Never speak improperly of women, for we and our fathers were all born of women.

A wife should honour and obey her husband, and serve him.

Try to reconcile brothers if they quarrel.

At a gate, let your equal precede you; go behind your superior and your master unless he bids you go beside him.

On a pilgrimage don’t be third man: 3 oxen can’t draw a plough.

Don’t drink all that’s in a cup offered you; take a little.

If you sleep with any man, ask what part of the bed he likes, and lie far from him.

If you journey with any man, find out his name, who he is, where he is going.

With friars on a pilgrimage, do as they do.

Don’t put up at a red (haired and faced) man or woman’s house.