be glad of chere / Curteise of kne / & soft of speche,
Fayre handes, clene nayles / honest arrayed, y the teche;
Coughe [Mark over h.] not, ner spitte, nor to lowd ye reche,
ne put youre fyngurs in the cuppe / mootes for to seche.
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yet to alle þe lordes haue ye a sight / for grog|gynge & atwytynge [A.S. ætwítan, twit; oðwítan, blame.]
of fellows þat be at þe mete, for þeire bakbytynge;
Se þey be serued of bred, ale, & wyne, for com|playnynge,
and so shalle ye haue of alle men / good loue & praysynge.
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Symple condicions.
Symple Condicyons of a persone þat is not taught,
y wille ye eschew, for euermore þey be nowght.
youre hed ne bak ye claw / a fleigh as þaughe ye sought,
ne youre heere ye stryke, ne pyke / to pralle ['prowl, proll, to seek for prey, from Fr. proie by the addition of a formative l, as kneel from knee.' Wedgwood.] for a flesche mought. [Louse is in English in 1530 'Louse, a beest—pov. Palsgrave. And see the note, p. 19, Book of Quinte Essence.]
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Glowtynge [To look sullen (?). Glowting round her rock, to fish she falls. Chapman, in Todd's Johnson. Horrour and glouting admiration. Milton. Glouting with sullen spight. Garth.] ne twynkelynge with youre yȝe / ne to heuy of chere,
watery / wynkynge / ne droppynge / but of sight clere.
pike not youre nose / ne þat hit be droppynge with no peerlis clere,
Snyff nor snitynge [Snytyn a nese or a candyl. Emungo, mungo. Prompt. Parv. Emungo, to make cleane the nose. Emunctio, snuffyng or wypynge of the nose. Cooper. Snuyt uw neus, Blow your nose. Sewel, 1740; but snuyven, ofte snuffen, To Snuffe out the Snot or Filth out of ones Nose. Hexham, 1660. A learned friend, who in his bachelor days investigated some of the curiosities of London Life, informs me that the modern Cockney term is sling. In the dress|circle of the Bower Saloon, Stangate, admission 3d., he saw stuck up, four years ago, the notice, "Gentlemen are requested not to sling," and being philologically disposed, he asked the attendant the meaning of the word.] hyt to lowd / lest youre souerayne hit here.
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