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3. put the

trenchers, &c., in one Voider,

As breade and drynke,
The voyders with bones
At hande be ready,
To fetche or take vp,
when they haue done,
The table vp fayre
Fyrste the saulte

Hauynge by thee

thynges from thy handes

That from the table

A voyder vpon

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then to conuaye

372

thou shalt take awaye.

the table then haue, 376

The trenchers and napkyns therein to receaue ;

The croomes with a napkyn together them swepe, 380 4. sweep the

It at the tables ende
Then before eche man
The best fyrste seruynge,
Then cheese with fruite
With Bisketes or Caro-

wayes,

Wyne to them fyll, But wyne is metest, Then on the table It for to voyde

Eche syde of the clothe
Foldynge it vp,
A cleane towell then
The towell wantynge,
The bason and ewer
In place conuenient
when thou shalt see
The ewer take vp,
In powrynge out water
The table then voyde
All thynges thus done,
Before the table

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[sign. B. iii.] another,

5. set a clean trencher before every one,

6. put on Cheese, Fruit, Biscuits, and

392 7. serve Wine, (Ale or Beer.)

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Howe to order thy selfe syttynge at the table.
Capitulo .iiii.

Chyldren! geue eare

Howe at the table

Presume not to hyghe,
In syttynge downe,
Suffer eche man
For that is a poynte
when they are serued,
For that is a sygne

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water.

Clear the table;

make a low curtsey.

[sign. B. iiii.] How to behave at your own dinner.

428 Socra. Cato.

Let your betters

sit above you. 432 See others served

to thy betters geue place. Fyrste serued to be, Of good curtesie.

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first,

436 then wait a while before eating.

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Have your knife sharp.

lips

Thy spone with pottage

For fylynge the cloth,
For rudnes it is

Or speake to any,

Thy knyfe se be sharpe

Thy mouth not to full

Don't smack your Not smackynge thy lyppes,
Nor gnawynge the bones
Suche rudenes abhorre,
At the table behaue

or gnaw your bones: avoid such beastliness.

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to full do not fyll,

444

If thou fortune to spyll,

thy pottage to sup, his head in the cup.

448

458

462

to cut fayre thy meate; when thou dost eate; 454 As comonly do hogges, As it were dogges; Suche beastlynes flie, thy selfe manerly. that thou euer kepe, thereon them to wype; Cleane do thou make, 468 In hande yf thou take, At the table walke, 472 Neyther reason nor talke. and belly alway, the prouerbe doth say, Is to be vsed;

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Ought to be refused. thou shalt not be shent, May cause thee repent. are commendable, In a chylde at the table. that "in olde and yonge Is to kepe thy tonge." 494 at the table syttynge, Ouer muche spytynge; Is to be abhorde; Behaue at the borde. at the table thou se, 504 the same moderately. So muche as thou can; when thou art a man. 510

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Cap. .v.

Knelynge or standynge,
All worldely matters
Earnestly prayinge,
A contrite harte

whiche he doth coumpt
To hym thy sinnes
Askynge for them
He is the Phisition
And can to health
Aske then in fayth,

The thynges ye desyre
So they be lawfull
He wyll the heare
More mercifull he is
The aucthor and geuer
"All ye that laboure
I wyll you refreshe
These are Chrystes wordes,
Spoken to all suche

Our wylles to his worde
The heauenly habytacion

thou shalt repayer,

532

How to behave at Church.

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Avoid

dicing and carding.

Cicero.

Delight in Knowledge, Virtue, and Learning.

In vsage sober,

whyle you be there, Nor one with an other Reuerently thy selfe

when to the Churche

Eche thynge hath his tyme,
For that is a token

The Lorde doth call it
And not to be vsed

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The fruites of gamynge, vertue and learnynge. Capitulo .vi.

Lytle chylde,

For that hath brought As dysynge, and cardynge, which many vndoeth But yf thou delyght Delyght in knowledge, For learnynge wyll leade

thee

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Eschewe thou euer game,―
Many one to shame,-598
And suche other playes,
as we se nowe a dayes. 602
In any earthly thynge,
Vertue, and learnynge, 606

to the schoole of vertue, Vice to subdue. 610 thou canst not but floryshe; that vertue doth norysh. thou shalt doubtes discerne, thy lyfe well gouerne. 618 By them we do take, that doth them forsake. In folowynge our wyll, which playnly is yll. 626 and not will thee leade A wronge trace to treade. and conqeur thy wyll 632 to doe that is yll; to many doth growe, 636

but doth it well knowe.

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