Early English meals and manners : with some forewords on education in early England / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall.

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1868. [Reprinted 1894, 1904]
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    coTonatior, -whiclL presents to us the qualities for which, while he was living, the poet found him remarkable, and thought fit to commend him.” These verses are in the Eoyal ]\IS. 18 D 4, in the British Museum, and are here printed from the MS., not from Turner:— [Foi. 4.] Eek in this lond—I dar afferme a thyng— Ther is a prince Ful myhty of puyssauwce, A kjmges sone, vncle to the kynge Henry the sexte which is now in frauwce. And is lieftenant, & hath the gouernau?2ce Off our breteyne ; thoruh was discrecion He hath conserued in this regiouw Duryng his tyme off ful hilie' prudence Pes and quiete, and sustened rihte. ^ 3it natwithstandyng his noble prouyde?ice He is in deede prouyd a good knyht, Eied as argus with reson and forsiht; Off hihe lectrure I dar eek off hym telle. And treuli deeme that he dothe excelle In vndirstondyng all othir of his age, And hath gret loie with clerkis to commune ; And no man is mor expert off language. Stable in studie alwei he doth contune, Settyng a side alle chaujzges^ of fortune ; And wher he louethe, 3iff I schal nat tarie, Witheoute cause ful lothe he is to varie. Due off Gloucestre men this prince calle; And natwithstandyng his staat & dignyte. His corage neuer doth appalle To studie in bookis off antiquite j Therin he hathe so gret felicite Vertuousli hym silfif to ocupie. Off vicious slouth to haue the maistrie.^ ^ These c-s represent the strokes through the h-s. ^ jjg. thauMges ® This is the stanza quoted by Dr Reinhold Pauli in his Bilder aiis Alt-Etigland, c. ii. p. 349 : “ Herzog von Glocester nennen sie den Fiirsten, Der trotz des hohen Rangs und holier Ehren Im Herzen niihrt ein dauerndes Geliisten Naeh Allem, was die alten Biicher lehren; So glUeklich gross ist hierin sein Begehren, Dass tugendsam er seine Zeit verbringt Und trunkne Tragheit manniglich hezwingt.” The reader should by all means consult this chapter, which is headed “ Herzog
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