ILLUSTRATIVE EXTRACTS. WILYAM BULLEYN ON BOXYNG AND NECKEWEEDE 124-7 ANDREW BORDE ON SLEEP, RISING, AND DRESS 128-32 WILLIAM VAUGHAN’S 15 DIRECTIONS TO PRESERVE HEALTH 133-7 SIR JN. HARINGTON’s DYET FOR EVERY DAY 138-9 SIR JN. HARINGTON ON RISING, DIET, AND GOING TO BED 140-3 John Russells Boke of Nurture. [_Harl. MS. 4011, Fol. 171._] [Sidenote: In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, God keep me! I am an Usher to a Prince, and delight in teaching the inexperienced.] ++In nomine patris, god kepe me / et filij for charite, Et spiritus sancti, wher{e} that y goo by lond or els by see! an vssher{e} y Am / ye may behold{e} / to a prynce of high{e} degre, þat enioyeth{e} to enforme & teche / all{e} þo thatt will{e} thrive & thee[1], 4 Of suche thyng{es} as her{e}-aft{ur} shall{e} be shewed by my diligence To them þat nought Can / w{i}t{h}-owt gret exsperience; Therfor{e} yf any mañ þ{a}t y mete with{e}, þat[2] for fawt of necligence, y wyll{e} hym enforme & teche, for hurtyng{e} of my Conscience. 8 [Sidenote: It is charitable to teach ignorant youths. If any such won’t learn, give them a toy.] To teche vertew and co{n}nyng{e}, me thynketh{e} hit charitable, for moche youth{e} in co{n}nyng{e} / is bareñ & full{e} vnable; þer-for{e} he þ{a}t no good cañ / ne to nooñ will{e} be agreable. he shall{e} neu{er} y-thryve / þ{er}for{e} take to hym a babull{e}. 12 [Headnote: IOHN RUSSELL MEETS WITH HIS PUPIL.] [Sidenote: One May I went to a forest, and by the Forester’s leave walked in the woodland,] ++As y rose owt of my bed, in a mery sesou{n} of may, to sporte me in a forest / wher{e} sightes wer{e} fresch{e} & gay, y met w{i}t{h} þe forst{er} / y prayed hym to say me not nay, þat y mygh[t] walke in to his lawnde[3] where þe deer{e} lay. 16 [Sidenote: where I saw three herds of deer in the sunshine.] as y wandered weldsomly[4] / in-to þe lawnd þat was so grene, þer lay iij. herdis of deer{e} / a semely syght for to sene; y behild oñ my right hand / þe soñ þat shoñ so shene; y saw wher{e} walked / a semely yong{e} mañ, þat sklendur was & leene; 20 [Sidenote: A young man with a bow was going to stalk them, but I asked him to walk with me, and inquired whom he served.] his bowe he toke in hand toward þe deer{e} to stalke; y prayed hym his shote to leue / & softely w{i}t{h} me to walke. þis yong{e} mañ was glad / & louyd w{i}t{h} me to talke, he prayed þat he myȝt with{e} me goo / in to som herne[5] or halke[6]; 24 [Sidenote: ‘No one but myself, and I wish I was out of this world.’]