Early English Meals and Manners

by Unknown

and wheñ þe looffes ar betweñ, þañ wrappe hit wisely & felle;

and for youre enformacioun more playnly y wille yow telle,

ley it oñ þe vpper part of þe bred, y telle yow honestly;

take boþe endis of þe towelle, & draw þem straytly,

and wrythe an handfulle of þe towelle next þe bred myghtily,

and se þat thy wrappere be made strayt & evyñ styffely.

wheñ he is so y-graithed,[46] as riȝt before y haue saide,

þeñ shalle ye opeñ hym thus / & do hit at a brayd,

opeñ þe last end of þy wrappere before þi souerayne laid,

and youre bred sett in maner & forme: þeñ it is honestly arayd.