Early English Meals and Manners

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be yoxinge,[57] ne bolkynge / ne gronynge, neuer þe more;

with youre feet trampelynge, ne settynge youre leggis a shore[58];

with youre body be not shrubbynge[59]; Iettynge[60] is no loore.

Good soñ, þy tethe be not pikynge, grisynge,[61] ne gnastynge[62];

ne stynkynge of brethe oñ youre souerayne castynge;

with puffynge ne blowynge, nowþer fulle ne fastynge;

and alle wey be ware of þy hyndur part from gunnes blastynge.

These Cuttid[63] galauntes with theire codware; þat is añ vngoodly gise;—

Other tacches[64] as towchynge / y spare not to myspraue aftur myne avise,—

wheñ he shalle serue his mastir, before hym̅ oñ þe table hit lyes;