¶Of the eyes.

Let the eyes be stable / ho­nest / well set / nat frownyng / which is syne of crueltie / nat wāton / which is tokē of ma­lapertnesse / nat wandring & rollynge / whiche is syne of madnesse / nat twyringe and spyeng / whiche is token of suspection and compasynge disceyte / nor hāgyng downe whiche is syne of folly: nor afterwarde twynklyng with the browes / whiche in sygne of vnstablenesse / nor masing as a mā astonyed (And that was noted in Socrates) nor to sharpe / a syne of malyce / nat makyng synes and pro­fers nor besy wanton / a to­ken of yuell chasty [...]e: but re­presentyng a mynde well enstabled / & amy [...]ble with ho­nesty. Nor it is nat said with out cause of antique sage mē / that the eye is the seate and place of the soule.

[Page]The antique pyctures she [...]weth to vs that in olde tyme men were of synguler de­mure countenaunce / and lo­ked with eyes halfe closed / lyke as in Spayne certayne loke as they were pore blynde / as it semeth to be [...]ake as a fayre & amyable coun­tenaūce. Lykewyse we lerne of pictures / ī olde tyme they were narowe and strayte mouthed / a signe of vertue: But that thyng that of his awne nature is semely / it is taken with all men comly. All be it becometh vs som­tyme to be lyke the lopster / and to applye our selfe to the maner of the regyon we be in.

Nowe there be certayne countenaunces of the eyes / whom na [...]ure gyueth of this fasshyon to one and that to an other / whiche chaunseth nat be vnder my preceptes: saue that gestures out of or­der do blemysshe nat onely the behauoure and sauoure of the eyes / but also of all the body. And v [...]on the contrarye parte gestu­res manerly maketh that whiche of nature is seme­ly to be more comlye: [Page] and that whiche is of re­proche / if so be it take it nat awaye / yet it hydeth it and dothe dymynisshe it. It is vnsyttynge to loke vpon a mā and wynke with the one eye: For what els is it but to make blynde hym selfe? Lette leaue that gesture to the fysshes called Thynnes and craftismen.

Let the browes be set vp / and nat bente / whiche is to­ken of crueltie / nat set vp t [...] hye / whiche is syne of arro­gance and proude hert / nat hāgyng in to his eyen / which is [...]yne of yuel ymagynaciō.

A forheed mery & playne / signifyeth a mynde of clene conscience and a gentyll na­ture: let it nat be knytte in wrincles as in an olde per­sone / nat mouynge vp and downe like an hedge hogge / nor croked or wri [...]hen lyke a bull.

Let nat the nose thrilles be full of s [...]yuell lyke a slut­tysshe persone: That vyce was noted in Socrates as a reproche.

To drie or snytte thy nose with thy cappe or thy cote is all of the carte / vpon thy sleue or thyne elbowe / [Page] is propertie of fysshmōger [...]. Nor it is nat mo [...]h [...] mor [...] maner to drie with thy bare hande / if so be afterwarde thou daube it on thy clo­thes.

It is good maner to drie the fylthe of the nose with thy handkercher / and that with thy heed somwhat tourned a syde / if more honest persones be presen [...].

If any snyt fall on y^e groūde after thou haste sny [...]e thy nose with two fyngers / by and by treade it out vnder thy fete. It is also agaynste maner to snuffe with thy no­se / it is a syne of malyce: It is more leude to snu [...]e with thy nose / and a syne of fury if it be vsuall. As for suche as be shorte breathed / that be sycke of tysyke muste [...]e holde excused. It is a re­proche to speake in the nose / for it is the propertie of cro­wes and elephantes.

To wrie the nose is the pro­pertie of scoffers and natu­rall fooles.

If snesynge chaunce other beynge presen [...]e / it is good maner to turne a syde: after whā the passion doth cease / [Page] to blesse thy mouth with the syne of the crosse / after to take of thy cappe & thanke thē (or desyre pardone) that sayd or were aboute to saye christ helpe: for snesynge as gawnyng is wont to take a waye the sence of herynge.

It is goodly to say [...] christe helpe to an other man that sneseth: And it is a chyldes par [...]e to do of his cappe / if dyuers that be elder be pre­sent that saye christ helpe to man or woman. And [...]ynally to make a shyrle noyse or a shrike purposely in snesyng / or to itera [...]e snesyng of pur­pose / to the [...]stētacio [...] of his strength is leudenesse.

To stop the snesyng that nature moueth is folly of such that preferreth maner be­fore helth.

¶The coulour.

Let naturall coloure (and nat counterfet) ornate the chekes: al be it let naturall coloure be so mesured or or­dred / that it be nat altered to shamfastnesse / nor make a childe so astonyed / to brīg hī to the deg [...]e (as it is said) [Page] as it were of a mā that wer [...] mad. To some children this passion feble is so impressed that it maketh a childe lyke to a dastarde. This leude maner is sone correcte / if a childe be acustomed to lyue amōge his elders / & be exer­cysed to playe comedies or interludes. To puffe vp o [...] swell in the chekes / is to [...]en of a proude hert & sollē. To smyle is token of a mā that sheweth tr [...]e mynde: the one is Thrafos ꝑte / the other is Iudas the traytours parte.

Lette nat thy mouthe be stopped / that is syne o [...] hym that feareth to take the bre­the of a nother: nor let it nat gape / that is token of ydio [...] fooles / but closed the lyppes softe touchynge togyther. It is no good maner to set out the lyppes and make a bowe or ba [...] / although great mēnes sonnes (goynge there a multytude) vse it: they shal be pardoned / as men in whō what so euer they do is ta­ken as manerly / but I en­forme childrē. If the chaūce gapīg / & thou can nat turne away [...] or go away / close thy mouth with thy hādkerchife or the palme of thy hande / [Page] after crosse thy mouthe.

To alowe euery mānes wordes or dedes is the ꝓperti [...] of fooles: to apply to no mā is propertie of a dastarde. To shewe mery coūtenaūc [...] to fylthy wordes or dedes / is syne of leudnesse. Grin­nyng & laughyng out of me­sure / wherwith all the body dothe shake / whiche passyon the grekes call risus syncru­sius / that is a shake / is nat semynge to any age / nor yet in a childe. It is vnsyttynge that some laughynge neye lyke an horse. He is vnma­nerde and rude that laugh­eth with wyde mouthe and writhen chekes / shewynge his tethe lyke a dogge that gnarreth: and it is called the laughynge of Sardinia (an herbe / whiche eaten ma­keth a mā to dye laughyng) Let the coūtenaūce so shewe myrthe that it do nat disfy­gure the mouthe / nor bring [...]eproche of a lyght mynde. These be the sayenges of fooles / I brast for laughter / I leape for laughter / I dye for laughynge / or any suche other folisshe [...]utche chaūce / so that he be nat wyllynge [...]o shewe suche laughynge / [Page] he muste couer his face ey­ther with a napkyn or his hande. To laugh onely with out euydent cause / is sygne of folly or madnesse. And if so be suche thyng chaunce / it is maner to open the cause to other / or if ye thynke it nat mete to be shewed / to bring some coūterfet excuse leste that any man suspecte hym selfe to be mocked.

To byte with the tethe the nether lyppe is nat ma­ner / but syne of malyce: lyke wyse to the vpper lyppe.

Also to lycke the nether ꝑ [...]e of thy lyppes with thy [...]ōge. is folly.

To set o [...]t the lyppes and ioyned / as to kysse / in olde tyme with the almayns was iudged gentylnesse / as their pictures sheweth.

To bleare out the tonge and mocke any manne / is poynt of a knaues scoffyng.

Tourne thy face whan thou spyttest / so that thou spyt vpon no man / or spat­tell any man.

[Page]In lyke maner to scrubbe or rubbe with the nayles o­ther partes of the body is fylthe / in especyall if it be done of custome and nat of necessyte.

¶The heere.

Let nat thy heere kyuer thy browes / nor flye vpon thy sholders. Also to ruffle the heere of thy heed with shakyng of thy heed / is the propertie of wanton coltes. To caste backe thy bussh [...] fro the forheed towarde the crowne / is bare maner: it is more manerly to decke or deuyde it with thy hande. To bende in thy necke and crouche in with the sholders is the maner of s [...]uggartes: to set out the brest is syne of pride / it becometh to set the body streyght vp. Lette nat thy necke wrie vpō the lyft syde nor on the ryght / it is syne of ypocrisye / except co­munycacion or some other thynge require.

¶The sholders.

It becometh [...]o holde thy sholders of a lyke heythe / nat of y^e fasshyon of a sayle-cloth / to sēde vp the one & to threst downe the other / for this negligēt behauer ī chil­drē groweth vnto a nature / [Page] and disfourmeth the beha­uour of the body agaynste nature.

