Supper now is spread, and the scene opens with an excellent persuasive to cheerfulness and hospitality:
"Provide for thy husband, to make him good cheer,
Make merry together, while time ye be here.
A-bed and at board, howsoever befall,
Whatever God sendeth, be merry withall.
No taunts before servants, for hindering of fame,
No jarring too loud, for avoiding of shame."
The servants are then ordered to be courteous, and attentive to each other, especially at their meals, and directions are given for the next morning's work.
The last section, entitled "After-supper matters," is introduced and terminated in a very moral and impressive manner. The first couplet tells us to
"Remember those children, whose parents be poor,