Digital Index of Middle English Verse: No. 1356

DIMEV 1356

IMEV 824

NIMEV 824

For health of body cover for cold thine head

John Lydgate, ‘Dietary’ — ten 8-line stanzas

Note: Ringler Jr. (1992)

XRingler Jr., William A. Bibliography and Index of English Verse in Manuscript 1501-1558. London: Mansell, 1992; prepared and completed by Michael Rudick and Susan J. Ringler

, TM 420; Ringler Jr. (1988)

XRingler Jr., William A. Bibliography and Index of English Verse Printed 1476-1558. London: Mansell, 1988

, TP 415.5; sometimes preceded by three stanzas: see 6586; for a disarranged and defective version see 2369.

Author(s): John Lydgate

Title(s): Dietary

Subjects: medicine; bloodletting; calendars

Versification: — eight-line — ababbcbc

Manuscript Witnesses:

1.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Addit. B.60 (SC 29179), ff. 122v-124

First Lines:

FOr helthe of body covyr fro colde thyne hede
Ete no rawe mete take good hede ther to
Drynke holsome wyne fede the on liȝt brede
With an appetite rise fro thy mete also…

Last Lines:

…Of maister Antonye ne of maister Hewe
To all in deferente richeste dyatary

Note: Written as prose.

2.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Ashmole 61 (SC 6922*), ff. 107-108

First Lines:

ffor helth of body couer fro cold þi hede
Ete non raw mete take gode hede þer to
Drynke holsom drynke fede þe on lyȝht brede
And with Apytyte ryse fro þi mete also…

Last Lines:

…Off mayster Antony ne of master hew
To all deferent it is dyatary

Attributed Title: The gouernans of man (f. 107); Explicet the gouernans of man (f. 108)

Editions:

Shuffleton, George. Ashmole 61: A Compilation of Popular Middle English Verse. Kalamazoo, MI: Western Michigan University for TEAMS, 2008: 277-9; 528-31; 615.

3.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Bodley 48 (SC 1885), ff. 332v-333v

First Lines:

ffor helth of bodie cover for cold thine hede
Et no raw mete take gode hede her to…

Last Lines:

…Off maister Antonye no of maister hewe
To al indifferent richest dietarie

4.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Bodley 686 (SC 2527), ff. 187v-188v

First Lines:

For helth of body kover for colde þin hede
Ete no rawe mete take gode hede herto…

Last Lines:

…Of maister Antony nor of maister hugh
To all indifferent Rihest dietarie

Attributed Author: Dan Iohn lydgate Monke of Bury (f. 187v)

Attributed Title: Here begynneth a neodful Tretis for mannes helthe of his body compiled and made compen in Balade be Dan Iohn lydgate Monke of Bury (f. 187v)

Facsimiles:

Digital Facsimile of Oxford, Bodleian Library MS. Bodl. 686. https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/a750d9e7-516a-47fb-a4bd-97e7be59e20f.

5.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Bodley 912 (SC 30437), f. 15v

First Lines:

For helthe of body keuer fro cold thyn hede
Ete no rawe mete take gode hede her too…

Last Lines:

…Cloos of tong of wurd not disseynable
To sey the best sette al way þy plesauns

Note: Three stanzas only.

6.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library e Musaeo 52 (SC 3510), ff. 80v-81

First Lines:

ffor helth of body keuer fro colde þyn hede
Ette no raw mete take goode heede þerto…

Last Lines:

…Off Mayster Antony nor of mayster hewth
To all Indefferent rychest dyatory

Note: Written as prose.

7.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Lat. theol. d.15, ff. 132-133

First Lines:

FOr healthe of bodie Cover from Colde thy heade
Eatt no raw meytt tayke good heyde herto…

Last Lines:

…of mayster Anthony ne of mayster hewe
to all In differentt Richest dierari

Attributed Title: Dietarium salutis (f. 132)

8.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Laud misc. 683 (SC 798), ff. 60-62

First Lines:

For helt[h] of body kepe fro cold thyn hed
ete no[ ]auh mete take good heed her too…

Last Lines:

…of master antonye ne of master hugh
to alle in dyfferent richest dyetarye

Attributed Title: Here begynn[ ]th a doctryne of ffesyk (f. 60)

9.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Rawlinson C.48 (SC 11914), ff. 128v-130

First Lines:

ffor helthe of body couer fro cold thin hed
Ete no raw mete take good heed her to…

Last Lines:

…Off maister Antonye ne of maister Hewe
To alle indifferent richest Dietarie

Attributed Author: Lidgate (f. 130)

10.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Rawlinson C.86 (SC 11951), ff. 61-62

First Lines:

ffor helth of body couere þyn hede
Ete no rawe mete take good hede þerto…

Last Lines:

…Of master Antony nor of master hewe
To all indifferent þe rycheste dietarye

Editions:

Neilson, William Allan, and Kenneth Grant Tremaye Webster. Chief British Poets of the 14th and 15th Centuries London: Dent; and New York: Dutton, 1916: 221-2.

