Note 170 — Dritte Periode.
Reading edition
This maner was myche yused to fore the first moreyn, and is siththe some del ychaungide; for John Cornwaile, a maistre of grammer, chaungide the lore in grammer scole and construction of Frensch into Englisch, and Richard Pencriche lerned that maner teching of him, and other men of Pencriche; so that now the ȝere of oure Lord a thousand thre hundred foure score and fyve, of the secunde King Rychard ofter the conquest nyne, in alle the gramer scoles of Englond children leveth Frensch, and construeth and lerneth an Englisch, and haveth thereby avauntage in oon side and desavauntage in another. Her avauntage is, that thei lerneth her gramer in lasse tyme than children were wont to do; desavauntage is, that now children of gramer scole kunneth no more Frensch that can her lifte heele; and that is harm for hem, and thei schul passe the see and travaile in strange londes, and in many other places also: also gentilmen haveth now mych ylefte for to teche her children Frensch. Vergleiche Tyrwhitt’s Essay etc. Note 21.