G. F. W. ERRATA. P. 2, l. 6, _for_ yowr emost _read_ yowre most. P. 11, l. 1, _for_ streygth _read_ strey[n]gth. P. 19, l. 17, _for_ yif is _read_ yif it. P. 56, Text lii., l. 3, _transfer semicolon to end of line_. P. 72, note 3, _for_ metu Dei _read_ nutu Dei. P. 104, Text xci., l. 3, _for_ thyre _read_ thyne. THE EPISTLE OF OTHEA TO HECTOR; OR THE BOKE OF KNYGHTHODE. Noble[101] and worshipfull among the ordre of cheualrie, renommeed ffor in as much as ye and suche othir noble knyghtes and men of worchip haue exerciced and occupied by long continuaunce of tyme the grete part of yowre dayes in dedys of cheualrie and actis of armis, to the whic[h]e entent ye resseyved the ordre of cheualrie, that is to sey, principaly to be occupied in kepyng and defendyng the cristyn feythe, þe rigth of the chirch, the lond, the contre and the comin welefare of it—And now, seth it is soo that the naturel course off kynde, by revolucion and successyon of .lx. yeeres growyn vpon yowe at this tyme of age and feblenesse, ys comen, abatyng youre bodly laboures, takyng away yowre naturall streyngtht and power from all such labouris as concernyth the exercysing off dedis of cheuallrie, be it yowre noble courage and affeccion of such noble and worchipfull actis and desirys departyth not from yow, yet rygth necessarie [it] now were to occupie the tyme of yowre agys and feblenes of bodie in gostly cheuallrie off dedes of armes spirituall, as in contemplacion of morall wysdome and exercisyng gostly werkys which that may enforce and cavse yow to be callid to the ordire of knyghthode that schal perpetuelly endure and encrese in ioye and worship endelese.