Of the writyng, thoughe ther be no date,
If ought be mysse,—worde, sillable, or dede,—
Put al the defaute vpon Iohne Lydegate.
[*] Lowndes calls the original of Stans Puer ad Mensam the Carmen Juvenile of Sulpitius. [Corrigenda]
[Lambeth MS. 853, ab. 1430 A.D., page 150, back. Part written as prose.]
Mi dere sone, first þi silf able
with al þin herte to vertuose discipline,—
A-fore þi souereyn stondinge at þe table