-----
Footnote 1:
Since listed as _Early English Meals and Manners_.
Footnote 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.”
Footnote 3:
Described and in part translated in an appendix to _Queene Elizabethes
Achademy_.
Footnote 4:
Lust, _i.e._, pleasure.
Footnote 5:
Reached.
Footnote 6:
Mirth.
Footnote 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.”
Footnote 8:
See p. 11, below.
Footnote 9:
_The Grammar Schoole._ 1612.
Footnote 10:
But Erasmus was a Dutchman. Oddly enough, about a century later, Pepys
alludes to “these dirty Dutch fellows.”
Footnote 11:
_Liber Faceti._ See note.
Footnote 12:
See note.
Footnote 13:
Ask. Still used in Scotland.
Footnote 14:
Behave.
Footnote 15:
See note.
Footnote 16:
Chatter.
Footnote 17:
Fruitful, _i.e._, useful.
Footnote 18:
Brief and to the point.
Footnote 19:
Decorously.
Footnote 20:
See note.
Footnote 21:
See note.
Footnote 22:
Blame.
Footnote 23:
Bourd = jest.
Footnote 24:
Dreadful = full of dread.
Footnote 25:
Melancholy. See note.
Footnote 26:
“Superior,” _i.e._, haughty.
Footnote 27:
Jealousy.
Footnote 28:
Ostentatious.
Footnote 29:
Chattering.
Footnote 30:
Joke.
Footnote 31:
Particular.
Footnote 32:
Obstinate.
Footnote 33:
In the confidence of.
Footnote 34:
Please.
Footnote 35:
Literally, be lewd (ignorant).
Footnote 36:
_Of Politeness._
Footnote 37:
Bow.
Footnote 38:
Four lines omitted.
Footnote 39:
Worthy.
Footnote 40:
Be cast down.
Footnote 41:
See note.
Footnote 42:
Hinder.
Footnote 43:
Reach out.
Footnote 44:
Defile.
Footnote 45:
Chattering.
Footnote 46:
Honour.
Footnote 47:
See note.
Footnote 48:
Known. See note.
Footnote 49:
Make known.
Footnote 50:
Reward.
Footnote 51:
See note.
Footnote 52:
Deprive.
Footnote 53:
See note.
Footnote 54:
Enclosed.
Footnote 55:
Ready.
Footnote 56:
See note.
Footnote 57:
Churls.
Footnote 58:
Seemly.
Footnote 59:
Belch.
Footnote 60:
Churl; German, _kerl_, French, _carle_.
Footnote 61:
Loud; literally, strong.
Footnote 62:
See note.
Footnote 63:
See note.
Footnote 64:
See note.
Footnote 65:
Know.
Footnote 66:
See note.
Footnote 67:
See note.
Footnote 68:
Ready, anxious.
Footnote 69:
Jackdaw.
Footnote 70:
See note.
Footnote 71:
_The Boy Standing at the Table._
Footnote 72:
See note.
Footnote 73:
Making faces.
Footnote 74:
With mouth full of food.
Footnote 75:
Stained with food.
Footnote 76:
Offences.
Footnote 77:
Harl. MS., meek.
Footnote 78:
Revengeful.
Footnote 79:
Harl. MS., forgiving.
Footnote 80:
Harl. MS., With an apple the parties be made at one.
Footnote 81:
Heart.
Footnote 82:
See note.
Footnote 83:
Harleian MS., sauce.
Footnote 84:
See note.
Footnote 85:
See note.
Footnote 86:
Dear.
Footnote 87:
See note.
Footnote 88:
Shrew. See note.
Footnote 89:
Quiet his wrath.
Footnote 90:
Giddy girl.
Footnote 91:
Shake or shrug.
Footnote 92:
See note.
Footnote 93:
Wonder? See note.
Footnote 94:
Coarse brown stuff, homespun, frieze.
Footnote 95:
A-going.
Footnote 96:
See note.
Footnote 97:
A giggling girl, expressively spelled.
Footnote 98:
Curtly.
Footnote 99:
Another reason.
Footnote 100:
Gift.
Footnote 101:
Quickly.
Footnote 102:
Done betimes.
Footnote 103:
See note.
Footnote 104:
See note.
Footnote 105:
Offer.
Footnote 106:
Moderate means.
Footnote 107:
See note.
Footnote 108:
Scold.
Footnote 109:
Creature.
Footnote 110:
Truth, literally.
Footnote 111:
In spite of yourself.
Footnote 112:
Judge.
Footnote 113:
Strife.
Footnote 114:
Move house (Scotch still).
Footnote 115:
Buried.
Footnote 116:
Graves.
Footnote 117:
See note.
Footnote 118:
See note.
Footnote 119:
Lack of hope, _i.e._, despair.
Footnote 120:
Evil—help.
Footnote 121:
Ill-bred.
Footnote 122:
See note.
Footnote 123:
See note.
Footnote 124:
See note.
Footnote 125:
See note.
Footnote 126:
See note.
Footnote 127:
A cupboard in which were kept the jugs (ewers) and basins used in
washing, before and after meals.
Footnote 128:
See note.
Footnote 129:
See note.
Footnote 130:
Bread-carrier, apparently a sort of tray, _lintheum panarium_, an ell
long and a yard wide.
Footnote 131:
Text: _glowting_.
Footnote 132:
See note.
Footnote 133:
See note.
Footnote 134:
Used up.
Footnote 135:
Duty.
Footnote 136:
Dwelling.
Footnote 137:
On the office, see p. 106 below.
Footnote 138:
_Sideboard_ is perhaps the nearest equivalent.
Footnote 139:
See note.
