e besy & owtrage;
ffor the wyse sayd in his sentence
'he shuld be bold [& be wyse][1] _tha_t gevyth audyence.' 280
[Sidenote 1: In a later hand, above the line.]

[Sidenote: ffl C lxiij.]

P) Vnd_er_stond _ther_for or than ye speke;
prynt i_n_ yo_u_r mynde clerly _th_e sentence;
who _tha_t vsyth a ma_n_ys tale to breke,
lettyth vncurteysly all[e] the audyence 284
And hurteth hy_m_ self for lake of scyence;
he maye not geve answere co_n_venyente
_tha_t heryt[=h] not fynally what ys mente.

CAXTON'S TEXT.

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Lete not your spone / in your disshe sto_n_ding
[Sidenote: Don't leave your spoon in your dish or on the table.]
Ne vpon the table / it shold not lye
Lete your trenchour / be clene for ony thing 269
[Sidenote: Keep your trencher clean.]
And yf ye haue cha[=n]ge / yet as honestly
As ye can / make a voyde manerly
So that no fragme_n_t / fro your tre_n_cher falle
Do thus my childe / in chambre & in halle 273

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[Sidenote: Leaf 7 b.]

And whan another man / spekith atte table
Beware ye enterrupte not / his langage
[Sidenote: Don't interrupt man in his talk]
For that is a thinge discomendable 276
And_e_ it is no signe of folkes sage
To be of langage / besy and_e_ outrage
For the wyse man said_e_ / in his sentence
He shold_e_ be wyse / that gyueth audience 280

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Vnderstonde therfore or than ye speke
Prynte in your mynde / clerly the sentence
[Sidenote: Before you speak, settle in your mind what you have to say.]
Who that vsith / a mannes tale to breke 283
Letteth vncurteysly / alle the audyence
And_e_ hurteth hym self / for lack of science
He may not gyue answers conuenyente
That herith not fynally / what is mente 287

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THE ORIEL TEXT.

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Be ware Also, my childe, of rehersaille
Of materis whiche ben at the table mevide;
Hit grevith ofte and dothe men disavaylle, 290
Full many a man that vice hath mysschevide,
Of evill thyng saide is wors often contrivide;
Suche reportis alway loke ye esschewe,
As may of olde frendis make enemyes newe. 294

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Avise you well whan ye take your_e_ disporte,
Honest games that ye haunte and vse,
And suche as ben of violente reporte,