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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    Don't throw stones at dogs and hogs. Mock at no one. Don't swe.or. Eat what's given you, and don’t ask for this and that. Honour your father and mother; kneel and ask their blessing. Keep your clothes clean. Don't go bird’s- nesting, or steal fruit, or throw stones at men’s windows. or play in church. Don’t chatter. Get home by daylight. Keep clear of lire and water. and the edges of wells and brooks. And where fou comyft, wzt/i gode chere In halle or bo'wre, bydde “ god be here ! ” Loke ])on caft to no mawnes dogge, 24 With ftaff ne ftone at hors ne hogge ; Loke jiat fou not fcorne ne iape Nofer w^t7i man, maydyn, ne ape j Lete no maw of fee make playnt; 28 Swere fou not by god nofer by faynt. Loke f on be cwrteys ftondyng at mete; And fat men 3euyth fee, fou take & ete ; And loke that f on nother crye ne crave, 32 And fay “ that and that wold y have; ” But ftond fou ftylle be-fore f® borde, And loke fou fpeke no lowde worde. And, chyld, wyrfhep thy fade?’ and thy modrr, 36 And loke fat fou greve nofer on ne ofe?-, But eue?* among fou fhalt knele adowne, And afke here bleffyng and here benefowne. And, chyld, kepe thy clof es fayre & dene, 40 And lete no fowle fylth on hem be fene. Chyld, clem fou not one?- hows ne walle Bor no frute bryddes, ne balle ; And, chyld, caft no ftonys oue?’ men hows, 44 hie caft no ftonys at no glas wyndo'wys; Ne make no crying, yapis, ne playes. In holy chyrche on holy dayes. And, chyld, y warne fee of anofe?' thynge, 48 Kepe fee fro many wordes and yangelyng. And, chyld, whan fou goft to play, Loke fou come home by lyght of day. And, chyld, I warne the of a-nof e?’ mate?’, 52 Loke fou kepe fee wel fro fyre and Avate?'; And be Avare and Avyfe hoAV fat fou lokys Cue?’ any brynk, Avelle, or brokys ; ‘ Cp. Lydgate’s Tricks at School, Forewords, p. xliv.