Drink not with bridle[[74]] for haste or negligence
Keep clean thy lips from fat of flesh or fish;
Wipe fair thy spoon, nor leave it in thy dish.
Of bitten bread with thy teeth no sops think thou to make;
Loud for to sup gainsays all gentleness.
With mouth imbrued[[75]] thy cup thou must not take,
In ale, in wine, with hand leave no fatnéss;
Nor foul the napery through recklessness.
Beware that at the meat thou begin no strife.
Thy teeth at table pick not with no knife.