Chapter II: Part 2

En touttes denrees,
In all peny worthes,
En touttes marchandyses."
In all marchandyses."
"Biau sire, ie me loe de vous;
"Fair sire, I am well plesyd with you;
Si que sil vous falloit
Were it so that ye failled 4
Aulcune denree
Ony ware
Dont ie me mesle,
Of whiche I medle with,
Ou que jay entremayns,
Or that I haue under hande,
Vous le pourries emporter
Ye may bere it a-waye 8
Sans[1] maille sans[2] denier;
Withoute halpeny or peny;
Sy bien maues paiet."
So well haue ye me payd."

[Footnote 1: Saus]

[Footnote 2: saus]

[Sidenote: P. 17.]

"Tres grand merchis!
"Right grete gramercy!
Sachies que mon argent
Wyte ye that[4] my siluer 12
Vous aries deuant[3] ung aultre.
Ye shall haue tofore an othir.

[Footnote 4: that that]

[Footnote 3: denant]

Ce seroit droit
Hit were right
Pour vostre debonairete,
For your goodlynes,
Pour la courtoysie
For the courtosye 16
Qui est en vous."
That is in you."
"Ce nest mye
"It ne[5] is not
Le derrain argent
The last siluer
Que vous ares de moy,
That ye shal haue of me, 20
Comment ce que soit le premier.
How be it that this is the first.

[Footnote 5: en]

++CAr il men fault ale fois,
++FOr me behoueth othir while,
Et as mes compaignons,
And to my felaws,
Draps de maintes manires,
Clothes of many maneris, 24
De pluiseurs villes,
Of many tounes,
De loundres, de euerwik,
Of london, of yorke,
De bristow, de bathon,
Of bristow, of bathe,
De paris, de roaen,
Of parys, of roen, 28
De bruges, de gaund,
Of brugges, of gaunt,
De ypres, de tournay,
Of ypre, of dornyk,
De lylle, de dixmude,
Of ryselle, of dixmuthe,
De menin, de comines,
Of menyn, of comynes, 32
De bailloil, de poperinghes,
Of belle, of poperyng,
De denremond, daloste,
Of dendremonde, of aloste,
De saincte omer, de valenciene,
Of saint omers, of valensynes,
Des brouxellis, de malins,
Of brussels, of mechelyne, 36
De louuain, danuers.
Of louayn, of andwerp.

++AInsi ie pense a aller,
++ALso I thinke to goo,
Sil plaist a dieu,
Yf it plaise to god,
A le feste de bruges,
To the feste of bruges, 40

[[19]] [Headnote: NAMES OF FAIRS, WOOL, HIDES, SKINS, SPICES.]

A le feste danuers,
To the marte of andwarp,
A le feste[1] de berghes,
To the marte of berow,

[Footnote 1: festes]

A le feste de sterebrige,
To the faire of sterbrigge,
A le feste de salesburye,
To the faire of salesbury, 4
A le feste de seynct bertilmeu
To seint bartilmews faire
Que serra a loundres,
Whiche shall be at london,
A le dedicacion de challons,
To the chirchehalyday of chalons,
A le foire de cambrige,
To the faire of cambrigge, 8
A le procession de Westmonaistre,
To the procession of Westmestre,
A le procession general.
To the procession general.

++SI achatteray des laines."
++ANd I shall bye wulle."
"Coment donnes vous le poise?
"How gyue ye the waye? 12

[Sidenote: P. 18.]

Que voules vous auoir du clau?
What wyll ye haue of the nayll?
Que donrai ie de la pierre?
What shall I gyue for the stone?
Que vault la liure
What is worth the pound
De cest laine daygneaulx?"
Of this wulle of lambes?" 16
Vous responderes
Ye shall ansuere
Ainsi que est escript ailleurs.
Also as it is wreton els where.

++ENcore ne lairoi ie mie
++YEt shall I not leue it
Que ie ne achatte
That I ne bye 20
Peaulx de vaches,
Hydes of kyen,
De quoy on fait cuyr.
Wherof men make lether.
De peaulx de chieures ou de bouk
Of fellis of gheet or of the bukke
Faitton bon cordewan;
Make men good cordewan; 24
De peaulx de brebis
Of shepes fellis
Peult estre fait le basenne;
May be made the basenne;
Si en faitton parcemin
So make men also perchemyn
En quoy on escript.
In whiche men write. 28
Or aues oyet
Now haue ye herd
Des draps, des laines,
Of clothes, of wulle,
Des peaulx, et des cuyrs
Of fellis, and of lether,
Tout en ung chapitle.
Alle in one chapitre. 32

[Sidenote: [CH. VI.]]

++POur ce que ie ne suy
++FOr that I am not
Especier ne apoticaire,
Spycier ne apotecarie
Ne scay mie nommer
I can not name
Touttes manieres despeces;
All maneres of spyces; 36
Mais ien nomerai vne partie:
But I shall name a partie:
Gingembre, galigan,
Gynger, galingale,
Cubelles, saffran,
Cubibes, saffran,
Poiure, commin,
Pepre, comyne, 40

[[20]] [Headnote: NAMES OF POWDERS, OILS, WAX, WRITING-TABLES, ETC.]

Chucre blanc & brun,
Sugre white and broun,
Fleur de cammelle,
Flour of cammelle,
Anijs, graine de paradis;
Anyse, graynes of paradys;
De ces choses faitton confections
Of thise thinges be made confections 4
Et bonnes pou[d]res,
And good poudres,
De quoy on fait
Wherof is made
Bonnes sausses
Good sausses
Et electuaires de medicine.
And electuaries for medicines. 8

++OR dirons nous des oyles.
++NOw shall we saye of the oyles.
Oyle doliue & de semaile,
Oyle of olyue and of feldeseed,
Oyle doliette & de nauette,
Oyle of mecop and of rapeseed,
Oyle de lingnuyse,
Oyle of lynseed, 12
Oyle de chenneue;
Oyle of hempseed;
Sy faitton moustarde.
And men make mustard.

[Sidenote: P. 19.]

++IE achatteray choses
++I Shall bye thinges
Dont on fait pointures:
Wherof ben made paintures: 16
Asur et vert de spaigne
Asure and grene of spayne,
Vermeyllon, brezil,
Vermeyllon, brasyll,
Vernis, orpiement.
Vernysshe, orpement.

++ENcore ie veul emploier
++YEt I wyll bystowe 20
Ung somme dargent en sel,
A somme of siluer in salte,
En poit, en harpoit,
In pycche, in rosyn,
En verde chire,
In grene waxe,
En rouge et gaune chire,
In rede & yelow waxe, 24
En noir chire,
In black waxe,
De quoy on emplist
Wherof be fyllyd
Les tables
The tables
En quoy on aprend
In which men teche 28
Les enfans escripre;
The children to write;
Et du sieu,
And of siewet,
Saing du porc
The fatte of a swyne
Pour faire pottages;
For to make potages; 32
Saing de herencs;
Sayme of hereng;
On en oint les sorles.
Men enoynte therwyth shoes.

++SE je treuue del alun,
++IF I fynde alume,
Jen achatteray par balles,
I shall bye by bales, 36
Car il appertient en la taincture;
For it belongeth in the dyerye;
Guades et guarance.
Wood and mader.
Mais comment que ie
But how that I
Moy entremelle
Me entremete 40

[[21]] [Headnote: MEASURES, WEIGHTS, METALS AND OTHER WARES.]

A faire ce liure,
To make this book,
Et ie sache une partie
And I know a partie
Coment on no{m}me les choses;
How men name the thinges;
Pour ce ie ne scay mie
Therfor I ne wote not 4
Comment ne pour combien
How ne for how moche
Que on vent les biens,
That men selle the goodes,
Par mesure ou par poix,
By mesure or by weyght,
Par quarters ou par sestiers,
By quarters or by sextiers, 8
Par liures ou par demy liures,
By poundes or by half poundes,
Ou par onches,
Or by vnces,
Par ballances ou par to{n}niaulx,
By balances or by barellis,
Par vassiaulx ou par balles,
By vessellis or by bales, 12
Par sacs ou par quierques.
By sackes or by lastes.
Si que chil
So that he
Que scauoir le veult
That wyll knowe it
Il le pourra demander
He may axe it 16

[Sidenote: P. 20.]

