[Harl. MS. 541, fol. 210; and Egerton MS. 1995; ab. 1480 A.D.]
The following two selections, The Lytylle Childrenes Lytil Boke or Edyllys be and The Young Children’s Book, were printed on facing even/odd pages. They are here presented separately.
In the first version, variant readings from the Egerton MS were printed as numbered footnotes. They are here grouped into text notes together with two sets of readings from the Collations section. All MS designations were added by the transcriber:
Eg.: Egerton MS. 1995 (above).
[Adv.]: “part of the Advocates Library MS., fol. 84, back”. The collation of this MS ends at line 34.
[Cam.]: “the Cambridge University MS. ... Hem is always written for him in this MS., and so with other words.”
“ [* ][† ]The parts between square brackets [ ] are from the Egerton MS.”
Lytylle childrene, here ye may lere
Moche curtesy þat is wrytyne here;
For clerkis that the vij arteȝ cunne,