¶ And _tha_t ye here, loke ye kepe always secre; besy reporte, of myschefe ys chese noryse; Mykyll[e] langage may not all[e] fawtles be; 136 The_n_ do, my chyld, as techeth you _th_e wyse whiche vnto you _th_is lessu_n_ doth devyce: here & see, & be styll[e] in eu_er_y prees, passe forthe yo_u_r way i_n_ scilence & i_n_ pees. 140 CAXTON'S TEXT. [18] As ye be comanded_e_ / so do ye algate Be not causeles / fro the table absent [Sidenote: Don't absent yourself from table,] It is a grete plesure / to the hyghe estate 122 To see his seruantis aboute hym present Haunte no halke / for the_n_ne ye wil be shente [Sidenote: or stick yourself in a corner.] Lete maner & mesure / be your gydes tweyne [Sidenote: Let Manners and Moderation guide you.] So shal ye best plese / I dar sauely seyne 126 [19] [Sidenote: Leaf 4 a.] Rewarde also the loke and_e_ contenaunce Of your maister / or of your souereyne [Sidenote: Look at your master's face;] So shal ye best preue what is his plesa[=n]ce 129 Or els displesaunce / this is soth serteyne [Sidenote: that'll show whether he's pleased or not.] The chere discouerith / often bothe tweyne And eke þ^e cher_e_ / somtyme may you addresse In thi_n_gis / þ^t la_n_gage may not them expresse 133 [20] And_e_ that ye her loke / kepe alway secree [Sidenote: Keep secret all you hear.] Besy reporte / of mischief is chief noryse Mykyl langage / may not al fawtles bee 136 Then_n_e do my childe / as techeth you the wyse Whiche vnto you / this lesson doth deuyse Here and see / and_e_ be styll_e_ in euery prees Passe forth your way in scilence & in pees 140 [Sidenote: Hear, see, and go your way.] * * * * * THE ORIEL TEXT. [21] And yit in Aventure ye, if the caase require, Ye most speke as hit may doo percace; [Sidenote 1: MS. precace.] Seuen condic_i_ons obserue as ye shall hire, 143 Avise you well what ye sey and in what place, Of whom, and to whom, in your_e_ mynde compace; Howe ye shall speke, and whan, taketh good hede, This couns_e_illeth the wyse man wyth-outen drede. [22] A wayte, my childe, ye haue you manerly, Whan at your_e_ mete ye sittyn at your_e_ table; In euery pres, in euery company, 150 Disposeth you to be so componable, That men may you reporte for comendable; For tristeth well, vppon your_e_ bering Men woll you blame or yeven you preysing. 154 [23] And printeth chiefly in your_e_ memorie, For A principalle poynt of feire norture, Ye depraue no man absent especially; 157 Seint Austyn Amonishith wyth besy cure, Howe at the table men shull them assure, That there escapeth them no suche langage, As myght turne other folke to disparage. 161 */ [Sidenote: _Hill's Text.]