Aux marchans
At the marchans
Qui bien le sceuent.
Whiche well knowe it.

++ENcore ie nay mye
++YEt I haue not
Nomme les metaulx
named the metals 20
Qui sensieuent[1]:
Whiche folowe:

[Footnote 1: seusiuent]

Fer, achier, plomb, estain,
Yron, steell, leed, tynne,
Keuure & arain,
Coppre and bras,
Or, argent, choses dorees,
Gold, siluer, thinges gylt, 24
Choses dargentees,
Thinges siluerid,
Coroyes a claux dargent,
Gyrdellis with nayles of siluer,
Sainture de soye
Corse of silke
A boucle dargent,
With bocle of siluer, 28
Boursses ouuries a leguille.
Purses wrought with the nedle.

++CHe sont marchandises:
++THise ben marchandises:
Eguilles, espengles,
Nedles, pynnes,
Aloyeres, tasses,
Pawteners, tasses, 32
Coffyns & escriptoires,
Coffyns and penners,
Alesnes, graffes,
Alles, poyntels,
Cornets[2] a encre,
Enke hornes,
Coutiaulx[3], forches,
Knyues, sheres, 36

[Footnote 2: Coruets]

[Footnote 3: Contiaulx]

Huuettes de soye,
Huues of silke,
Coyfes dhommes,
Coyfes for men,
Pendoyrs de soye,
Pendants of silke,
Lachets, lannieres,
Laces, poyntes, 40

[[22]] [Headnote: SILKS. GRAINS. TITLES OF NOBILITY.]

Soye vermeylle,
Reed silke,
Verde, gaune,
Grene, yelowe,
noire soye;
Black silke;
De ces soyes
Of thise silkes 4
Faitton bordures.
Make me broythures.

++CHi feray ie fin,
++HEre I shall make an ende,
Et diray des graines:
And shall saye of graynes:
Bled, fourment,
Corn, whete, 8
Soille, orge,
Rye, barlye,
Auaynne, vesches,
Otes, vessches,
Feues, poys.
Benes, pesen.
De ces choses suy ie lasses,
Of thise thinges I am wery, 12
Si que ie men reposeray.
So that I shall reste me.

[Sidenote: [CH. VII.]]

++MAis les grandes seigneurs no{m}meray;
++BUt the grete lordes I shall name;
Les prelats de saincte eglise;
The prelats of holy chirche;
Les princes, les grandes seigneurs.
The princes, the grete lordes. 16
Premiers des plus haulx:
Fyrst of the hyest:
Cest de nostre saint pere
That is of our holy fadre

[Sidenote: P. 21.]

Le pape de romme,
The pope of rome,
Qui demeure a auignon;
Which duelleth at auynyon; 20
Qui par droit deuroit estre
That by right shold be
A grand romme.
At grete rome.
Apres est le empereur
Next is the emperour
Le plus grand seigneur,
The grettest lorde, 24
Lemperesse greigneur dame,
Themperesse the grettest lady,
De tout le monde;
Of all the world;
Elle est royne dallemaygne.
She is quene of almayne.
Le roy de fraunce
The kyng of fraunce 28
Est le plus riche roy
Is the most riche kyng
De tresour qui vist
Of tresour that lyueth
De la la mer;
Beyonde the see;
Le roy dangletere apres
The kyng of englond after 32
Est le plus puissance & riche.
Is the most myghty and riche.
Le roy de spayne,
The kyng of spayne,
Le roy darragon,
The kyng of aragon,
Le roy de cecile,
The kyng of cecile, 36
Le roy de nauare,
The kyng of nauerne,
Le roy de behaine,
The kyng[1] of beme,

[Footnote 1: byng]

Le roy de polaine,
The kyng of poole,

[[23]] [Headnote: KINGS. DIGNITARIES OF THE CHURCH, MONKS, ETC.]

Le roy de dace,
The kyng of denmarke,
Le roy de portingal,
The kyng of portingale,
Le roy de scoce,
The kyng of scotland,
Le roy de naples,
The kyng of naples, 4
Le roy Jherusalem.
The kyng of Jherusalem.
Larcheuesque de cauntorbie,
Tharchebisshop of caunterbury,
Larcheuesque deuerwike,
Tharchebisshop of yorke,
Larcheuesque de coloine,
Tharchebisshop of coleyne, 8
De rains, de rohen,
Of raynes, of roen,
De magonce, de trieris.
Of mence, of treyer.
Leuesque de loundres,
The bisshop of london,
Leuesque de wincestre,
The bisshop of wynchestre, 12
Leuesque de chestre,
The bisshop of chestre,
Leuesque de lincolne,
The bisshop of lyncolne,
Leuesque de paris,
The bisshop of parys,
Leuesque de senlis,
The bisshop of senlys, 16
Leuesque de biauuaix,
The bisshop of biauuays,
Leuesque de liege,
The bisshop of luke,
Leuesque de cambray,
The bisshop of camerik,
Leuesque de terwaen.
The bisshop of terrewyn. 20
Mais par deseure eulx
But aboue them

[Sidenote: P. 22.]

Sont les dousze cardinaulx.
Ben the xii. cardynals.
Par desoubz les euesques
Vnder the bisshoppes
Sont les abbees,
Ben the abbotes, 24
Les officiaulx,
The officials,
Les preuosts, les doyens,
The prouostes, the denes,
Les pryeurs, les gardiens.
The pryours, the wardeyns.
Desoubs tels maistres
Vnder suche maisters 28
Sont les prebstres.
Ben the prestes.
Les channonnes sont renteez;
The chanons ben rented;
On veult dyre
Men wyll saye
Que vng abbe de clingny
That an abbot of cluny 32
Est le plus riche clercq
Is the richest clerke
Qui soit en[1] le monde
That isin the world
Apres le pape.
Next the pope.

[Footnote 1: on]

Grys moysnes sont
Gray monkes ben 36
Del ordene de chistiaulx;
Of the ordre of cistiauls;
Saint bernard est leur patron.
Seint bernard is theyr patron.
Blancs moynes treuue on
White monkys men fynde
Del ordene de premonstre;
Of the ordre of premonstrence; 40

[[24]] [Headnote: MONKS AND NUNS. THE GREAT ONES OF THE WORLD.]

Noirs moisnes del ordene
Blac monkes of the ordre
Saincte benoit;
Of seynt benet;
Guillemynes, freres mineurs,
Wyllemyns and frere menours,
Jacopins, chartreurs,
Blac freris & monkes of chartre ho{us}, 4
Carmes, Augustins,
White freris and austyns,
Prescheurs, Bogars,
Prechers, lewd freris,
Curats, chappelains,
Curattes, chappelains,
Abbesses, prioresses,
Abbesses, prioresses, 8
Nonnains
Nonnes
Del ordene saynt clare,
Of the ordre of seint clare,
Beghines, clergesses.
Beghyns, clergesses.

++ORes viennent les noms
++NOw comen the names 12
Des ducs, des countes,
Of dukes, of erles,
De duc deuerwik,
Of the duke of yorke,
De duc de lancastre,
Of the duke of lancastre,
De duc de bretaigne,
Of the duke of bretaigne, 16
De duc de guyhenne,
Of the duke of guyan,
De duc de ghelres,
Of the duke of gheldreland,
De duc de bourgoigne,
Of the duke of burgoyne,
De duc daustrice;
Of the duke of ostryche; 20
Le counte darondel,
The erle of arondel,
Le counte de kente,
The erle of kente,
Le counte dessex,
The erle of essex,

[Sidenote: P. 23.]

