Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse

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 ...

Whate-ever thow sey, avyse thee welle! [MS. O. 9. 38. Trinity College, Cambridge.]
Almyȝty godde, conserue vs fram care! Where ys thys worle A-wey y-wente? A man that schold speke, had nede to be ware, ffor lytyl thyng he may be schente; 4 Tonggys beth y-turne to lyther entente; Hertys, they beth bothe fykel and felle; Man, be ware leste thow repente! Whate euer thow sey, A-vyse the welle! 8
A-vyse the, man, yn whate place and whare A woord of conseyl thow doyst seyne; Sum man may ley ther-to hys ere; Thow wenyst he be thy frend; he ys thy foo certeyne; 12 Peraventor aftyr A ȝere or tweyne— Thow trowyst as tru as eny stele,— Thys woord yn wreth thow schalt hyre A-gayne! Whate euer thow sey, A-vyse the welle! 16
Meny man spekyth yn hastenys: hyt hyndryth hym and eke hys frende; hym were welle beter his tonge to sese Than they both ther-for be schende. 20 Suche wordys beth not to be had yn meynde, hyt makyȝt comforte with care to kele: Man, yn the begynnyng thenk on þe eynde! Whate euer thow sey, A-vyse the welle! 24
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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
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England -- Social life and customs

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