Lace dawns

Directions

Place 1 bow each of one color on AB right & AB left. Place 1 bow each of another color on CD right & CD left.

A right through BCD right take D left unreversed
Lower left bows
A left through BCD left take D right reversed
Lower C right to D right & B right to C right
B right over top A right take bottom A right

Tollemache Transcription [11]

Lace daunce take iiii bowis on colour & set hem on A & B ryght & on A & B lyfte & 4 bowis on a noþer colour & let hem on C D ryght & on C D lyfte & work as in þe lace piole

Harley 2320 Transcription [13]

FOR to make a lace dawns: Take iiij bowys of o colour, & set on A, B ryȝt and on A, B lyft; and iiij bowys of anoþer colour take and sed on C, D lyft and C, D ryȝt. Þen schal A of þ^e ryȝt hond go þorowout B, C, D of þe same hond and take þe bowe D of þe lyft hond vnreuersed. Þen lowe þy lyft bowes, and A lyft schal go þorow B, C, D of þe same hond and take þ^e bowe D of þe ryȝt hond reuerced donward. Þen lowe þe bowys of C into D riȝt, and þen lowe B to C, and þ^e bowe þ^t is w^tin on A schal go ouer þ^e forme bowe into B w^t help of þe other hond. And þe bowe þat stod wyþoute on A schal stond stylle on A. And begynne aȝen.