Stowe MS 982

COLLECTIONS of miscellaneous tracts, as follows:-

1. The Boke of Kervynge; without title and beg. "Thow shall be pantere or butler." Printed by Wynken de Worde in 1513, re-edited by F. J. Furnivall for the Early English Text Society, 1868, vol. xxxii. p. 261. After the colophon (f. 7 b), "Thus endithe þe demenyng and clenly behaving of marscheall and vssher," additional matter follows here (f. 8) with the colophon (in the same hand as art. 4) "Explicit the Keping and the condyement [and] moderacion off all maner of Wynes." f. 1.

2. "A Boke of curtesy," beg. "My dere son, ffyrst the enable." Known also under the title of "Stans puer ad mensam," and ascribed to John Lidgate. In verse; but the first page here written as prose. Printed by F. J. Furnivall, op. cit., p. 26. f. 10.

3. "A tretisse of good governance," beg. "For helthe of body couer ffo cold thy hed," in verse, ascribed to the same. Printed (but with great variations) in op. cit. p. 54, under the title of "A Diatorie." f. 11.

4. "A boke of Kepyng of horses, and for to knawen here sekenesse and to do the leche-crafte therefore," beg. "Ferst yf hyt be an hors colt." Imperfect at the end. In a different hand from art. 3. Other copies are in Harley MSS. 5086, 6398. f. 13. Paper; ff. 22. Late xvth cent. Belonged to John Anstis and Thomas Astle. Quarto.

Carving at Table: "The Boke of Kervynge ": late 15th cent.

John Anstis, heraldic writer and Garter King of Arms: Notices of ownership in.

includes:

• f. 1 Manners and Customs: The Boke of Kervynge: late 15th cent.
• f. 10 Manners and Customs: A Boke of Curtesy: late 15th cent.
• f. 10 John Lydgate: "Boke of Curtesy," ascribed to: late 15th cent.
• f. 11 Manners and Customs: A tretisse of good governance: late 15th cent.
• f. 11 John Lydgate: "A tretisse of good governance," ascribed to: late 15th cent.
• f. 13 Manners and Customs: A boke of kepyng of horses: late 15th cent.
• f. 13 Horses: A boke of kepyng of horses: late 15th cent.