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And ?a? ?iff ?u feele it be not made pfete, ?at it cast to moche gyng, with synamome alay ?t hete; and if hit haue synamome to moche, wt gyng of iij. cute; ?a? if to moche sigur ? be / by discressiou ye may wete. 160

Thus, son, shaltow make pfite ypocras, as y the say; but wt ?y mowth to prove hit, / be ?ow tastyng all-way; let hit renne in iiij. or vj bagg; gete ?em, if ?ow may, of bultell cloth, if ?y bagg be ?e fyner wt-owte? nay. 164

Good so? loke ?y bagg be hoopid at ?e mothe a-bove, ?e surer mayst ?ow put in ?y wyne vn-to ?y behoue, ?e furst bag of a galou / all o? of a potell to prove; hang ?y bagg sur by ?e hoopis; do so for my loue; 168

And vndur euy bagge, good so?, a basou cler & bryght; and now is ?e ypocras made / for to plese many a wight. ?e draff of ?e spicery / is good for Sewes in kychyn di?t; and ?iff ?ow cast hit awey, ?ow dost ?y mastir no ri?t. 172

++Now, good son, ?yne ypocras is made pfite & well; y wold ?an ye put it in staunche & a clene vessell, and ?e mouth ?-off y-stopped eu more wisely & fell, and sue hit forth wt wafurs bo?e in chambur & Cell. 176

++The botery.

++Thy cuppes / ?y pott, ?u se be clene bo?e wt-in & owt; hyne ale .v. dayes old er ?ow sue it abowt, for ale ?at is newe is wastable wt-owte? dowt: And looke ?at all ?yng be pure & clene ?at ye go abowt. 180

Be fayr of answer / redy to sue / and also gentell of cher, and ?a? me? will sey '?er goth a gentill officer.' be war ?at ye geue no psone palled drynke, for feer hit my?t bryng many a man in dissese / duryng many a ?er. 184

++Son, hit is tyme of ?e day / ?e table wold be layde. Furst wipe ?e table wt a cloth or ?t hit be splayd, ?a? lay a cloth o? ?e table / a cowche it is called & said: take ?y felow oo? ende ?of / & ?u ?at other that brayde, 188

Tha? draw streight ?y cloth, & ley ?e bou?t o? ?e vtt egge of ?e table, take ?e vpper part / & let hyt hang evy? able: ?an? take ?e .iij. cloth, & ley the bou?t o? ?e Inner side plesable, and ley estate wt the vpper part, ?e brede of half fote is greable. 192

Cover ?y cuppeborde of thy ewery wt the towell of diapery; take a towell abowt thy nekke / for ?at is curtesy, lay ?t oo? side of ?e towaile o? ?y lift arme manerly, an o? ?e same arme ley ?y souaignes napky? honestly; 196

?a? lay o? ?at arme viij. louys bred / wt iij. or iiij. trencher lovis; Take ?at oo ende of ?y towaile / in ?y lift hand, as ?e man is, and ?e salt Seller in ?e same hand, looke ?t ye do this; ?at o? ende of ?e towaile / in ri?t hand wt spones & knyffes y-wis; 200

Set your salt o? ?e right side / wher sitt your soverayne, o? ?e lyfft Side of your salt / sett your trencher oon & twayne, o? ?e lifft side of yo trnchour lay your knyffe synglr & play?;

and o? ?e .... side of your knyff / oo? by o? ?e white payne; 204

your spone vppo? a napky? fayr / ?et folde? wold he be, besides ?e bred it wold be laid, so?, y telle the: Cover your spone / napky?, trencher, & knyff, ?t no ma? hem se. at ?e o? ende of ?e table / a salt wt ij. trenchers sett ye. 208

+S+, ?eff ?ow wilt wrappe ?y souaynes bred stately, Thow must square & pporciou ?y bred clene & evenly, and ?at no loof ne bunne be mor ?a? o? pporcionly, and so shaltow make ?y wrappe for ?y mast manly; 212

?a? take a towaile of Raynes, of ij. yard and half wold it be, take ?y towaile by the end dowble / and fair o? a table lay ye, ?a? take ?e end of ?t bought / an handfull in hande, now her ye me: wrap ye hard ?at handfull or mor it is ?e styffer, y telle ?e 216

