Lace baston

Directions

Prepared 5 departed bows, place colour 1 up on ABC left, and colour 2 up on BC right

A right through BC right take C left reversed
Lower left bows
A left through BC left take C right reversed
Lower right bows

Tollemache Transcription [6]

A lace Bastonne Take 5 bowis departid þat is for to sey þat þe syd of euerych bow be of on colowr & þe oþer syd be of a noder colour & sett þeȝ on þi hand as in þe rownd lace so þat þe colowr þat is a bovyn on þe ryght hand be benethe on þe lyfte hand & þen wark aftur þe maner of þe rownd lace

Harley 2320 Transcription [4]

FOR to make a lace baston: Tak v bowes departed, þ^t ys for to sey þat o syde of euerych-a bowe be of o colour and þ^e oþer syde of anoþer colour. Set hem on þyn hond as þow dedyst on þ^e round lace, so þ^t þ^e colour þat ys abouen on þe ryȝt hond be byneþe on þy lyft hond, and þen werch in þe manner of þ^e round lace.