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 ...

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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 ...
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Furnivall, Frederick James, ed. 1825-1910,
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London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,
1868.
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Home economics -- England.
Education -- England.
Etiquette, Medieval
Table
England -- Social life and customs
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"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 ..." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/AHA6127.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 6, 2025.

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¶ Lerne or be Lewde.

To Amerous, to Aunterous, ne Angre the nat to to muche; [folio 90b] To Bolde, ne to Besy, ne Bourde nat to large; To Curteys, to Cruelle, ne Care nat to sore; To Dulle, ne to Dredefulle, ne Drynke nat to offte; Line 4 To Elenge, to Excellent, ne to Carefulle ney|thur; To Fers, ne to Famuler, but Frendely of Chere; To gladde, ne to Glorious, and Gelousy thow hate; To Hasty, to Hardy, ne to Hevy in thyn Herte; Line 8 To Iettyng, ne to Iangelyng, and Iape nat to ofte; To Kynde, ne to Kepyng, and warre Knavis cacches; To Lothe, ne to Lovyng, ne to Lyberalle of goode; To Medlous, to Mury, but as goode Maner askithe; Line 12 To noyous, ne to Nyce, ne to Newfangylle; To Orped, to Overtwert, and Othes, sir, thow hate;

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To Preysyng, to Preve withe Prynces and Dukes; To Queynt, to Querelous, and Queme welle thy maistre; Line 16 To Riotous, to Revelyng, ne Rage nat to muche; To Straunge, ne to Steryng, ne Stare nat abroode; To Toyllous, to Talevys, for Temperaunce it hatithe; To Vengable, to Envious, and waste nat to muche; Line 20 To Wylde, to Wrathefulle, and Wade nat to depe; A Mesurable Mene way ys beste for vs alle; [[A Dietary given 'vnto Kyng Herry the vte by Sigismounde, Emperour of Rome,' follows.] A complete copy of the A B C Alliterative Poem of which the foregoing LERNE OR BE LEWDE is a fragment, occurs in the Lambeth MS. 853, and is therefore added here.]
¶ YITTE LERNE OR BE LEWDE.
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