Whan ye sitten therfor at your_e_ repaste,
Annoyethe no man present nor absent,
But speketh feyre, for and ye make waste 171
Off [large] langage, for soth ye most be schent;
And wan ye speke, speketh wyth good entent
Of maters appendyng to myrth and plesaunce,
But nothyng that may causen men greuaunce. 175

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Eschewe also taches of foule rauenyng,
Of gredy lust the vncurteyce appetite;
Pres not to sone to your_e_ viaunde, restraine 178
Your_e_ handis a while wyth manerly respytte;
Fedith for necessite, not for delite,
Demeneth you in mete and drink soo sobrely,
That ye be not infecte wyth gloteny.' 182


[Sidenote: _Hill's Text._]

¶ This curteys clerke wryteth i_n_ _th_is wyse,
Rebukyng the vyce of vyle detracc_i_on:
what may yt be _tha_t of custu_m_ & gvyse 164
hurteth w_i_t_h_ tonge or by fowle colusyon
The absente / weyne[1] ye for _tha_t abusyon
[Sidenote 1: or weyne]
Suche a detractowr_e_ from the table
As vnworthy & also reprocheable. 168