Early English Meals and Manners

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laughe not] Cam. noþer laughe with moche speche] Cam. thow meche speke mayst] Cam. may ne drynke] Cam. ner drynke ne spylle] Cam. not fayre and stylle] Cam. stere het not thy] Cam. the so] Eg. that

Byte not þi mete, but kerve it clene,

Be welle ware no drop be sene.

Whan þou etyst, gape not to wyde

That þi mouth be sene on yche a syde.

And son, beware, I rede, of on thyng,

Blow neþer yn thi mete nor yn þi drynk.

And yif thi lord drynk at þat tyde,

Drynk þou not, but hym abyde;

Be it at Evyne, be it at noone,