"Not smacking thy lips as commonly do hogs,
Nor gnawing the bones as it were dogs.
Such rudeness abhor, such beastliness fly,
At the table behave thyself mannerly."
He must keep his fingers clean with a napkin, wipe his mouth before drinking, and be temperate in eating—"For 'measure is treasure,' the proverb doth say."
The directions "how to behave thyself in talking with any man" are very minute and specific:—
"If a man demand a question of thee,
In thine answer-making be not too hasty;
Weigh well his words, the case understand,