Robbins, Rossell Hope, ed. Secular Lyrics of the XIV and XV Centuries. 2nd ed. Oxford: Clarendon, 1955: 73-6.

11.Source: Oxford, Bodleian Library Rawlinson poet. 35 (SC 14529), ff. 17v-18v

First Lines:

[F]or helth of body covoure from colde thi hede
ete no rawe mete take goode hede hereto…

Last Lines:

…Of maister Antonij ne of maister Hwe
To al indifferente the richest dietary

12.Source: Oxford, University College 60, ff. 192v-193v

First Lines:

ffor helth of body kouer fro colde thyne hede
Ete no raw mete take good heede herto…

Last Lines:

…Of master Antony nor of master Hugh
To all indifferent rychest ys dietary

13.Source: Cambridge UK, Fitzwilliam Museum 261, ff. 30v-32v

First Lines:

FOr helthe of body couere for colde thyn hede
Ete n Rawe mete take goode hyde therto…

Last Lines:

…This Receyte bought ys of no potikary
Of maister Antony nother of maister hugh
To all Indifferent most Rychest dietarie

Attributed Title: Here foloweth the most Riche dietarie (f. 30v)

14.Source: Cambridge UK, Jesus College Q.G.8 (56), ff. 44v-46

First Lines:

For helth of body couer fro colde þine hede
Ete no rawe mete take good hede þeire to…

Last Lines:

…Of master Antony ne of master hewe
To all indifferent richest dietarie

Note: Follows immediately after 6586, as if part of same text.

15.Source: Cambridge UK, St John’s College G.23 (191), ff. 167v-168v

First Lines:

for heill of thy body kep wele fra cald þi hede
Ete no raw met tak gude heid þar to…

Last Lines:

…Of master Anton nor of master Hew
Till all indifferent riches is dyetry

Attributed Title: Incipit documentum notabile (f. 167v); Explicit documentum valde vtile quod I to ȝow (f. 168v)

Editions:

Skeat, Walter William, ed. The Bruce by John Barbour. EETS e.s. 11 (1870); 21 (1874); 29 (1877); 55 (1889); repr. in 2 vols, 1968: 537-40.

Skeat, Walter William, ed. The Bruce, etc. 2 vols. Scottish Text Society 31-33. Edinburgh, London: Blackwood, 1894: 215-18.

16.Source: Cambridge UK, Trinity College B.11.24 (263), Part II, ff. 26v-27v

First Lines:

For helth of body kepe fro colde thyn hed
Ete no rawe mete take good hede there to…

Last Lines:

…Of mastyre Antony noþer of mastyr hewe
To alle yndyfferent this is þe rychyst dyetary

Attributed Title: Dietarium locarium & itinerarium Si tibi deficiant medici tibi fiant Hec tria mens leta labor moderata dieta (f. 26v)

17.Source: Cambridge UK, Trinity College O.2.13 (1117), ff. 132v; 132r

First Lines:

ffor heyth of body couer for cold thy hede
Eytt no rew meytt take good heed þer to…

Last Lines:

…Of meyse antony ne of [meykell?]
Bott al in different [þicknys?] dyete

Note: Damaged by damp.

18.Source: London, British Library Addit. 10099, ff. 211v-212v

First Lines:

ffor helthe of body couer forfrocalde thy hede
Ete no Rawe mete take goode hede herto…

Last Lines:

…Of maister Antony ne of maister hewe
To all indifferent richest dietarye

Note: Disarranged; 13 stanzas.

Attributed Author: Thomas Burton (f. 212v)

19.Source: London, British Library Addit. 11307, ff. 124-125

First Lines:

For helth of body couer fro colde thyn hede
Ete no raw mete, take goode heede ther to…

Last Lines:

…Off mayster Antony nor of maister Hewe
To all indifferent richest diatorye

Note: 13 four-line stanzas, abab. Text is a nineteenth-century copy.

