DEDICATED

TO

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

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

TELLOW OF OBIEL COLLEGE, OXFORD, LATE PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AT

KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON,

IN ADMIRATION OF HIS LEARNING

AND

IN GRATITUDE FOR HIS HELP,

BY THE EDITOR.

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FOREWORDS, OR GENERAL PREFACE.

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

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

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 .

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Vrbanitatis .. .. i.

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

p. 24) .. .. ..

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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 bir 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) ..

HUGH 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.)

JOHN RUSSELL'S BOKE OF NURTURE . . . . . . . . . . 115

(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 Fifteeu 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. 1956, 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)..

Tue 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 .. .. .. ..

.. .. .. 359

Roger Ascham's Advice to Lord Warwick's Servant

360

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

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*** 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 .

366

The Houshold Stuff occupied at the Lord Mayor's Feast, A.D. 1505 .. 378

The Ordre of goyng or sittyng

Latin Graces ..

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The Boris Hede furst ..

397

The Boar's Head

393

Symon's Lesson of Wysedome for all maner Chyldryn

399

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

403

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.)