[Sidenote: ‘Hold your knife tight, with two fingers and a thumb,] ++“Soñ, thy knyfe must be bryght, fayr{e}, & clene, and þyne hand{es} fair{e} wasch{e}, it wold þe well{e} be sene. hold alwey thy knyfe sur{e}, þy self not to tene, and passe not ij. fyngurs & a thombe oñ thy knyfe so kene; 320 [Sidenote: in your midpalm. Do your carving, lay your bread, and take off trenchers, with two fingers and thumb.] In mydde wey of thyne hande set the ende of þe haft Sur{e}, Vnlasyng{e} & mynsyng{e} .ij. fyngur{s} w{i}t{h} þe thombe / þ{a}t may ye endur{e}. kervyng{e} / of bred leiyng{e} / voydyng{e} / of cromes & trenchewr{e}, w{i}t{h} ij. fyngurs and a thombe / loke ye haue þe Cure. 324 [Sidenote: Never touch others’ food with your right hand, but only with the left.] Sett neu{er} oñ fysch{e} nor flesch{e} / beest / nor fowle, trewly, Moor{e} þañ ij. fyngurs and a thombe, for þat is curtesie. Touche neu{er} w{i}t{h} your{e} right hande no man{er} mete surely, but w{i}t{h} your lyft hande / as y seid afor{e}, for þ{a}t is goodlye. 328 [Sidenote: Don’t dirty your table or wipe your knives on it.] All{e}-wey w{i}t{h} your{e} lift hand hold yo{ur} loof w{i}t{h} myght, [Fol. 175b.] and hold your{e} knyfe Sur{e}, as y haue geue yow sight. enbrewe[68] not your{e} table / for þañ ye do not ryght, ne þ{er}-vppoñ ye wipe your{e} knyff{es}, but oñ your{e} napkyñ plight. 332 [Sidenote: Take a loaf of trenchers, and with the edge of your knife raise a trencher, and lay it before your lord;] Furst take a loofe of trenchurs in þy lifft hande, þañ take þy table knyfe,[69] as y haue seid afor{e} hande; w{i}t{h} the egge of þe knyfe your{e} trencher{e} vp be ye reysande as nyghe þe poynt as ye may, to-for{e} your{e} lord hit leyande; 336 [Sidenote: lay four trenchers four-square, and another on the top. Take a loaf of light bread,] right so .iiij. trenchers ooñ by a-nothur .iiij. squar{e} ye sett, and vppoñ þo trenchurs .iiij. a trenchur sengle w{i}t{h}-out lett; þañ take your{e} loof of light payne / as y haue said ȝett, and w{i}t{h} the egge of þe knyfe nygh{e} your hand ye kett. 340 [Sidenote: pare the edges, cut the upper crust for your lord,] Furst par{e} þe quarters of the looff round all{e} a-bowt, þañ kutt þe vpper crust / for your{e} sou{er}ayne, & to hym alowt. Suffer{e} your{e} parell{e}[70] to stond still{e} to þe botom / & so nyȝe y-spend owt, so ley hym of þe cromes[A] a quarter of þe looff Sauncȝ dowt; 344 [Text note: MS. _may be_ coomes.] [Sidenote: and don’t touch it after it’s trimmed. Keep your table clean.]