¶The body.

And so they that for slouthe draweth to a custome to cro­ke their body / causeth them to be crouche backed / which nature neuer brought. And they that vse to holde their heed vpon the one syde gro­weth in to suche a custome / that in olde age they labour in vayne to altre it: For yonge b [...]dyes be lyke vnto tendre plantes / whiche in to what fasshyon you bende them / lyke a [...]orke / or wri­then lyke a corde / so they growe and waxe styffe.

¶The armes.

To caste bothe thyne ar­mes behynde on thy backe / bothe ha [...]h the fasshyon of slouthe / al [...]o of a thefe: nor it is nat more comly to stāde or syt and [...]et thy one hande on thy syde / whiche maner to some semeth comly & lyke a warryoure / but it is nat forthwith honest that lyketh fooles / but whiche is agre­yng [...]o reson & nature. Other thynges shall be sayd after / [Page] whan we come to comuny­cacion and the table.

¶Priuy membres.

To disclose or shewe the membres that nature hath gyue to be couered / without necessyte / ought to be vtter­ly auoyded from gyntyll nature. Also whan nede com­pelleth to do it / yet it muste be doone with conuenyent honestye / ye though no per­son be present / for aungel [...] be euer present / to whom [...] in children basshfulnesse is a tuter and a folower of cha­styte: The syght of the whi­che to withdrawe from the eyes of mē is honest. Moch more we ought nat suffer o­ther to touche them.

To kepe thy water is a­gaynst helthe / and hurteful [...] to nature: to make water se­cretly is honest. There be that teacheth that a chylde shal kepe in his nether wyn­de / his buttockes fast closed or clynged / but it is no ma­ner whan thou entendest to be take honest / to alure t [...] the disease and syckenesse: If thou may go aparte do that a lone by thy selfe / i [...] no (after the olde prouer [...]e) [Page] Let him close the fert vnde [...] colour of a coughe: or els why do nat they [...]yd a mā by the same maner tha [...] a man [...]hal nat go to the draught / wher as is more daunger to holde the wynde than to refrayne the draught. To [...]y [...] y^e knees layd a shoyle / or to s [...]āde the legges set bowed or croked / is the property of bragg [...]rs. Let the knees ioyne whan a mā sytteth / whan he stādeth let the fe [...]e ioyne / or els a ly­tel seperat thē a sōder. Sō [...] syt on this fasshyō / that they crosse one leg [...]e ouer the o­ther [...]ne / sōe stāde their leg­ges ioyned / trāplyng & daū ­syng: [...]ha [...] one is the proper­tie of pensyue persons / that other of fooles. The rygh [...] leg cast ouer the lyf [...] thyg [...]e / was the maner of olde & an­tique kinges to syt / but now nat laudable. Some of the ytaliēs set tha [...] one fote vp­on that other bycause of nurture / & stāde vpon one legge af [...]er the maner of storkes / which whether it become childrē I dou [...]e. Lykwise ī ma­kīg of cur [...]sy / one maner be cometh ī some place / & in sōe place it is nat comly. Some make curtesye with bothe knees [...]owed (as yrisshmen) [Page] and on cōtrary wise some do it wi [...]h vpright body / [...]ome w [...]h body s [...]oupyng. Some there be that iudge that the curtesye of women. Some likewyse with vpright body make curtesy / first bowe the right kne / after the lyf [...] / whiche amonge englysshmen is laudable ī youth. The frēchmen do bowe the ryght kne with a lytel plesant returne of the body. In al suche ma­ners in the which varye [...]e or chaūge hath no repugnance with honesty / it shall be lau­full to vse the maners of our naturall coūtrey / or els to folow the maner of straūgers / whan the maners [...]e such as straūge coūtreys doth alow The maner of goy [...]ge ney­ther in & out / nor hasty stag­gryng / of the which that ou [...] is propertie of wan [...]ōnesse / the other of men furyous & mad: for this [...]olysshe goyng as a hal [...]yng man / we wo [...] cō ­myt to these cleane warry­ours / & to such as thinke it a gorgyous fasshyon to wear [...] plume [...] ī their cap / albe it w [...] [...]e that bys [...]hops take a plea­sure in suche gesture. A man that sytteth to play with his toes / is propertie of foole [...] [...] [Page] and to play with his fingers is syne o [...] lyght mynde.

¶Of apparayle.

¶It is fully or suff [...]cient­ly sayd of the body / nowe of apparayle somwhat / bicause apparayle is the forme and fasshyon of the body: And of this apparayle we maye coniecture the haby [...]e and apparayle of the inwarde mynde. Al be it this certayn maner maye nat be gyuen / in so moche that the fortune of all men nor dignyte be nat lyke: no nor the same honest or inhonest maner is in all maner of men: fynally nor in all maner of tymes / the same maners may please or displease. wherfore lyk [...] as in many other thynges / so in this maner no thynge is to be alowed or praysed / after the comen prouerbe: To the lawe / to the coun­trey / and to the tyme / wyse men byddeth a man to en­fourme hym selfe. yet there is in this chaunges / what thyng in hymselfe is hones [...] [Page] or nat / as the thynges whi­che haue no profyte to the persone that the apparayle is made for. To drawe af­ter them longe traynes / in women is discorned / in men it is leude. I praye you is it cōmendable in cardynalles and bysshoppes? I remytte that to the iudgement of o­ther. Lyght & wanton gar­dyng of the breche & lasyng of the bely / was neuer pray­sed in man nor woman: for this is a straūge fasshyon of apparayle that couereth the secret ꝑtes / that be shamfull to be sene. In olde tyme it was taken nat honesty to go vngyrt or s [...]yt / in this dayes it is rebuke to many / bicause they be couerd with short petyco [...] & close hose late foūde: albe it that co [...]e or kyrtel [...]ly open / or els shorter aparell than dothe couer the secrete partes (which shulde be kept honest) whan a person stou­pes / is euer dishonesty. To [...]agge or to māgle apparayle is property of madde men. To vse paynted and diuers colours / is the maner of ydiots & apes. Therfore a [...]ter the degre of y^e dignyte and substāce / & after the coūtrey [Page] and the maner / let the clen­nes of aparayle be vsed: nor let it be shamefully daubed with fylthe / nor sh [...]wyng le­chery / wātonnes / nor pride. Homely aparayle becometh youthe / but without vnclen­nesse. Some distayne the hē mes of their lynen and wol­len yuell fauordly with spottes of vrine & pysse. Some barke their bosome & their sleues with a cruste of fylth / na [...] with perget / but with the fylthe of their nose and their mouth. Some there be whiche let their gowne hāge on that one syde / some let i [...] slyppe downe to the reynes / and some thīke it becometh them. Lyke as it becometh euery parte of thapparayle of the body to be clenly / so it becometh it to gre vnto the body. If thy frēdes haue gyuen to the apparayle bette [...] and more gorgious / cast nat thyn eyes backwarde vpon thy body / nor iette nat for ioye and shewe thy selfe to other / for that one is pro­pertie of apes / that other of proude pecockes. Let other prayse / be nat thou aknowē of thy fresshe apparayle.

The greater that fortune is [Page] the more amyable and gen­tyll be. we muste pardone meane persons to take a de­lyte in a meane / to consola­cyon of their pouertie / bu [...] ryche men settyng forth the glorye of their apparayle / sheweth with reproche to o­ther their awne misery / and getteth thē selfe but grudg [...] and enuye.

¶Of maners in the temple.

As ofte as thou comest by a churche do of thy cap and make curtesye / and thy face turned towarde the sacra­ment / salute with reuerence Christe & holy sayntes. And do the same whether it be in the towne or in the feldes / as oft as thou seest the yma­ge of the crosse. Go nat tho­rowe a church / but with lyke reuerēce salute Christ with a breue prayer / & that with thy cappe of / and knelynge vpon bothe knees. Whan diuyne seruyce is in doynge it becometh to apply al par­tes of thy body to honoure god. Thynke that Christ i [...] there present with innume­rable thousādes of angels. [Page] And if so be a man shuld [...] speke to a mortall kynge / with a multytude that stād [...] rounde aboute hym / & ney­ther do of his cap / nor make curtesye / he shulde be tak [...] of euery man / nat for a car­ter / but for a madde body: What a thynge is it there to kepe thy heed couered stately standyng / where as he is kynge of kynges / immor­tall / and graunter of immortalyte / where as honorable angels of heuen stāde roūde aboute hym. Nor it maketh no force if thou se them nat / they se the / and it is as sure that they be ther / as though thou [...]awest them with thy bodyly eyes / for the eyes of faythe se more surely than eyes of the flesshe.

