“Be not glum,[[131]] nor twinkle with your eyes, nor be heavy of cheer; and keep your eyes free from winking and watering.[[132]]
“Do not pick your nose or let it drop clear pearls, or sniff, or blow it too loud, lest your lord hear.
“Twist not your neck askew like a jackdaw; wring not your hands with picking or trifling or shrugging, as if ye would saw [wood]; nor puff up your chest, nor pick your ears, nor be slow of hearing.
“Retch not, nor spit too far, nor laugh or speak too loud. Beware of making faces and scorning; and be no liar with your mouth. Nor yet lick your lips or drivel.
“Do not have the habit of squirting or spouting with your mouth, or gape, or yawn, or pout. And do not lick a dish with your tongue to get out dust.
“Be not rash or reckless—that is not worth a clout.
“Do not sigh with your breast, or cough, or breathe hard in the presence of your sovereign, or hiccough, or belch, or groan never the more. Do not trample with your feet, or straddle your legs, or scratch your body—there is no sense in showing off. Good son, do not pick your teeth, or grind, or gnash them, or with puffing and blowing cast foul breath upon your lord.... These gallants in their short coats—that is ungoodly guise. Other faults on this matter, I spare not to disapprove in my opinion, when “A man might find many more conditions than are named here; but let every honest servant avoid them for his own credit. “Panter, yeoman of the cellar, butler and ewerer, I will that ye obey the marshal, sewer and carver.” “Good sir, I pray you teach me the skill of carving, and the fair handling of a knife, and all the ways that I shall break open, unlace and penetrate all manner of fowl, flesh and fish—how I shall demean me with each.”