20.Source: London, British Library Addit. 11307, ff. 126-128

First Lines:

Fore helth of body couer fro colde thyne hede
Ete no raw mete, take goode heede ther too…

Last Lines:

…And all sayntes reioisynge in the trynyte
Brynge vs to that hy glorious towre amen fore cheryte

Note: Four-line stanzas, abab. Text is a nineteenth-century copy. Crossings out made by later hand in pencil.

Attributed Title: A Diatorie (f. 126); Of three poems copied from another MS (title page, f. 1, nineteenth-century hand)

21.Source: London, British Library Addit. 31042 [London Thornton Manuscript], ff. 97-97v

First Lines:

…Be noghte hasty nore sodanly vengeable
To pore folkes doo no violence…

Last Lines:

…Of Maister Antonye ne of mayster hughe
To alle indeferent recheste dyetarye

Note: Lines 1-17 wanting.

22.Source: London, British Library Addit. 34360 [olim Phillipps 9053], ff. 63-64

First Lines:

[F]Or helth of body couer for cold thyn hede
Ete no raw mete take goode hede therto…

Last Lines:

…Of Maister Antony nor of mayster hewe
To al indifferent Richest diaterye

23.Source: London, British Library Arundel 168, f. 14va

First Lines:

ffor helth of body cover from cold þine hede
Ete no rawe mete take goode hede therto…

Last Lines:

…Neuer gruchynge mery like thi degre
If Phisik lakk make þis þi gouernaunce

Note: Two stanzas only here; begins with 6 lines of Latin as heading (ff. 14rb-14va).

24.Source: London, British Library Cotton Caligula A.II, ff. 15v-16v

First Lines:

ffor helth of bydy couer for cold þy heed
Ete no rawe mete take good hede þer to…

Last Lines:

…Of maystyre Antonye nor of mayster hue
But to all yndyfferent rychest dyatarye

Note: Begins f. 15v without a break after 3588, as if one work; only 9 stanzas in this MS; ‘Explycit’ in lower margin f. 16v.

Attributed Title: Another old poeme of good aduise (f. 1, sixteenth=century list of contents, encompassing 3588 as well)

25.Source: London, British Library Cotton Titus D.XX, ff. 93-94

First Lines:

…With iij folke be not at debate
ffirst with thi better be ware for to stryve…

Last Lines:

…Of master antony ne of master hewe
To all indifferent riches dyatory

Note: Begins line 35.

26.Source: London, British Library Egerton 1995, ff. 77v-78v

First Lines:

Fyrste for helthe of boody couyr for colde thyne hedde
Ete noo rawe mete take good hede þer too…

Last Lines:

…Of mayster harry ne of mayster hewe
To alle indyfference rychyste ys in hys dyatary

Attributed Title: Sapientia phisicorum (f. 77v)

27.Source: London, British Library Harley 541, ff. 209v; 211r-211v

First Lines:

or helth of body from colde kepe thyn hed
Thi stomak also take gode hede therto…

Last Lines:

…ffor thingis contrary to ther Compleccioun
Of gredy hondis the stomach hath gret peyn…

Note: F. 210 misplaced so this text on 209v, 211, and 211v; only 9 stanzas in this MS.

28.Source: London, British Library Harley 941, ff. 24-25

First Lines:

For helth of þi body keuer frome cold þi hed
Ete no raw mete take gode hede þerto…

Last Lines:

…Of mayster antony ne of mayster hugh
To Indifferent rychest & detari

Attributed Title: Explicit concilium corporis & anime; Explicit dietarye particlare (f. 25)

Facsimiles:

Digital Facsimile of British Library Harley MS 941. https://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?index=0&ref=Harley_MS_941.

29.Source: London, British Library Harley 2251, ff. 4v-5v

First Lines:

FOr helth of body couer for cold thyn hede
Ete no raw mete take good heede therto…

Last Lines:

…Of mayster Antony nor of Maister hewe
To al indifferent Richest diatorye

Editions:

Brydges, Sir Samuel Egerton. Censura Literaria. 10 vols. London: Longman, 1805-09; 2nd ed., 1815: 7.345-9.

Halliwell-Phillipps, James Orchard, ed. A Selection from the Minor Poems of Don John Lydgate. Percy Society 2. London: T. Richard, 1840: 66-9.

