A Common-place book of the fifteenth century, containing a religious play and poetry, legal forms and local accounts. Printed from the original ms. at Brome Hall, Suffolk, by Lady Caroline Kerrison. Edited with notes by Lucy Toulmin Smith.

[Daily Rules.] [These rules differ a little from Caxton's version. They are given here to complete the explanation of the fac-simile.]

Fyrst a-rysse erly, Serve thy god devly, And the war[l]d besylly; Do thy warke wyssely, ȝyfe thy almesse sekyrly, [Sekyrly, surely.] Goe be the way sadly, And awnswer the pepll cvrtesly Goo to thy met happely, Syt ther at dyscre[t]ly. Of thy tong be not to lybraly, A-rysse fro thy met tempraly. Goo to thy sopper sadly, A-rysse fro sopper soburly. Goo to thy bed myrely, And lye ther in jocunly,

And plesse and loffe thy wyffe dewly, And basse [Basse, kiss.] hy onys or tewyis myrely. A! lord god, mercy, qui verba cuncta creasti. Helpe! kyng of cowmefort, qui vitam semper amasti.