It is nat syttyng that som [...] vse to walke vp and downe in the churche / and playe lyke Arystotles schole [...]s / as for walkynge yles / market-place and courtes / be conue­nyent / nat churches that be dedycate to preache / to my­nystre sacramentes and ho­ly prayers: but lette thyne eyes beholde the preacher / thyder bende thyne eares / [Page] lette thy mynde be set thy­der with all reuerence / as thoughe thou herdest nat a man / but god speakynge to the by the mouthe of a man. Whan the gospell is redde ryse vp / and if thou can here it red / deuoutly whan these wordes be redde in the cre­do / Et homo factus est / fall downe vpon thy knees / or in that wyse enclyne down [...] in his honoure that came downe him selfe from heuen for thy he [...]the / to this myse­rable worlde. And where as he was god he was contente to become man / to thentent to make the a god. Whyles the masse and diuyne ser­uyce is in doynge / apply thy selfe with all thy body to deuocyon: let thy face be tur­ned towarde the aulter / and thy hert to god. To touche grounde with the one kne & the other standing vp / vpon the whiche the lyfte elbowe doth leane / is the gesture of the wycked iewes and gēty­les / which to our lorde Iesu scornyngly dyd saye / Hayle kyng of [...]ewes. Thou shalte knele on bothe knees / & the rest of thy body sōwhat bēte downe to shewe reuerence. [Page] The remenant of the tyme eyther rede somwhat of thy boke / or saye thy beades / or els set thy medytacion vpon celestyall thīges. That tym [...] to chatte in an other mānes eare / is the propertie of such as thynke that Christ is nat there. To gape this wayes and that wayes / is the ma­ner o [...] mad men. Iudge that thou arte come to churche in vayne / except thou departe thence more pure and more deuoute thanne thou cam [...] thyder.

¶Of maners at table.

At table or at meate lett [...] myrthe be with the / lette ry­baudrie be exyled [...] sytte nat downe vnto thou haue was­shed / but lette thy nayles be pared before that [...] no fylthe stycke in them / le [...]te thou be called a slouen and a great nygarde: remembre the co­men sayeng / & before make water / and if nede requyre ease thy bely / and if thou be gyrde to strayte to vnlose thy gyrdell is wysdome / [Page] whiche to do at the table is shame. whan thou wypest thy handes put forth of thy mynde all grefe / for at table i [...] becometh nat to be sadde nor to make other sadde.

Cōmaunded to saye grace / apply thy coūtenaunce and thy handes to deuoute ma­ner / beholdynge eyther the mayster of the feest / or the ymage of Christ or of our lady: at this name Iesu or his mother Mary virgyne / make curtesye with bothe linees. If this offyce of say­eng grace be put to an other bothe take dylygent hede / and make answere with lyke de [...]oute maner. Gyue place with good wyll to an other of the hyest place / & if thou be bydde to syt in a hygher place / gen [...]ylly refuse it / but if a man in auctorite bydde the of [...]e and ernestly / obeye hym manerly / lest thou shuldest seme shamfa [...]t for lacke of maner. At the table laye bothe handes vpon the ta­ble / neyther ioyned nor vpō thy trenchour / for some vn­manerly holde the one hāde or bothe vpon his bely.

[Page]To leane vpon the table with bothe elbowes or the one of them / is pardoned to them that be weake and fe­ble / by rea [...]on of age or sick­nesse: the same in some cour­tyers delycious / that thinke all thyng well that they do / it is to be forborne and nat folowed. In the mene tyme thou muste take hede leste that thou trouble hym that sytteth next the with thyne elbowe / or hym that sytteth agayne the with thy fete. Syttyng in the there to mo­ [...]e thy buttockes this waye and that way / is lyke a man that letteth a blaste / or is a­boute it: Lette therfore thy body sytte vpright egally. If the napkyn be gyuen the laye it on the ryght sholder or the lyfte. whan thou syt­test wi [...]h greater men se thy heed be kembed / & laye thy cappe asyde / except the ma­ner of some deuocyon cause the otherwyse / or els some man of auctorite cōmaunde the contrary / whome to dis­obey is agayne maner. In some countreys it is the ma­ner that chyldren standyng at their betters table shall take mete at the tables ende [Page] al bare heed. There a childe ought nat come vncalled / nor lette hym nat tary there vnto dy [...]er be at an ende / but after he hath repasted hym selfe suffyciently / take vp his trenchour / make cur­tesy and salute them at the table / specyally the greates [...] person at the table. Let the cuppe stande on the ryght hande / and the meate kny [...]e cleane wyped / on the lyfte hande breed. To holde the breed in that one hāde / and breake it with thy fynge [...]s endes / it pleaseth some cour [...]yers: lette them haue their pleasure / but cutte thou thy breed manerly with a knife / nat pluckyng away the crust aboue and vnder / as swet [...] mouthed men. In olde ty­mes men were wonte at all maner of repastes reuerētly as a relyke to handle their breed / by reason wherof nowe in this [...]yme a maner remayneth whan breed fal­leth to the grounde / to take it vp & kysse it. To begyn your repaste with drinke / is propertie of blowbowles that drinke nat for thyrste / but of vse. And this vse is nat alonely vnmanerly / [Page] but also hurteth the body. Nor ye shall nat drinke im­medyately after browes or potage / nor specially after eatyng of mylke.

A chylde to drinke oftenner than twyse or thrise at the fardest at his repaste at ta­ble / is neyther manerly nor holsome. Let him drīke ones after he hath fedde a [...]hyle vpon [...]he seconde dysshe / [...]pecially if it be drie meate / and agayne at thende of the dy­ner or supper / and that mo­derately / drinke nat lyke a swylbolle / nat suppynge or smackynge with the lyppes lyke an hor [...]e. To bolle and drinke bothe wyne and al [...] superfluously / it bothe hur­ [...]eth the helthe of chyldren / lykewyse it dystayneth the maners of children. water is mete for youth and the hote age / or if he may nat awaye [...]herwith / or the nature of that coūtrey is nat suche / or any other cause woll na [...] suf­fre it / let him vse small ale or small w [...]rie / and alay it wi [...]h water: Or els this rewarde foloweth to suche as delyte in pure wyne / rotten [...]ethe / bleared eyen & droppynge / dull syght / and dull mynde / [Page] and in shorte space to loke lyke an olde man / before his olde age. Be [...]ore [...]hou drīke [...]ha we downe thy meate / nor put nat thy lippes to the cup but drie thy lyppes before with thy napkyn or hād [...]er­cher / specially if another mā o [...]fer to the the cup / or whan thou drinkest of the comen cuppe. To loke a syde whan thou drīkest is a rude maner & lyke as s [...]orkes / to wrie his necke back ward. To drīke al that nothyng remayne in the cup / is the propertie of a [...]hor [...]e. Let a chylde curtessy salute agayne the persone [...]hat saluteth hym whan he drīketh / & touche the cuppe with his lyppes and ca [...]te a­lytell / shewyng a face as tho he dyd drinke: it is ynough [...] to lyght person that taketh su [...]he maner vpon hym. If a [...]arterly person woll compell the [...]o dr [...]ke / [...]et a childe pro­messe to answer hym whā he is elder. Some whan they be scātly set / [...]orthwith they put their hādes in the d [...]ssh [...] that is the propertie of wol­ues ramyyng / or of suche (as they say) that deuour [...]es [...]h [...] out of the boylynge leade / nat yet redy to [...]ate.

[Page]Se that thou put nat thy hande first in the dysshe / nat onely bycause it shewth the to be gredy / but bycause it is sōtyme ioyned with parel as whā he taketh any thing scaulding in to his mouth at vnwa [...] / eyther he must spyt it out agayn / or if he swalow it downe it woll scaulde his throte: on both sydes he shal be laughed at / and take as a foole. A chylde must sōwhat tary / to accustome hym selfe to forbeare his appetyte: by the whiche coūsayle Socrates beyng an olde mā coude neuer forbere / but to drinke as sone as the cup cāe to the table first. If a childe syt at table with his betters / let hī syt lowest / nor let hī nat put his hāde to the dyssh but he be byd. To threst his fīgers in to his dysshe of potage / is the maner of carters: but le [...] hym take vp the meate with his knyfe or els his forke / nor let hī nat chose out this or that swete morsell out of the hole dysshe / which is the propertie of a lykerous ꝑson but that which chaūseth lye towarde hym / which we may lerne of Homerus / in whom often is repeted this verse [...] [Page] They russhed the [...]r hande [...] in to the dysshe that stod [...] before them. And if tha [...] or this morsell be very deyn [...]is leaue it to an other / & [...]ake of that whiche is nex [...]. And lyke as it is the maner of a gloton [...]o threst his hande in to euery parte of the disshe / so it is vnmanerly to turne the dysshe vp so do [...]ne / to th [...] ende more deyn [...]ie dys­shes may insue. If an othe [...] man gyue to the a deynti [...] morsell / [...]rste praye hym to holde the e [...]cused / than tak [...] it / but deu [...]de parte to thy selfe / than offer to hym [...]he remenaunt that gaue it to the / or gyue parte to hym that sytteth next the.