30.Source: London, British Library Harley 2252, f. 1v1

First Lines:

For helthe of Bodye kepe from cold thyne hede
Ete no Rawe mete Take good hede therto…

Last Lines:

…Of All Welfare prossperyte and ffoyson
And with thy neybors love in Reste & pese

31.Source: London, British Library Harley 4011, ff. 143-143v

First Lines:

FOr helthe of body Kepe well thyn hede
Ete no rawe mete take good hede therto…

Last Lines:

…After mete beware also make no longe slepe
Hede foote and stomak preserve ay fro colde…

Note: Lines 1-58; Ends incomplete, just single leaf written on both sides.

32.Source: London, British Library Harley 5401, ff. 103-104

First Lines:

Couer allway fro cold þyn hede
Ete no raw mete take gode hede þer to…

Last Lines:

…Afftyr þi rent mayntene þyn howsolde
Suffer in tyme of ryght be balde

Note: Folio number reflects the most recent foliation. Lines 1-61.

33.Source: London, British Library Lansdowne 699, ff. 85v2-88

First Lines:

ffor helthe of body keep fro cold thyn hed
Ete no rawe mete take good heed her to…

Last Lines:

…Off maister Antony nor of maister hewe
To all indifferent richest diatarie

Note: 8 extra stanzas inserted between 1 and 2.

Attributed Title: Incipit dietarium (f. 85v)

Editions:

MacCracken, Henry Noble, ed. John Lydgate: The Minor Poems, Vol. II: Secular Poems. EETS o.s. 192 (1934); repr. 1961: 702-7.

Bühler, Kurt. “Lydgate’s Rules of Health in MS Lansdowne 699.” Medium Ævum 3 (1934): 51-6: 52-6.

34.Source: London, British Library Royal 17 B.XLVII, f. 2

Note: 11 stanzas.

35.Source: London, British Library Sloane 775, ff. 54-54v

First Lines:

ffor helth of body kyuer from cold thyne hede
Ete no rawe mete tak goode hede ther to…

Last Lines:

…Ayenst myst blak and heire of pestilence
Be tyme at masse thou schal better these…

Note: Ends incomplete, 44 lines only.

Attributed Title: Here begynne the Gouernyng As well off body as off Saule (f. 54)

36.Source: London, British Library Sloane 989, ff. 134-136v

First Lines:

ffor helthe of bodi couer for colde wele thyn hede
Ete no raw mete take gode hede þerto…

Last Lines:

…Of mastyr Antony nor of Master hue
To alle man indifferent rychest is dyetary

Note: Introduction, “This lytel boke compyled a worthi clerke Iohan de burdewe for a frende thathe had after the descripcion of many diuerse doctours that is to sayBernarde Austyn Plato Tholome Sidrac Arystotell Auycen Galien and ypocras a many oder diuerse acording to the same” (before text begins, ff. 133v-134).

37.Source: London, British Library Sloane 3534, ff. 1-3v

First Lines:

ffor helth of body kover from cold thyne hede
Ete no rawe mete take gode hede therto…

Last Lines:

…Off mayster Antony nor of maister hiew
But to alle that it vse it is a chief electuary

Note: Each 8-line stanza preceded by 8-line stanzas in Latin verse of the same content, beginning f. 1 “Mundo vestitus tuus in status exigit esto.”

Editions:

Förster, Max. “Kleinere mittelenglische texte.” Anglia 42 (1918): 145-224; 43 (1919): 191: 182.

38.Source: London, British Library Stowe 982, ff. 11-12

First Lines:

ffor helthe of body couer ffo cold thy hed
Ete no raw mete take good hed ther to…

Last Lines:

…Of master Antony or of master hewe
To all Indifferent richeste diatory

Attributed Title: And begynneth a tretisse of good gouernaunce (f. 11); Rules for preserving Health (f. 11, later hand)

39.Source: Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Advocates’ 1.1.6 [Bannatyne MS], ff. 73-74

First Lines:

For helth of body couer weill thy heid
Eit nocht raw meit thow tak gud tent þerto…

Last Lines:

…off maister antone nor of maister hew
Till all neidrent richest detray the

Attributed Author: ffinis [‘By lydgate’ added by lated hand], f. 74

Facsimiles:

Fox, Denton, and William A. Ringler. The Bannatyne Manuscript: National Library of Scotland Advocates’ MS. 1.1.6 London: Scolar Press, in Association with The National Library of Scotland, 1980.

