That can most good and haue humanyte. 210

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Touche not wyth mete salt in the saler,
Lest folke Appoynt you of vncunnyngnesse,
Dresse hit apparte vppon a clene tranchere; 213
Force not your_e_ mouth to fulle for wantannesse,
Lene not vppon the table, that is but rudesse,
And yf I shall to you so playnly say,
Ouer the table ye shull not spette convey 217

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Yif ye be seruid wyth metis delicate,
Departith wyth your_e_ fellowys in gentyl wyse,
The clarke seith, 'nature is content and saciate 220
Wyth meane diete, and lytill shall suffice.'
Departyth therfor_e_, as I to you devise;
Engrosith not vnto your_e_ silven all,
For gentilnesse will ay be lyberall. 224


[Sidenote: _Hill's Text._]

¶ Be ye husht i_n_ chambre, scylente i_n_ hall[e];
herkyn well[e], & geve good audyence 205
yff vsshar or marchall[e] for any rvmowr_e_ call[e];
putt ye yanglers to rebuke for scilence.
Be ye myld of la_n_gage, demvre of eloquence; 208