The babees book, Aristotle's A B C, Urbanitatis, Stans puer ad mensam, The lvtille childrenes lvtil boke, The bokes of nurture of Hugh Rhodes and John Russell, Wynkyn de Worde's Boke of keruynge, The booke of demeanor, The boke of curtasye, Seager's Schoole of vertue, &c. &c. with some French and latin poems on like subjects, and some forewords on education in early England. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall ...

¶ De Cultellis domini.

¶ Of þo two þo haftes schynne outwarde be, Of þe thrydd þe hafte inwarde lays he, Line 676 Þe spony stele þer by schalle be layde; Moo loues of trenchirres at a brayde He settes, and seruys euyr in fere To duches his wyne þat is so dere. Line 680 Two loues of trenchors and salt þo, He settes be-fore his son also; A lofe of trenchours and salt on last, At bordes ende he settes in hast. Line 684 Þen brede he brynges, in towelle wrythyn, Thre lofys of þo wyte schalle be geuyn; A chet lofe to þo elmys dyshe, Weþer he seruyd be with flesshe or fysche; Line 688 At aþer ende he castes a cope, Layde down on borde, þe endys plyed vp. That he assayes knelande on kne, Þo keruer hym parys a schyuer so fre; Line 692 And touches þo louys yn quere a-boute, Þo pantere hit etys with-oute dowte; Þo euwere thurgh towelle syles [? Du. zijgen (door een zifte ofte Stramijn), to runne (through a Sift or a Strainer.). een Suyle a Pale or a Water-pale. Hexham.] clene, His water into þo bassynges shene; Line 696 Þo ouer bassyn þer-on schalle close, A towelle þer-on, as I suppose,

Þat folden schalle be with fulle grete lore, Two quarters on lenkethe and sumdele more; Line 700 A qwyte cuppe of tre þer-by shalle be, Þer-with þo water assay schalle he; Quelmes [covers. 'Ovyr quelmyd or ouer hyllyde. Obvolutus.' P. Parv.] hit agayn by-fore alle men; Þo keruer þe bassynges tase vp þenne; Line 704 Annaunciande squier, or ellis a knyȝt, Þo towelle down tase by fulle good ryȝt; Þo cuppe he tase in honde also, Þo keruer powres wat[er] þe cuppe into; Line 708 The knyȝt to þo keruer haldes anon, He says hit ar he more schalle don; Þo cuppe þen voyde is in þo flette, [A. S. flett, room, hall.] Þe euwer hit takes with-outen lette. Line 712 The towelle two knyȝhtis schyn halde in fere, Be-fore þe lordes sleues, þat ben so dere; The ouer bassyn þay halde neuer þe queder, Quylle þo keruer powre water in-to þe nedur. Line 716 For a pype þer is insyde so clene, Þat water deuoydes, of seluer schene; Þen settes he þe nethyr, I vnd[u]rstonde, In þe ouer, and voydes with bothe is honde; Line 720 And brynges to þe euwer þer he come fro; To þo lordys bordes aȝayn con go; And layes iiij trenchours þo lorde be-fore, Þe fyft aboue by good lore; Line 724 By hym self thre schalle he dresse, To cut opon þe lordes messe; [folio 25] Smale towelle a-boute his necke shalle bene, To clens his knyfys þat ben so kene. Line 728