Editions:

Murdoch, James Barclay. The Bannatyne Manuscript. 4 vols. in 11 parts, paged continuously. Hunterian Club 16, 32, 40, 46, 50, 55-56, 64-67 Glasgow: Anderson, 1873-1896: 196-9.

Ritchie, W. Tod, ed. The Bannatyne Manuscript. 4 parts in 4 vols. Scottish Text Society 3rd ser. 5 (1928); n.s. 22 (1928); n.s. 23 (1930); n.s. 26 (1934) Edinburgh and London: Blackwood, 1928-34; ed. by Ritchie et al: 2.178-80.

40.Source: Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Advocates’ 23.7.11, Part G, f. 66

Transcription:

ffor helth off thy body kever for colde thy hede
Ete no rawe mete take gude hede her to
Drynke smale drynke ffede þe on Lyȝht brede
With An apytyde Ryse ffrom thy mete allso
Wyth women fflechely have not to do
Vppon thy Slepe drynke not of the cope
Glade to bede at morou vp allso
And vse neuer late to Ete ne soppe

Note: One eight-line stanza only, set out as 2 quatrains; added to flyleaf with pentrials.

41.Source: Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Library 205, f. 190

First Lines:

ffor hail of body keip fra cald þy heid
eit na raw meit tak gud heid þer to…

Last Lines:

…Of master Antone na ȝit of master hew
to feret Rycheast dyatry

Editions:

Stevenson, George. Pieces from the Makculloch and the Gray MSS. together with The Chepman and Myllar Prints. Scottish Text Society 65. Edinburgh, 1918: 30-2.

42.Source: Glasgow, Glasgow University Library Hunterian 259 (U.4.17), pp. 50-52

First Lines:

For helthe of þe body couere for colde þyn hede
ete no rawe mete take good heed therto…

Last Lines:

…Of maister Anthony nor of maister harry
to alle indifferent richest dietary

Note: Nine stanzas only.

Attributed Title: Dietaria (p. 50); Explicit Dietaria (p. 52)

43.Source: London, Lambeth Palace Library 444, ff. 177v-178v

First Lines:

ffor helth of body couere for colde thi heed
Ete no raw mete take good heed þerto…

Last Lines:

…Of maister antonye noþer of maister hewe
to all indefferent richest dyatorye

Attributed Title: Wysdome is good to lere (f. 178v)

44.Source: London, Society of Antiquaries 101, ff. 43-43vb

First Lines:

ffor helth of Body from colde kepe your stomak & hede
Ete no Raw mete take good heede therto
Drynk holsom drynk ffede yow with litill brede
And with an Apetit rise from your mete also…

Last Lines:

…Euermore charite to your soul is due
This Recept is bought of no poticary
Of Maister Antony nor of Maist[er?] heugh
But of al tho þat wil vse this letuary
Explicit

Note: Shifts from single column format on the recto to double on the verso.

45.Source: London, Wellcome Collection Library 406 [olim Loscombe, olim Ashburnham 122], f. 39v

Transcription:

ffor helth of bodye couer from cold þi hede
Eate no Raw mete take good hede there to
drincke holsom drincke fede on light bread
with an appetit Rise frome the meat
Also with wemen aged[?] have tho not to dow

Note: Variant, c. 1575. Sixteenth-century hand.

Attributed Title: The Antidoterie[?] of helth (f. 39v)

Facsimiles:

Digital Facsimile of London, Wellcome Historical Medical Library, Wellcome MS.406. https://wellcomecollection.org/search/works?query=MS.406.

46.Source: London, Wellcome Collection Library 411, ff. 2v-3v

First Lines:

ffor helþe of body couere from cold þyn hede
Ete no rawe mete take good hede to lyght brede…

Last Lines:

of mayster Antonye nor of mayster hewe
of al in dyfferent resseytes hit most salutarye

Attributed Title: Dietarum salutissiumum (f. 2v; Explicit dietarum salutissimum (f. 3v)

47.Source: Nottingham, Nottingham University Library Mellish Lm 1 [olim Mellish; olim Hodsock Priory nr Worksop], ff. 1ra-1va

First Lines:

For helthe of body couere for colde þin heed
Ete no raw mete take goode hede therto…

Last Lines:

…Of maystir Antonye her of maistir hue
To alle Indifferent richest dietarie

Attributed Title: A dietarie for the body (f. 1)

48.Source: San Marino, CA, Henry Huntington Library HM 183 [olim Hawkins], f. 5va2-5vb

First Lines:

ffor helth of body couer fro colde þine hede
Ete no raw mete take goode heede þer too…

Last Lines:

…And all sayntes reioisyng in þe trinyte
Bryng vs to þat hy glorious towre

Note: Added at end of last line, ‘Amen for charyte’; modern transcription is f. 6b, attached to f. 6; see Hanna (1980)

XHanna, Ralph. “The Index of Middle English Verse and Huntington Library Collections: A Checklist of Addenda.” Publications of the Bibliographical Society of America 74 (1980): 235-58

, n. 11.

