...curtesy in wordes, dedes, and degrees ; dilygently to kepe them in rules of goynges and sittiuges, after they be of honour. Moreover to teche them sondry languages, and othyr leniinges vertuous, to harping, to pypo, sing, dauncu, and with other honest and temperate behaviour...

...harncys : to have all curtesy in wordes dedes and degrees ; diligently to kepe them in rules of goyinges and sittinges after they be of honour. Moreover to teche them sondry languages and other lernyings vertuous, to harpe, to pype, sing, dance," &C.1 Even after the Renaissance the gentle-born...

...instruction or school work. So definite were these standards and so widely acknowledged during the i2th, i3th and i4th centuries that this period may rightly be...have is found in Chaucer's description of the squire, ' 'Wei cowde he sitte on hors, and faire ryde. He cowde songes make and wel endite, Juste and eek daunce,...

...lerne them to ryde clenely and surely; to drawe them also to justes; to lerne them were theyre harneys; to have all curtesy in wordes, dedes, and degrees;...othyr lerninges vertuous, to harping, to pype, sing, dance; and with other honest behaviour and patience." Perhaps the best account of the results of a...

...were theyre harneys ; to have all curtesy in wordes, deeds, and degrees, dilygently to kepe them in rules of goynges and sittinges, after they be of honour....Moreover, to teche them sondry languages, and othyr leminges vertuous, to harping, to pype, sing, daunce ; '* and there was also a ' Maistyr of Gramer,'...

...them to ryde clenely and surely, [jousting, harness, 'curtesy', 'rules of goynges and sittinges']. Moreover to teche them sondry languages, and othyr...lerninges vertuous, to harping, to pype, sing, daunce . . . with remembraunce dayly of Goddes servyce accustumed.37 It may seem surprising that in the late...