?a? ley betwene ?e endes so wrapped, in myddes of ?at towell, viij loves or bonnes, botom to botom?, forsothe it will do well, and whe? ?e looff ar betwe?, ?a? wrappe hit wisely & fell; and for your enformaciou mor playnly y will yow tell, 220

ley it o? ?e vpper part of ?e bred, y telle yow honestly; take bo?e endis of ?e towell, & draw ?em straytly, and wrythe an handfull of ?e towell next ?e bred myghtily, and se ?at thy wrapper be made strayt & evy? styffely. 224

whe? he is so y-graithed, as ri?t befor y haue saide, ?e? shall ye ope? hym thus / & do hit at a brayd, ope? ?e last end of ?y wrapper befor ?i souayne laid, and your bred sett in man & forme: ?e? it is honestly arayd. 228

++So?, whe? ?y soueignes table is drest in ?us array, kou all o? bord wt Salt; trenchers & cuppes ?o? ye lay; ?an empiall ?y Cuppeborde / wt Silu & gild full gay, ?y Ewry borde wt basons & lauo, wat hoot & cold, eche o? to alay. 232

loke pt ye haue napkyns, spones, & cuppis eu y-nowe to your souaynes table, your honeste for to allowe, also ?at pott for wyne & ale be as clene as ?ey mowe; be eumore war of flies & mot, y telle ?e, for ?y prowe. 236

++The surnape ye shull make wt lowly curtesye with a cloth vndir a dowble of ri?t feir napry; take thy towailes end next yow wt-out vilanye, and ?e ende of ?e cloth o? ?e vttur side of ?e towell bye; 240

Thus all iij. end hold ye at onis, as ye well may; now fold ye all ther at oonys ?t a pli?t passe not a fote brede all way, ?a? lay hyt fayr & evy? ?er as ye ca? hit lay; ?us aft mete, ?iff yowr mastir will wasch, ?at he may. 244

at ?e ri?t ende of ?e table ye must it owt gyde, ?e marchall must hit convey along ?e table to glide; So of all iij clothes vppeward ?e ri?t half ?at tide, and ?at it be draw strayt & evy? bo?e in length & side. 248

Then must ye draw & reyse / ?e vpper pte of ?e towell, Ley it wt-out ruffelyng strei?t to ?at o? side, y ?e telle; ?a? at euy end ?of convay half a yarde or an elle, ?at ?e sewer may make a state / & plese hs mastir well. 252

whan ?e state hath wasch, ?e surnap drawne playne, ?e? must ye ber for?e ?e surnape befor your souerayne, and so must ye take it vppe with your armes twayne, and to ?e Ewery bere hit your silf agayne. 256

a-bowt your nekke a towell ye ber, so to sue your lorde, ?a? to hym make curtesie, for so it will accorde. vnkeu your brede, & by ?e salt sette hit euy? o? ?e borde; looke ?er be knyfe & spone / & napky? wt-outy any worde. 260

Eu wha? ye depte from your souaigne, looke ye bowe yo knees; to ?e port-payne forth ye passe, & ?er viij. loues ye leese: Set at ei?ur end of ?e table .iiij. loofes at a mese, ?a? looke ?at ye haue napky? & spone euy psone to plese. 264

wayte well to ?e Sewer how many potag keuered he; keu ye so many psonis for your honeste. ?a? serve forth your table / vche psone to his degre, and ?at ? lak no bred / trenchour, ale, & wyne / eumor ye se. 268

be glad of cher / Curteise of kne / & soft of speche, Fayr hand, clene nayles / honest arrayed, y the teche; Coughe not, ner spitte, nor to lowd ye reche, ne put your fyngurs in the cuppe / moot for to seche. 272

yet to all ?e lord haue ye a sight / for groggyg & atwytyng of fellows ?at be at ?e mete, for ?eir bakbytyng; Se ?ey be sued of bred, ale, & wyne, for complaynyng, and so shall ye haue of all me? / good loue & praysyng. 276

++Symple condicions.

