Part 91 (2/2)

Put not thy mete yn ey salt seleyr]]

Put not thy mete in-to the salte, In-to thy Seler that thy salte halte,]

[Sidenote: [Fol. 210, back.]]

But ley it fayr{e}[10] on i trencher{e} The byfore,[11] and at is yn{e} honor{e}. 32 l. 31: [10: Egerton MS. omits _fayre_]

[[Adv. _for_ fayre on i _read_ on a]]

l. 32: [11: To-fore the]

[[Adv. _for_ The byfore _read_ Byfore the]]

[[Adv. _dele_ yne]]

[[Cam. _is_ Be-fore the, that ys worschep]]

Pyke not yn{e} Eris ne thy nost{re}ll{is}; If[12] {o}u do, men woll{e} sey {o}u come of cherl{is}.[13]

And[14] whyll{e} i mete yn i mouth is, Drynk ow not; for-gete not this. 36 l. 33: [[Cam. _for_ ne _read_ nother]]

l. 34: [12: And]

[13: comyste of karlys]

[[Cam. _for_ If _read_ And]]

[[Cam. _for_ come _read_ comest]]

[[Adv. Pyke not y^i tethe wyth y^i knyfe Whyles y^u etyst be y^i lyfe]]

l. 35: [14: But]

[[Cam. _for_ And _read_ Seche]]

[[Cam. _put the_ is _before_ yn]]

Ete i mete by small{e} mosselles; [m] Fylle not thy mouth as done[15] broth.e.l.l{is}.

[n] Pyke not i teth{e} with thy knyfe; In no company begynne ow stryfe.[16] 40 l. 37: [[Cam. _for_ Ete ... by _read_ Kot ... yn]]

l. 38: [15: dothe]

[[Cam. _prefix_ And _to_ Fylle;]]

[[Cam. _omit_ done]]

l. 40: [16: Whyle {o}u ettyste by thy lyffe]

[[Cam. _is_ Weyles thou hetys, bey they leyffe]]

And whan {o}u hast i potage doon{e},[17]

Out of thy dyssh ow put thi spone.

Ne spitte ow not[18] over the[19] tabyll{e}, Ne therupon, for that is no ing abyll{e}.[20] 44 l. 41: [17: Idone]

l. 42: [[Cam. _for_ ow put _read_ take owt]]

l. 43: [18: Spette not]

[19: thy]

[[Cam. _for_ Ne _read_ Nether]]

l. 44: [20: Nor a-pon hyt, for hyt ys not able]

[[Cam. _is_ For no cortesey het ys not habell]]

Ley not yn{e} Elbowe nor[21] thy fyst Vpon the tabyll{e} whyl{is} {a}t thow etist.[22]

Bulk not as a Been{e} were yn i throte, [As a ka]rle {a}t comys oute of a cote. 48 l. 45: [21: nothyr]

[[Cam. _for_ Elbowe ... fyst _read_ Elbowhes ... fystys]]

l. 46: [22: whyle {o}u este]

[[Cam. _for_ whylis at _read_ wheyle]]

l. 47: [[Cam. _is_ Bolk not as a bolle yn the crofte]]

l. 48: [[Cam. _for_ karle at _read_ charle]]

[[Cam. _for_ cote _read_ cotte]]

[[23] And thy mete be o]f grete pryce, [Be ware of hyt, or {o}u arte n]ot wyse.

[Speke noo worde stylle ne sterke; And honowre and curtesy loke {o}u kepe, 52 And at the tabylle loke {o}u make goode chere; Loke {o}u rownde not in nomannys ere.

l. 50: [[Cam. _for_ of hyt or ou art _read_ the or ye be]]

l. 51: [[Cam. _for_ sterke _read_ lowde]]

l. 52: [[Cam. _is_ all of curtesy loke ye carpe]]

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