That gobbe [...] that can na [...] conuenyently be take with thy hande / take it on thy trēcher. If any man reache to the of a custarde or a pye any thyng in a spone / eyther take it on thy trenchour / or take the spone offred / & th [...] meate layde on thy trēcher / gyue hym his spone agayne. If it be lyquide & thy [...] [...]ha [...] is gyue to the in the spon [...] to [...]aste / take the spone & r [...] ­ceyue the meate / & wype th [...] spone & delyuer it agay [...]e [...] [Page] To lycke thy [...]yngers grea­cy / or to drie them vpon thy clothes / be bothe vnmane [...] ­ly / that must ra [...]her be done vpon the boorde clothe or thy napkyn. To swalowe thy mea [...]e hole downe / is the maner of s [...]orkes and deuourynge glut [...]ous.

If any thynge be cut by an other / it is agayne m [...]ner to pu [...] forthe thy hande or thy tren [...]hour before the ke [...]u [...]r offer it to the / lest thou shul­dest seme to ca [...]che tha [...] whi­che was poīted for an other. That that is raught to the muste be [...]ake with thre fyn­gers / or with thy trenchour. If any thyng be offred the that agreth nat with thy stomake / beware thou say nat that Clytipho sayde / I ca [...] nat away with it father: but gentylly say I thanke you. This is a very manerly maner of refusynge. If he that offreth it the perseuer / saye it gree [...]h nat with thy sto­make / or els thou wolte eate no more.

The maner of cuttynge of thy meate is to be ler­ned from the ten [...]er yeres / nat peuysshe as some vse / [Page] but manerly & con [...]enyent. The sholder must be cut o­therwyse / and otherwyse the legge / otherwyse the necke pece / otherwyse the syde / o­therwyse the capon / other­wyse the fesante / o [...]herwyse the partriche / otherwyse the malard [...] wherfore ꝑtyculerly to speke of al were both per­ [...]use & also nat profyte. This sūmarily may be taught. It is the propertie of such as be preparers or maysters of bā kettes / to engrosse frō euery syde all that may please the mouth. It is smal honesty to gyue to an other that thou hast bytten of. It is al of the car [...]e to dyp or put thy breed agayne in to the disshe of po [...]age that is gnawen vpon. Lykewise to take the meat [...] out of thy mouche that tho [...] hast [...]hawed / & laye it on thy trenchour / is a leude tutche. For if thou haue take any morsell that can nat go dow­ne / it is maner to tourne thy heed & caste it priuely away. It is reproche to eate agay­ne the meate that is gnawen or bones layde on thy tren­choure. Caste nat vnder the boorde bones or any other fragmēt defyling the flore / nor [...]ast it on y^e table clothe / [Page] nor put it in the dysshe / but laye it on the couer of thy trenchour / or in the voyde [...] that is set for fragmentes.

It is noted a folly to gyue meate to straūge dogges at the table: it is more folly to handle dogges at the table.

To pyll thyn eggeshell with thy fyngers or thy [...]hombe is a leude tutche: the same is more leude to put thy tonge in to thegge. with thy knyfe to take it out is more comly.

To gnawe bones is the pro­pertie of dogges / to pycke i [...] with thy knyfe is good ma­ner. To take sal [...]e out of the salte celler with thre fyngers / in a vulgare ieste is called the norter of carters or ploughmen. Salte muste be take as is necessary with thy knyfe. If the salte be farre of it muste be asked.

To lycke the dysshe wherin is suger or any swete meate / is the propertie of cattes / and nat of men.

Cutte thy flesshe small or mynce it v [...]on [...]hy trēcher / [Page] and after take breed and [...]haw it a reason before thou let it go downe: and this nat onely is manerly but helth­full.

Some rather deuoure than eate their meate / non other wyse than suche as be ledde in to prison. This rauenyng and deuourynge is appro­pred to theues.

Some cramme so moche in to their mouth at ones / that bothe their chekes stāde out and swell lyke a payre of be­lowes. Some in eatynge slubber vp their mea [...]e lyke swyne. Some snuffe & snurte in the nose for gredynesse as though they were choked.

To drinke or speake with bridelde or full mouthe / is neyther honesty nor surety. Entrechaunge of comuny­cation by pausynge / dothe interrupte contynuall ea­tynge.

Some without pause styll eate & drinke / nat bycause they be an houngred and thurstye / but bycause they can none otherwyse order or behaue them selfe / but if they scratche their heed / [Page] or pycke their [...]ethe / or shew leude gesture with their hā ­des or their knyfe / or eis coughe / hemme / or spyt [...]e.

This maner come [...]h all of the carte / and hath in a ma­ner a resemblaunce of mad­nesse. This tedyous maner muste be auoyded / in mar­kynge the comunyca [...]ion of other / if a man can se no op­portunyte to speake. It is an yuell maner to sytte in a study at the table.

Thou may se some in suche an extasy or stony that they here nat what is sayde of other / nor ꝑceyue that they eate: and if thou call them by name / they seme as men that came from slepe / their mynde is so rauysshed.

It is no good maner with rollyng eyen to marke what euery man eateth / nor it is nat syttynge to gase longe vpon any that sytteth at the [...]able: also it is worse maner to scoule or loke awrie vpon any that sy [...] vpon the same syde. It is worste fasshyo [...] [Page] to wr [...]e his heed and looke behynde hym what they do at an other table.

To blabbe out what is sayd or done at large / whan men drinke and make mery / be­cometh no man nor chylde.

A chylde syttynge with his betters shulde neuer speke / but necessyte compell / or el [...] he be bydden. At mery wor­des let hym somwhat smyle: at rybaudrie let hym shewe no lyght countenaunce / no [...] roughe / if he tha [...] speaketh be a man of hye auctorite / but lette his countenaunce so [...]empre his behauour / so that it shall seme eyther tha [...] he herde nat / or vnderstode nat.

Sylence becometh women / but rather chyldren.

Some dothe answre be­fore he that speaketh hat [...] made an ende / and it chaun­seth that he maketh contra­rye answere / and is hadde in derysyon / and this olde prouerbe maye be sayde of hym: I asked for hookes / [Page] an other answered sayeng he had no bootes / answe­rynge nothynge to purpose.

Kynge Salomon sayth [...] thus / he is a foole that an­swereth before he hereth the ende: he hereth nat that per­ceyueth nat. If he vnder­stande nat him that asketh / let hym cease vntyll he that hath spoke repete his tale. If he do nat so / but cōstray­neth hym to answere / lette the chylde gentylly praye hym of pardon / and desyre hym to shewe the thynge a­gayne. And the questyon vnderstande / lette hym pause a lytell / after lette hym an­swere in fewe wordes and meryly.

At table nothynge ought to be blabbed forth that shulde dimynisshe myrthe.

To hurte the fame of them that be absente is a great faute: nor no olde sores of any man shulde be renewed.

To fynde faute with any meate is agaynst good ma­ner / and is displeasure to hym that maketh the feest.

[Page]If the feest be made of thy coste / lyke as it is maner to excuse the syngle fare / so to prayse the feest or to reherce what it coste / is soure sauce to the gestes.

To conclude / if any thynge be done of any man nat ma­nerly by ignorance / it shulde be dissimuled rather than had in derisyon. Lybertie is me [...]e at meate and drinke.

It is reproche as Flac­cus saythe / to blowe abrode if any thynge ouerslyppe a man at table vnaduyse [...].

what so euer [...]e do [...]ne or sayde there / shulde be lap­ped vp in the clothe / leste thou here this: I hate hym that wol reherce that is sayd at table.

If the feest be lenger than is mete for chyldhode / and seme superfluous / & thou fe­lest that thou hast ynoughe / eyther conuey thy selfe pri­uely thence / or aske lycence.

They that kepe chylde­hode to hongerly / in my mynde they be madde / [Page] and lykewyse they that e [...] ­gorge them wi [...]h ouermoche meate. For as tha [...] one doth enfeble the strength of the [...]endre bodyes / the other ly­kewyse oppresseth [...]he w [...]: But measure ought to be knowen.

The body of a childe ou [...]h [...] to be fed without full belly / and rather ofte a lytell at ones.

Some knoweth nat whan they be full / but whan the belly is swollen so that it is in daunger to b [...]eke / or els by vomy [...]e he muste pycke ouer the perche.

They hate their chyldren / that sytting at supper longe vnto late in the night / suffre them to sytte styll by them.

