Early English Meals and Manners: With Some Forewords on Education in Early England (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Early English Meals and Manners: John Russell's Boke of Nurture, Wynkyn De Worde's Boke of Keruynge, the Boke of Curtasye, R. Weste's Booke of Demeanor, Seager's Schoole of VertueThe Promptorz'um has Heyncemann (henchemanne) Geroloctsta, duorum generum and Mr Way in his note says, The pages of distinguished personages were called henxmen, as Spelman supposes, from Ger. Hengst, a war horse, or according to Bp. Percy, from their place being at the side or haunch of their lord. See the rest Of Mr Way's note. He is a most provokingly careful editor. If ever you hit on a plum in your wanderings through other books you are sure to find it afterwards in one of Mr Way's notes when you bethink yourself of trrrning to the Promptorium.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.