Footnote 140:
See note.
Footnote 141:
Tunic or shirt, lit. _petticoat_.
Footnote 142:
Short stockings, that covered the feet, and reached to the ankle, just
above the shoe (_avant-pied_).
Footnote 143:
Cap or cape to wear in the house.
Footnote 144:
A kind of silk.
Footnote 145:
Scarlet cloth.
Footnote 146:
Crimson cloth.
Footnote 147:
See note.
Footnote 148:
Sheet at the head of the bed.
Footnote 149:
First, carpets; second, tapestries. The _Book of Courtesy_ has
_tapetis_, Fr. _tapis_.
Footnote 150:
See note.
Footnote 151:
See note on these various herbs.
Footnote 152:
See note.
Footnote 153:
Head of a monastic order for a province.
Footnote 154:
Chief clerk (ecclesiastical office).
Footnote 155:
Compare Chaucer’s Pardoner in his _Prologue_.
Footnote 156:
_Nurrieris_; Latin, _nutricarii_?
Footnote 157:
Sceptre. See note.
Footnote 158:
See note.
Footnote 159:
Property, wealth.
Footnote 160:
Worthy of reverence.
Footnote 161:
See note.
Footnote 162:
See note.
Footnote 163:
See note.
Footnote 164:
Text, _gardevyan_; Fr. _gardeviande_.
Footnote 165:
Fealty.
Footnote 166:
See note.
Footnote 167:
Hear.
Footnote 168:
Give.
Footnote 169:
Afterwards.
Footnote 170:
Courteous.
Footnote 171:
Upper deal, _i.e._, part.
Footnote 172:
See note.
Footnote 173:
Altogether.
Footnote 174:
Trick or turn. See note.
Footnote 175:
Done for.
Footnote 176:
Turn out?
Footnote 177:
Table-cloth.
Footnote 178:
Polite.
Footnote 179:
See note.
Footnote 180:
[First]?
Footnote 181:
See note.
Footnote 182:
So in text.
Footnote 183:
Last of all.
Footnote 184:
Share.
Footnote 185:
Flattery.
Footnote 186:
On a pilgrimage.
Footnote 187:
Way.
Footnote 188:
Promised.
Footnote 189:
Enclosed. See note.
Footnote 190:
Misleading(?) See note.
Footnote 191:
Mad.
Footnote 192:
See note.
Footnote 193:
Wicked man.
Footnote 194:
Destroy.
Footnote 195:
Strife.
Footnote 196:
In straits.
Footnote 197:
See note.
Footnote 198:
Fellow.
Footnote 199:
See note.
Footnote 200:
Text: _hethyng_, scorn.
Footnote 201:
Stop. See note.
Footnote 202:
Glade.
Footnote 203:
Side by side.
Footnote 204:
See note.
Footnote 205:
Text: _menskly_, _i.e._, in its original sense, like a human being.
Footnote 206:
See note.
Footnote 207:
Fair words.
Footnote 208:
Falsified.
Footnote 209:
See note.
Footnote 210:
Cast about.
Footnote 211:
Silly fool.
Footnote 212:
Fight for. Text: _with win_, which may mean “with pleasure.”
Footnote 213:
A section of a poem, commonly of a ballad.
Footnote 214:
_Of the Officers in Lords’ Halls._
Footnote 215:
Fr. _mestiers_.
Footnote 216:
Thick.
Footnote 217:
Of a yard or ell.
Footnote 218:
_Of the Porter._
Footnote 219:
See note.
Footnote 220:
See note.
Footnote 221:
Proclamation.
Footnote 222:
_Of the Marshal of the Hall._
Footnote 223:
Burn.
Footnote 224:
February 2nd.
Footnote 225:
_For how long Squires shall have Liveries, and Fire Burn in Hall._
Footnote 226:
See note.
Footnote 227:
Shere-Thursday, _i.e._, Thursday before Easter.
Footnote 228:
_Of the Butler, Panter and Cooks as Servants to him_ (the marshal).
Footnote 229:
More.
Footnote 230:
See note.
Footnote 231:
Quickly.
Footnote 232:
_Of the Butler’s Office._
Footnote 233:
Without being compelled.
Footnote 234:
Text: _in fine_, _i.e._, together. See note.
Footnote 235:
Text: _tent_ (Scotch).
Footnote 236:
_Of the Usher and his Servants._
Footnote 237:
See note.
Footnote 238:
_Of the Grooms’ Office._
Footnote 239:
Text: _wyn_, joy.
Footnote 240:
Wraps or fastens.
Footnote 241:
Text: _knop_.
Footnote 242:
See note.
Footnote 243:
_tapets_—(1) carpets, (2) hangings.
Footnote 244:
Scandinavian, _stor_, great.
Footnote 245:
Text: _clof_, Dr. Furnivall conjectures “cloth.”
Footnote 246:
Heater.
Footnote 247:
Big candles, Paris candles.
Footnote 248:
The board and trestles. See note.
Footnote 249:
Turn back, or fold.
Footnote 250:
Text: _tortes_, _i.e._ taper.
Footnote 251:
Manchet, white bread.
Footnote 252:
Cheat-bread, of whole meal.
Footnote 253:
A cake or lump, perhaps shaped especially to serve as a night-light.
Footnote 254:
Probably, crust of soot.
Footnote 255:
Scotch, fastens, secures.
Footnote 256:
A spike on which a candle was thrust instead of being placed in a
socket.
Footnote 257:
See note.
Footnote 258:
_Of the Steward._
Footnote 259:
See note.
Footnote 260:
_Of the Controller._
Footnote 261:
So much received.
Footnote 262:
So much spent.
Footnote 263: