Caxton's Book of Curtesye eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 77 pages of information about Caxton's Book of Curtesye.

Caxton's Book of Curtesye eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 77 pages of information about Caxton's Book of Curtesye.

Discreue, l. 392, describe.

Disculede, l. 460, O., dissheveled.

Disteyne, l. 407, stain, spot.

Dogs, don’t irritate them, l. 67.

Dress, to be manerly, l. 47, 52; to be reasonable, l. 485.

Ears, clean yours, l. 37.

Entredet, l. 524, O., entretyde, H., taught.

Envy, keep clear of, l. 528.

Estate, l. 122, lord noble.

Exercyse, excersyf, l. 318, _?_ practised, able to handle a subject.  Fr. exercer, to handle, manage.  Cot.

Eye, cast not yours aside, l. 101.

Face, have no spots on it, l. 38.

Farsyone, l. 186, H., stuffing:  farse (or ferce, 1. 191), to stuff; farsure, stuffing.  Cp.  Chaucer’s ferthyng, of the Prioress, Prol.  Cant.  T., and the Oriel text.

Fetis, l. 443, O., fashions.  Fr. faict, feat, pranke, part.  Cot.

Fewe, l. 171, little, few words.

First place, don’t take it, l. 493.

Follow virtue, l. 481.

Founders of our language; revive their praise, l. 431.

Fulsom, l. 257, _?_ full, satisfied; or helpful, A.S. fylst, help, assistance.

Fulsomnes, l. 401, fulness, plenty.  ’Fulnesse or plente (fulsu_m_nesse,
K.H.P.) Habundancia, copia.’  Promptorium.

Games, play only at proper ones, l. 296.

Girdle, don’t loose yours at table, l. 197.

Glaynes, l. 412, O., gleynes, l. 422, O., gleanings.  Fr. glane, a gleaning; also the corne thats gleaned or left for the gleaner.  Cot.

Gluttonous, don’t be, l. 180.

Good cheer, make it serve for a scanty table, l. 253-5.

GOWER’S moral writings, read them, l. 323; and his Confessio Amantis, l. 325.

Halke, l. 124, generally means corner; A.S. heal, an angle, a corner; but another heal is a hall, place of entertainment, inn, which may be the meaning here.

Hands, wash yours, l. 43; wash ’em clean at table, l. 262-5.

Hanging, the servant that deserves it, st. 65, O.

Harping recommended, l. 304.

Head, don’t scratch it at table, l. 194.

Holy water, l. 72.

Humanite, l. 497, Fr. humanite, courtesie, ciuilitie, gentlenesse. 
Cot.

Inhaunce, l. 433, put forward, up.  Lat. in antea, Prov. enansar, to advance, exalt.  Wedgwood.

Interrupt no man’s talk, l. 275, 283.

Is, l. 386, O., his.

Iubiter, l. 371, 378, God.

Jangelynge, l. 80, chattering.

Kery, l. 369, [Greek:  kyrie], Lord, [have mercy upon us!]

Knife, don’t put it near your face, l. 192.

Ladde, l. 476, O., lade, H., a thong of leather, a shoe-latchet. 
Halliwell.

Language, silver, is to be learnt only from our old poets, st. 58, l. 400-6.

Lewed (ignorant), he must be who will not learn, l. 21.

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