Le[1] counte weruy,
The erle of warwyke, 24

[Footnote 1: La]

Le counte de flaundres,
The erle of flaundres,
Le counte de clermont,
The erle of clermonde,
De boulougne, de sainct pol,
Of boloyne, of saint pol,
De hainau, de holant;
Of henaud, of holand; 28
Chastelain de douures;
Castelayn of douer;
Viscounte de biaumont,
Vycounte[3] of beaumond,
De bourshier, de berghes,
Of bousser, of berow,
Cheualiers, esquiers hardyz.
Knyghtes, squyers hardy. 32

[Footnote 3: Vyconnte]

Messire ernoul de noirs est banerets[2]
Sir arnold of noirs is a banerett
Et fu connestable de fraunce.
And was conestable of fraunce.

[Footnote 2: bauerets]

Messier daspremont
My lord of aspremond
Est double banerets.
is double banerette. 36
Les noms des dames:
The names of ladies:
La bonne royne,
The good quene,
Ducesse, contesse, princesse;
Duchesse, countesse, princesse;
Pour teles dames
For suche ladies 40

[[25]] [Headnote: NAMES (WITH FOLK'S TRADES): ADAM--ABRAHAM.]

Sont les tournoys,
Ben the tournemens,
Les Joustemens,
The Joustynges,
Les grandes guerres,
The grete werres,
De quoy les grands maistres
Wherof the grete maistres 4
D[e] theologie, dastronomye,
Of diuinite, of astronomye,
nen ont que faire,
Have not to doo,
Et sont en repoz,
And ben in reste,
Et les maistres de medicines
And the maistres of medicyns 8
Et les cirurgiens aussi.
And the surgyens also.

[Sidenote: [CH. VIII.]]

++POur ce que pluyseurs mots
++FOr this that many wordes
Cherront ou pourront cheoir
Shalle fall or may falle
Qui ne sont point plainement
Which ben not playnly 12
Cy deuant escrips,
Here tofore wreton,
Sy vous escripray
So shall I write you
Doresenauant
Fro hens forth
Diuerses maters
Diuerse maters 16
De touttes choses,
Of all thynges,
Puis de lun puis de lautre,
Syth of one sith of anothir,
Ou quel chapitle
In which chapitre [pp. 25-47]
Je veul conclure
I wyll conclude 20
Les noms dhommes & des femmes
The names of men and of wymmen
Selon lordre del a. b. c.,
After the ordre of a. b. c.,
Les noms des mestiers,
The names of craftes,
Sy comme vous poes oyer.
So as ye may here. 24

[Sidenote: P. 24.]

"++ADam, amaine cha
"++ADam, bryng hyther
Mon cheual tantost,
My hors anone,
e luy metz
And sette on hym
La selle et le frain.
The sadel and brydle. 28
Ie cheuaucheray
I shall ryde
La iay promise a estre
There I haue promysed to be
A ung parlement
To a parlamente
Ou a ung annyuersaire.
Or to a yeres mynde. 32
Regarde sil est ferres
Beholde yf he be shoed
Des quatre piets;
On four feet;
Se il nelest,
Yf he be not,
Si le maine ferrer."
So lede hym to be shoed." 36
"+Abraham, cest faict.
"+Abraham, hit is done.
Tenes, montes;
Holde, sitte vp;
Chausies vous bousiaux,
Do on your bootes,
Vous esperons.
Your spores. 40

[[26]] [Headnote: ALPHABET OF NAMES: ADRYAN--ANCEL. _Wine._ _Breakfast._]

Puis vous desiunes
Syth breke your fast
Ainchois[1] que vous departes."
Er ye hens departe."

[Footnote 1: Amchois]

"+Adryan, ou[2] en ales vous?
"+Adryan, where well ye goo?

[Footnote 2: on]

Se vous alles mon chemyn
Yf ye goo my way 4
Ie vous tenroye companye."
I shall holde you companye."
"Si en serroye moult Joyeulx."
"So shall I be moche glad."
"+Alart, or en alons
"+Alarde, now goo we
Sans[3] arrester
Withoute[6] tarieng 8
Se nous voulons venir
If we wylle come
Ainsi comme nous
Lyke as we
Et les aultres auons promis."
And the othir haue promised."

[Footnote 3: Saus]

[Footnote 6: Withonte]

"+Abel, ou vendt on
"+Abel, where selle men 12
Le meillour vin de cest ville?
The beste wyn of this toune?
Dictes le nous,
Saye it vs,
Nous vous en prions."
We pray you."
"+Andrieu, le meillour vent on
"+Andrew, the beste selleth me 16
A la rue des lombars.
In the strete of lombardis.
Car ie lay assaye;
For I haue assayed;
Cest dung plein tonniel,
Hit is of a full fatte,
Au pris de viij. deniers,
At pris of viij. pens, 20
En le premier tauerne
And [at] the first tauerne
Que vous trouueres."
That ye shall fynde."
"+Andrieu, va querre
"+Andrew, goo fecche
Ung quart et demy,
A quart and an half, 24
Et te fais bien mesurer.
And doo the well to be meten.
Si buuerons ung trait;
So shall we drynke a draught;

[Sidenote: P. 25.]

Nous desiunerons des trippes,
We shall breke our fast with trippes,
De la foye, du poumon,
Of the lyuer, of the longhe, 28
Vng piet du buef,
A foot of an oxe,
Vng piet du porke,
A foot of a swyne,
Vng teste daux;
An hede of garlyke;
Se nous desiunerons[4]
So shall we breke our faste 32
Et buuerons becq a becq."
And shall drynke becke to beck."

[Footnote 4: desiunerous]

"+Ancel, mets la table
"+Ancelme, sette the table
Et les estaulx,
And the trestles,
Laue les voirs,
Wasshe the glasses, 36
Respaulme le[5] hanap,
Spoylle the cuppe,

[Footnote 5: la]

Dresce a manger,
Dresse to ete,
Taille du pain,
Cutte brede,
Laue le mortier
Wasshe the mortier, 40

[[27]] [Headnote: NAMES: ARNOLD--ADRIEN. _Day-work._ _Months of the Year._]

Et le pestiel,
And the pestel,
Fay nous des aulx;
Make vs somme garlyk;
Nous en a{ur}ons toute jour
We shall haue all the day
Plus chault en nous membres."
More hete in our membres." 4
"+Arnoul, verses du vin,
"+Arnold, gyue us wyne
Et nous donnes a boire."
And gyue vs to drynke."
"Non feray; ie poyle des aulx.
"I shall not, I pylle the gharlyk.
Alles ainchois[1] lauer;
Goo erst wasshe; 8
Vous beuuries bien a temps."
Ye shall drynke well in tyme."

[Footnote 1: amchois]

"+Aubin est a le[2] porte,
"+Aubin is at the gate,
Mais al huys.
But at the dore.

[Footnote 2: ? la]

Vase le laisse ens.
Goo late hym in. 12
Je croy quil maporte
I trowe that he bryngeth me
Ce quil me doibt."
That he me oweth."
+Anthoine est ung preudhomme[3];
+Antonye is a wyse man;
Il se lieue touts les nuyts
He ariseth alle the nyghtes 16
Pour oyer mattines.
For to here matynes.

[Footnote 3: prendhomme]

Il ne me chault
Me ne reccheth
De son matin leuer
Of his erly risyng
Ou de son dormier,
Or of the[5] slepyng, 20
Ne de son veiller.
Ne of his wakyng.

[Footnote 5: ? his]

"+Augustin, ou estu?"
"+Austyn, where art thou?"
"Il est a lescole.
"He is at the scole,
Il sen ala a prime.
He is goon to prime. 24
Il reuendra a tierce,
He shall come agayn at tyerse,
Non fera mie[4] a mydy."
He shall not at mydday."

[Footnote 4: nuie]

"Or viegne a none."
"Now come a none."
"Ie vouldroye quil demourast
"I wolde that he abode 28

[Sidenote: P. 26.]

