13. Bow to your lord,
14. Keep the night-stool and urinal ready for whenever he calls, and take it back when done with.
How to prepare a Bath.
Hang round the roof, sheets full of sweet herbs, have five or six sponges to sit or lean on, and one great sponge to sit on with a sheet over and a sponge under his feet.
Mind the door’s shut.
With a basinful of hot herbs, wash him with a soft sponge, throw rose-water on him; let him go to bed.
Put his socks and slippers on, stand him on his footsheet, wipe him dry, take him to bed to cure his troubles.
To make a Medicinal Bath.
Boil together hollyhock centaury, herb-benet, scabious, withy leaves; throw them hot into a vessel, set your lord on it; let him bear it as hot as he can, and whatever disease he has will certainly be cured, as men say.