Early English Meals and Manners

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With ſtaff ne ſtone at hors ne hogge;

Loke þat þou not ſcorne ne iape

Noþer with man, maydyn, ne ape;

Lete no man of þee make playnt;

Swere þou not by god noþer by ſaynt.

Loke þou be curteys ſtondyng at mete;

And þat men ȝeuyth þee, þou take & ete;

And loke that þou nother crye ne crave,

And ſay “that and that wold y have;”

But ſtond þou ſtylle be-fore þ^e borde,