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l. 1, _for_ children̅ _read_ childur
    l. 2, _dele_ þat
    l. 3 _dele_ For
    l. 6, _for_ with mary, _read_ oure Lady
    l. 7, _for_ arn̅ _read_ byn
    l. 9, _prefix_ Forst _to_ Loke
          and _for_ wasshe _read_ wasshyd
    l. 12, _for_ tylle _read_ to
    l. 13, _prefix_ And _to_ Loke
    l. 14, _is_, To he y^t reweleth y^e howse y^e bytt
    l. 16, _put the_ that _between_ loke _and_ on
    l. 17, _for_ without any faylys _read_ withowtte fayle
    l. 18, _for_ hungery aylys _read_ empty ayle
    l. 20, _for_ ete esely _read_ etett eysely
  p. 267,
    l. 25, _for_ mosselle _read_ morsselle
    l. 26, _for_ in _read_ owt of
    l. 30, _for_ Into thy _read_ nor in the
           _for_ thy salte _read_ hit
    l. 31, _for_ fayre on þi _read_ on a
    l. 32, _for_ The byfore _read_ Byfore the
           _and dele_ þyne
   ll. 33-4, _are_ Pyke not y^i tethe wyth y^i knyfe
                   Whyles y^u etyst be y^i lyfe

The poem in the Advocates’ MS. has 108 lines, and fills 5 pages of the
MS. (Wynkyn de Worde’s version ends with this, after l. 105, ‘And in
his laste ende wyth the swete Ihesus. Amen. Here endeth the boke of
curtesye.’)


p. 265. _The Lytylle Childrenes Lytil Boke_ collated with the Cambridge
University MS., by Mr Henry Bradshaw. _Hem_ is always written for _him_
in this MS., and so with other words.

    l. 2, _for_ wrytyne _read_ brekeyd
    l. 6, _for_ Elizabeth _read_ cortesey
    l. 7, _for_ closide _read_ clodyd
    l. 10, _for_ on _read_ yn
    l. 11, 12, _for_ þou _read_ ye
    l. 14, _for_ hous the bydde _read_ hall þe beyt
    l. 15, _for_ þe _read_ they
    l. 16, _for_ on _read_ no
    l. 17, _for_ any faylys _read_ fayle
    l. 18, _for_ aylys _read_ heydyt
    l. 19, _for_ Ete ... hastely _read_ yet ... hastey
    l. 20, _prefix_ Bot _to_ Abyde
           _for_ esely _read_ all yesley
  p. 267,
    l. 23, _for_ Kerue not thy brede _read_ Kot they bred not
    l. 24, _is_ Ne to theke bat be-tweyn
    l. 25, _for_ mosselle _read_ mossels;
           _for_ begynnysse to _read_ dost
    l. 26, _for_ in _read_ owt of
    l. 27, _for_ on _read_ yn
   ll. 28-30, _are_ Ne yn they met, feys, ne fleys.
                    Put not thy mete yn þey salt seleyr
    l. 32, _is_ Be-fore the, that ys worschep
    l. 33, _for_ ne _read_ nother
    l. 34, _for_ If _read_ And
           _for_ come _read_ comest
    l. 35, _for_ And _read_ Seche
           _put the_ is _before_ yn
    l. 37, _for_ Ete ... by _read_ Kot ... yn
    l. 38, _prefix_ And _to_ Fylle; _omit_ done
    l. 40, _is_ Weyles thou hetys, bey they leyffe
    l. 42, _for_ þow put _read_ take owt
    l. 43, _for_ Ne _read_ Nether
    l. 44, _is_ For no cortesey het ys not habell
    l. 45, _for_ Elbowe ... fyst _read_ Elbowhes ... fystys
    l. 46, _for_ whylis þat _read_ wheyle
    l. 47, _is_ Bolk not as a bolle yn the crofte
    l. 48, _for_ karle þat _read_ charle
           _for_ cote _read_ cotte
    l.

