¶ lete not yo_u_r spone in yo_u_r_e_ disshe stond, Ne vpon _th_e table yt shuld not lye; 268 lete yo_u_r trenchowre be clen_e_ for any thyng, & yf ye haue, change yet as honestly As ye ca_n_; make avoyde manerly So _th_at no fragme_n_t fro yo_u_r tre_n_cher_e_ fall[e]: 272 Do thus, my child, i_n_ chamber_e_ & i_n_ hall[e]. ¶ And wha_n_ a-nother ma_n_ spekyth at _th_e table, be ware ye int_er_rupte not his langage, for _tha_t ys a thyng on-comendable, 276 & yt ys not no signe of folk_is_ sage To be of langage besy & owtrage; ffor the wyse sayd in his sentence 'he shuld be bold [& be wyse][1] _tha_t gevyth audyence.' 280 [Sidenote 1: In a later hand, above the line.] [Sidenote: ffl C lxiij.] ¶ Vnd_er_stond _ther_for or than ye speke; prynt i_n_ yo_u_r mynde clerly _th_e sentence; who _tha_t vsyth a ma_n_ys tale to breke, lettyth vncurteysly all[e] the audyence 284 And hurteth hy_m_ self for lake of scyence; he maye not geve answere co_n_venyente _tha_t heryt[=h] not fynally what ys mente. CAXTON'S TEXT. [39] Lete not your spone / in your disshe sto_n_ding [Sidenote: Don't leave your spoon in your dish or on the table.] Ne vpon the table / it shold not lye Lete your trenchour / be clene for ony thing 269 [Sidenote: Keep your trencher clean.] And yf ye haue cha[=n]ge / yet as honestly As ye can / make a voyde manerly So that no fragme_n_t / fro your tre_n_cher falle Do thus my childe / in chambre & in halle 273 [40] [Sidenote: Leaf 7 b.] And whan another man / spekith atte table Beware ye enterrupte not / his langage [Sidenote: Don't interrupt man in his talk] For that is a thinge discomendable 276 And_e_ it is no signe of folkes sage To be of langage / besy and_e_ outrage For the wyse man said_e_ / in his sentence He shold_e_ be wyse / that gyueth audience 280 [41] Vnderstonde therfore or than ye speke Prynte in your mynde / clerly the sentence [Sidenote: Before you speak, settle in your mind what you have to say.] Who that vsith / a mannes tale to breke 283 Letteth vncurteysly / alle the audyence And_e_ hurteth hym self / for lack of science He may not gyue answers conuenyente That herith not fynally / what is mente 287 * * * * * THE ORIEL TEXT. [42] Be ware Also, my childe, of rehersaille Of materis whiche ben at the table mevide; Hit grevith ofte and dothe men disavaylle, 290 Full many a man that vice hath mysschevide, Of evill thyng saide is wors often contrivide; Suche reportis alway loke ye esschewe, As may of olde frendis make enemyes newe. 294 [43]