harm child or beast with evil eye (?) [337] Don’t blush when you’re chaffed, or you’ll be accused of mischief. [341] Don’t make faces. [342] Wash before eating. [345] Sit where the host tells you; avoid the highest place unless you’re told to take it.] [Headnote: OF THE PORTER, AND MARSHAL OF THE HALL.] THE THIRD BOOK. ¶ De officiarijs in curijs d{omi}nor{um}. ++Now speke we wylle of officiers Of court, and als of her mestiers. 352 Foure me{n} þ{er} beñ þ{a}t ȝerdis schall{e} bere, Port{er}, marshall{e}, stuarde, vsshere; The port{er} schall{e} haue þe lengest wande, The marshall{e} a schort{er} schall{e} haue i{n} hande; 356 The vssher of chamb{ur} smallest schall{e} haue, The stuarde in honde schall{e} haue a stafe, A fyngur gret, two whart{er}s long, To reule þe meñ of court ymong. 360 [Sidenotes: _Of the Officers in Lords’ Courts._ [353] Four bear rods; three wands: 1. Porter, the longest, 2. Marshal, 3. Usher, the shortest, 4. Steward, a staff, a finger thick, half a yard long.] ¶ De Ianitor{e}.[14] ¶ The port{er} falle to kepe þo ȝate, Þe stokkes w{i}t{h} hym erly {and} late; Ȝif any mañ hase in court mys-gayne, To port{er} warde he schall{e} be tane, 364 Þ{er} to a-byde þe lordes wyll{e}, What he wille deme by ryȝtwys skyll{e}. For wessell{e} clothes, þ{a}t noȝt be solde, Þe po[r]ter hase þ{a}t warde in holde. 368 Of strang{er}s also þ{a}t comen to court, Þo porter schall{e} warne s{er} at a worde. Lyu{er}ay he hase of mete and drynke, And sett{is} w{i}t{h} hym who so hym thynke. 372 When so eu{er} þo lorde remewe schall{e} To castell{e} til oþ{er} as h{i}t may falle, For cariage þe port{er} hors schall{e} hyre, Foure pens a pece w{i}t{h}-in þo schyr{e}; 376 Be statut he schall{e} take þ{a}t on þe day. Þ{a}t is þe kyng{is} crye in faye. [Sidenotes: _Of the Porter._ [361] He keeps the Gate and Stocks, takes charge of misdoers till judged, also of clothes, and warns strangers. [371] He is found in meat and drink. [373] On his lord’s removing, he hires horses at 4d. a piece, the statute price.] ¶ De Marescallo aule.[15] [Text note: [C MS. spekle.]]