Observe in Curtesie to take a rule of decent kinde, Bend not thy body too far foorth, nor backe thy leg behind. 156 [Sidenote: The gate in going.] [Sidenote: [p. 15.]] In going keep a decent gate, not faining lame or broken, For that doth seeme but wantonnesse, and foolishnesse betoken. 160 [Sidenote: Apparrell.] Let thy apparrell not exceede, to passe for sumptuous cost, Nor altogether be too base, for so thy credit’s lost. 164 Be modest in thy wearing it, and keep it neat and cleane, For spotted, dirty, or the like, is lothsome to be seene. 168 This for thy body may suffice, how that must ordred be: Now at the Church thou shalt observe to God how all must be. 172 [_No doubt incomplete, or to be inserted before _Cap. v._ of _Weste’s Schoole of Vertue_, at the end of this Part._ F. J. F.] * * * * * * * * * +Bp. Grossetest’s Household Statutes.+ [_Sloane MS._ 1986, _p._ 193, _ab._ 1450-60. _The last page mentions the 19th year of Henry VI.,_ A.D. 1440-1.] [Transcriber’s Note: The _Statutes_ were printed as a single paragraph. The text has been broken up for readability, using the original paragraph marks ¶. Sidenotes that do not correspond to numbered items are marked with lower-case letters. The first three sidenotes, from the original MS, were printed in larger type.] Incipiunt statuta familie bone Memorie do{m}pni Rob{er}ti Grossetest, lincoln{i}e ep{iscop}i. [a] Let alle men be warned þ{a}t s{er}uen ȝou, and warnyng be ȝeue to all{e} me{n} that be of howseholde, to {ser}ue god and ȝou trewly & diligently and to p{er}formyng, or the wyllyng of god to be p{er}formed and fulfyllydde. [Sidenote: +p{ri}m{us} u{e}r{sicu}l{us}+] [b] Fyrst let s{er}uaunt{is} doo p{er}fytely in all{e} thyng{is} youre wylle, and kepe they ȝoure {com}maundement{is} after god and ryȝthwysnesse, and w{i}t{h}-oute co{n}dicioñ and also w{i}t{h}-oute gref or offense. And sey ȝe, that be p{ri}ncipall{e} heuede or prelate to all{e} ȝoure s{er}uaunt{is} both{e} lesse and mor{e}, that they doo fully, reedyly, and treuly, w{i}t{h}-oute offense or ayenseyng, all{e} youre wille & co{m}maundement that is not ayeynys god. [Sidenote: +2^us+] [Sidenotes: [a] All servants should serve truly God and their Master; [b] doing fully all that their Master orders, without answering.] T the secunde ys, that [a] ȝe co{m}maunde them that kepe and haue kepyng of ȝoure howseholde, a-fore ȝoure meynye, that bothe w{i}t{h}-in and w{i}t{h}-oute the meynye be trewe, honest, diligent, both{e} chast and p{ro}fitabulle. [Sidenote: +3^us+]