Therfore if tho [...] muste ry [...]e fro lōge supper / take vp thy trenchour with fragmētes / and salu [...]e hym that semeth the great [...]st man at the ta­ble / and other lykewise / and so dep [...]te: but by and by returne / leste thou be noted to departe bycause of playe or of other lyght cause.

[Page]Retournynge / wayte if any thyng lacke / or honestly at­tende at the table / and loke if any man commaunde any thynge. If thou set downe any thynge or take vp / take hede thou sheade nothynge vpon other mennes clothes. If thou s [...]uffe the candle / fyrst take it of the boorde / and eyther couer with duste the snuffe / or trede it vnder thy foote / leste some yuell sauour be tedyous to smell.

If thou reache forthe any thing or poure be ware thou do i [...] na [...] wi [...]h the lyft hāde.

C [...] ̄maunded to saye grace / order well thy behauoure / shewynge th [...] selfe redy vn­to the company kepe sylēce / and tyme come to saye.

In the meane tyme let thy countenaūce be stable / with r [...]uer [...]nce regardynge the g [...]ea [...]est man at the table.

¶Of metynge to gythers.

If any man mete the by the waye worshyp [...]ull / ey­ther by reason of age / eyther by relyg [...]on or dignyte / or otherwyse worthy reuerēce / [Page] lette a chylde remembre to go forthe of the waye and reuerently put of his cappe / and somwhat make curtesy with his knees. Let hym nat thynke thus / what haue I to do with an vnknowen man / what with hym that neuer dyd for me? So re­uerence is nat gyue to man for his merytes / but to god. So god cōmaūdeth by Sa­lomon / whiche cōmaundeth to ryse vp to an aged man: lykewise by Paule / to shewe double reuerence to pree­s [...]es. To conclude / to shewe reuerence to euery persone / to whome reuerence is due / folowynge also the gentyles reuerence. If so be that the Turke (whiche god forbyd) shuld haue domynion vpon vs / we shulde offende if we dyd nat shewe reuerence to that auctori [...]e. Of the fa­ther and mother I speake nat amonge other / to whom chefe reuerence after god is due. Lyke reuerence to our teachers / whiche lykewise as they fresshen the myndes of men / so they engendre good maner. And so amonge lyke of degree this sayeng of Paule muste take place / [Page] Preuent you one an othe [...] with due reuerence. He that preuenteth his egall or in­ferior with reuerence / he is nat therfore the worse / but more honest therfore & more to be had in reuerence.

with our betters we muste speake with reuerence / and in fewe wordes: with our pe­res louyngly and gentylly. And whan a childe speaketh he muste holde his cappe in the ryght hande / and holde his lyfte hande towarde his myddle / or els that is more comly / holde his cappe with both handes ioyned / so that his thombes apere couering his codpece. To holde his boke or hat vnder his arme is take as rudenesse.

Let basshfulnes be shewed / but as becometh / nat as maketh a chylde amated. Let the eyen loke vpō hym that thou speakest to sadly and onely / shewynge nothynge wanton nor leude.

To caste thyne eyen downe as a beest called Catoble­pas / is a suspectyon of an yuell conscience. To loke a­ [...]yde is token of disdayne. To turne this wayes & that / [Page] is a syne of lyght wytte. It is rudenesse ofte to chaunge countena [...]ce / as now [...]o wrie the nose / nowe to knytte the browes / nowe to set vp the browes / nowe to sette a wrie the mouthe / nowe to gape wyde / nowe to make a na­rowe mouthe: these be synes of inconstance.

It is also all of the carte to shake the heed and caste the busshe / to coughe without cause / to hemme or rey [...]he / lykwise to scratche thy heed to picke thyne eares / to sny [...] thy nose / to stryke thy face / as a man that wypeth for [...]hamfastnesse / to scrubbe or rubbe thy ne [...]ke / to shrugge or wrigge thy sholders as we se in many ytalyens.

To deny with touenynge a­way thy heed / or beckenyng with thy heed to call hym / and to conclude / to speke by gesture and beckenynges as somtyme becometh a man / but nat a chylde. It is no maner to wagge the armes / to play with the fyngers / to stager with the fete / to speke hastely nat with the tonge / [Page] but mouynge all the body / whiche is the propertie of turtyll doue [...] or wagtayles / nor moche differēt fro pyes [...]hatterynge. Let thy voyce be soft and styll / nat hye and clamorous lyke carters / nor so bause that he to whome thou speakest may nat here the [...] Lette thy speche nat be hasty and ouer ron thy wyt / but softe and open.

This also auoydeth natu­rall stu [...]tynge / buffyng / and stammerynge / thoughe nat fully / yet for moste partie it demynis [...]heth / where as ha­stye speche causeth vyce in many / that came nat by na­ture. Also in cōmunycaci­on it is a gentyll maner to repete some honest tytle or name of roume or dignyte of hym that thou spekest to.

There is nothynge more honest or plesaunt than the tytle or name of father or mother / nothynge more a­myable thanne the name of brother and suster.

If that priuat names come nat to mynde / name all ler­ned men worshypfull may­sters / all preestes and mon­kes reuerende fathers / [Page] all companyons / bretherns and frendes: breuely al that be vnknowen / call thē may­ster and maystresse.

Of a childes mouth it is nat honest to sweare / whether it be gamyng or ernest. what is more reproche than this maner in [...]ome countreys / to sweare at euery thyrde worde / ye the lytell gyrles / by breed / by salte / by cādle: by what thynge sweare they nat? To foule wordes let no manerly childe make an­swere / nor laye his eare. Fynally if any thynge be shewed to the eyen / or herds by the eares in honestly.

If the cause requyre that he muste name any membre priuy / let hym couer it with honest circumstaunce.

Further / if it chaunce to speke of vyle thinges / as vomyte / a draught / or a [...]orde / he muste say before saue re­uerence.

If he must deny any thyng / let hym beware that he say [...] nat ye say nat truthe / specy­ally if he speke to his elder [...] [Page] but first by your fauour say it was otherwyse tolde me of suche a man.

A well manered chylde shall contende with no man / no nat with his felowes / but let other haue their wyll: if the thynge come to discencyon / let hym referre the mater to arbytrement. Let hym nat presume before an other / let hym nat auaunte his awne dedes / nor reproue the ma­ner of other / nor reuyle the nature and maners of any nacyon / nor publysshe an [...] secret shewed hym / nor scat­ter no newe tales / nor de­fame no man / nor rebuke no honest man of that whiche is naturall / for that is nat onely spy [...]efull and vngen­tyll / but folysshe. As if a man call hym that hath but one eye / one eyed: hym that halteth a crypp [...]e: hym that can nat se bu [...] nye vnto hym sandblynde / or he that is borne out of wedlocke ba­starde. By this meanes it shal folowe that a man with out enuy shall gette prayse / and allure s [...]endes.

To interrupt any man in his tale before it be ended [...] is agayne maner.

[Page]Lette hym beare malyce to no man: shewe gentylnesse to euery persone / lette hym take fewe to his secret coun­sayle / and those with good discrecion. Lette hym nat shewe that he wolde haue secrete. It is folly to loke that an other man shal kepe close / that can nat kepe close to thy selfe. No man is so close of tonge but he hath some in truste / to whome he woll open his secret mynde. It is moste sure nothynge to do or saye / wherof thou shulde be shamed if it be spoken abrode.

Be nat ouer besy in other mennes causes. And if thou se or here any thynge / loke thou knowe nat that thou knowest.

To prie or loke vpon let­ters that be nat brought to the / is leude maner. If a man open his casket before the / go a parte.

Also if thou perceyue any secrete counsayle to ryse a­monge any persons / auoyde thence thy selfe as thoughe thou knewe no thynge / [Page] and do nat entremedle to come to counsayle excepte thou be called.

¶Of gamynge and pla [...].

In gamynge and gentyll sporte let mery fasshyon be shewed / lette crafte / cause of stryfe and discey [...]e be set a parte / also lyes. For thrugh these prīciples a childe gro­weth to further inconueny­ence. He ouercometh better that s [...]ryueth nat / than he that hath the victorye. Ne­uer repugne iugement. If thou playe with them that [...]e ignorant [...] / thou mayste alwaye wynne / but be con­tent sometyme to lese tha [...] the gamynge maye be more mery. If thou playe with mean [...]r persones / take nat vpon the to be better than they. A man shulde gamen for recreacion & nat bycause of lucte. They say that the inclynacion of a chylde can nat be better knowen than in gamynge. If any be dis­posed of nature to deceytes / to lyes / to stryues / to vyo­lence or presūpcion / here the vyce of nature woll apere. Therfore a manerly chyld [...] [Page] shulde be lyke hym selfe / no lesse in gamynge than at th [...] table.

¶Of the cham­bre.

