Early English meals and manners : with some forewords on education in early England / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall.

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1868. [Reprinted 1894, 1904]
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    for ale ]jat is newe is wastable w/t/i-owten dowt: 180 And looke J?at aUe pynge be pure & clene pat ye go abowt. Be fayi-e of answere / redy to serue / and also gen- telle of chere, and paii men wille sey ‘ pere gothe a gentille officers.’ be ware pat ye gene no persone palled* drynke.for feere 184 hit my^t brynge many a man in dissese / durynge many a ^ere. Cion, hit is tyme of pe day / pe table wold be layde. ^ Furst wipe pe table wzt/i a clothe or pnt hit be splayd, pan lay a clothe on pe table / a cowche** it is called & said: 188 take py felow oon ende perof / & pou pat otbere that brayde, Than draw streight py clothe, & ley pe bou3t^ on pe vttur egge of pe table, take pe vpper part / & let hyt hange evyn able ; pann take pe .iij. clothe, & ley the bou3t on pe Inner side plesable, 192 and ley estate w/t/i the vpper jiart, pe brede of half fote is greable. Cover py cuppeborde of tliy ewery wit/i the towelle of diapery; take a towelle abowt thy nekke / for pat is curtesy, lay p«t oon side of pe towaile on py lift arme manerly, 1 Stale, dead. Pallyd, as drynke (palled, as ale). Emortuus. P. Parv. See extract from A. Horde in notes at end. * See Eict. de TJAcademie, p. 422, col. 2, ed. 1835. ‘ Couche se dit aussi de Toute substance qui est ctcndue, appliquee sur une autre, de maniere A la couvrir. Rcvetir un mur d’une couclie de pldtre, de mortier, ^c.' 3 Fr. repli: m. A fould, plait, or bought. Cotgrave. cf, Eow^ bend. Be civil and obliging, and give no one stale drink. [Fol. 173 b.] To lay the Cloth, &c. Wipe the table Put a cloth on it (a cowche); you take one end, your mate the other; lay the fold of the second cloth (?)on the outer edge of the table, that of the third cloth (?) on the inner. Cover your cup- board with a diaper towel, put one round your neck, one side on your left arm