Iusques as vespres,
Vntil euensonge,
Voire, iusques a complye;
Ye truly, vntil complyne;
Et sil demourast
And yf he taried
Iusques a matines
Vntil matyns 32
Ou iusques a mynuyt,
Or vntil mydnyght,
Et sil ne reuenist iamais,
And yf he come neuer,
Ie ny acompteroye gaires."
I shold not recche moche."
"+Adrien, parles a moy:
"+Adryan, speke to me: 36
Combien de moys sont en lan?
How many monethes ben in the yere?
Quels sont ils?"
Which ben they?"
"Ianuier, Feurier,
"Janiuer, Feuerer,
Mars, Apuril,
Marche, Aprille, 40

[[28]] [Headnote: NAMES: AGNES--APPOLINE. _Feasts and Terms._]

May, Iung,
Maye, Iuyn,
Iullet, Aougst,
Iuyll, August,
Septembre, Octobre,
Septembre, Octobre,
Nouembre, Decembre."
Nouembre, Decembre." 4

++AGnes no meschyne
++AGnes our maid
Scet bien nommer
Can well name
Toutes les grandes festes
All the grete festes
Et les termes de lan.
And the termes of the yere. 8
"Damoyselle, nommes les."
"Damyselle, name them."
"Non feray, se dieu mait;
"I shall not, so god helpe me!
+Agathe les nommera."
+Agace shall name them."
"De par dieu, puis quainsi[1] soit!
"In gods name, sith it soo is! 12

[Footnote 1: quaiusi]

A noel, a pasques,
At cristemasse, at estre,
Alascension, a la pentechoste,
At assencion, at Whitsontid,
La trinite, a la saint iehan,
The trinite, at seint Johan,
Le iour de saint piere,
The day of saint petre, 16
A le seint remy,
At seynt remyge,
Le iour de tous sains,
The day of all[5] halowes,

[Footnote 5: oll]

A le saint martin,
At seint martins messe,
A le saint xp[-o]fre,
At seint xpriforis, 20
A nostre dame en marche,
At our lady in marche,
A le chandeloer[2],
At candlemasse,

[Footnote 2: chandeber]

A la nostre dame my aoust,
At our lady in heruest,
A quaremien[3],
At shroftyde, 24

[Footnote 3: quaremiou]

Le iour de pasques florie,
The day of palme sonday,
Le iour de lan,
The new yers day,
Le[4] iour des trois roix,
The day of thre kynges,
Le[4] peneuse sepmaine,
The paynful weke, 28

[Footnote 4: Les]

An, demy an,
Yere, half yere,
Le iour du sacrament,
The day of sacrament,

[Sidenote: P. 27.]

Le procession deuerwik,
The procession of yorke,
Le procession de couentre;
The procession of couentre; 32
Les pardons de syon
The pardon of syon
Sero{u}nt au commencement daust."
Shall be at the begynnyng of august."
"+Appoline, venes boire."
"+Appolyn, come ete."
"Non feray, saulue vostre grace!
"I ne shall not, sauf your grace! 36
Encore buuray ie,
Yet shall I drynke,
Car ie ne refuse point
For I reffuse not
Le hanap
The cuppe;

[[29]] [Headnote: NAMES: ANASTASE--ALBERT. _A Three Years' Peace coming._]

Ce serroit villonnie."
That were vylonye."
"+Anastase, aues mengist?"
"+Anastase, haue ye eten?"
"Encore dyne ie;
"Yet I dyne;
A nuyt soupperay ie."
At nyght I shall souppe." 4
"Vous aues bien vo temps
"Ye haue well your tyme
Qui si longement
That so longe
Estes in solas."
Be in solace."
"Dennuy de meschance
"Fro noyeng of meschief 8
Me veul garder,
I wyll kepe me,
De duel de maise auenture,
Fro sorow of euil auenture,
Mais toudis viure en joye
But alleway lyue in ioye
Sers mon deduit."
Shall be my byledyng." 12
"+Amand, vostre serouge,
"+Amand, your cosen alyed
A plus belle amye
Hath a fairer lyef
Que vous nayes,
Than ye haue,
Et mieulx aprise
And better taught 16
Que ie nen scay nulle;
Than I knowe ony;
Elle est belle et sage,
She is faire and wyse,
Si quils pourroient auoir
So that they myght have
Asses des biens ensamble."
Ynough of goodes to gedyr." 20
"+Amelberge est bien plaisante;
"+Amelbergh is well plaisa{u}nt;
Dieu luy doinst bon eur!
God gyue her good happe!
Ves le cy ou[1] elle vient."
See her hiere where she cometh."

[Footnote 1: on]

"Ves moy cy, voirement!
"See me hiere, veryly! 24
Que dittes vous de moy?"
What saye ye of me?"
"Nous ne disons de vous
"We ne saye of you
Synon que bien."
Nothing but good."
"+Albert de haesbrouk!
"+Albright of haesburgh! 28
Venes vous de la ville?"
Come ye fro the toune?"
"Oyl, sire, sil vous plaist."
"Ye, sire, yf it plese you."
"Quelles nouuelles
"What tydynges
Nous apportes vous?"
To vs brynge ye?" 32
"Bonnes et belles;
"Good and fair;

[Sidenote: P. 28.]

Car on dist
For men saye
Que paix serra
That peas shall be
Entre les deux roys
Bitwene the two kynges 36
Et leurs royames,
And theyr royames,
Ou trieues[2] pour trois ans."
Or triews for thre yere."

[Footnote 2: trienes]

"Sire, de celle bouche
"Sir, with that mouth
Puyssies vin boire."
Mote ye wyn drynke." 40

[[30]] [Headnote: NAMES: BAUDEWIN--BERTRAN. _English and Scotch Peace._]

++BAudewin le cousin charles
++BAudewyn the cosin of charles
Est mareschal de fraunce.
Is mareshall of fraunce.
Il me disoit
He sayde to me
Quil sera respyt
That it shall be respyte 4
Entre les engloys
Bitwene the englisshmen
Et les escochoys.
And the scottes.
Il en a eubt lettres.
He had therof lettres.
Benoit le vylain
Benet the chorle 8
Est lieutenant
Is lieutenant
Du bailly damiens
Of the baylly of amyas
Et de la preuostie.
And of the prouostye.
Il est mes parens
He is my kynnesman 12
Et ie le sien;
And I am his;
Si men puis vanter.
So I me auaunte.
"+Bernard, est le clocque sounee
"+Bernard, is the clocke sowned
Pour aller a le euure?"
For to goo to werke?" 16
"Vous[1] voules dire
"Ye wolde saye
Le clocque des ouuriers?"
The belle of werkemen?"

[Footnote 1: Vons]

"Non fay, vrayement,
"I ne doo, truly,
Mais le clocque du iour."
But the day belle." 20
"Oyl, tres grand pieche."
"Ye, ouer a grete while."
"+Boneface, fais du feu;
"+Boneface, make fyer,
Fais bouillir lencre.
Make the ynche to seethe,
Si mets plus de galles
And put therin mo galles 24
Et plus de substaunce,
And more substance,
Et mouue le qui narde."
And styre it that it brenne not."
"+Berthelmieu, demores cy
"+Bertilmewe, abyde hiere
Auecques nous huymais.
With vs this day. 28
Nous vous donrons[2]
We shall gyue you
De ce que nous avons[3],
Of that we haue,
Et de ce que dieu nous a preste.
And of that which god hath lente vs.

[Footnote 2: donrous]

[Footnote 3: a vons]

Si vous fera on
So men make to you 32
Ung biau lite;
A fayr bedde;
Vous ne aures pys
Ye shall haue no werse
Que nous mesmes."
Than we our self."

[Sidenote: P. 29.]

