w{i}t{h} your{e} eris pike not / ner be ye slow of heryng{e}; areche / ne spitt to ferr{e} / ne haue lowd laughyng{e}; Speke not lowd / be war of mowyng{e}[56] & scornyng{e}; be no lier w{i}t{h} your{e} mouth{e} / ne lykorous, ne dryvelyng{e}. 292 [Sidenote: or squirt with your mouth, gape, pout, or put your tongue in a dish to pick dust out.] w{i}t{h} your{e} mouthe ye vse nowþ{er} to squyrt, nor spowt; be not gapyng{e} nor ganyng{e}, ne w{i}t{h} þy mouth to powt lik not w{i}t{h} þy tong{e} in a disch, a mote to haue owt. Be not rasche ne recheles, it is not worth a clowt. 296 [Sidenote: Don’t cough, hiccup, or belch, straddle your legs, or scrub your body.] w{i}t{h} your{e} brest / sigh{e}, nor cowgh{e} / nor brethe, your{e} sou{er}ayne befor{e}; [Fol. 175.] be yoxing{e},[57] ne bolkyng{e} / ne gronyng{e}, neu{er} þe more; w{i}t{h} your{e} feet trampelyng{e}, ne settyng{e} your{e} leggis a shor{e}[58]; w{i}t{h} your{e} body be not shrubbyng{e}[59]; Iettyng{e}[60] is no loor{e}. 300 [Sidenote: Don’t pick your teeth, cast stinking breath on your lord, fire your stern guns, or expose your codware before your master.] Good soñ, þy teth{e} be not pikyng{e}, grisyng{e},[61] ne gnastynge[62]; ne stynkyng{e} of breth{e} oñ your{e} sou{er}ayne castyng{e}; w{i}t{h} puffyng{e} ne blowyng{e}, nowþ{er} full{e} ne fastyng{e}; and all{e} wey be war{e} of þy hyndur part from gu{n}nes blastyng{e}. 304 These Cuttid[63] galaunt{es} with their{e} codwar{e}; þat is añ vngoodly gise;-- Other tacches[64] as towchyng{e} / y spar{e} not to mysp{ra}ue aft{ur} myne avise,-- wheñ he shall{e} s{er}ue his mastir, befor{e} hym̅ oñ þe table hit lyes; Eu{er}y sou{er}eyne of sadnes[65] all{e} suche sort shall{e} dispise. 308 [Sidenote: Many other improprieties a good servant will avoid.’] Many moo condicions a mañ myght fynde / þañ now ar named her{e}, þ{er}for{e} Eu{er}y honest s{er}uand / avoyd all{e} thoo, & worshipp{e} lat hym leer{e}. Panter, yomañ of þe Celler{e}, butler{e}, & Ewer{e}, y will{e} þat ye obeye to þe marshall{e}, Sewer{e}, & kerver{e}.[66]’ 312 [Headnote: HOW TO CARVE, AND TO LAY TRENCHERS.] [Sidenote: ‘Sir, pray teach me how to carve, handle a knife, and cut up birds, fish, and flesh.’] “++Good syr, y yow pray þe connyng{e}[A] of kervyng{e} ye will{e} me teche, and þe fayr{e} handlyng{e} of a knyfe, y yow beseche, and all{e} wey wher{e} y shall{e} all{e} man{er} fowles / breke, vnlace, or seche,[67] and w{i}t{h} Fysch{e} or flesch{e}, how shall{e} y demene me w{i}t{h} eche.” 316 [Text note: MS. comynge.]