For if þey haue gentille chere / & gydynge manerable,
þe mershalle doth his souereyñ honoure / & he þe more lawdable.
¶ Ȝeff þow be a mershalle to any lord of þis land,
yff þe kynge send to þy souereyñ eny his seruand by sand,
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[Yeff] he be a |
knyght Squyere yomañ of þe crowñ grome page Childe | receve hym as a |
barouñ honorand knyght with hand Squyere yemañ in manere grome goodly in fere grome gentille lernere. | receive him one degree higher than his rank. |
¶ hit rebuketh not a knyght / þe knyges grome to sytte at his table,
no more hit dothe a mershalle of maners plesable;
and so from̅ þe hiest degre / to be lowest honorable,
if þe mershalle haue a sight þerto, he is commendable.
¶ Wisdom wolle a mershalle manerabely þat he vndirstand