"+Bertran, ce seroit asses;
"+Bertram, this shall be ynough; 36
Car se il ny auoit
For yf he haue
Fors que du pain
Nothing than brede
Et bon ceruoyse
And good ale
Il me souffiroit,
Hit shold suffyse me, 40

[[31]] [Headnote: NAMES: BARNABE--CYPRIEN. _Baking, Washing._]

Si comme a chescun
So as to euerich
Doibt souffire."
It ought suffyse."
"+Barnabe, alles vous ent!
"+Barnabe, goo ye hens!
Nous ne auons cure
We haue no charge 4
De vostre companie.
Of your felawship.
Ne vous coroucies point!
Ne angre you not!
Car sacies tout a plain
For knowe ye all plainly
Que vostre compaignie
That your felawship 8
Nest bonne ne belle."
Is not good ne fayr."
"+Basilles, que vous couste
"+Basylle, what hath coste you
Mon menage,
My houshold,
Que vous vous plaindes de moy?"
That ye playne you of me?" 12
"Plaigne ou ne plaigne point,
"Playne or playne nothyng,
Ie naray iamais
I shall haue neuer
Compaignie auecq vous
Companye with you
Tant come ie viue,
As longe as I lyue, 16
Ou la vie ou corps auray."
Or the lyf in my body shall haue."

"+Brixe, va ou four,
"+Bryce, go to the ouen
Pour les pastees;
For the pasteyes;
Sacque hors lespaude
Drawe out the sholdre 20
De lespoye tout chault,
Of the spete all hoot,
Car il est asses rostis,
For it is ynough rosted,
Et le drechies par escuelles."
And dresse it by disshes."
"Sire, les pastees sont venus;
"Sire, the pasteyes be come; 24
Le rost est drechye."
The roste is dressyd."
Beatrix le lauendier
Beatrice the lauendre
Venra cy apres mengier;
Shall come hether after diner;
Se ly baillies les ligne draps;
So gyue her the lynnen clothis. 28
Elle les buera nettement.
She shall wassh them clenly.
"+Berte, escures les pots
"+Berte, skowre the pottes
Contre ces haulz iours
Ayenst thise hye dayes
En le chambre par tout."
In the chambre ouer all." 32

++COlard li orfeure
++COlard the goldsmyth
Me doibt faire
Oweth me to make
Ma chainture,
My gyrdle,
Vne couroye clauwe
A gyrdle nayled 36
dargent, pesant quarant deniers,
With siluer, weyeng xl. pens,

[Sidenote: P. 30.]

Et vng triaclier.
And a triacle boxe.
+Cyprien le tisseran
+Cyprien the weuar
Ma promys a tystre
Hath promysed to weue 40

[[32]] [Headnote: NAMES: COLARD--CLEMENCE. _Kempster, Spinster, &c._]

Mon drap
My cloth
Demain ou apres demain.
To morow or after morow.
"Quand y fu le file porte?"
"Whan was the thred theder born?"
"Hier, deuant hier.
"Yesterday, tofore yesterday. 4
Anthan, deuant anthan,
Foryere, tofor foryere,
Ne leust on mye tissu
Hit had not be wouen
Pour autant come a iourdhuy,
For as moche as on this day,
Ne si hastiuement[1]."
Ne so hastyly." 8

[Footnote 1: hastinement]

+Colard ly foulon
+Colard the fuller
Scet bien fouler drap.
Can well fulle cloth.
Si veul ie quil le foule;
So wylle I that he fulle;
Encore est il moult dangereux.
Yet is he moche dangerous. 12
+Conrad li tondeurs
+Conrade the sherman.
Le doibt tondre;
He oweth to shere;
Il prende del aulne quatre mites
He taketh of the elle foure mytes
Puis que les tondeurs
Syth that the sheremen 16
Eurent leur franchise.
Hadde theyr franchise.
+Katherine la pigneresse
+Katherin the kempster
Fu cy a{ur}ain pour argent.
Was hiere right now for moneye.
Elle iura par sa foye
She swore by her faith 20
Quelle ne pigna oncques
That she kembyth neuer
Laine si bien;
Wulle so well;
Pour ce lui payera on bien.
Therfor men shall paye her well.
+Cecile la fyleresse
+Cecyle the spinster 24
Vint auecques elle.
Cam with her.
Elle prise moult vostre fylet
She preyseth moche your yarn
Qui fu filee a le keneule;
That was sponne on the dystaf;
Mais le fil
But the yarne 28
Quon fila au rouwet
That was sponne on the whele
A tant de neuds
Hath so many cnoppes
Que cest merueille a veoir.
That it is meruaylle to see.
+Colombe le boysteuse
+Colombe the halting 32
Sen ala tenchant de cy,
Wente her chydyng from hens,
Pour ce que ie
For this that I
Le vouloye baysier;
Wolde haue kyssed her;
Neantmoins nauoye ie talent,
Neuertheless I had no luste, 36
Et elle me mauldist,
And she me cursyd,
Et ie le remauldis.
And I cursyd her agayn.
+Clement & +Clemence son fillaistre
+Clement & +Clemence his stepdoughter

[[33]] [Headnote: NAMES: CLARE--DONAAS. _Cloth-hurler, Bridlemaker._]

[Sidenote: P. 31.]

Tencierent ensamble;
Chydden to gyder;
Elle dist que oncques parastre
She said that neuer stepfadre
Ne marastre furent bons;
Ne stepmodre were good;
Elle luy reprouua quil[1] auoit trouue
He repreuud her that he[2] had founden 4
Luytant a vng valleton.
Her wrastlying with a boye.

[Footnote 1: ? Il ... qu'il l']

[Footnote 2: she]

+Clare la aueugle
+Clare the blynde
Va pour son pain.
Goth for her breed.
Aulmosne y est bien employe,
Almesse is there well bestowed, 8
Car au temps quelle veoit
For the tyme that she sawe
Elle eust enuys demande;
She had not gladly axed;
Si que cest pite de elle.
So that is pite of her.
+Clarisse la esbourysse
+Clarisse the nopster 12
Scet bien son mestier.
Can well her craft.
"Tresquand le a elle aprys
"Syth whan hath she lerned it
Draps esbourier?"
Cloth for to noppe?"
"Que demandes vous?
"What axe ye? 16
Elle eu fu berchie.
She was ther with rocked.
Elle a bien a faire
She hath good to doo
Quelle gaigne moult,
That she wynne moche,
Car elle est moult gloutee."
For she is moche lichorous." 20

++DAvid le lormier
++DAvid the bridelmaker
Est ung bon ouurier
Is a good werkman
De faire selles,
For to make sadles,
Frains, & esperons,
Bridles, and spores, 24
Et ce quil y affiert.
And that thereto belongeth.
+Denis le fourbisseur
+Denis the fourbysshour
A de moy vng espee
Hath of me a swerd
De tresbon taillant,
Of right good cuttyng, 28
Vng couttel a pointe,
A knyfe with a poynte,
Vng espee,
A swerde,
Quil me doibt fourbier.
Whiche me ought to furbysshe.
+Damyan le armoyer
+Damyan the armorer 32
Me vendra vnes plates,
Shall selle me a plate,
Vng bachinnet,
A bacenet,
Vng haubergon,
An habergeon,
Vng gorgiere,
A gorgette, 36
Gauns de fer.
Gloues of yron.
+Donace le pourpointier
+Donaas the doblet maker
A parfaicte mon pourpainte
Hath performed my doublet
Et mon paltocque.
And my Jaquet. 40

[[34]] [Headnote: NAMES: EUSTACE--ERMENTIN. _Upholster, Painter, &c._]

++EVstaes le tailleur
++EVstace the taillour
A tant de taillier,
Hath so moche to cutte,

[Sidenote: P. 32.]