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l. 1, _for_ children̅ _read_ childur
    l. 2, _dele_ þat
    l. 3 _dele_ For
    l. 6, _for_ with mary, _read_ oure Lady
    l. 7, _for_ arn̅ _read_ byn
    l. 9, _prefix_ Forst _to_ Loke
          and _for_ wasshe _read_ wasshyd
    l. 12, _for_ tylle _read_ to
    l. 13, _prefix_ And _to_ Loke
    l. 14, _is_, To he y^t reweleth y^e howse y^e bytt
    l. 16, _put the_ that _between_ loke _and_ on
    l. 17, _for_ without any faylys _read_ withowtte fayle
    l. 18, _for_ hungery aylys _read_ empty ayle
    l. 20, _for_ ete esely _read_ etett eysely
  p. 267,
    l. 25, _for_ mosselle _read_ morsselle
    l. 26, _for_ in _read_ owt of
    l. 30, _for_ Into thy _read_ nor in the
           _for_ thy salte _read_ hit
    l. 31, _for_ fayre on þi _read_ on a
    l. 32, _for_ The byfore _read_ Byfore the
           _and dele_ þyne
   ll. 33-4, _are_ Pyke not y^i tethe wyth y^i knyfe
                   Whyles y^u etyst be y^i lyfe

The poem in the Advocates’ MS. has 108 lines, and fills 5 pages of the
MS. (Wynkyn de Worde’s version ends with this, after l. 105, ‘And in
his laste ende wyth the swete Ihesus. Amen. Here endeth the boke of
curtesye.’)


p. 265. _The Lytylle Childrenes Lytil Boke_ collated with the Cambridge
University MS., by Mr Henry Bradshaw. _Hem_ is always written for _him_
in this MS., and so with other words.

    l. 2, _for_ wrytyne _read_ brekeyd
    l. 6, _for_ Elizabeth _read_ cortesey
    l. 7, _for_ closide _read_ clodyd
    l. 10, _for_ on _read_ yn
    l. 11, 12, _for_ þou _read_ ye
    l. 14, _for_ hous the bydde _read_ hall þe beyt
    l. 15, _for_ þe _read_ they
    l. 16, _for_ on _read_ no
    l. 17, _for_ any faylys _read_ fayle
    l. 18, _for_ aylys _read_ heydyt
    l. 19, _for_ Ete ... hastely _read_ yet ... hastey
    l. 20, _prefix_ Bot _to_ Abyde
           _for_ esely _read_ all yesley
  p. 267,
    l. 23, _for_ Kerue not thy brede _read_ Kot they bred not
    l. 24, _is_ Ne to theke bat be-tweyn
    l. 25, _for_ mosselle _read_ mossels;
           _for_ begynnysse to _read_ dost
    l. 26, _for_ in _read_ owt of
    l. 27, _for_ on _read_ yn
   ll. 28-30, _are_ Ne yn they met, feys, ne fleys.
                    Put not thy mete yn þey salt seleyr
    l. 32, _is_ Be-fore the, that ys worschep
    l. 33, _for_ ne _read_ nother
    l. 34, _for_ If _read_ And
           _for_ come _read_ comest
    l. 35, _for_ And _read_ Seche
           _put the_ is _before_ yn
    l. 37, _for_ Ete ... by _read_ Kot ... yn
    l. 38, _prefix_ And _to_ Fylle; _omit_ done
    l. 40, _is_ Weyles thou hetys, bey they leyffe
    l. 42, _for_ þow put _read_ take owt
    l. 43, _for_ Ne _read_ Nether
    l. 44, _is_ For no cortesey het ys not habell
    l. 45, _for_ Elbowe ... fyst _read_ Elbowhes ... fystys
    l. 46, _for_ whylis þat _read_ wheyle
    l. 47, _is_ Bolk not as a bolle yn the crofte
    l. 48, _for_ karle þat _read_ charle
           _for_ cote _read_ cotte
    l.

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Early English Meals and Manners

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