¶ Yif that yee se youre lorde or youre lady
Touching the housholde speke of eny thinge,
Latt theym alloone, for that is curtesy,
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And entremete yow nouhte of theyre doynge,
But be Ay Redy withe-oute feynynge
At hable tyme to done your lorde service,
So shalle yee gete anoone a name of price.
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¶ Also to brynge drynke, holde lihte whanne tyme ys,
Or to doo that whiche ouhte forto be done,
Looke yee be preste, for so yee shalle ywys
In nurture gete a gentyl name ful sone;
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And yif ye shulde at god aske yow a bone,
Als to the worlde better in noo degre
Mihte yee desire thanne nurtred forto be.
¶ Yif that youre lorde his owne coppe lyste com|mende
To yow to drynke, ryse vp whanne yee it take,
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And resseyve it goodly withe boothe youre hende;
Of yt also to noone other profre ye make,
But vnto him that brouhte yt yee hit take
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Whenne yee haue done, for yt in no kyn wyse [folio 88b]
Auhte comvne be, as techis vs the wyse.
¶ Now must I telle in shorte, for I muste so,
Youre observaunce that ye shalle done at none;
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Whenne that ye se youre lorde to mete shalle goo,
Be redy to fecche him water sone,
Summe helle water; summe holde to he hathe done
The clothe to him, And from him yee nat pace
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Whils he be sette, and haue herde sayde the grace.