In the chambre sylenc [...] is laudable / with honesty. Loude speche and clattryng is nat honest / moche more in bedde. whether thou do thy clothes of or vpon / regarde honesty / beware thou shewe nothynge bare to syght that maner & nature wolde haue couered. If thou lye with a bedfelowe / lye styll / and make nat bare thy selfe with tumblyng / nor vexe nat thy bedfelowe with pullynge of the clothes. Before thou lay thy body downe / crosse thy forheed and thy brest with the syne of the holy crosse / & cōmende the to Iesu Christ with some lytell prayer.

Do the same in the mor­nyng whā thou rysest / begyn the daye with some prayer: Thou canste nat begyn with better lucke. And after thou haste be at the [...]akes [Page] do no thyng vnto thou hau [...] wasshed thy handes & face / and thy mouthe.

To suche as chaunce to be well borne it is to thē shame nat to be of lyke maners as their progenytours were. whome fortune wylleth to be of cōmen sorte / of lowe bloode / & vplandysshe / they muste laboure the more to sette them selfe forthe with auauncement of good ma­ners / in that that fortune hath debarred them.

No man can chose to hym s [...]lfe father and mother or his countrey / but condycion wy [...] / and maners any man maye countrefet. I wyll annexe to this a shorte pre­ce [...]te as a sure testimonye / whiche semeth to me worthy pr [...]emynēce. It is the chefe parte of gentyll maner / al­thoughe thou neuer offende [...]hy selfe / yet gentilly to par­don other mennes fautes / nor to loue lesse thy compa­nyon therfore / thoughe he haue some cōdycions out of frame. Nor these thynges be nat here spoken for that entent / as thoughe no man may be honest without thē. [Page] If so be thy companyon do offende by ouersyght / for as moche as he semeth of some reputacyon / to aduer [...]yse hym bytwene the and hym and with gentyll fasshyon / is good maner.

This small gyft my sonne wel beloued / I wyll it shall be gyuen for thy sake to all the company of chyldren / that forth with thorowe this rewarde bothe thou shalte allure the good myndes of thy felowes / and thou shalt gyue to them the desyres of lyberall scyence and good maners. The goodnesse of Iesu vouche safe thy noble and vertuous enclynacion / and to encrease to better at all tymes.

DE CVL [...]V.

In summa dictū est de cor­pore, nūc de cultu paucis, e [...] quod uestis quodāmodo cor­poris corpus est, & ex hac quo (que) liceat habitū animi cō ­ijcere. Quanq hic certus praescribi modus non potest, e [...] quod non omniū per est, uel fortuna, uel dignitas, nec a­pud omnes eadē decora sūt, aut indecora, postremo nec omnibus seculis eadē placēt displicentue. Vnde quemad­modū in alijs multis, ita hic quo (que) nōnihil tribuendū est, [...]uxta prouerbium, [...], at (que) etiā [...], id est, legi, & regioni, & tempori, cui seruire iubent sapiētes. Est tamen in hisce uarietati­bu [...], qd per se s [...] [...]onestum, [Page] aut secus, uelut illa quae nul­lū habēt usū, cui paratur ue­stis. Prolixas trahere caudas in foeminis ridetur, in uiris improbatur. An Cardinales & episcopos deceat, alijs aestimandū relinquo. Mul­ctitia nūquam nō probro da ta sunt tū uiris tū foeminis, quādoquidē hic est alter ue­stis usus, ut ea tegat q impu­dice ostendūtur oculis homi­nū. Olim habebatur parum uirile discinctū esse, nūc idē nemini uicio uertitur, quod indusijs, subuculis, et caligis repertis tegātur pudēda, etiā [...]i diffluat tunica. Alioqui uestis breuior q ut inclinanti [...]egat partes quibus, debetur bonos, nus q nō inhonesta est Dissecare uestē amentiū est, picturatis ac uersicoloribus uti, morionū est ac simiorum. Ergo pro modo facultatum ac dignitatis, pro (que) regione [Page] et more adsit cultui mundi­cies, nec sordibus notabilis, necluxū, nec lasoiuiā aut fa­stū prae se ferens. Neglectior cultus decet adolescētes, sed citra immūdiciam. Indecore qda interularū ac tunicarū ora [...] aspergine lotij pingūt. Sinū brachialia (que) indecoro tectorio incrustant, nō gyp­so, sed nariū & oris pituita. Sunt qbus uestis in alterū la tus defluit, alijs ī tergū ad re nes us (que), nec desunt qbus hoc uid [...]atur elegans. Vt [...]otum corporis habitū & mundū, & compositū esse decet, ita decet illū corpori cōgruere. Si quid [...]legātioris cultus de dere parētes, nec teipsū re­ [...]lexis oculis cōtemplere, h [...] gaudio gestias, alijs (que) o [...]ten­tes, nam alterū simiarum eft, alterū pauonū, mirētur alij: [...]u [...]e bene cultum esse nesci­as [...] Quo maior est fortuna, [Page] [...]oc est amabilior modestia. Tenuioribus in cōditionis so latiū concedendū est, ut mo­derate sibi placeā [...]. At diues ostē [...]ans splendorē amictus, alijs suam exprobrat mise­riam, sibi (que) conflat inuidiam.

DE MORIBVS in templo.

Quoties fores templi prae­teris, nudato caput, ac modi­ce flexis genibus, & ad sa­cra uerso uultu, Christū di­uos (que) salutato. Idē & alias faciendū, slue in urbe, siue in agris, quoties occurrit ima­go crucis. Per aedē sacrā ne trāsieris, nisi simili religione saltem breui precatiuncula Chris [...] ̄ appelles, id (que) retecto capite, & utro (que) genu slexo [...] Cū sacra peraguntur, totum corporis habitū ad religionē decet componere. Cogita il­lic praesentem Christum cum innumeris angelorū milibus. [Page] [...]t si qui regem hominē allo­quuturus circūstāte procerū corona, nec caput aperiat, nec gen [...] [...]lectat, non [...] ̄ pro rustico, sed pro insono [...]abe­ret [...] ab oībus: quale est illic [...]pertū habere caput, erecta genua, ubi ad est rex ille re­gū immortalis, & immorta­litatis largitor, ubi uenera­bundi circūstant aetherei spi­ritus? Nec refert, sleos non [...]ides, uident illi te, n [...]c minus certū est illos adesse, q si uide res eos oculis corporeis. Certius enim cernunt oculi fidei q oculi carnis. Indecentius [...]tiam est quod quidā in tem­plis obambulant, & Peripa­ [...]cicos agunt. Atqui deam­bulationibus porticus & fo­ra conueniunt, non templa, quae sacris concionibus, my­sterijs, ac deprecatiōi dicata sū [...]. At cōcionantē spectent oculi, huc attentae sint aures, [Page] [...]uc inhiet animus omni cum reuerētia, quasi non hominē [...]udias, sed deū per os homi­nis tibi loquentē. Quū reci­tatur Euangeliū, assurge, & si potes ausculta religiose. Quum in symbolo cani [...]ur, & homo factus est, in genua ꝓcūbe, uel hoc pacto te sub­mittēs in illius honorē, qui se­met pro tua salute, quū esset supra omnes coelos demisit in terras, quū esset deus, digna­tus est homo fieri, ut te face­ret deū. Dum peragūtur my­steria, toto corpore ad reli­gionē composito, ad altare uersa sit facies, ad Christum animus. Altero genu t [...]rram contingere, erecto altero, cui laeuus īnitatur cubitus, gestus est impiorū militū, q domino Iesu illudētes dicebant, Au [...] rex Iudeorū. [...]u dimitte u­ [...]rū (que), reliquo etiā corpore nō [...]ihil inflexo ad uenerationē. [Page] Reliquo tēpore aut legatur aliquid è libello, fiue precu­larū, s [...]e doctrinae salutaris, aut mens celeste qdpiam me­ditetur. Eo tpe nugas abg [...] ­nire ad aurē uicini, eorū est, q nō credūt illic adesse Chri­stū, huc illuc circumferre ua­gos oculos, amentiū est. Exi­stimate frustra templum ad­isse, nisi inde melior discesse­ [...]is purior (que).

De conuiuijs.