Pour la bonne diligence
For the good diligence
Quil faict a peuple
That he doth to the peple 4
De liurer leurs vestures
To deliuere their clothes
Au iour quil a promys.
Atte day that he hath promysed.
Pour ce il ne cesse
Therfor he resteth not
Nuyt ne iour;
Nyght ne day; 8
Et sy a plente de coustriers;
And hath plente of sowers;
Encore dont ne peult il
Yet thenne he may not
A grand paine liurer aux gens
With grete payne deliuere the peple
Ce quil leurs promet.
That whiche he hath promysed hem. 12
+Euraerd le vieswarier
+Euerard the vpholster
Scet bien estoupper
Can well stoppe
Vng mantel trauwet,
A mantel hooled,
Refouller, regratter,
Full agayn, carde agayn, 16
Rescourer vne robe,
Skowre agayn a goune,
Et tous vieulx draps.
And alle old cloth.
+Elyas le pointurer
+Elyas the paynter
E[s]t remaysonnes et remues
Is howsed agayn and remeuyd 20
De la ou il soloit demourer.
Fro thens where was woned to duelle.
Il y met si longement
He tarieth so longe
Mon drap a taindre
My cloth to dye 24
Que iaray dommage de luy.
That I shall haue harme of hym.
De quel couleur le taindra il?
Of what colour shall he dye it?
De bresille, de galles,
Of brasylle, of galles,
Il destaindera tantost.
He shall stayne it anon. 28
Je le feroye descorche,
I shalle doo it with barke.
+Estieuene le voirier
+Steuen the glasyer
Luy pria qui le fesist bien;
Praid hym he wold do it wel;
Se luy en merchies
So thanke hym 32
Quand vous le verres,
Whan ye hym see,
Car il affiert bien.
For it behoueth well.
+Ermentin gist malade;
+Ermentin lieth seke;
Parles tout bas.
Speke all softe. 36
On portera son vrine
Men shall bere his vrine
Au maistre alfrant.
To maistre alfranke.
Regarde que lorynal
See that the vrinall
soit net et clere;
Be clene and clere; 40

[[35]] [Headnote: NAMES: FRANCIS--FERRAUNT. _Draper, Wine-crier, Baker, &c._]

Et sil est ort,
And yf it be foull,
Se le frotte dedens.
So rubbe it within.
Keuure ta soer; elle suera;
Couer thi suster; she shall suete;
Se luy vauldra moult.
Hit shall auaille her moche. 4
Elle lui vient de paour:
Hit cam to here of fere:
Elle vey bateiller deux hommes,
She saw two men fighten,

[Sidenote: P. 33.]

Dont lun fu tues
Of whom that one was slayn
Et laultre quassies.
And that othir hurte. 8

++FRancoys le drappier
++F[R]Aunseys[1] the drapier

[Footnote 1: Fanuseys]

Est ung riche homme;
Is a riche man;
Cest bien employe;
It is well bestowed;
Il donne voulentiers pour dieu;
He gyueth gladly for goddes sake; 12
Il visette les deshaities,
He visiteth them that be not hole,
Les prisonniers,
The prisoners,
Si conseille les vesues
Also counseilleth the wedowes
Et les orphenins.
And the orphans. 16
+Firmin le tauernier
+Fremyn the tauerner
A deux tonniaulx de moust.
Hath two tonnes of muste.
Il ma presente
He hath profred me
A croire se ien a faire.
To borowe yf I haue to doo with hem. 20
Enuoyes en querir;
Sende to fecche them;
Il passe legierment le gorge.
Hit passeth lyghtly the throte.
+Frederic le vin crieres
+Frederik the wyn criar
Dist quil vault bien
Saith that it is well worth 24
Ce quon vende.
That men selleth it for.
Il a droyt quil le dist;
He hath right that he it saith;
Il enboyt grandz traits.
He drynketh grete draughtes.
+Fierin le boulengier
+Fierin the baker 28
Vend blanc pain et brun.
Selleth whit brede and broun.
Il a sour son grenier gisant
He hath vpon his garner lieng
Cent quartiers de bled.
An hondred quarters of corn.
Il achate a temps et a heure,
He byeth in tyme and at hour, 32
Si quil na point
So that he hath not
Du chier marchiet.
Of the dere chepe.
+Fourchier le cardewanner
+Forcker the cordewanner
Met plus de cuir a oeuure
Put more lether to werke 36
Que trois aultres,
Than thre othir,
Sy bonne vente a il
So good sale hath he
Des solers et galoches.
Of shoes and of galoches.
+Ferrau[n]s le chausser
+Ferraunt the hosyer 40

[[36]] [Headnote: NAMES: PHILIPOTE--GERVAIS. _Thief's ear cut off, &c._]

Fait chausses si mal taillies
Maketh hosen so euyll shapen
Et si mal cousues[1],
And so euyll sewed,
Que ie ne conseilleroye nulluy
That I shall counseille noman
Chauses a luy achatter.
Hosyn of hym to bye. 4

[Footnote 1: consues]

+Phelipote le tigneuse
+Philipote the scallyd
Embla a son maistre
Stall fro her maister
Vng forgierel
A forcyer

[Sidenote: P. 34.]

Ou il auoit dedens
Where ther was therin 8
Biaucop dorfrois
Many orfrayes
Et de reubans de soye
And rybans of silke
Et de la fustane;
And of fustain;
Si quil le fist prendre
So that he toke her 12
Et mettre en prison;
And sette in prison;
Puis eubt elle
Syth had she
Loreille copee;
Her ere cutte of;
Si quelle menacha
So that she thretened 16
Son maistre a faire tuer.
Her maister to be slayn.
Quoy quel en aduiegne,
What so euer come therof,
Chescun garde sa loiaulte!
Eueriche kepe his trowthe!
+Felix le ouurier de soye
+Felice the silkewoman 20
Fait tant de bourses
maketh so many purses
Et aloyeres de soye;
And pauteners of silke;
Car elle en est maistresse.
For she is therof a maistresse.

++GVillebert le arcenier
++GVysebert the bowemaker 24
Fait les arcs et les sagettes;
Maketh the bowes & the arowes;
Les arblastriers trayent.
The arblastrers shote.
+Gerard le moulenier,
+Gherard the myllar,
Selon ce quon dist,
After that men saye, 28
Emble le moytie
Steleth the half
Du bled ou de farine[2]
Of corn or of mele
De ceulx qui luy
Of them that to hym
Apportent a mieuldre.
Brynge to grynde. 32

[Footnote 2: farme]

La moytie ne emble il mye,
The half he steleth not,
Mais vng peu de chescun sac.
But a lytyll of euery sack.

++Geruas le escripuain
++Geruays the scriuener
Scet bien escripre chartres,
Can well write chartres, 36
Preuileges, instrumens,
Preuyleges, instrumentis,
Debtes, receptes,
Dettes, receyttes,
Testamens, copies.
Testamentis, copies.
Il scet bien compter
He can well rekene 40

[[37]] [Headnote: NAMES: GOMBERT--GUY. _Writing, the Noblest Craft, &c._]

Et rendre comptes
And yelde rekenynges
De toutes rentes,
Of all rentes,
Soit de rentes a vye,
Be they of rente for lyf,
Ou rentes herytables,
Or rent heritable, 4
De toutes censes.
Of all fermes.
Il est bien prouffitables
He is well proufitable
En vng bon seruice;
In a good seruise;
Ce quil escript
That whiche he writeth 8
Demeure celee.
Abydeth secrete.

[Sidenote: P. 35.]

Cest la plus noble mestier
Hit is the most noble craft
Qui soit au monde;
That is in the world;
Car il nest si hault
For ther is none so hye 12
Ne si noble
Ne so noble
Qui se ahontier peult
That may hym shame
De le aprendre ne de le faire.
For to lerne ne for to doo.
Se nest lescripture
Yf it were not the scripture 16
La loy & foy periroyent,
The law and faith shold perisshe,
Et toute la saincte escripture
And all the holy scripture
Ne seroit mise en oubly.
Shall not be put in forgeting.
Pour ce chescun loial xpristien
Therfore euery true cristen man 20
Le doibt faire aprendere
Ought for to do lerne
A ses enfans et parens;
To his children and frendes;

[Footnote: [? aprendre]]

Et le doibuent meismes scavoir,
And them selfe owe it to knowe,
Ou aultrement, sans faulte,
Or othirwyse, withoute faulte, 24
Dieu leurs demandera
God shall demande them
Et en prendera vengance;
And shall take of vengeaunce;
Car ignourance
For ignorance
Pas ne les excusera.
Shall nothyng excuse hem. 28
Chescun si acquite
Euery man so acquite hym
Comme il vouldra respondre!
As he wylle ansuere!
+Gombers le bouchiere
+Gombert the bocher
Demeure dencoste le boucerie.
Duelleth beside the bocherie. 32
Il vent si bien ses chars
He selleth so well his flessh
Que luy appiert;
That to hym it appereth;
Car luy voy si poure
For I sawe hym so poure
Quil ne scauoit[1]
That he knewe not 36
Que bouter en sa bouche.
What to put in his mouth.

