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THE ORIEL TEXT.

[27]

Embrewe not your_e_ vesselle ne your_e_ cuppe[1]
[Sidenote 1: _Sic._ Read "napery."]
Ouer mesure and maner, but saue them clene;
Ensoyle not your_e_ cuppe, but kepe hit clenely, 185
Lete no fatte ferthyng of your_e_ lippe be sen.
For that is foule; wotte you what I mene?
Or than ye drincke, for your_e_ owne honeste,
Your_e_ lippis wepe, and klenly loke they be. 189

[28]

Blowe not in your_e_ drincke ne in your_e_ potage,
Ne farsith not your_e_ disshe to full of brede,
Ne bere not your_e_ knyf towarde your_e_ vysage, 192
For ther_e_-in is parell and mekell drede.
Clawe not your_e_ face ne touche not your_e_ hede
Wyth your_e_ bare hande, sittyng at the table,
For in norture that is reprouable. 196

[29]

Lowse not your_e_ gyrdyll syttyng at your_e_ table,[1]
[Sidenote 1: _Sic._ Read "mete."]
For that is a tache of vncurtesye,