FOOTNOTES

FOOTNOTES

1.Since listed asEarly English Meals and Manners.

1.Since listed asEarly English Meals and Manners.

2.“The Book of the Polite Man, teaching manners for men, especially for boys, as a supplement to those which were omitted by the most moral Cato.”

2.“The Book of the Polite Man, teaching manners for men, especially for boys, as a supplement to those which were omitted by the most moral Cato.”

3.Described and in part translated in an appendix toQueene Elizabethes Achademy.

3.Described and in part translated in an appendix toQueene Elizabethes Achademy.

4.Lust,i.e., pleasure.

4.Lust,i.e., pleasure.

5.Reached.

5.Reached.

6.Mirth.

6.Mirth.

7.So Ascham: “It is pity, that commonly more care is had, yea, and that among very wise men, to find out rather a cunning man for their horse than a cunning man for their children.”

7.So Ascham: “It is pity, that commonly more care is had, yea, and that among very wise men, to find out rather a cunning man for their horse than a cunning man for their children.”

8.See p.11, below.

8.See p.11, below.

9.The Grammar Schoole.1612.

9.The Grammar Schoole.1612.

10.But Erasmus was a Dutchman. Oddly enough, about a century later, Pepys alludes to “these dirty Dutch fellows.”

10.But Erasmus was a Dutchman. Oddly enough, about a century later, Pepys alludes to “these dirty Dutch fellows.”

11.Liber Faceti.Seenote.

11.Liber Faceti.Seenote.

12.Seenote.

12.Seenote.

13.Ask. Still used in Scotland.

13.Ask. Still used in Scotland.

14.Behave.

14.Behave.

15.Seenote.

15.Seenote.

16.Chatter.

16.Chatter.

17.Fruitful,i.e., useful.

17.Fruitful,i.e., useful.

18.Brief and to the point.

18.Brief and to the point.

19.Decorously.

19.Decorously.

20.Seenote.

20.Seenote.

21.Seenote.

21.Seenote.

22.Blame.

22.Blame.

23.Bourd = jest.

23.Bourd = jest.

24.Dreadful = full of dread.

24.Dreadful = full of dread.

25.Melancholy. Seenote.

25.Melancholy. Seenote.

26.“Superior,”i.e., haughty.

26.“Superior,”i.e., haughty.

27.Jealousy.

27.Jealousy.

28.Ostentatious.

28.Ostentatious.

29.Chattering.

29.Chattering.

30.Joke.

30.Joke.

31.Particular.

31.Particular.

32.Obstinate.

32.Obstinate.

33.In the confidence of.

33.In the confidence of.

34.Please.

34.Please.

35.Literally, be lewd (ignorant).

35.Literally, be lewd (ignorant).

36.Of Politeness.

36.Of Politeness.

37.Bow.

37.Bow.

38.Four lines omitted.

38.Four lines omitted.

39.Worthy.

39.Worthy.

40.Be cast down.

40.Be cast down.

41.Seenote.

41.Seenote.

42.Hinder.

42.Hinder.

43.Reach out.

43.Reach out.

44.Defile.

44.Defile.

45.Chattering.

45.Chattering.

46.Honour.

46.Honour.

47.Seenote.

47.Seenote.

48.Known. Seenote.

48.Known. Seenote.

49.Make known.

49.Make known.

50.Reward.

50.Reward.

51.Seenote.

51.Seenote.

52.Deprive.

52.Deprive.

53.Seenote.

53.Seenote.

54.Enclosed.

54.Enclosed.

55.Ready.

55.Ready.

56.Seenote.

56.Seenote.

57.Churls.

57.Churls.

58.Seemly.

58.Seemly.

59.Belch.

59.Belch.

60.Churl; German,kerl, French,carle.

60.Churl; German,kerl, French,carle.

61.Loud; literally, strong.

61.Loud; literally, strong.

62.Seenote.

62.Seenote.

63.Seenote.

63.Seenote.

64.Seenote.

64.Seenote.

65.Know.

65.Know.

66.Seenote.

66.Seenote.

67.Seenote.

67.Seenote.

68.Ready, anxious.

68.Ready, anxious.

69.Jackdaw.

69.Jackdaw.

70.Seenote.

70.Seenote.

71.The Boy Standing at the Table.

71.The Boy Standing at the Table.

72.Seenote.

72.Seenote.

73.Making faces.

73.Making faces.

74.With mouth full of food.

74.With mouth full of food.

75.Stained with food.

75.Stained with food.

76.Offences.

76.Offences.

77.Harl. MS., meek.

77.Harl. MS., meek.

78.Revengeful.

78.Revengeful.

79.Harl. MS., forgiving.

79.Harl. MS., forgiving.

80.Harl. MS., With an apple the parties be made at one.

80.Harl. MS., With an apple the parties be made at one.

81.Heart.

81.Heart.

82.Seenote.

82.Seenote.

83.Harleian MS., sauce.

83.Harleian MS., sauce.

84.Seenote.

84.Seenote.

85.Seenote.

85.Seenote.

86.Dear.

