• "[Le morte darthur]", Malory, Thomas, Sir, 15th cent., page 656.
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gentilwoman was the maister fende of helle / the whiche hath power aboue alle de∣uyls / and that was the old lady that thow sawest in thyn ad¦uysyon rydynge on the serpent / Thenne he told syr Percyuale how our

• "In this tretyse that is cleped Gouernayle of helthe what is to be sayd wyth crystis helpe of some thynges that longen to bodily helthe, ...", Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?, page 24.
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yt is defyed draweth wyth hymto the lyuer that is vndefyed / and so thise twoben cause of grete sikenesses: Also as old wy¦semen sayen man sholde neuer ete his fylleat one mele in takyng dyuerse metes / for as

• "Here begynneth the Temple of glas", Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?, page 49.
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rightwithoute more his langour for to lysseIn my presence anone that ye hym kysseThat there maye be of all your old smertesA full relees vnder Ioye assuredAnd that one locke be of your bothe hertesShet with my eye of gold

• "The lyf so short the craft so lo[n]ge to lerne.", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 3.
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this newe corn from yere to yereAnd out of old bookes / in good feithCometh al this newe science that men lereBut now to purpose of this matereTo rede forth I gan me so deliteThat al the day me thought

• "The lyf so short the craft so lo[n]ge to lerne.", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 7.
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to mete that he stode thereBut thus said he thou hast the so wel bornIn lokyng of myn old bookes to bornOf the whiche / macrobie roght not a liteThat somdele / of thy labour I wil the quyteCitherea thou

• "Here begynneth the book of the subtyl historyes and fables of Esope whiche were translated out of Frensshe in to Englysshe by wylham Caxton at westmynstre in the yere of oure Lorde M. CCCC. xxxiij.", Aesop., page 61.
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a lyon whiche in his yongthe was fyers and moche outragyous / ¶ And when he was come to his old age / there came to hym a wyldbore / whiche with his teeth nt and hirst a grete pyece

• "Here begynneth the book of the subtyl historyes and fables of Esope whiche were translated out of Frensshe in to Englysshe by wylham Caxton at westmynstre in the yere of oure Lorde M. CCCC. xxxiij.", Aesop., page 62.
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manere / whan I was yonge and vertuous euery one doubted and fered me / And now that I am old and feble / and nyghe to my dethe / none is that setteth ne holdeth ought by me /

• "Here begynneth the book of the subtyl historyes and fables of Esope whiche were translated out of Frensshe in to Englysshe by wylham Caxton at westmynstre in the yere of oure Lorde M. CCCC. xxxiij.", Aesop., page 109.
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chil∣dren in theyr yong age / and not in theyr old age / For thenne hit is moche dyffycyle to make them bowe As to vs rateth this fable / Of a fader of famylle / whiche had a sone

• "Here begynneth the book of the subtyl historyes and fables of Esope whiche were translated out of Frensshe in to Englysshe by wylham Caxton at westmynstre in the yere of oure Lorde M. CCCC. xxxiij.", Aesop., page 141.
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to the sheep / Thynke thow poure Innocent that I wote wel with whome I playe / For I am old and malycious / and my kynde is to lette all In∣nocents / and to be frende vnto the euyls

• "[Explicit liber primus de curia sapiencie].", Alcock, John, 1430-1500., page 22.
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mankynd be brought to thy gloryeThou mayst neuer them four bryng to accordOn thyn old mercy / O good god recordAnd syth eche thynge to the possyble isPease thy chylder / & bryng mankynd to blisseThe faders herte by kynd

• "[Explicit liber primus de curia sapiencie].", Alcock, John, 1430-1500., page 30.
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byrel that heleth eyen soreAnd helpeth loue and stauncheth enmyteThe Selydon that with lust who can restoreAnd medycyn is to old InfyrmyteThe Carbuncle that hath his soueraynteWhen derkenes is / the precyous crisolyteWhiche fendes fleen / & holden in despyteThe

• "[Explicit liber primus de curia sapiencie].", Alcock, John, 1430-1500., page 62.
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of al the erthes spaceThe veray mesure truly gan sh̄e traceThe erthes space how long it is abouteArystotyl sayth that old clerkes sayneThat four and twenty thousand al outeIn his cercle he conteyneth certayneBut Albert thynketh / it is an

• "hEre begynneth the prohemye vpon the reducynge, both out of latyn as of frensshe in to our englyssh tongue, of the polytyque book named Tullius de senectute ...", Cicero, Marcus Tullius., page 8.
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kyng of Grece was a noble InformerHow kynge Agamenon desyred rather to haue wyse olde men than yong knyghtes.How Caton beyng four score and four yere old desyred to be no werryour / and reporteth of his owen persone how

• "hEre begynneth the prohemye vpon the reducynge, both out of latyn as of frensshe in to our englyssh tongue, of the polytyque book named Tullius de senectute ...", Cicero, Marcus Tullius., page 9.
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sekenes is appropryd to the age of childhode / cruelte to yongthe / honoure to virylite moderance and attempe∣raunce to old ageHow Scipion discomfyted the kynge of Munydye.How Masmissa kyng of Auffrique beyng four score & ten yere of age

• "hEre begynneth the prohemye vpon the reducynge, both out of latyn as of frensshe in to our englyssh tongue, of the polytyque book named Tullius de senectute ...", Cicero, Marcus Tullius., page 15.
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dye / How yong age is rather disposed to sekenesse by ryottes than olde age / The wyse conduyte of old men / A wyse prouerbe of Caton to put no doubtous thyng to be certayn / How necessyte is

• "hEre begynneth the prohemye vpon the reducynge, both out of latyn as of frensshe in to our englyssh tongue, of the polytyque book named Tullius de senectute ...", Cicero, Marcus Tullius., page 16.
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a man of olde age / Deth is resembled to gaderyng of grene Apples / and rype apples / How old aged men decessen withoute grete peyne.How Caton was ioyful of deth / a noble symylytude / Of a noble

• "The veray trew history of the valiau[n]t knight Iaso[n] how he conquerd or wan the golden fles, by the counsel of Medea and of many othre victoryouse and wondrefull actis and dedys that he dyde by his prowesse and cheualrye in his tyme.", Lefèvre, Raoul, fl. 1460., page 7.
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oracles: And no thyng of their desire befelle vn∣to them vnto the tyme that the kīg begā to fall wexe old biaage. then̄e his wyf rceyued of his seed & mlte∣plied the generaciō humaī of a right fayr sone. At

• "The veray trew history of the valiau[n]t knight Iaso[n] how he conquerd or wan the golden fles, by the counsel of Medea and of many othre victoryouse and wondrefull actis and dedys that he dyde by his prowesse and cheualrye in his tyme.", Lefèvre, Raoul, fl. 1460., page 155.
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to become yong and specially men. And syn she be∣helde also that the good king Eson was passing auncient and old / for whiche cause she considered that she myt gete a grete loos & an hye renō∣ice. if she

• "Hic incipit paruus Catho.", Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375., page 3.
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shalt thy place resigneMagistrum metue. Rem tuam custodi thy maistre thy thyng loke thou kepeTake hede to thin hosh old ay loue thy wyfPleasāt wordes out of thy mouth shold crepeBe not Irous kepe thy behestes as thy lyfBe temparat

• "Hic incipit paruus Catho.", Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375., page 12.
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in verrey surete no wight may stondeSo sodenly crepen the foules outeAl aboute this world in euery londeOf yonge and old for euery wight is bendeTo deth therfore set not thyn affianceIn deth of him y• may the furuyue parchanceExigunn