Leconfield proverbs: ‘The counsell of Aristotell’ —
thirty-four couplets
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 168.
Title(s): ‘The counsell of Aristotell’
Subjects: proverbs; inscriptions
Versification: —
two-line —
aa
1.Source: London, British Library Royal 18 D.II, f. 205
v-206
v
First Lines:APPly to the best gyftis geuen to the.
And vj speciall doctryne thow shalt lerne of me.…
Last Lines:…After this mater yf thou thy lyf spende.
Thy name shalbe Inmortall vnto the worldes ende.
Attributed Author: Aristotell (f. 205v)
Attributed Title: The counsell of Aristotell whiche he gaue to Alexander kinge of macedony
in the syde of the garet of the gardynge in lekyngfelde (f.
205v, in rubric)
Editions:
Grose, Francis.
The Antiquarian Repertory.
4 vols. London, 1775; 2nd ed., 1779-84; new ed. London: Jeffery,
1807-09: 4.409 (2nd ed.).
Flügel, Ewald.
“Die Gedichte der Köningin Elisabeth.”
Anglia
14 (1892): 346-61: 487-9.