• "hEre begynneth the volume intituled and named the recuyell of the historyes of Troye, composed and drawen out of dyuerce bookes of latyn in to frensshe by the ryght venerable persone and worshipfull man. Raoul le ffeure. preest and chapelayn vnto the ryght noble gloryous and myghty prynce in his tyme Phelip duc of Bourgoyne of Braband [et]c in the yere of the incarnacion of our lord god a thousand foure honderd sixty and foure, and translated and drawen out of frenshe in to englisshe by Willyam Caxton mercer of ye cyte of London, at the comau[n]deme[n]t of the right hye myghty and vertuouse pryncesse hys redoubtyd lady. Margarete by the grace of god. Duchesse of Bourgoyne of Lotryk of Braband [et]c., whiche sayd translacion and werke was ... fynysshid in the holy cyte of Colen the. xix. day of septembre the yere of our sayd lord god a thousand foure honderd sixty and enleuen [sic] [et]c. ...", Lefèvre, Raoul, fl. 1460., page 0.
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• "Thus endeth the doctrinal of sapyence the whyche is ryght vtile and prouffytable to alle crysten men, whyche is translated out of Frenshe in to englysshe by wyllyam Caxton at westmestter [sic] fynysshed the. vij. day of may the yere of our lord, M,cccc lxxx ix Caxton me fieri fecit.", Roye, Gui de, ca. 1345-1409., page 0.
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• "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 80.
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And now when I am bycome old and feble thow settest nought of me / ¶ This fable techeth that who so euer doth ony good in his yongthe / in his auncyente and old age he shalle not contynue

• "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 200.
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whiche tooke two wyues / that is to wete an old / & one yong / whiche were both dwellyng in his hows / & by cau se that the old desyred to haue his loue / she plucked the

• "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 243.
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the feyre and knocked at the dore of the hows / wherfore they were wel abasshed / Thenne sayd the old moder thus to them / haue no fere / but doo as I shalle telle to yow / and

• "[Explicit liber primus de curia sapiencie].", Alcock, John, 1430-1500., page 61.
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nombre whiche is old / & which̄ euenDeuyded hym with subdyuysyonTen fygures eke of Augrym gan sh̄e neueneAnd Calendres for numeracyonShe told the craft of computacyonTo adde / to mynue / and to multyplyeEche thyng to count sh̄e taught trulyShe

• "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 6.
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Apius beyng a blynde preest counceylled the Romaynes wyselyHow kyng Pirrus was discomfyted by the counseyll of old Apius forsaydAn example of old age likened to the lodesman of a shipThe replycacion of Lelius & Scipion ayenst CatonOf thoffyces of

• "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 14.
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the aged man may notHow the vse of the playe at chesse and tables is gyuen to old menHow Caton counseylleth not old men ne yong. to pleye at chesse ne at tables. where they may be better occupyedHow Exenophon

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 270.
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her howsis atonys a benediciteWhat eylith suche an old man forto chydeThow sayst we wyuys wyl our vicis hydeTil we be fast & than we wil hem sheweWel may that be a prouerbe of a shreweThou sayst that men assis

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 284.
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fallith ther Mercury is reysidTherfore women of no clerk is preysidThe clerk whan he is old and may nought doOf venus workis not worth his old shoThan sittith he doun and writith in his dotageThat women can not kepe her

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 420.
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word anon ther gan apereAn old man yclothid in whithe clothis clereThat hadde a book with lettir of gold in hondeAnd gan before valerian forto stondeValerian as ded fyl doun for dredeWhan he this old man sawe standing soWhiche forthwith

• "[Le morte darthur]", Malory, Thomas, Sir, 15th cent., page 67.
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came ageyne in the lykenes of an old man of iiij score yere of age / wherof the kynge was ryght glad / for he semed to be ryghte wyse Thenne saide the old man why are ye so sad

• "[Le morte darthur]", Malory, Thomas, Sir, 15th cent., page 395.
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of them / and soo the damoysel rode her Wayes tyl she came to the old knyghtes place / & there she told that old knyght how she mette with the woodest knyght by aduenture that euer she mette with

• "Prolicionycion [sic].", Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364., page 210.
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deth of Sarra lest peauenter the old man shold haue be holden and reputed for a lechour yf he had wedded ony other than he had leye by bifore ¶ Iaac was fourty yere old whan he wed∣ded Rebecca that

• "tHis book is intituled confessio amantis, that is to saye in englysshe the confessyon of the louer maad and compyled by Iohan Gower squyer ...", Gower, John, 1325?-1408., page 274.
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is to fleeTo robbe the vyrgynyteOf a yong Innocent aweyAnd euer this by ouy weyIn old bookes as I redeSache robberye is for to dredeAnd namely of that goodeThe whiche euer woman that is goodeDesyreth for to kepe & holdAs

• "[Troilus and Criseyde].", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 197.
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when thou art horne I shal be glad / yf al the world be treweI sawe thyn hornes eke / old by the moroweWhen rode my ryght lady That cause to of my turment & my soroweFor whiche bryght neyna

• "wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid ´e rote ...", Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400., page 225.
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a thing espyenThan I and where me list best alienBut o thing I warne you my frendis dereI wyl noon old wyf haue in no manereShe shal not passe .xvj. yeer certaynOld flessh wolde haue yong flessh faynBet is a

• "O glorious Ihesu, o mekest Ihesu, o mooste swettest Ihesu, I prayethe that I may haue newe confession, contrition and satisfaction or I dye ...", Legrand, Jacques, ca. 1365-1415., page 0.
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• "Hier begynneth the booke callyd the Myrrour of the worlde. ...", Legrand, Jacques, ca. 1365-1415., page 0.
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• "The remors of conscyence. Here begynneth certayne demonstracyons by our lorde to all synfull persones with the remors of mannes conscynce to the regarde of the bounte of our lorde.", Lichfield, William, d. 1448., page 0.
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