If your superior hands you a cup, drink, but take the cup with two hands.
When he speaks to you, doff your cap and bend your knee.
Don’t scratch yourself at table, wipe your nose, or play with your spoon, &c.
This book is for young children who don’t stay long at school.
God grant them grace to be virtuous!
[ Stans Puer ad Mensam (both versions).]
When you stand before your sovereign, speak not recklessly, and keep your hands still.
Don’t stare about, lean against a post, look at the wall, pick your nose, or scratch yourself.
When spoken to, don’t lumpishly look at the ground.
Walk demurely in the streets, and don’t laugh before your lord.