86.Dear.

87.Seenote.

87.Seenote.

88.Shrew. Seenote.

88.Shrew. Seenote.

89.Quiet his wrath.

89.Quiet his wrath.

90.Giddy girl.

90.Giddy girl.

91.Shake or shrug.

91.Shake or shrug.

92.Seenote.

92.Seenote.

93.Wonder? Seenote.

93.Wonder? Seenote.

94.Coarse brown stuff, homespun, frieze.

94.Coarse brown stuff, homespun, frieze.

95.A-going.

95.A-going.

96.Seenote.

96.Seenote.

97.A giggling girl, expressively spelled.

97.A giggling girl, expressively spelled.

98.Curtly.

98.Curtly.

99.Another reason.

99.Another reason.

100.Gift.

100.Gift.

101.Quickly.

101.Quickly.

102.Done betimes.

102.Done betimes.

103.Seenote.

103.Seenote.

104.Seenote.

104.Seenote.

105.Offer.

105.Offer.

106.Moderate means.

106.Moderate means.

107.Seenote.

107.Seenote.

108.Scold.

108.Scold.

109.Creature.

109.Creature.

110.Truth, literally.

110.Truth, literally.

111.In spite of yourself.

111.In spite of yourself.

112.Judge.

112.Judge.

113.Strife.

113.Strife.

114.Move house (Scotch still).

114.Move house (Scotch still).

115.Buried.

115.Buried.

116.Graves.

116.Graves.

117.Seenote.

117.Seenote.

118.Seenote.

118.Seenote.

119.Lack of hope,i.e., despair.

119.Lack of hope,i.e., despair.

120.Evil—help.

120.Evil—help.

121.Ill-bred.

121.Ill-bred.

122.Seenote.

122.Seenote.

123.Seenote.

123.Seenote.

124.Seenote.

124.Seenote.

125.Seenote.

125.Seenote.

126.Seenote.

126.Seenote.

127.A cupboard in which were kept the jugs (ewers) and basins used in washing, before and after meals.

127.A cupboard in which were kept the jugs (ewers) and basins used in washing, before and after meals.

128.Seenote.

128.Seenote.

129.Seenote.

129.Seenote.

130.Bread-carrier, apparently a sort of tray,lintheum panarium, an ell long and a yard wide.

130.Bread-carrier, apparently a sort of tray,lintheum panarium, an ell long and a yard wide.

131.Text:glowting.

131.Text:glowting.

132.Seenote.

132.Seenote.

133.Seenote.

133.Seenote.

134.Used up.

134.Used up.

135.Duty.

135.Duty.

136.Dwelling.

136.Dwelling.

137.On the office, see p.106below.

137.On the office, see p.106below.

138.Sideboardis perhaps the nearest equivalent.

138.Sideboardis perhaps the nearest equivalent.

139.Seenote.

139.Seenote.

140.Seenote.

140.Seenote.

141.Tunic or shirt, lit.petticoat.

141.Tunic or shirt, lit.petticoat.

142.Short stockings, that covered the feet, and reached to the ankle, just above the shoe (avant-pied).

142.Short stockings, that covered the feet, and reached to the ankle, just above the shoe (avant-pied).

143.Cap or cape to wear in the house.

143.Cap or cape to wear in the house.

144.A kind of silk.

144.A kind of silk.

145.Scarlet cloth.

145.Scarlet cloth.

146.Crimson cloth.

146.Crimson cloth.

147.Seenote.

147.Seenote.

148.Sheet at the head of the bed.

148.Sheet at the head of the bed.

149.First, carpets; second, tapestries. TheBook of Courtesyhastapetis, Fr.tapis.

149.First, carpets; second, tapestries. TheBook of Courtesyhastapetis, Fr.tapis.

150.Seenote.

150.Seenote.

151.Seenoteon these various herbs.

151.Seenoteon these various herbs.

152.Seenote.

152.Seenote.

153.Head of a monastic order for a province.

153.Head of a monastic order for a province.

154.Chief clerk (ecclesiastical office).

154.Chief clerk (ecclesiastical office).

155.Compare Chaucer’s Pardoner in hisPrologue.

155.Compare Chaucer’s Pardoner in hisPrologue.

156.Nurrieris; Latin,nutricarii?

156.Nurrieris; Latin,nutricarii?

157.Sceptre. Seenote.

157.Sceptre. Seenote.

158.Seenote.

158.Seenote.

159.Property, wealth.

159.Property, wealth.

160.Worthy of reverence.

160.Worthy of reverence.

161.Seenote.

161.Seenote.

162.Seenote.

162.Seenote.

163.Seenote.

163.Seenote.

164.Text,gardevyan; Fr.gardeviande.

164.Text,gardevyan; Fr.gardeviande.

165.Fealty.

165.Fealty.

166.Seenote.

166.Seenote.

167.Hear.

167.Hear.

168.Give.

168.Give.

169.Afterwards.

169.Afterwards.

170.Courteous.

170.Courteous.

171.Upper deal,i.e., part.

171.Upper deal,i.e., part.


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