Et se ta viande est de grant pris Beware the or thou art not wise Garde toy ou tu nays passage Speak no word still ne loud Ne parle mout ne bas ne hault Of pease and courtesy look that thou speak De payx et courtoysye guard que tu parles And at the table make good cheer Et en la table fays bonne cheer And look thou rowne not in any year Et guard toy descoutre en null oreylle And with thy fingers thou touch nor taste Et avec tes doys tu ne touches ne tastes They meet/ and look thou make no waste Ta viande et te guard que tu ne la degastis Look thou neither laugh ne gtynne Garde que tu ne ris ne rechignes If thou miss speak thou mayst do sin Se tu mesparles tu pevix fair peach For many words be not commendable Car plusieurs parolles ne sont point convenables And in especial at thy masters table Et en especial a la table de ton master Take heed thou spittle neither meat nor drink Garde que tu ne gastes ne boyr ne menger But sir it down fair and still Mays met la bas bell & coy Keep the cloth fair before the Ne mors point ta viande mays la trench net Be well aware that no drop be seen Garde toy bien que null goutte say't veue when thou eatest gape not to wide Quant tu menges ne baille point trop large That thy mouth may be seen on every side One ta bouche ne soyt veue de chascune cost And son beware the of one thing Et filz guard ●oy dune chose Blow not on thy meat/ ne in thy drink Ne soufle point en ta viande ne en ton boyre And if thy lord drink at that hour Et se ton seigneur boyt a cell heure Drink thou not but him abide Ne boy point mays attens see Be it at even or be it at none Soyt au vespre ou so it a nun Drink thou not till he have done Ne boy pas tant quill ayt fayt Upon thy trencher no filth thou see Dessus tot trenchover null ordure ne voice It is not honest I tell the Il nest pas honesty te le dis Ne drink not behind no man's back Ne boy point derriere le dos de nul homme In no manner wise / en null maniere ne guise For if thou do thou art to be dispraised Car se tule fays tu es a despriser And be never to hasty Et ●amays ne soyes trop hasty Cast not the bones in to the flore Ne iecte pas tes os en lair But lay them fair on thy trenchoure Mays couch les beau sur ton trenchover Keep clean thy clothes before the Guard ta rob net devant toy And sit the still what so happen Et te tiens assys quiconque suruienne Till grace be said unto th'end Ius ques le graces soyent dictes en la fyn Look the more worthier than thou Regard le plus dign que toy. wash afore the and that is thy prow Lave devant toy et cela est ton profit And spit not in thy basin Et ne crache point en ton bashyn My sweet son when thou wasshest therein Mon doulx filz quant tu auras lave dedens Arise up softli and still / leaves toy sus en pays et quoi And jangle neither with jacke ne Gill Et ne jangle point avec jacquet ne Guillet But take thy leave of thy lord lovingly Mays prens congee de ton seygneur amouresment And thank him with thine heart highly Et le mercy de ton cueur haultement And all the gentle men in the same manner Et tous les gentilz hommes en cell manyere And the master in like wise Et les maystres pareillement. And bear the so that thou have no blame Et port toy amsy que tu nays blame. And than men will say here after Donques les hommes diront icy apres That a gentyllman was here Queen ung gentle home estoyt icy And he that despiseth these things Et celuy qui despryse ces choses. He is not worthy without losing Il nest point dign sans fail Never at good man's table to sit jamays a table de bon homme se soyr Ne of worship for to wit Ne dehomeur pour enscavoyr. And therefore children for charity Et pour ce enfans pour charity Love this book though it little be Aymez ce liure combien petit soyt And pray for him that made it Et pries pur celuy que le fist To live and die among his friends A viure et mouryr parmy says amiss And never to come among the fiends Et iamays de venir entre les dyables The which been in the pytre of hell Les quelx sont au fons denfer. But in his last end in heaven for to dwell Mays en la fin en paradyse pour demourer. 〈…〉 thy meat in thy mouth is, ●●●ys que ta viand en ta bouche est Drink thou not forget not this Ne boy pas ne oublye pass cecy Eat thy meat by small morsels Menge ta viende par menus morceaulx Fill not thy mouth as doth glouttons Ne amplies pas ta bouche come font glouto● Pike not thy teeth with thy knife Ne cure pas tes dens avecques ton couteau, while thou eatest by thy life Tant que tu menges par ta vie And when thou hast thy pottage done Et quant tu as de ton pottage faith Out of thy dish put thy spoon Horse de ton escuelle bout ta cuiller Nor spyttte thou not over the table Ne crache point oultre la table Nor there on/ for it is not commendable Ne dessus caril nest pas covenable Lay not thine elbow nor thy fist Ne touch point ton could ne ton poynge Upon the table/ at the which thou eatest Desses la table en la quelle tu menges Bolke not as a bone were in thy throat Ne rout point come se vng otz fust en ta gorge. As a churl that cometh out of a cote come vng villain que vient horse dung tas For that should be great villainy Car cela sera grant villain 〈◊〉 ear a●, ●a●e●y / acts e● mege●● 〈…〉 hast thy full service jusque ●●ue tu ayes ton plain service. touch ●●mease in no wise No touch point aux viandes en null guise ●●at thy bread to thin ●●oupe pas ton pain trop tenue ●●to thick but between both ●●e ●rop espes mays entre deulx The morsel that thou beginnest to touch ●e morceau que tu commences a toucher Cut it clean and not to much Coupe la netet non pas trop Cast it not out of thy mouth Ne le iecte pas hors de ta bouche Put not thy fingers in thy dish Ne mis point tes doys en ton escuelle Neither in meat of flesh ne fish Ne en viande de chair ne de poysson Put not thy meat in the salt Ne mis point ta viande en ton sell Ne in to the seller that it holdeth Ne en la saliere que le sustient But lay it fair on thy trencher Mais lafoy couch beau sur ton trenchover Before the and that is honour Devaut toy et cela est honour Pike not thy ears nor nostrils Ne cure point tes oraylles ne tes nazylies And if thou do/ men will say thou came of churl's