And ask them blessing if they have been long out of presénce.
Cleanly appoint you your array, beware then of disdain;
Then be gentle of speech and mannerly you retain.
And as ye pass the town or street, sadly[[322]] go forth your way,
[Nor] gaze nor scoff, nor scold, with man nor child make no fray.
Fair speech doth great pleasure; it seemeth of gentle blood;
Gentle is to use fair speech; it requireth nothing but good.
And when thou comest into the church thy prayers for to say,
Kneel, sit, stand or walk, devoutly look thou pray.
Cast not your eye to and fro, all things for to see;