In cōuiuijs adsit [...]ilaritas, absit petulantia [...] non nisi lo­tus accumbe, sed ante prae­fectis unguibus ne qd in his haereat sordium, dicaris (que) [...], idē sordidus & im­pendio parcus, uide ꝓuerb. ac prius clam reddito lotio, aut si res ita postulet, exone­rata etiam aluo: & si fortē strictius cinctum esse con­tingat, aliquantulum relax­are uincula consultum est, [Page] qd in accubitu parū decore fi [...]t. Abstergēs manus, simul abijce qcqd aī o aegre est. Nā ī cōuiuio nec tristē esse decet nec cōtristare qu [...] ̄q, iussus cō secrare mēsā, uultū ac manus ad religionē cōponi [...]o, spe­ctās aut cōuiuij primariū, aut s [...] fors adest, imaginē chri [...]ti, ad nomen Iesu matris (que) uir­ginis, utrum (que) [...]lecten; genu. Hoc muneris si cui alteri de­legatū fuerit, pari religione tū auscultato, tū respōdeto. Sedis honorem alteri liben­ [...]er cede, & ad honoratio [...]ē locū inuitatus, comiter excu­sa: si tamen id crebro s [...]rio (que) iubeat aliqs authoritate praeditus, uerecūde obtēpera, ne uideare ꝓ ciuili praefractus. Accūbens utrā (que) manum su­per mensam habe, non con­iūctim, nec in quadra. Qu [...] ­dam enim indecore, uel unā, [...]el ambas [...]abent in gremio. [Page] Cubito uel utro (que) uel altero in [...]iti mens [...]e, senio morb [...]ue lassis cōdonatur: idem in de­licatis quibusdā aulicis, qui se decere putant quicquid a­gūt, dissimulandum est, non imitandū, interca cauendum, ne proxime accumbēti pedi­bus sis molestus. In [...]ella ua­cillare, & nunc huic nunc alteri nati insidere, speciē ha­bet subinde uētris [...]tatū emit­tentis, aut emittere conatis. Corpus igitur aequo librami­ne sit erectum. Mantile si datur aut [...]umero sinistro, aut brachio laeuo imponito. Cū honoratioribus accubitu­ [...]us, capite pexo, pil eū relin­quito, nisi uel regionis mos diuersū suadeat, uel alicuius authoritas praecipiat, cui nō parère sit indecorum. Apud quasdā nationes mos est, ut p [...]eri stantes, ad maiorā mē ­ [...]ā capiāt cibū extremo loco, [Page] re [...]ecto capite. Ib [...] ne puer accedat, nisi iussus, ne haereat us (que) ad cōuiuij [...]inē, sed sum­pto quod satis est, sublata quadra sua, flexo poplite, salutet conuiuas, praecipue qui inter cōuiuas est caeteris ho­noratior. A dextris sit pocu­lum et cultellus escarius, rite purgatus: ad laeuam pa [...]s. Panem una uola pressū, summis digitis refringere, quo­rundā auricorū delitias esse sinito, tu cultello seca decen­ter, non undi (que) reuellens cru­ [...]tum, aut utrin (que) resecās: de­licatorū hoc est. Panem uete res in omnibus conuiuijs c [...] rem sacrā religiose tracta­bant, unde nūc quo (que) mos re­lictus est, cū forte delapsū in humū, exosculari. Cōuiuium statī à poculis auspicari, po­torū est, qui bibūt non quod si [...]ēt, sed qd soleāt. Nec ea res solū moribus est ī honesta [Page] uerū etiā officit corporis ua­ [...]etudini. Nec statim post sūꝑ tam ex iure ofsam bibendū, multo minus post lactus esū. Puero saepius q bis, aut ad sū mum t [...]r, in conuiuio bibere, nec decorū est, nec salubre. Semel bibat aliquandiu pa­stus de secūdo missu, praeser­tim sicco: dein sub conuiuij fi­nem, id (que) modice sorbendo, non ingurgitādo, nec equo­rū sonitu. Tum [...]nū, tum ceruis [...]a nihil ominus quam uinū inebrians, ut pu [...]rorū uale­tudinē lae [...]it, ita mores dede­corat. Aqua feruidae cōue­nit aetati, aut si non patitur, siu [...] regionis qualitas, siu [...] a­lia quae [...]iā causa, tenui cer­ [...]sia utitor, aut ui [...]o nec ar­denti, & aqua diluto. Alio­qui m [...]ro gaudent [...]s haec se­quuntur praemia: d [...]ntes ru­biginosi, g [...]nae defluentes, oculi luscios [...], mentis stupor, [Page] breuiter seniū ante senectā. Antequam bibas, praemande cibū: nec labra admou [...]as poculo, nisi prius mantili aut [...]inteolo abstersa: praesertim s [...] quis suū poculum tibi por­rigit, aut ubi de cōmum bibi­tur poculo. Inter bibendū in­tueri, illiberal [...] [...]st, quemad­modū & ciconiarum exēplo ceruicē in tergum r [...]flectere, ne quid herea [...]ī imo cyat [...]o, parum est liberale. Salutātē poculo resalutet comiter, & admotis labris cyatho pau­lulum libans bibere si [...]mulet: hoc ciui [...] nugoni sa [...]is erit. Qui si rusticus urgeat, polli­ceatur se tum responsurum, quum adol [...]uer [...]t. Quidam ubi uix bene cōsederit, mox manus in epulas conijciunt. Id luporum est, aut eorum, qui de chytropode carnes nondum immolatas deuo­rant, iuxta prouerbium. [Page] Primus [...]ibum appositū ne at tingito, non tantū ob id quod arguit auidū, sed quod inter dum cū periculo cōiunctum est, dū qui feruidū inexplo­ratū recipit in os, aut expue­re cogitur, aut si deglutiat adur [...]re guld, utroque ridiculus aeque ac miser. Aliquan­tisper morandū, ut puer as­suescat affectui temperare. Quo cōsilio Socrates ne se­nex quidem unquam de pri­mo cratere bibere sustinuit. Si cum maioribus accumbit puer, postremus, n [...]c id nisi [...]ui [...]atus manū admoueat pa­tine. Digitos in iusculēta immergere agrestiū est, sed cu [...]tello fuscinaue tollat quod uult: nec id ex toto eligat disco, qd solēt liguritores, sed quod forte ante ipsū ia­cet sumat, quod uel ex Ho­mero discere licet, apud quē creb [...]r est hic uersiculus: [Page] [...], Id quo (que) si fuerit insigniter elegans, alteri cedat, & quod proxi­mū est accipiat. Vt igitur in temperātis est in oēs patinae plagas manū mittere, ita pae­rū decorū, patinā inuertere, quo ueniant ad te lautiora. Si quis alius cibum [...]orrexe­rit elegantiorē, praefatus ex­cusatiunculam recipiat, sed resecta [...]ibi portiuncula, re­liquū offe [...]at ei qui porrexe­rat, aut proxime assidēti cō ­municet. Quod digitis excipi non potest, quadra excipien­dū est. Si quis e placenta, uel artocrea porrexerit aliquid cocleari, aut quadra excipe, aut cocleare porrectū acci­pe, & inuerso in quadram cibo, cocleare reddito. Si li­quidius est quod datur gustā dū, sumito, & cocleare red­dito, sed ad mantile extersū. [Page] Digitos unctos uel ore prae­lingere, uel ad tunicam aex­ [...]ergere, pariter in ciuile est: id mappa potius aut mantili faciendū. Integros bolos su­bito deglutire, ciconiarū est, ac balatronū. Si qd ab alio fuerit resectum, inciuile est manū quadr [...]ue po [...]rigere, prius q ille structor offerat, ne uidea [...]e precipere qd al­teri paratū e [...]at [...] Q [...]od por­ [...]igitur, aut tri [...]us digitis, aut porrecta quadra excipiē [...] ̄ [...] Si qd offertur nō cōgruit tuo stomacho, caue ne dixeris il­lud Comici Clitip [...]onis. Nō possū pater, sed blande agito gratias. Est enim hoc urba­nissimū recusandi genus. Si prestat inuitator, uerecunde dicito, aut non cōuenire tibi, aut te nihil amplius requi­rere. Discenda est [...] primis statim annis secādi ratio, nō sup [...]titiosa, qd quidā faciūt, [Page] [...]ed ciuilis & cōmoda. Ali­ter enim insciditur armus, a­liter coxa, aliter c [...]ruix, ali­ter cratis, aliter capus, aliter phasianus, aliter p [...]rdix, ali­ter anas, quadere singulatim praecipere, ut prolixū sit, ita nec operae preciū. Illud ī uni­uersū tradi pōt. Apitiorum esse omni ex parte, qdqd pa­lato blā [...]itur, abradere. Abs te semesca alteri porrigere, parū hon [...]sti moris est. Panē praerosū iterū in ius immerge re rusticanū est. Sicut & ci­bū mansū faucibus eximere, & in quadrā reponere ī ele­gās est. Nā si qd forte suptū est qd deglutiri nō expedit, [...]lā auersus aliquo proijciat. Cibū ambesū aut ossa semel ī quadrā seposita repetere, ui­cio datur. Ossa aut si qd simile reliquū est, ne sub mēsā ab [...]eceris pauimētū cōspurcās, [...]ec in mēsae str [...]gulā proijce, [Page] nec in patinā repone, sed in quadrae angulū sepone, aut in discū q apud nō nullos re­liquijs excipiēdis apponitur. Canibus alienis de mēsa pro rigere cibū, ineptiae tribuitur, ineptius est illo [...] in conuiuio cōtrectare. Qui putamen di gitorū unguibus aut pollice repurgare ridiculū est: idem inserta lingua facere magis etiam ridiculū, cultello id sit decentius. Ossa dētibus ar­rod [...]re caninum est, cultello purgare ciuile. Tres digiti sa lino impressi, uulgari [...]oco dicitur agrestiū insignia. Cul tello sumendū est salis quan­tū satis est. Si longius abest saliuū, porrecta quadra pe­tendum est. Quadram aūt patinam cui saccarum aut a­liud suaue quiddam adhesit, lingua lambere, feliū est non hominum. Carnem prius minutim in quadra dissecet, [Page] mox addito pane [...]imul ali­quādiu mandat, priusquam [...]raijciat in stomacū. Id non solū ad bonos mo [...]es, uerum etiā ad bonam ualetudinem pertinet. Quidā deuorāt ue­rius quam edunt, non aliter quā mox, ut aiūt, abducendi in carcerem. Latronū est ea tuburcinatio. Quidā tātum simul in os ingerūt, ut utrin (que) ceu folles tumeāt buccae, alij mandēdo diductu labiorum sonitū edunt procorū in mo­rem. Nōnulli uorādi studio, spirant etiam naribus, quasi praefocandi. Ore pleno uel bibere, uel loqui, nec honestū est, nec tutū. Vicissitudo fa­bularum interuallis dirimat perpetuū esum. Quidam ci­tra intermissionem edunt bi­buntue, non quod esuriant sitiantue, sed quod alioqui gestus moderari non pos­sunt, nis [...] aut scabant caput, [Page] [...]ut sca [...]pant dentes, aut ge­ [...]ticulēter manibus, aut ludät cultello, aut tussiēt, aut scre­ent, aut expuāt. Ea res à ru­ [...]tico pudore profecta, non­nullam insaniae speciē habet. Auscultandis aliorū sermo­nibus fallendū est hoc tedij, si nō datur opportunitas lo­quendi. Inciuile est, cogita­bundū in mensa accumbere. Quosdam autē uideas adeo stupentes, ut nec audiant qd ab alijs dicatur, nec se cōme­ [...]ere sentiant: & si nomina­tim appelles, uelu [...] è somno excitati uideātur, Adeo to­tus animus est in patinis. In­ [...]rbanū e [...]t ocul [...]s circūactis [...]seruare quid quisque co­medat, nec decet in quēquam conuiuarum diuitus intentos [...]abere oculos: inurbanius e­ [...]am transuersim hirquis in­tueri, qui in codem accum­bunt latere: inurbanissimum, [Page] retorto intergum capite cō ­templari, quid rerum gera­tur in altera mensa. Effutire si quid liberius inter pocula dictum factumue sit, nulli de­corū est, nedum puero. Puer cum natu maioribus accum­bens nunquam loquatur, nisi aut coga [...] necessitas, aut abs quopiam inuitetur. Lepide dictis modice arrideat: ob­coene dictis ne quando arri­deat, sed nec frontem con­trahat si praecellit dignitate qui dixit, sed ita uultus ha­bitū temperet, ut aut non au­disse, aut certe non intellex­issi uideatur. Mulieres or­nat silentium, sed magis pue­ritiam. Quidam respondēt, pr [...]usquam orationem finie­rit qui compellat, ita saepe [...]it, ut aliena respondens sit risui, det (que) ueteri locum prouerbio [...], id [...]st, falces petebam, [Page] alius non intelligens negabat se habere scaphas, respon­dens quod nihil ad rem atti­ [...]eret. Vide prouerbi. Docet [...]oc Rex ille sapientissimus, stultitiae tribuens, respōdere priusq audias: non audit au­tem, qui non intellexit. Sin [...]inus intellexit percōtantē, paulisp [...]r obticescat, donec [...]lle quod dixit sponte repe­ [...]at. Id si nō facit, sed respō ­sum urget, blāde ueniā prae­fatus puer, oret ut quod dixe rat, dicat denuo. Intellecta percōtatione, paululū inter­ponat morae, deinde tum pau [...]is respondeat, tum iucunde. In cōuiuio nihil effutiendū, quod offuscet hilaritatem. Absentiū famam ibi laedere, plac [...]lū est. Nec cuiquā illic suus refricandus est dolor. Vituperare quod appositum e [...]t, inciuilitati datur, & in­ [...]atum est conuiuatori. [Page] [...]i de tuo praebetur conuiuiū, ut excusare tenuitatē appa­ratus urbanum, ita laudare aut cōmemorare quāti con­stiterint, insuaue profecto condimentū est accumbenti­bus. Deni (que) si quid à quoq in cōuiuio fit rusticius per im­peritiā, ciuiliter dissimulan­dū potius q irridendū. Decet compotationē libertas. Tur­pe est, sub dium, ut ait Flac­cus, rapere, si quid cui super coenam excidit incogitātius [...] Quod ibi fit diciturue, uino inscribendū, ne audias [...] (id est, odi memorē cōpotorē. Vide prouerbi.) Si cōuiuiū erit q pro puerili aetate ꝓlixius, & ad luxū tendere uidebitur, simulat (que) senseris naturae factum satis, aut [...]lā, aut ueniā precatus, te subducito. Qui pueri [...]em aetatē adigūt ad inediā, [...]ea quidē sentētia insaniūt, [Page] ne (que) multo minus ij q pueros [...]mmodico cibo diffarciunt. Nam ut illud debilitat teneri corpus cult uiriculos, ita hoc [...]nim [...] u [...]m obruit. Moderatio tamē statim discēda est. Ci­tra plenā saturita [...]ē r [...]sici­endū est puerile corpus, ma­gis (que) crebro q copiose. Qui­dam se saturos nesciūt, nisi dum ita distentus est uentri­culus, ut in periculū ueniant, ne dirūpatur, aut ne per uo­mitū reijciat onus. Od [...]runt liberos q illos et [...]amnū tene­ros coenis in multam noctem productis perpetuo sinūt as­s [...]ere. Ergo si surgendū [...]rit à prolixiore cōuiuio, quadrā [...]uā cū reliquij [...] tollito, ac sa­lutato qui uidetur inter cōui uas honoratissimus mox & [...]lijs s [...]mul, discedito, sed mox redditurus, ne uideare lusus aut alterius parum honestae rei gratia, te subduxisse. [Page] Reuersus, ministrato s [...] qd opus erit, aut reuerēter men­sae assistito, si quis quid iube­at expectans. Si quid appo­nis, aut submoues, uide ne cui uestem iure perfundas. Can­delam emuncturus, prius illā [...] mēsa tollito, quod (que) emun­ctū est, protinus aut haren [...]e immergito, aut solea prote­rito, ne quid ingrati nidoris offendat nares. Si quid por­rigis, infundisue, leua id [...]a­ [...]as caueto. Iussus agere gratias, compone gestus, parat [...] ̄ te significans donec s [...]ētibus conuiuis, dicendi tempus ad fuerit. Interim uultus ad cō uiuio praesidentē reuerent [...]r uersus sit & constanter.

