Education -- Early works to 1800; England -- Social life and customs -- Early works to 1800; Etiquette; Home economics -- Early works to 1800; Table
[Sidenotes:
_Of the Huntsman and his Hounds._
[629] He gets a halfpenny a day for every hound. [631] The
Feuterer 2 lots of bread if he has 2 leash of Greyhounds, and a
bone for each, besides perquisites of skins, &c.]
¶ De aquario.[46]
¶ And speke I wyll{e} of oþ{er} myster{e}
Þ{a}t falles to court, as ȝe mu{n} her{e}; 640
An euwer{e} in hall{e} þere nedys to be,
And chandelew schall{e} haue and all{e} naper{e};
He schall{e} gef wat{er} to gentilme{n},
And als in all{e} ȝome{n}. 644
[Sidenotes:
_Of the Ewerer or Water-bringer._
[641] He has all the candles and cloths and gives water to every
one.]
¶ Qui d{eb}ent manus lauar{e} {et} i{n} q{u}or{um} domib{us}.
¶ In kynges court and dukes also,
Þ{er} ȝome{n} schynne wasshe and no mo;--
In duke Ionys house a ȝoma{n} þ{er} was,
For his rewarde p{ra}yde suche a g{ra}ce; 648
Þe duke gete graunt þ{er}-of in londe,
Of þe kyng his fader, I vndudurstonde.--(_so_)
Wosoeuer gefes wat{er} in lordys chaunber,
In p{re}sens of lorde or leuedé dere, 652
He schall{e} knele downe opoñ his kne,
Ellys he forȝetes his curtasé;
Þis euwer schall{e} hele his lordes borde,
W{i}t{h} dowbull{e} napere at on bar{e} worde: 656
The seluage to þo lordes syde w{i}t{h}-i{n}ne,
And douñ schall{e} heng þ{a}t oþ{er} may wynne;
Þo ou{er} nape schall{e} dowbull{e} be layde,
To þo vttur syde þe seluage brade; 660
Þo ou{er} seluage he schall{e} replye,[47]
As towell{e} h{i}t were fayrest in hye;
Browers[48] he schall{e} cast þ{er}-opon,
Þ{a}t þe lorde schull{e} clense his fyngers [on], 664
Þe leuedy and whoseuer syttes w{i}t{h}-inne,
All{e} browers schynne haue bothe mor{e} {and} myñ.
[Sidenotes:
_Who may wash his hands, and where._
[651] The bringer of Water shall kneel down. [655] The Ewerer
shall cover the lord’s table with a double cloth, the lower with
the selvage to the lord’s side; the upper cloth shall be laid
double, the upper selvage turned back as if for a towel. [664] He
shall put on cleaners for every one.]
[Headnote: OF THE PANTER, THE LORD’S KNIVES, ETC.]
¶ De panetario.
¶ Þenne comes þe pantere w{i}t{h} loues thre,
Þat squar{e} are coruyn of trencho{ur} fre, 668
To sett w{i}t{h}-inne {and} oon w{i}t{h}-oute,
And saller y-cou{er}yd and sett in route;
W{i}t{h} þo ouemast lofe h{i}t shall{e} be sett, [Fol. 24.]
W{i}t{h}-oute forthe square, w{i}t{h}-oute{n} lett; 672
Two keruyng knyfes w{i}t{h}-oute one,
Þe thrydde to þo lorde, and als a spone.
[Sidenotes:
_Of the Panter._
[667] He carries 3 loaves cut square for trenchers, and the
covered Saltcellar, 2 Carving-knives, and sets the 3rd, and a
spoon to his lord.]
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