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 ...

¶ Estas

Hirsutus, Fallax / irascens / prodigus, satis audax, [folio 183a] [Colericus.] Astutus, gracilis / Siccus / crocei que coloris.

¶ Autumpnus

Hic sompnolentus / piger, in sputamine multus, [Fleumaticus.] Ebes hinc sensus / pinguis, facie color albus. 792

¶ yemps

Invidus et tristis / Cupidus / dextre que tenacis, [Malencolicus.] Non expers fraudis, timidus, lutei que coloris.

A fest for a franklen.

                                    
                                      "A Franklen may make a feste Improberabille,
                                    
                                      brawne with mustard is concordable,
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                                      bakon serued with peson,
                                    
                                      beef or moton stewed seruysable,
                                    
                                      Boyled Chykon or capon agreable,
                                    
                                      convenyent for þe seson;
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                                      Rosted goose & pygge fulle profitable,
                                    
                                      Capon / Bakemete, or Custade Costable,
                                    
                                      when eggis & crayme be geson.
                                    
                                      Þerfore stuffe of household is behoveable,
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                                      Mortrowes or Iusselle [See p. 53 above.]  ar delectable
                                    
                                      for þe second course by reson.
                                    
                                      Than veel, lambe, kyd, or cony,
                                    
                                      Chykon or pigeon rosted tendurly,
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                                      bakemetes or dowcettes [See p. 60 above.]  with alle.
                                    
                                      þen followynge, frytowrs & a leche lovely;
                                    
                                      Suche seruyse in sesoun is fulle semely
                                    
                                      To serue with bothe chambur & halle.

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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,
Canvas: Page 170
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,; 1868.
Subject terms: Home economics -- England.; Education -- England.; Etiquette, Medieval; Table; England -- Social life and customs

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