¶ De Cultellis d{omi}ni. ¶ Of þo two þo haftes schynne outwarde be, Of þe thrydd þe hafte inwarde lays he, 676 Þe spony stele þ{er} by schall{e} be layde; Moo loues of trenchirres at a brayde He settes, {and} seruys euyr in fer{e} To duches his wyne þ{a}t is so der{e}. 680 Two loues of trenchors {and} salt þo, He settes be-fore his son also; A lofe of trencho{ur}s and salt on last, At bordes ende he settes in hast. 684 Þen brede he brynges, in towell{e} wrythyñ, Thre lofys of þo wyte schall{e} be geuyñ; A chet lofe to þo elmys dyshe, Weþ{er} he seruyd be w{i}t{h} flesshe or fysche; 688 At aþ{er} ende he castes a cope, Layde dowñ on borde, þe endys plyed vp. That he assayes knelande on kne, Þo keru{er} hym parys a schyu{er} so fre; 692 And touches þo louys y{n} quer{e} a-boute, Þo pantere hit etys w{i}t{h}-oute dowte; Þo euwer{e} thurgh towell{e} syles[49] clene His wat{er} into þo bassynges shene; 696 Þo ou{er} bassyn þ{er}-on schall{e} close, A towell{e} þ{er}-on, as I suppose, Þ{a}t folden schall{e} be w{i}t{h} full{e} grete lore, Two quart{er}s on lenketh{e} and su{m}dele mor{e}; 700 A qwyte cuppe of tre þ{er}-by shall{e} be, Þ{er}-w{i}t{h} þ{o} wat{er} assay schall{e} he; Quelmes[50] h{i}t agayn by-for{e} all{e} me{n}; Þo keru{er} þe bassynges tase vp þenne; 704 Annaunciande sq{u}ier, or ellis a knyȝt, Þo towell{e} dowñ tase by full{e} good ryȝt; Þo cuppe he tase in honde also, Þo keru{er} powres wat[er] þe cuppe into; 708 The knyȝt to þo keru{er} haldes anon, He says h{i}t ar he m{o}r{e} schall{e} doñ; Þo cuppe þen voyde is in þo flette,[51] Þe euwer h{i}t takes w{i}t{h}-oute{n} lette. 712 The towell{e} two knyȝht{is} schyn halde i{n} fer{e}, Be-fore þe lordes sleues, þat ben so der{e}; The ou{er} bassyn þay halde neu{er} þe queder, Quyll{e} þo keru{er} powre wat{er} in-to þe ned{ur}. 716 For a pype þ{er} is insyde so clene, Þ{a}t wat{er} deuoydes, of selu{er} schene; Þen settes he þe nethyr, I vnd[u]rstonde, In þe ou{er}, and voydes w{i}t{h} bothe is honde; 720 And brynges to þe euwer þ{er} he come fro; To þo lordys bordes aȝayn con go; And layes iiij trencho{ur}s þo lorde be-fore, Þe fyft aboue by good lore; 724 By hym self thre schall{e} he dresse, To cut opon þe lordes messe; [Fol. 25.] Smale towell{e} a-boute his necke shall{e} bene, To clens his knyfys þ{a}t ben so kene. 728