The babees book, Aristotle's A B C, Urbanitatis, Stans puer ad mensam, The lvtille childrenes lvtil boke, The bokes of nurture of Hugh Rhodes and John Russell, Wynkyn de Worde's Boke of keruynge, The booke of demeanor, The boke of curtasye, Seager's Schoole of vertue, &c. &c. with some French and latin poems on like subjects, and some forewords on education in early England. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall ...

Title

The babees book, Aristotle's A B C, Urbanitatis, Stans puer ad mensam, The lvtille childrenes lvtil boke, The bokes of nurture of Hugh Rhodes and John Russell, Wynkyn de Worde's Boke of keruynge, The booke of demeanor, The boke of curtasye, Seager's Schoole of vertue, &c. &c. with some French and latin poems on like subjects, and some forewords on education in early England. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall ...

Author

Furnivall, Frederick James, ed. 1825-1910,

Publication

London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,

1868.

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Subject terms

Home economics -- England.

Education -- England.

Etiquette, Medieval

Table

England -- Social life and customs

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Contents

• omitted half title
• omitted front matter
• The Babees Book, OR A 'LYTYL REPORTE' OF HOW YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD BEHAVE. [MS. Harl. 5086, fol. 86-90; ab. 1475 A.D.]
• ¶ Lerne or be Lewde.
• The A B C of Aristotle. [Lambeth MS. 853, ab. 1430 A.D., page 30, written without breaks.]
• Vrbanitatis.
• The Lytylle Childrenes Lytil Boke or Edyllys be.
  • [Harl. MS. 541, fol. 210; and Egerton MS. 1995; ab. 1480 A.D.]
• The Young Children's Book.
  • [From the Ashmolean MS. 61 (Bodleian Library), ab. 1500 A.D., fol. 20.]
• poem
  • Stans Puer ad Mensam. ASCRIBED TO JOHN LIDGATE.
  • The Book of Curteisie That is Clepid Stans Puer ad Mensam.
• 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 Wiff tauȝte Hir Douȝtir.
• How the Wise Man tauȝt His Son.
• Recipes. [From Harleian MS. 5401, ab. 1480-1500 A.D.]
  • FRUTURS. ( or )
  • FRUTURS OF FYGIS. ( or )
  • IUSSELL. ( or )
  • MAWMENY. ( or )
  • FRETOURE. (Harl. MS. 276.)
• poem
  • A Diatorie. [Lambeth MS. 853, ab. 1430 A.D., page 182.]
  • Latin version (omitted)
• Recipes.From Harl. MS. 279, ab. 1430-40 A.D.
• omitted material
• John Russells Boke of Nurture. Harl. MS. 4011, Fol. 171.
  • part
  • Swete Wynes.
  • Ypocras.
  • The botery.
  • Symple condicions.
  • Fumositees.
  • Keruyng of flesh:
  • Bake metes.
  • Fried metes.
  • Potages.
  • Diuerce Sawces.
  • Kervyng of fische.
  • Office of a sewer.
  • A dynere of flesche.
    • The furst Course.
    • The Second Course.
    • The iijd Course.
  • A Dinere of Fische.
    • The Furst Course.
    • The second course.
    • The third course.
    • The .iiij. course of frute.
    • The superscripcioun of þe sutiltees aboue specified, here folowethe Versus
      • Ver
      • ¶ Estas
      • ¶ Autumpnus
      • ¶ yemps
  • A fest for a franklen.
  • Sewes on fishe dayes.
  • Sawce for fische.
  • The office off a chamburlayne.
  • The Warderobeȝ.
  • A bathe or stewe so called.
  • The makyng of a bathe medicinable.
  • The office of ussher & marshalle.
• omitted material
• The boke of Curtasye.
  • HEre begynnethe þe fyrst boke of curtasye.
  • THE SECOND BOOK.
  • THE THIRD BOOK.
    • ¶ De officiarijs in curijs dominorum.
    • ¶ De Ianitore.
    • ¶ De Marescallo aule.
    • ¶ Per quantum tempus armigeri habebunt liberatam et ignis ardebit in aula.
    • ¶ De pincernario, panetario, et cocis sibi seruientibus.
    • ¶ De officio pincernarij.
    • ¶ De hostiario et suis seruientibus.
    • ¶ De Officio garcionum.
    • ¶ De seneschallo.
    • ¶ De contrarotulatore.
    • ¶ De superuisore.
    • ¶ De Clerico coquine.
    • ¶ De cancellario.
    • ¶ De thesaurizario.
    • ¶ De receptore firmarum.
    • ¶ De Auenario.
    • ¶ De pistore.
    • ¶ De venatore et suis canibus.
    • ¶ De aquario.
    • ¶ Qui debent manus lauare et in quorum domibus.
    • ¶ De panetario.
    • ¶ De Cultellis domini.
    • ¶ De Elemosinario.
    • ¶ De ferculario.
    • ¶ De candelario.
• Bp. Grossetest's Household Statutes.[Sloane MS. 1986, p. 193, ab. 1450-60. ] INcipiunt statuta familie bone Memorie dompni Roberti Grossetest, lincolnie episcopi.
• Stanzas and Couplets of Counsel. [From the Rawlinson MS., C. 86, fol. 31, in the Bodleian Library.]
• omitted material
• Whate-ever thow sey, avyse thee welle! [MS. O. 9. 38. Trinity College, Cambridge.]
• A Dogg Lardyner, & a Sowe Gardyner. [MS. O. 9. 38. Trinity College, Cambridge.]
• Maxims in -ly.
• omitted material
• Symon's Lesson of Wysedome for all Maner Chyldryn.[From MS. Bodl. 832, leaf 174.]
• omitted material
• omitted back matter