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THE ORIEL TEXT.

[39]

Leue not your_e_ spone in your_e_ dissche standyng,
Ne vppon the brede hit shall not lie;
Lette your_e_ trenchoure be clene for eny thyng, 269
Yif ye haue no chaunge, yit as honestly
As ye can, maketh avoydie,
So that no fragment from your_e_ trenchour_e_ falle;
Do this, my childe, in chambre and in halle. 273

[40]

Whan Another speketh at the table,
Be ware ye interrupte[1] not is tale nor langage,
[Sidenote 1: MS. _corruptly has_ nattiripte.]
For that is a thing discommendable, 276
And hit is no signe of folkes sage
To ben of wordis besy and outrage;
For the wyse man seyth pleinly in sentence,
'He shall be wyse that yevith Audience.' 280

[41]

Vndre-stondeth ther-for_e_ or than ye speke,
Printyng in your_e_ mynde clerely the sentence,