[Sidenote: Lay for as many persons as the Sewer has set potages for, and have plenty of bread and drink.] wayte well{e} to þe Sewer{e} how many potag{es} keuered he; keu{er} ye so many p{er}sonis for your{e} honeste. þañ serve forth{e} your{e} table / vche p{er}sone to his degre, and þat þ{er} lak no bred / trenchour{e}, ale, & wyne / eu{er}mor{e} ye se. 268 [Sidenote: Be lively and soft-spoken, clean and well dressed. Don’t spit or put your fingers into cups.] be glad of cher{e} / Curteise of kne / & soft of speche, Fayr{e} hand{es}, clene nayles / honest arrayed, y the teche; Coughe[*] not, ner spitte, nor to lowd ye reche, ne put your{e} fyngurs in the cuppe / moot{es} for to seche. 272 [Footnote *: Mark over _h_.] [Sidenote: Stop all blaming and backbiting, and prevent complaints.] yet to all{e} þe lord{es} haue ye a sight / for groggy{n}g{e} & atwytyng{e}[49] of fellows þat be at þe mete, for þeir{e} bakbytyng{e}; Se þey be s{er}ued of bred, ale, & wyne, for complaynyng{e}, and so shall{e} ye haue of all{e} meñ / good loue & praysyng{e}. 276 [Headnote: SYMPLE CONDICIONS: HOW TO BEHAVE.] [Sidenote: _General Directions for Behaviour._] ++Symple condicions. [Sidenote: Don’t claw your back as if after a flea; or your head, as if after a louse.] ++Symple Co{n}dicyons of a p{er}sone þ{a}t is not taught, y will{e} ye eschew, for eu{er}mor{e} þey be nowght. your{e} hed ne bak ye claw / a fleigh as þaugh{e} ye sought, ne your{e} heer{e} ye stryke, ne pyke / to prall{e}[50] for a flesch{e} mought.[51] 280 [Sidenote: See that your eyes are not blinking and watery. Don’t pick your nose, or let it drop, or blow it too loud,] Glowtyng{e}[52] ne twynkelyng{e} w{i}t{h} your{e} yȝe / ne to heuy of cher{e}, watery / wynkyng{e} / ne droppyng{e} / but of sight cler{e}. pike not your{e} nose / ne þat hit be droppyng{e} w{i}t{h} no peerlis cler{e}, Snyff nor snityng{e}[53] hyt to lowd / lest your{e} sou{er}ayne hit her{e}. 284 [Sidenote: or twist your neck. Don’t claw your cods, rub your hands,] wrye not your{e} nek a doyle[54] as hit wer{e} a dawe; put not your{e} hand{es} in your{e} hoseñ your{e} codwar{e}[55] fer to clawe, nor pikyng{e}, nor trifelyng{e} / ne shrukkyng{e} as þauȝ ye wold sawe; yo{ur} hond{es} frote ne rub / brydelynge w{i}t{h} brest vppoñ yo{ur} crawe; 288 [Sidenote: pick your ears, retch, or spit too far. Don’t tell lies,]