Laying the Cloth, and Making Ready the Table
Be sure to be ready the board to prepare
At times as accustomed; with diligent care,
The table-cloth first see fairly be spread,
Fair trenchers, clean napkins, the salt and the bread.
Let glasses be scoured in country guise
With salt and fair water, and ever devise
The place most convenient where they may stand,
The safest from breaking, and nearest at hand.
[Here follow several graces and maxims.]