Awayte my chylde / whan ye sta_n_de atte table [Sidenote: When you serve at table,] Of maister or souerayn / whether it be Applye you for to be seruysable 115 [Sidenote: be attentive and tidy,] That no defaute in you founden be Loke / who doth best / and hym ensiewe ye And in especyal / vse ye attendaunce [Sidenote: specially to well-off men.] Wherein ye shal your self best auaunce 119 * * * * * THE ORIEL TEXT. [18] A[s] ye be comaundyd, so ye do algate, Beth not wyth-oute cause from the tabul absent; Hit is plesaunce vnto the gret astate 122 To se theyr_e_ saruaunt about them p_re_sent; Haunteth no halkes, for then ye woll be schent. Lette maner and Mesure be your_e_ guydes twey, So shall ye best please, I dare well sey. 126 [19] Rewarde all-way the loke and countenaunce Of your_e_ master, or of your_e_ souereine, Ther shall ye best preue what is plesaunce, 129 And what displesaunce; this is the soth serteyne, The chere discureth often tyme both twayne, And eke the chere may some tyme you addresse In thyng that langage may not þan expresse. 133 [20] And what ye here there, loke ye kepe hit secre, Besy report of mystrust is cheff norice; Mekell langage may not all fautles be; 136 Than doth, my childe, as teicheth you the wyse, Whiche vnto you this wysdome dothe devise, 'Here and see, be still in euery prees,[1] [Sidenote 1: MS. 'in euery place and in prees.' _Place_ was to have been the last word; _and in prees_ was carelessly _added_, instead of striking out _place_.--Sk.] Passe forth your_e_ way in silence and in pees.' [Sidenote: _Hill's Text._] ¶ As ye be co_m_avnded, so do ye algate; 120 be not cavseles fro _th_e table absente; yt ys a grete pleasure to _th_e high estate[1] [Sidenote 1: noble, lord.] To se his s_er_vaunttes abowte hy_m_ presente. havnte no halke, for the_n_ ye will[e] be shente; 124 lette maner_e_ & mesure be yo_u_r gydes twayne; so shall[e] ye best please, I dare savely sayne. ¶ Reward also thy loke & contenavnce, Off yo_u_r master or of yo_u_r soverayne, 128 so shall[e] ye best p_re_ve what ys his plesavnce or ell_is_ his dysplesavnce: this ys s_er_tayne, The chere discovereth oftyn both[e] twayn, & eke the chere su_m_tyme may yow addresse 132 In thyn_gis_ the langage may not the_n_ expresse. [Sidenote: ffl C lxj, back.]