Attributed Title: A dietorie (f. 5v)

Editions:

Brydges, Sir Samuel Egerton. Censura Literaria. 10 vols. London: Longman, 1805-09; 2nd ed., 1815: 7.345-9.

49.Source: Bethesda, MD, National Library of Medicine MS E 4 [formerly 514; olim MS. 4], ff. 64-65

First Lines:

ffor helth of body keure for colde þin hede
Et now rawe met take good hed her to…

Last Lines:

Of master antonye nor of master heughe
To all indifferente richest dietarye
Explicit

Facsimiles:

Digital Facsimile of U.S. National Library of Medicine (Bethesda, MD) MS E 4. https://collections.nlm.nih.gov/bookviewer?PID=nlm:nlmuid-100899906-bk.

50.Source: Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin 516, ff. 27v-28v

First Lines:

For helth of body couere for colde thyn hede
Ete no raw mete take good hede herto…

Last Lines:

…fro thynges contraire to here complexion
Of gredy handis the stomake hath grat peyne

Note: Nine stanzas.

Attributed Title: de Guvernacione humane Nature (f. 27v)

51.Source: Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin 537, ff. 74-74v

First Lines:

for health of bodye cover fro cold thy heade
take no raw meates take good heede hereto…

Last Lines:

…firste with thy better beware for the stryve
agaynste thy fellowe no quarell to contryve

Note: four stanzas plus five lines; ends imperfectly.

52.Source: Leiden, Leiden University Library Vossius Germ. Gall. Q.9, f. 99

53.Source: Rome, English College AVCAU MS Liber 1405, f. 87v

54.Source: Untraced, Present whereabouts unknown olim Clumber; sold Sotheby’s 1937, Lot 1129, f. 83v

55.Source: Lille, Lille University Library 204, ff. 1-2

First Lines:

For helth of body kepe wel thyn hed
Eyte no raw meyte takeand hede thereto…

Last Lines:

…Of mayster antony nor of mayster hewe
Off al indiferent the richest dietare

56.Source: Untraced, Present whereabouts unknown olim Schwerdt [sold Sotheby’s Mar. 12, 1946; sold again by Christie’s on 26 January 2006 (Sale 7300, Lot 501) and was purchased by Quaritch’s on behalf of an unknown collector], pp. 222-224

First Lines:

[F]or helthe of body covir fro colde thyne hede
Ete no rawe mete take good hede þerto
Drynke holsome wyne fede þe on liȝt brede
With an appetite rise fro thi mere also…

Last Lines:

…This reseyte is bowȝt of no poticarye
Of maister Antonye ne of maister hewe
To all in deferente richeste dyatary.
Explicit

Note: Below, a later owner has added: ‘This Treatize is almost unintelligible 1828’. Our thanks to Prof. David Scott-Macnab of the University of Johannesburg for providing the transcription.

Print Witnesses:

1.Source: STC 12138. Gouernayle of Helthe, [Caxton, 1490?] , sigs. B.x-B.xiv

First Lines:

For helth of body couere for colde thy hede
ete no rawe mete take good hede hereto…

Last Lines:

…Of mayster antony ne of mayster hugh
To all indyfferent it is rychest dyetarie

Note: At end, Bodleian shelfmark Arch.g.f.10.

Attributed Title: Explicit medicina stomachi (sig. B.xiv)

Editions:

Blades, William, ed. The Gouernayle of Helthe. London: Blades, East & Blades, 1858; repr. Caxton, 1491.

2.Source: STC 22408. Kalender of Shepherdes, R. Pynson, 1506

Editions:

Sommer, Heinrich Oskar, ed. The Kalender of Shepherdes; the edition of Paris 1503 in facsimile, reprint of Pynson’s 1506. London: Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1892: 118-21.

3.Source: STC 12139. Gouernall of Helthe with the medecyne of the stomacke, de Worde, [1506?]