To the birthe of vche estate a mershalle must se,
and þeñ next of his lyne / for þeyre dignyte;
þen folowynge, to officers afftere þeire degre,
As chauncelere, Steward / Chamburleyñ / tresorere if he be:
More ouer take hede he must / to aliene / commers straungeres,
and to straungers of þis land, resi[d]ent dwelleres,
and exalte þem to honoure / if þe be of honest maneres;
þeñ alle oþer aftur þeire degre / like as cace requeres.
In a manerable mershalle þe connynge is moost commendable
to haue a fore sight to straungers, to sett þem at þe table;