[Footnote 1: scanoit]

Pour ce est bonne chose
Therfore it is good thyng
Scauoir vng bon mestier.
To conne a good craft.
+Guyd le poissonner
+Guy the fysshmonger 40

[[38]] [Headnote: NAMES: GABRIEL--GEORGE. _Linen-weaver, Bookseller, &c._]

Ne sest mye pis portes,
Hath not werse borne hym,
Si quil appert aual sa maison.
So as it apperith after his hous.
Il vend toutes manieres
He selleth all maners
De poissons de mer
Of see fysshe 4
Et de doulce eauwe
And of fressh water
Lesquels sont escripts
The whiche ben wreton
Dessus en aulcun lieu
To fore in som place
Dedens ce liure.
Within this book. 8
+Gabriel le tillier
+Gabriel the lynweuar
Tist ma toille
Weueth my lynnencloth
De fil de lin
Of threde of flaxe

[Sidenote: P. 36.]

Et destoupes.
And of touwe. 12
Si me fault de le traisme
Me lacketh woef
Et de lestam.
And of warpe.
Est elle acheuee?
Is it ended?
Oyl, des ioefdy
Ye, sith thursday 16
Elle est tissue
Hit is wouen
Pour fair blancher.
For to doo white.
+Ghyselins le corbillier
+Ghyselin the mande maker
A vendu ses vans,
Hath sold his vannes, 20
Ses corbilles,
His mandes or corffes,
Ses tammis.
His temmesis to clense with.
+Gherlin le chaudrelier
+Gheryn the ketelmaker
A este a bonne feest;
Hath ben at a good fayre; 24
Il a lassie
He hath there lefte
Grand plente de batteries[1];
Grete plente of baterye;

[Footnote 1: barteries]

Lesquelles denrees
The whiche penyworthis
Ie ne nommeray point,
I shall not name, 28
Car ils sont nommees
For they be named
En vng des chapitres.
In one of the chapitres.
+George le librarier
+George the booke sellar
A plus des liures
Hath moo bookes 32
Que tout ceulx de lauile.
Than all they of the toune.
Il les achate touts
He byeth them all
Tels quils soient,
Suche as they ben,
Soient embles ou enprintees,
Be they stolen or enprinted, 36
Ou aultrement pourchacies.
Or othirwyse pourchaced.
Il a doctrinaulx, catons,
He hath doctrinals, catons,
Heures de nostre dame,
Oures of our lady,
Donats, pars, accidens,
Donettis, partis, accidents, 40

[[39]] [Headnote: NAMES: GERVAS--LAMBERT. _Smith, Painter, Usurer, &c._]

Psaultiers bien enluminees,
Sawters well enlumined,
Loyes a fremauls dargent,
Bounden with claspes of siluer,
Liures de medicines,
Bookes of physike,
Sept psalmes, kalendiers,
Seuen salmes, kalenders, 4
Encre et parcemyn,
Ynke and perchemyn,
Pennes de signes,
Pennes of swannes,
Pennes dauwes,
Pennes of ghees,
Bons breuiares,
Good portoses, 8
Qui valent bon argent.
Which ben worth good money.
+Gervas le feure
+Geruays the smyth
Est biaucop plus rices.
Is moche richer.
Encore dont prest il
Neuertheles leneth he 12
La liure pour trois mailles.
The pound for thre halfpens.

[Sidenote: P. 37.]

+Gertrude la soeur +Gillebert
+Gertrude the suster of +Gylbert
Est morte et trespassee;
Is deed and passed;
Prijez pour son ame.
Praye for her soule. 16
Quand trespassa elle?
Whan passed she?
Droit maintenant.
Right now.
Dieu luy pardonne
God forgyue her
Ses pechies et ses meffais.
Her synnes and her trespaces. 20
Nous yrons au corps
We shall goo to the corps
Demain a loffrande.
To morn to thoffrynge.

++HEnry le pointurier
++HErry the paynter
Point mon escu
Paynteth my shelde 24
De diuerses couleurs.
With diuerse colours.
A grand rayson
By grete reson
Ie me loe de luy.
I am plesid with hym.

++IEhan le vsurier
++IOhan the usurer 28
A tant preste
Hath lente so moche
Quil ne scet le nombre
That he knoweth not the nombre
Del auoir quil a
Of the good that he hath
tout maisement assemble.
Alle euyll gadred to gedyr. 32
Il preste la liure
He leneth the pounde
Pour quatre deniers.
For four pens.

++Kylian et ses compaignons,
++Kylian and his felaws,
Pour leurs merites,
For their deseruynges, 36
Sont saincts en paradys,
Ben sayntes in paradyse,
Ou est joye sans fin.
Where is ioye withoute ende.

++LAmbert le charpentier
++LAmbert the carpenter
A marchandet a moy
Hath bargayned with me 40

[[40]] [Headnote: NAMES: LAURENCE--LUCIAN. _Mason, Brewer, Tiler, &c._]

De faire mon chastel,
To make my castell,
Le basse court et vne grange,
The nether court and a berne,
Et le doibt charpenter
And he oughteth to tymbre it
De bon ouurage;
Of good werke; 4
Et les degretz,
And the steyres,
Tous[1] les boys charpentifs,
Alle the tymbre woode,
Doibt il liurer mesmes.
He is bound to deliuer hym selfe.

[Footnote 1: Tons]

+Laurence le machon
+Laurence the masone 8
A pris a machonner,
Hath take to masone,
Et amenra des ouuriers,
And shal brynge the werkmen,
Et sont achattes
And ben bought
Bonnes pieres de marbre;
Good stones of marble; 12
Les fenestres dalbastre;
The wyndowes of alabastre;
Mais le caulx
But the lyme or chalke
Nest encore point mesure.
Is not yet moten.

[Sidenote: P. 38.]

+Lieuin le brasseur
+Lyeuyn the brewar 16
Brasse tant de ceruoyse
Breweth so moche ale
Quil ne peult vendre;
That he may not selle it;
Car il est renommees
For he is renomed
De mauuais beuurage;
Of euyll drynke; 20
Se luy conuient a le fois
So hym behoueth othirwhyle
Ietter deuant les porciaux.
To cast to fore the hogges.
+Lamfroy le couureur de tieulles
+Lamfroy the couerar of tyles
Couury le belfroy
Couerd the steple 24
Descailles, de tieulles,
With skaylles, with tyles,
A mieulx quil pouoit;
The beste wyse that he may;
Encordont esty
Neuertheles is it
Par le vent descouuert.
By the wynde discouerid. 28
+Leonard le couureur destrain
+Lenard the thaccher
Couury ma maysoncelle
Hath couerd my litell hous
Destrain et de gluy.
With straw and with reed.
Les lattes quil achatta
The latthes that he bought 32
Ne valent riens.
Be nothyng worth.
Il fist les parois,
He made the wallis,
Et les placqua de terre,
And daubed them with erthe,
Dont est il placqueur.
Wherof he was dawber. 36
+Logier le feultier
+Logier the feltmaker
A maint bon chappeau
Hath many a good hatte
De beures et de feultre.
Of beuer and of felte.
+Lucien le gantiers
+Lucian the glouer 40

[[41]] [Headnote: NAMES: LYON--MAXIMIAN. _Purser, Grocer, Surgeon, &c._]

Siet dencoste moy;
Sitteth besyde me;
Faitte gans de cierf,
Maketh gloues of an herte,
De chien et de brebis.
Of hound and of sheep.
+Lyon le bourssier
+Lyon the pursser 4
A boursses et aloyeres,
Hath pursses and pauteners,
Et les achattent les enfans;
And them bye the chyldren;
Des tasses bien ouuries.
Of the powches well wrought.
+Lucie le bastarde
+Lucie the bastarde 8
Ne fera iamais bien;
Shall neuer doo well;
Car elle dist mal de ceulx[1]
For she saith euyll of them
Qui bien lui ont fait.
That well haue don to her.

