Early English Meals and Manners Part 71

l. 267 Also a wyfe be-falle of ry?t [_corrected by editor from "be, falle"_]

l. 394-5 (unnumbered header between lines) Sidenote Fire shall burn in the Hall.

[_corrected by editor from final comma; Corrigenda gives line reference as 393_]

ll. 462-64 ... hete ... sett; ... let, [_Line-ending punctuation changed by editor from_ ... hete. ... sett, ... let;]

ll. 468-69 ... sett / In syce; [_Punctuation changed by editor from_ ... set, / In syce]

l. 676 [Sidenote: ... and the spoon handle by it.]

[_"spoon handle" changed by editor from "steel spoon"_]

[Footnote 15: ... p. *30]

[_asterisked number in original_]

[Footnote 27: ... P. Parv. See note 3, p. 160.]

[_reference is to P. Parv., not to present book_]

[Footnote 34: See the 'Countroller of this houshold royall,' ...]

["Countroller...]

[Footnote 55: ... _H. Ord._ p. 32-3.]

[_final period (full stop) missing_]

[Footnote 58: ...]

[Footnote 60: ...]

[_footnote numbers in double brackets added by transcriber_]

_Boke of Curtesye_: notes

the order to have six wings plucked from the wing of every goose [_text unchanged: error for "six feathers"?_]

The Booke of Demeanor

and

the Allowance and Disallowance

of

certaine Misdemeanors

in

Companie,

[From the reprint by Bensley & Sons (in 1817) of "The Booke of Demeanor from Small Poems ent.i.tled _The Schoole of Vertue_ by Richard Weste," 1619, 12mo.]

To the Reader.

R Ightly conceiue me, and obserue me well, I Doe what heere is done for Childrens good, C Hrist in his Gospell (as S. Marke doth tell) H Ath not forbidden Children, nor withstood A Ny that should but aske the ready way, R Egarding Children, not to say them nay.

D Irecting all that came, how faith should be,

W Hat they should crave of G.o.ds high Majestie, E Ven Salvation, through their faithful Prayer, S Ending their contemplations into the ayre, T O his high throne, whose love so guide us all E Ven to the end we neuer cease to call.

[N.B.--The stops and sidenotes are those of the original, but that has no Headlines.]

The Booke of

Demeanor.

[Sidenote: Serving at the table.]

Stand straight vpright, and both thy feet together closely standing, Be sure on't, ever let thine eye be still at thy commanding. 4

Observe that nothing wanting be which should be on the bord.

[Sidenote: Silence]

Vnlesse a question moved be, be carefull: not a word. 8

[Sidenote: Serving or filling drinke.]

If thou doe give or fill the drinke, with duty set it downe, And take it backe with manlike cheere not like a rusticke Lowne. 12

[Sidenote: [p. 6.]]

[Sidenote: If on an errand.]

If on an errand thou be sent, make haste and doe not stay, When all have done, observe the time, serve G.o.d and take away. 16

[Sidenote: To schoole againe.]

When thou hast done and dined well, remember thou repaire To schoole againe with carefulnesse, be that thy cheefest care. 20

And marke what shall be read to thee, or given thee to learne, That apprehend as neere as may be, wisdome so doth warne. 24

With stedfast eye and carefull eare, remember every word Thy Schoole master shall speake to thee, as memory shall afford. 28

[Sidenote: [p. 7.]]

[Sidenote: To use the browes.]

Let not thy browes be backward drawn, it is a signe of pride, Exalt them not, it shewes a hart most arrogant beside. 32