++Symple Codicyons of a psone ?t is not taught, y will ye eschew, for eumor ?ey be nowght. your hed ne bak ye claw / a fleigh as ?augh ye sought, ne your heer ye stryke, ne pyke / to prall for a flesch mought. 280

Glowtyng ne twynkelyng wt your y?e / ne to heuy of cher, watery / wynkyng / ne droppyng / but of sight cler. pike not your nose / ne ?at hit be droppyng wt no peerlis cler, Snyff nor snityng hyt to lowd / lest your souayne hit her. 284

wrye not your nek a doyle as hit wer a dawe; put not your hand in your hose? your codwar fer to clawe, nor pikyng, nor trifelyng / ne shrukkyng as ?au? ye wold sawe; yo hond frote ne rub / brydelynge wt brest vppo? yo crawe; 288

wt your eris pike not / ner be ye slow of heryng; areche / ne spitt to ferr / ne haue lowd laughyng; Speke not lowd / be war of mowyng & scornyng; be no lier wt your mouth / ne lykorous, ne dryvelyng. 292

wt your mouthe ye vse now? to squyrt, nor spowt; be not gapyng nor ganyng, ne wt ?y mouth to powt lik not wt ?y tong in a disch, a mote to haue owt. Be not rasche ne recheles, it is not worth a clowt. 296

wt your brest / sigh, nor cowgh / nor brethe, your souayne befor; be yoxing, ne bolkyng / ne gronyng, neu ?e more; wt your feet trampelyng, ne settyng your leggis a shor; wt your body be not shrubbyng; Iettyng is no loor. 300

Good so?, ?y teth be not pikyng, grisyng, ne gnastynge; ne stynkyng of breth o? your souayne castyng; wt puffyng ne blowyng, now? full ne fastyng; and all wey be war of ?y hyndur part from gunes blastyng. 304

These Cuttid galaunt with their codwar; ?at is a? vngoodly gise;-- Other tacches as towchyng / y spar not to myspue aft myne avise,-- whe? he shall sue his mastir, befor hym? o? ?e table hit lyes; Euy soueyne of sadnes all suche sort shall dispise. 308

Many moo condicions a ma? myght fynde / ?a? now ar named her, ?for Euy honest suand / avoyd all thoo, & worshipp lat hym leer. Panter, yoma? of ?e Celler, butler, & Ewer, y will ?at ye obeye to ?e marshall, Sewer, & kerver.' 312

"++Good syr, y yow pray ?e connyng of kervyng ye will me teche, and ?e fayr handlyng of a knyfe, y yow beseche, and all wey wher y shall all man fowles / breke, vnlace, or seche, and wt Fysch or flesch, how shall y demene me wt eche." 316

++"So?, thy knyfe must be bryght, fayr, & clene, and ?yne hand fair wasch, it wold ?e well be sene. hold alwey thy knyfe sur, ?y self not to tene, and passe not ij. fyngurs & a thombe o? thy knyfe so kene; 320

In mydde wey of thyne hande set the ende of ?e haft Sur, Vnlasyng & mynsyng .ij. fyngur wt ?e thombe / ?t may ye endur. kervyng / of bred leiyng / voydyng / of cromes & trenchewr, wt ij. fyngurs and a thombe / loke ye haue ?e Cure. 324

Sett neu o? fysch nor flesch / beest / nor fowle, trewly, Moor ?a? ij. fyngurs and a thombe, for ?at is curtesie. Touche neu wt your right hande no man mete surely, but wt your lyft hande / as y seid afor, for ?t is goodlye. 328

All-wey wt your lift hand hold yo loof wt myght, and hold your knyfe Sur, as y haue geue yow sight. enbrewe not your table / for ?a? ye do not ryght, ne ?-vppo? ye wipe your knyff, but o? your napky? plight. 332

Furst take a loofe of trenchurs in ?y lifft hande, ?a? take ?y table knyfe, as y haue seid afor hande; wt the egge of ?e knyfe your trencher vp be ye reysande as nyghe ?e poynt as ye may, to-for your lord hit leyande; 336

right so .iiij. trenchers oo? by a-nothur .iiij. squar ye sett, and vppo? ?o trenchurs .iiij. a trenchur sengle wt-out lett; ?a? take your loof of light payne / as y haue said ?ett, and wt the egge of ?e knyfe nygh your hand ye kett. 340

Furst par ?e quarters of the looff round all a-bowt, ?a? kutt ?e vpper crust / for your souayne, & to hym alowt. Suffer your parell to stond still to ?e botom / & so ny?e y-spend owt, so ley hym of ?e cromes a quarter of ?e looff Saunc? dowt; 344

Touche neu ?e loof aft he is so tamed, put it, a plater or ?e almes disch ?-for named. Make clene your bord eu, ?a? shall ye not be blamed, ?a? may ?e sewer his lord sue / & neyth of yow be gramed 348

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