shewed by my diligence teaching perienced. To them pat nought Can/with-owt gret exsperience; the inex of necligence, 8 y wylle hym enforme & teche, for hurtynge of my Conscience. To teche vertew and connynge, me thynkethe hit It is charitable to charitable, teach for moche youthe in connynge / is bareñ & fulle ignorant youths. vnable; per-fore he pat no good cañ / ne to noon wille be If any such won't agreable. learn, 12 he shalle neuer y-thryve / perfore take to hym a give them a toy. One May I went to a forest, and by the Forester's leave walked in the woodland, where I saw three herds of deer in the sunshine. A young man with a bow was going to stalk them, but I asked him to walk with me, and inquired whom he served. 'No one but myself, and I wish I was out of this world.' As s y rose owt of my bed, in a mery sesoun of may, to sporte me in a forest / where sightes were fresche & gay, y met with pe forster / y prayed hym to say me not nay, 16 þat y mygh[t] walke in to his lawnde where pe deere lay. as y wandered weldsomly/in-to pe lawnd þat was so grene, þer lay iij. herdis of deere / a semely syght for to sene; y behild on my right hand / pe soñ þat shoñ so shene; 20 y saw where walked a semely yonge mañ, þat sklendur was & leene; his bowe he toke in hand toward pe deere to stalke; y prayed hym his shote to leue/ & softely with me to walke. þis yonge man was glad /& louyd with me to talke, 24 he prayed þat he my3t withe me goo / in to som herne3 or halke '; þis yonge mañ y frayned/ with hoom pat he wonned pan, "So god me socoure," he said "Sir, y serue myself/ & els noon oþer mañ.” "is þy gouernaunce good?" y said, / “soñ? say me ziff þow can." 28 "y wold y were owt of pis world" / seid he / "y ne rou3t how sone whañ." 1 The Lawnd in woodes. Saltus nemorum. Baret, 1580. Saltus, a launde. Glossary in Rel. Ant., v. 1, p. 7, col. 1 ; saltus, a forest-pasture, woodland-pasture, woodland; a forest. 2 at will. A.S. wilsum, free willed. 3 A.S. hirne, corner. Dan. hiörne. 4 Halke or hyrne. Angulus, latibulum ; A.S. bylca, sinus ̧ Promptorium Parvulorum and note. 5 AS. fregnan, to ask; Goth., fraihnan; Germ., fragen. Sey nought so, good son, beware / me thynkethe Good son, pow menyst amysse; for god forbedithe wanhope, for pat a horrible synne despair is sin; ys, perfore Soñ, open thyn hert / for peraventure y cowd the lis1; tell me what the matter is. When the pain is greatest the cure 32 "when bale is hext / þañ bote is next" / good sone, is nearest!' lerne welle pis." "In certeyn, sir / y haue y-sought / Ferre & nere many a wilsom way 2 to gete mete a mastir; & for y cowd nougt/ euery mañ seid me nay, y cowd no good, ne nooñ y shewde / where euer y ede day by day 36 but wantoun & nyce, recheles & lewde / as Iangelynge as a Iay." "Now, son, 3iff y the teche, wiltow any thynge lere? wiltow be a seruaunde, plow3mañ, or a laborere, Courtyour or a clark / Marchaund/ or masoun, or an artificere, 40 Chamburlayn, or buttillere / pantere or karvere?" 44 "The 'Sir, I've tried everywhere for a master; but because I know nothing, no one will take me.' [Fol. 171 b.] 'Will you learn if I'll teach you? What do you want to be?' 'A Butler, Sir, he office of buttiler, sir, trewly / pantere or Panter, Chamberchamburlayne, lain, and Carver. Teach me the The connynge of a kervere, specially / of þat y wold duties of these.” lerne fayne alle pese connynges to haue / y say yow in certayñ, y shuld pray for youre sowle nevyr to come in love God and be “Son, y shalle teche be withe ryght a good wille, I will, if you'll So pat pow loue god & drede / for þat is ryght and skylle, 1AS. lis remissio, lenitas; Dan. lise, Sw. lisa, relief. 2 for me to true to your master. A Panter or Butler must have three knives: 1 to chop loaves, 1 to pare them, 1 to smooth the trenchers. Give your Sovereign new bread, others one-day- Have your salt two inches broad, three long. Have your table linen sweet and clean, your knives bright, spoons well washed, and to by mastir be trew / his goodes pat pow not spille, 48 but hym loue & drede / and hys commaundementz dew/ fulfylle. The furst yere, my soñ, þow shalle be pantere or buttilare, pow must haue iij. knyffes kene / in pantry, y sey the, euermare : Oñ knyfe þe loves to choppe, anothere them for to pare, 52 the iij. sharpe & kene to smothe pe trenchurs and square.1 alwey thy soueraynes bred thow choppe, & pat it be newe & able; se alle oper bred a day old or pou choppe to be table; alle howsold bred iij. dayes old / so it is profitable; 56 and trencher bred iiij. dayes is convenyent & agre able. loke þy salte be sutille, whyte, fayre and drye, pe brede perof ynches two / pen þe length, ynche 60 and by salt sellere lydde/towche not thy salt bye. Good son, loke þat þy napery be soote / & also feyre & clene, bordclothe, towelle & napkyň, foldyñ alle bydene. bryght y-pullished youre table knyve, semely in sy3t to sene; 64 and by spones fayre y-wasche / ye wote welle what y meene. 1 In Sir John Fastolfe's Bottre, 1455, are "ij. kerving knyves; iij. kneyves in a schethe, the haftys of every (ivory) withe naylys gilt. j. trencher-knyfe." Domestic Arch., v. 3, p. 157-8. Hec mensacula, a dressyng-knyfe, p. 256; trencher-knyves, mensaculos. Jn. de Garlande, Wright's Vocab. p. 123. |