Early English Meals and Manners

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The title-page of the older edition, of 1508, merely contains the words,
“¶ Here begynneth the boke of Keruynge;” and beneath them is--as in the
second edition of 1513--a picture of two ladies and two gentlemen at
dinner, with an attendant bringing a dish, two servants at a side table,
and a jester. The colophon tells us that it was “Enprynted by wynkyn de
worde at London in Flete strete at the sygne of the sonne. The yere of
our lorde M.CCCCC.VIII;” beneath which is Wynkyn de Worde’s device, as
in the second edition.

The two editions resemble each other very closely, running page for page
throughout, and every folio in the one begins at the same place as in
the other. Thus the word “moche” is divided into mo-che in both
editions, the “-che” beginning Fol. A. ii. b. Neither is altogether
free from misprints, but these are not very numerous nor of much
importance. It may be observed that marks of contraction are hardly ever
used in the older edition, the word “y^e” being written “the” at length,
and instead of “hãged” we find “hanged.” On the whole, the first edition
would seem to be the more carefully printed, but the nature of the
variations between them will be best understood by an exact collation of
the first two folios (pp. 151-3 of the present edition), where the
readings of the first edition are denoted by the letter A. The only
variations are these:--

  P. 151.
    _lyft_ that swanne] _lyfte_ that swanne A (_a misprint_).
    _frusshe_ that chekyn] _fruche_ that chekyn A.
    thye all maner _of_ small byrdes] A _omits_ of.
    _fynne_ that cheuen] _fyne_ that cheuen A.
    _transsene_ that ele] _trassene_ that ele A.
    Here _hendeth_, &c.] Here _endeth_, &c. A.
    _Butler_] Butteler A.

  P. 152,
    l. 5. _tre{n}choures_] trenchours A.
    l. 12. _ha{n}ged_] hanged A.
    l. 15. _cannelles_] canelles A.
    l. 18, 19. _y^e_] the (_in both places_) A.
    l. 20. _seasous_] seasons A.
    l. 23. _after_] After A.
    l. 27. _good_] goot A.
    l. 30. _y^e_] the A.
    l. 34. _modo{n}_] modon A.
    l. 36. _sourayne_] souerayne A.

  P. 153. _ye_] the A (_several times_).
    l. 5. _wyll_] wyl A.
    l. 9. _rede_] reed A. _reboyle_] reboyle not A.
    l. 12. _the_ reboyle] _they_ reboyle A.
    l. 17. _lessynge_] lesynge A.
    l. 20. _ca{m}polet_] campolet A.
    l. 21. _tyer_] tyerre A.
    l. 22. _ypocras_] Ipocras A (_and in the next line, and l. 26_).
    l. 24. _gy{n}ger_] gynger A.
    l. 27. _ren_] hange A.
    l. 29. _your_] youre A.
  _In l._ 33, A _has_ paradico, _as in the second edition._

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Early English Meals and Manners

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The title-page of the older edition, of 1508, merely contains the words,
“¶ Here begynneth the boke of Keruynge;” and beneath them is--as in the
second edition of 1513--a picture of two ladies and two gentlemen at
dinner, with an attendant bringing a dish, two servants at a side table,
and a jester. The colophon tells us that it was “Enprynted by wynkyn de
worde at London in Flete strete at the sygne of the sonne. The yere of
our lorde M.CCCCC.VIII;” beneath which is Wynkyn de Worde’s device, as
in the second edition.

The two editions resemble each other very closely, running page for page
throughout, and every folio in the one begins at the same place as in
the other. Thus the word “moche” is divided into mo-che in both
editions, the “-che” beginning Fol. A. ii. b. Neither is altogether
free from misprints, but these are not very numerous nor of much
importance. It may be observed that marks of contraction are hardly ever
used in the older edition, the word “y^e” being written “the” at length,
and instead of “hãged” we find “hanged.” On the whole, the first edition
would seem to be the more carefully printed, but the nature of the
variations between them will be best understood by an exact collation of
the first two folios (pp. 151-3 of the present edition), where the
readings of the first edition are denoted by the letter A. The only
variations are these:--

  P. 151.
    _lyft_ that swanne] _lyfte_ that swanne A (_a misprint_).
    _frusshe_ that chekyn] _fruche_ that chekyn A.
    thye all maner _of_ small byrdes] A _omits_ of.
    _fynne_ that cheuen] _fyne_ that cheuen A.
    _transsene_ that ele] _trassene_ that ele A.
    Here _hendeth_, &c.] Here _endeth_, &c. A.
    _Butler_] Butteler A.

  P. 152,
    l. 5. _tre{n}choures_] trenchours A.
    l. 12. _ha{n}ged_] hanged A.
    l. 15. _cannelles_] canelles A.
    l. 18, 19. _y^e_] the (_in both places_) A.
    l. 20. _seasous_] seasons A.
    l. 23. _after_] After A.
    l. 27. _good_] goot A.
    l. 30. _y^e_] the A.
    l. 34. _modo{n}_] modon A.
    l. 36. _sourayne_] souerayne A.

  P. 153. _ye_] the A (_several times_).
    l. 5. _wyll_] wyl A.
    l. 9. _rede_] reed A. _reboyle_] reboyle not A.
    l. 12. _the_ reboyle] _they_ reboyle A.
    l. 17. _lessynge_] lesynge A.
    l. 20. _ca{m}polet_] campolet A.
    l. 21. _tyer_] tyerre A.
    l. 22. _ypocras_] Ipocras A (_and in the next line, and l. 26_).
    l. 24. _gy{n}ger_] gynger A.
    l. 27. _ren_] hange A.
    l. 29. _your_] youre A.
  _In l._ 33, A _has_ paradico, _as in the second edition._

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Early English Meals and Manners

Early English Meals and Manners

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