Be not greedy of meat and drink, be liberal and kind.
Burnish no bones with your teeth, for it is unseemly.
Rend not thy meat asunder, for to courtesy it is contrary.
An a stranger sit near thee, ever among now and then,
Reward him with some dainties, like a gentleman.
If thy fellow sit from his meat, and cannot come thereto,
Then cut him such as thou hast, that is gently [to] do.
Belch near no man’s face with a corrupt fumosity;[[332]]
Turn from such occasion, it is a stinking ventosity.[[333]]
Eat small morsels of meat, not too great in quantity,