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THE NEW MEDIEVAL LIBRARY

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The engraved title on the reverse of this page was adapted by Miss Blanche C. Hunter from B.M. Add. MS. 31240, f. 4.

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THE BABEES’ BOOK:

MEDIEVAL MANNERS FOR THE YOUNG: DONE INTO MODERN ENGLISH FROM DR. FURNIVALL’S TEXTS BY EDITH RICKERT

CHATTO AND WINDUS: LONDON NEW YORK: DUFFIELD & CO. 1908

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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION xi

THE BABEES’ BOOK 1

THE A B C OF ARISTOTLE 9

URBANITATIS 11

THE LITTLE CHILDREN’S LITTLE BOOK 16

THE YOUNG CHILDREN’S BOOK 21

STANS PUER AD MENSAM 26

HOW THE GOOD WIFE TAUGHT HER DAUGHTER 31

HOW THE WISE MAN TAUGHT HIS SON 43

JOHN RUSSELL’S BOOK OF NURTURE 47

THE BOOK OF COURTESY 79

SYMON’S LESSON OF WISDOM FOR ALL MANNER 122 CHILDREN

HUGH RHODES’S BOOK OF NURTURE 126

FRANCIS SEAGER’S SCHOOL OF VIRTUE 141

RICHARD WESTE’S SCHOOL OF VIRTUE, THE SECOND 157 PART, OR THE YOUNG SCHOLAR’S PARADISE

NOTES 179

FOOTNOTES 204

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ILLUSTRATIONS

THE SCHOOL OF ARISTOTLE Cotton, MS. Aug. A. Frontispiece 5, fol. 103.

“DE LA DISPUTATION Q’ FIST CATHON A SOY 44 MESMES ET CONTRE SON CORPZ A SA MORT” Royal MS. 16 G. viii., fol. 324.

“CY PARLE DUNE GRANT FESTE QUE LE ROY RICHARD 54 DENGLETERRE FIST A LONDRES” Royal MS. 14 E. iv., fol. 265b.

“IF THOU BE A YOUNG INFANT” Harl. MS. 621, 85 fol. 71.

JOHN OF GAUNT RECEIVES A CIVIC DEPUTATION 112 Royal MS. 14 E. iv., fol. 169b.

“WHO SPARETH THE ROD, THE CHILD HATETH” B.M. 126 Add. MS. 31240, fol. 4.

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The Babees' Book: Medieval Manners for the Young: Done into Modern English