to-fore þi souereyn cratche ne picke þee nouȝt.
¶ Who-so speke to þee in ony maner place,
lumpischli caste not þin heed a-doun,
but with a sad cheer loke him in þe face.
walke demurely bi streetis in þe toun,
And take good hede bi wisdom & resoun
þat bi no wantowne lauȝinge þou do noon offence
To-fore þi souereyne while he is in presence.
Pare clene þi nailis; þin hondis waische also
to-fore þi mete, [&] whanne þou doist arise.