[Footnote 1: cenlx]

++MArtin le especier
++MArtin the grocer 12
Vent pluiseurs especes
Selleth many spyces
De toutes manieres de pouldre
Of all maners of poudre
Pour faire les brouets,
For to make browettys,
Et a moult de boistes pointes
And hath many boxes paynted 16
Plaines de confections,
Full of confections,

[Sidenote: P. 39.]

Et moult de cannes
And many pottes
Plaines de beuurages.
Full of drynkes.
+Maurisse le surgien
+Morysse the surgyan 20
Se mesle de guarir
Medleth hym to hele
Playes, claux,
Woundes, soores,
Et apostumes,
And apostomes,
De vnguements
With oynementis 24
Et demplastres;
And with plastres;
Il scet taillier de la pierre,
He can cutte out the stone,
Et guarir par beuurages
And hele by drynkes
De grauelle, de rompture.
Of the grauelle and of brekynge. 28
+Maximian le maistre de medicines
+Maximian the maistre of phisike
Regarde le vrine des gens;
Seeth the vrin of the peple;
Il leurs scet a dire
He can say to them
De quoy ils sont mallade:
Wherof they be seke: 32
Du mal du chief;
Of the heed ache;
Des doleurs des yeux,
Of the payne of the eyen,
Des oreilles;
Of the eres;
Sil ont[2] mal es dens,
Yf they haue toth ache, 36
Aux pys, as mamelles;
Atte the breste, at the pappes;

[Footnote 2: out]

Il scet guarir et curer
He can hele and cure
Ydropison, menison,
Dropesye, blody flyxe,
Tesyque, mormal,
Tesyke, mormale, 40

[[42]] [Headnote: NAMES: MABEL--OBEROL. _Tailoress, Mustard-maker, &c._]

Pieds, vngles,
Feet, nayles,
Fieures quartaines et tiercaines,
Fever quartayn and tercian,
De le gaunisse
Of the Jaundyse[5]
(Dont dieu nous garde),
(Wherof god kepe vs), 4
Et de tout ce
And of all that
Que greuer nous pourroit.
That may greue us.

[Footnote 5: Janudyse]

Il dont conseil a artetique
He gyueth conseill for the goute
Et daultres languers;
And for othir seknesses; 8
Il a moult de bonnes herbes.
He hath many good herbes.
+Mabile le cousturiere[1]
+Mabyll the shepster
Se chauist tres bien;
Cheuissheth her right well;

[Footnote 1: consturiere]

Elle fait sourplis,
She maketh surplys, 12
Chemyses, brayes,
Shertes, breches,
Courechiefs, et tout ce
Keuerchifs, and all that
Que on peult ouurer
That may be wrought
De ligne drap.
Of lynnen cloth. 16
+Mahault le huuetier
+Maulde the huue or calle maker
Se maintient sagement;
Maynteneth her wisely;
Elle vend chier ses huues;
She selleth dere her calles or huues;

[Sidenote: P. 40.]

Elles les keut[2] de deux coustures[3].
She soweth them with two semes. 20

[Footnote 2: kent]

[Footnote 3: constures]

++NYchole le mostardier
++NYcholas the mustardmaker
A bon vinaigre,
Hath good vynegre,
Bon verius, bon moustarde,
Good veriuse, good mustarde,
Galentine sausse,
Galentyne sawce, 24
Noir poiure,
Black pepre,
Bonne gansailliede[4].
Good ganselyn[6].

[Footnote 4: gausailliede]

[Footnote 6: gauselyn]

+Natalie la dame des estuues
+Natalye the wyf of the stewes
Tient bonne estuue,
Kepeth a good styewe, 28
La plus souffisante de la cite;
The moste suffysaunte of the cite;
Ilz y vont estuuer
They goon thedyr to be stewed
Toutes les estrangiers.
Alle the strangers.
Elle demeure
She duelleth 32
Deriere le mur des carmes.
After the walle of the white freris.

++OLiuier le couretier
++OLyuer the brocour
Gaigne a couretage,
Wynneth by brocorage,
A vng denier a dieu,
With one goddes peny, 36
Vingt liures ou trente.
Twenty pound or thyrty.
+Oberol le hostelier
+Oberol the hosteler
A touts les bons hostes;
Hath all the good ghestes;
Il a les allemains
He hath the alemayns 40

[[43]] [Headnote: NAMES: ONNOUR--OGIER. _Inn-Guests, Prison-keeper, &c._]

Quon appelle oesterlins,
That men calle esterlyngis,
Poyteuins, fransoys,
Poyteuyns, frenshemen,
Engloys, brabansois,
Englishmen, brabanders,
Flamengs, lombars,
Flemyngis, lombardis, 4
Espaignoys, Portingalois,
Spaynardys, portingalers,
Geneuoys, escochoys,
Ienewys, scottes,
Haynewiers, hollandois,
Heynewiers, hollanders,
Danoys, frisons.
Danes men, of friseland. 8

++Onnore le tourier
++Onnour the kepar of the tour
Garde le prison
Kepeth the prison
La les prisonniers sont;
There the prisonners bee;
Il y sont laronnes, mourdriers,
There ben theues, murderers, 12
Faulx monnoyers, robbeurs,
False money makers, robbers,
Afourceurs de femmes,
Rauisshers of wymmen,
Coppeurs de boursses.
Cuttars of purses.
Les vng pend on;
That one men hange; 16
Les aultres traynnon;
The othir be drawen;
Les aultres mettons sur roels;
The othir ben sette on wheles;
Ceux qui coppent boursses
Them that cutte purses
Coppe on les oreylles.
Cutte men the eres of. 20
Bussyn a a nom
Bussin is named

[Sidenote: P. 41.]

Ly bouriaulx de bruges.
The hangman of bruges.
Puis que malefaicteurs
After that the euyll doers
ount gehy leurs meffais,
Haue knowlechid her euyll dedes, 24
Les a il a mestrijer;
He hath them to mastrye;
Dieu nous garde
God kepe vs
De sa meistrise!
Fro his maystrye!
Baillius, escoutetes[1],
Bayllyes, scoutes, 28

[Footnote 1: estoutetes]

Aulcuns des escheuins,
Somme of the skepyns,
Cheuaucent auecq,
Ryde with,
La on les met a mort,
There as they be put to deth,
Et les sergeans ysont ainsy;
And the sergeants ben there also; 32
Ceulx qui eschappent
They that escape
Seront banny hors du pays
Shall be banysshed out of the londe
Sur pain dy estre penduz.
Vpon payne to be hanged.
+Ogier le fauconner
+Ogier the fauconer 36
Aporta des faucons,
Brought faucons,
Oystoires dardane,
Gerfaucons of ardane,
Espreuiers,
Spere haukes,
Quil vendra a montpellier.
That he shall sell at monpeller. 40

[[44]] [Headnote: NAMES: OGIER--QUERYNE. _Woolbeater, Cooper, &c._]

+Ogier le poulaillier
+Ogier the pulter
A des poules asses,
Hath polettes ynowhe,
Quils ne sont trop cras
Which ben not ouer fatte
Ne trop magre.
ne ouer lene. 4

++Pyere le bateure de laine
++PEter the betar of wulle
Va tout oyseux,
Gooth alle ydle,
Car son doyen
For his dene
Lui a deffendu son mestier
Hath forboden hym his craft 8
Sour lamende de vingt solz,
Vpon thamendes of xx. shelyngs,
Jusques a dont[1] quil aura[2]
Till that he shall haue
Achatte sa franchise.
Bought his franchyse.