Of bread slice out fair morsels to put in your pottáge.

Fill it not too full of bread, for it may be to thee reprovable;

Lest thou leave part, then to measure thou art variable.[[330]]

And sup not loud of thy pottage, no time in all thy life.

Dip not thy meat in the salt-cellar, but take it with a knife.

When thou hast eaten thy pottage, do as I shall thee wish;

Wipe clean thy spoon and leave it not in thy dish.

Lay it down before thy trencher, thereof be not afraid;

And take heed who taketh it up, lest it be conveyed.[[331]]

Cut not the best morsel for thyself, leave part behind.