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THE .iiij. COURSE OF FRUTE, WITH FOUR SOTELTEES

THE SUPERSCRIPCIOUN OF THE

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(HOW TO DRESS YOUR LORD, PREPARE HIS PEW IN CHURCH,

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(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
THE COPIER COMMENDS THIS BOOK TO THEM)

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(WITH BITS FROM LAWRENS ANDREWE, ON FISH, ETC.)

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ANDREW BORDE ON SLEEP, RISING, AND DRESS
WILLIAM VAUGHAN'S 15 DIRECTIONS TO PRESERVE

HEALTH

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SIR JN. HARINGTON'S DYET FOR EVERY DAY

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SIR JN. HARINGTON ON RISING, DIET, AND GOING TO BED

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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
Therfore yf any mañ þat y mete withe, pat2 for fawt

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.

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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.

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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?"

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"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
payne."

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-
old bread;
for the house,
three-day bread;
for trenchers
four-day bread;

Have your salt
white,
and your salt-
planer of ivory,

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,
and by planere for thy salte / shalle be made of
yverye /

pe brede perof ynches two / pen þe length, ynche
told thrye;

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.

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