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++The caumberlayne muste be dylyge{n}t & clenly in his offyce, with his
heed kembed, & so to his souerayne that he be not recheles, & se that he
haue a clene sherte, breche, petycote, and doublet / tha{n} brusshe his
hosen within & without, & se his shone & slyppers be made clene / [a] &
at morne whan your souerayne wyll aryse, warme his sherte by the fyre /
& se ye haue a fote shete made in this maner. Fyrst set a chayre by the
fyre with a cuysshen, an other vnder his fete / tha{n} sprede a shete
ouer the chayre, and se there be redy a kerchefe [Fol. B 5.] and a combe
/ than [b] warme his petycote, his doublet, and his stomachere / [c] &
than put on his hosen & his shone or slyppers, than stryke vp his hosen
manerly, & tye them vp, than lace his doublet hole by hole, & laye the
clothe aboute his necke & kembe his hede / than loke ye haue a basyn, &
an ewer with warme water, and a towell, and wasshe his handes / than
knele vpon your knee, & aske your souerayne what robe he wyll were, &
brynge him such as your souerayne co{m}mau{n}deth, & put it vpon hym;
than doo his gyrdell aboute hym, & take your leue manerly, & [d] go to
the chyrche or chapell to your soueraynes closet, & laye carpentes &
cuysshens, & lay downe his boke of prayers / than drawe the curtynes,
and take your leue goodly, & go to youre soueraynes chambre, & cast all
the clothes of his bedde, & bete the feder bedde & the bolster / but
loke ye waste no feders; than shall the blankettes, & se the shetes be
fayre & swete, or elles loke ye haue clene shetes / than [e] make vp his
bedde manerly, than lay the hed shetes & the pyllowes / than take vp the
towel & the basyn, & laye carpentes aboute the bedde, or wyndowes &
cupbordes layde with carpettes and cuysshyns. Also loke there be a good
fyre brennynge bryght / & [f] se the hous of hesement be swete & clene,
& the preuy borde couered with a grene clothe and a cuysshyn / tha{n} se
there be blanked, donne, or cotton, for your souerrayne / & [g] loke ye
haue basyn, & euer with water, & a towell for your souerayne / than take
of his gowne, & brynge him a mantell to kepe hym fro colde / than brynge
hym to the fyre, & take of his shone & his hosen; than take a fayre
kercher of reynes / & [h] kembe his heed, & put on his kercher and his
bonet / than sprede downe his bedde, laye the heed shete and the
pyllowes / & whan your souerayne is to bedde [Fol. B 5b.] drawe the
curtynes / than se there be morter or waxe or perchoures be redy / than
dryue out dogge or catte, & loke there be basyn and vrynall set nere
your souerayne / than take your leue manerly that your souerayne may
take his rest meryly.
¶ Here endeth of the chaumberlayne.
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