for ale þat is newe is wastable with-owten dowt:
And looke þat alle þynge be pure & clene þat ye go abowt.
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Be fayre of answere / redy to serue / and also gen|telle of chere,
and þan men wille sey 'þere gothe a gentille officere.'
be ware þat ye geue no persone palled [Stale, dead. Pallyd, as drynke (palled, as ale). Emortuus. P. Parv. See extract from A. Borde in notes at end.] drynke, for feere
hit myȝt brynge many a man in dissese / durynge many a ȝere.
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Son, hit is tyme of þe day / þe table wold be layde. [folio 173b]
Furst wipe þe table with a clothe or þat hit be splayd,
þan lay a clothe on þe table / a cowche [See Dict. de L'Academie, p. 422, col. 2, ed. 1835. 'Couche se dit aussi de Toute substance qui est étendue, appliquée sur une autre, de manière à la couvrir. Revêtir un mur d'une couche de plâtre, de mortier, &c.'] it is called & said:
take þy felow oon ende þerof / & þou þat othere that brayde,
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Than draw streight þy clothe, & ley þe bouȝt [Fr. repli: m. A fould, plait, or bought. Cotgrave. cf. Bow, bend.] on þe vttur egge of þe table,
take þe vpper part / & let hyt hange evyn able:
þann take þe .iij. clothe, & ley the bouȝt on þe Inner side plesable,
and ley estate with the vpper part, þe brede of half fote is greable.
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Cover þy cuppeborde of thy ewery with the towelle of diapery;
take a towelle abowt thy nekke / for þat is curtesy,
lay þat oon side of þe towaile on þy lift arme manerly,
