[Here begynneth the table of a book entytled the book of good maners.]
- Title
- [Here begynneth the table of a book entytled the book of good maners.]
- Author
- Legrand, Jacques, ca. 1365-1415.
- Publication
- [Westminster :: W. Caxton,
- 1487]
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- Subject terms
- Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800.
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"[Here begynneth the table of a book entytled the book of good maners.]." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A05251.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 19, 2024.
Contents
- table of contents
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book - 1
- ¶The fyrst partye of thys book wherof the fyrst chapytre speketh of Pryde Capitulo primo
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How pryde blyndeth the vnderstōdyng of the creature cap
o . ij -
¶How humylite maketh a man knowe hym self Cap
o . iij -
How humylite is agreable to god & to the world cap
o . iiij - How the creature ought humbly to obeye to god capitulo v
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¶How pacyence is the second vertue. and it ought for to be
had capitulo v
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¶How Ire and hate noye and greue the creature cap
o . vij - ¶How no man ouʒt to stryue ne engendre noyses cap viij
- ¶Here foloweth the thyrd vertu / whyche is abstynence / & how one ought to lyue sobrely capitulo ix
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¶How abstynence is cause of moche good cap
o . x -
¶Here foloweth the iiij vertu whiche is chastyte. / And fyrst
how we ought to lyue chastly capitulo
j -
How lecherye causeth many euylles to happene cap
o . xij - ¶Here foloweth the v vertue. that is to wete benyuolence and is ayenst the synne of enuye capitulo xiij
- Here foloweth the vij vertue the whyche is lyberalyte. & that is ayenst the synne of auaryce capitulo xv
- ¶How Auaryce bryngeth a man to an euyl hauen / & cau∣seth hym to lyue in myserye capitulo xvj
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How thestate of pouerte is moche agreable to god cap
• . xvij
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¶Here foloweth the second book the whiche speketh of thes∣tate
of the people of the chyrche and of the clerkes.
- ¶Fyrst how the chyrche ought to be honoured and loued. & had in worshyp and in reuerence capitulo primo
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¶How the people of the chyrche and syngulerly the prelate
ought to lyue chastly and vertuously capitulo - ¶How the prelates ought tenseyne & gouerne theyr subget∣tis. and to gyue almesses to the poure capitulo iij
- How the people of the chyrche oughten to preche and to say the trouthe of the fayth capitulo iiij
- ¶How men of the chyrche ought to estudye and to lerne sin¦gulerly the holy scrypture capitulo v
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¶Hr
e foloweth the iij boke the whyche speketh of the stat of lordes temporell / and of alle chyualrye / -
¶The fyrst chapytre treateth how prynces oughten to be
pyetous and mercyfull cap
o .mo -
¶How the prynces ought to be of good maners cap
o . ij - ¶How prynces ought not to be couetous ne anarycious ¶capytulo iij
- ¶How the prynces oughten to mayntene and kepe Ius∣tyce capitulo. iiij
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¶How the prynces ought to be softe & humble cap
. v -
¶How the prynce ought alleway to be sobre & chaast cap
. vj -
¶How the prynces ought to employe and dispose
elf cap . vi -
¶How kynghtes ought to gouerne them self / cap
o . viij
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¶The fyrst chapytre treateth how prynces oughten to be
pyetous and mercyfull cap
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¶Here foloweth the fourth boke. the whiche speketh of
state of the comynalte / and of the people / - ¶Fyrst it trateth of Ryche men. and how they ought to glorysye in theyr rychesses capytulo pru
- ¶Here foloweth thestate of pouerte / how he ought to content capitulo ij
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¶Of the state of old age / and how men ought to be good &
retuo{us} capitulo iij
• . -
Of thestate of mariage how it ought to be go ̄ned cap o . v -
¶How the wym̄en ought to gouerne them self cap
o . vj -
¶How virgynyte ought to be mayntened cap
o . -
¶Howwydo whede ought to be kepte holyly cap
o . viij -
¶How seruāutes ought to mayntene them in theyr seruyse
cap
o . ix• . -
¶How they that leden euyl lyf owen to deye euyll cap
o . x• . -
¶How the parentes & in especyal the fader and moder ough¦ten
diligenly thynke on theyr chyldren cap
o . xjo . -
How chyldren owne obeyssan̄ce and honour to theyr parents
cap
o . xij• . -
¶Of thestate of Marchanntes cap
o . xiij• . -
¶Of the state of pylgremages cap
o . xiiij -
¶How alle dedely synnes desyren the deth cap
o . xv
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¶Here foloweth the v boke. the whiche treateth of deth. and
how noman ought to gloryfye hym of his estate
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¶First it speketh how the lyf is shorte / and ot lityl enduryng
cap
o . primo -
¶How no man ought to doubte ne fere the deth cap
o . iijo . -
¶How yet noman ought to doubte the deth cap
o . iiij -
¶How to thynke on the deth is a thyng moche prouffytable
cap
o . v• . -
¶How noman ought to be curyous of his scpulture cap
o . vo . -
¶How a persone ought to thynke on the day of dome cap.
o . vij
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¶First it speketh how the lyf is shorte / and ot lityl enduryng
cap