Commendeth manners to be base, most foul and nothing worth.

If thou to vomit be constrained, avoid from company,

So shall it better be excused, if not through gluttony.

Keep white thy teeth and wash thy mouth with water pure and clean;

And in that washing, mannerly observe and keep a mean.

And be not like a slothful wight, delighted to hang down

Thy head, and lift the shoulders up, nor with thy brows to frown.

To carry up the body fair is decent and doth show

A comely grace in any one, wherever he doth go.

To hang the head on any side doth show hypocrisy;