Queene Elizabethes Achademy (by Sir Humphrey Gilbert); A Booke of Precedence, the Ordering of a Funerall, &C. Varying Versions of the Good Wife, the Wise Man, &C. Maxims Lydgate's Order of Fools, a Poem on Heraldry, Occleve on Lords' Men, &C. Ed. by F.J.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1869 Excerpt: ... Travonde inanze lo cibo, e furbe la bocha, e beve. Lo gordo che beve inpressa, inanze ch' el voja la chana; AT oltro fa fastidio che beve sego in compagnia. 44 1 Signor Biondelli understands this stanza in a somewhat different sense, as applying to the assigning of dishes, not the signing of the cross as a grace beThe next is--Before thou takest the food prepared, See that it be signed with the cross by thyself or thy better. Too greedy and churlish is he, and he offends against Christ, Who looks about at others, and signs not his dish.1 20 The fifth Courtesy. Sit properly at the board, Courteous, well-dressed, cheerful, and obliging and fresh. Thou must not sit anxious, nor dismal, nor lolling, Nor with thy legs crossed, nor awry, nor leaning forward. 24 The sixth Courtesy. When people are at a pause, Be careful not to lean forward on the laid-out table. He who uses the table as a prop, that man is not courteous, When he tilts his legs upon it, or stretches out his arms along it. 28 The seventh Courtesy is--For all people Not to eat too much nor little, but temperately. That man, whoever he may be, who eats too much or little, I see not what good it can be to his soul or his body. 32 The eighth Courtesy is--So may God favour us, Fill not thy mouth too much, nor eat in too great a hurry. The glutton who eats in a hurry, and who eats with his mouth stuffed, If he were addressed, he scarcely answers you. 36 The ninth Courtesy is--To speak little, And stick to that which one has set-to at doing; For a man, as long as he is eating, if he has the habit of talking too much, Scraps may often spurt out of his mouth. 40 The tenth Courtesy is--When thou art thirsty, First swallow down thy food, and wipe thy mouth, and drink. The glutton who drinks in a hurry, before...