De congres­sibus.

Si quis occurrerit ī [...]a, uel senio uenerādus, uel religiōe reuerēdus, uel dignitate grauis, uel a [...]ioq dignus honore, [Page] meminer [...]t puer de u [...]a dece­dere, reuerenter aperire ca­put, nonnihil etiā flexis po­plitibus. Ne uero si cogitet, quid mihi cū ignoto, quid cū nihil unq bene de me merito? Non hic honos tribuitur ho­mini, nō meritis, sed deo. Sic deus iussit per Solomonē, qui iussis assurgere cano, si per Paulū q presbyteris duplicatū honorē precipit exhibere, in summa, omnibus praestare honorē qbus debetur honos, cōplectens etiā ethnicū ma­gistratū: & si [...]urca, quod absit, nobis imperet, peccatu­ri [...]imus, si honorē magistra­tui debitum illi negemus. De parētibus interim nihil dico, qbus secundū deū primus de­betur honos. Nec minor prae­ceptoribus, q mentes hoīm quodāmodo dū formant, ge­nerāt. I [...] & inter aequales il [...]ud Pauli locū habere debet, [Page] honore inuicē praeuenientes. Qui parē aut inferiorē prae­uenit, nō ideo [...]it ipse minor, sed ciuilior, & ob id hono­ratior. Cū maioribus reue­renter loquendū & paucis, cū aequalibus amāter & co­miter. Inter loquendū pileū laeua tencat, dextra leuiter admota umbelico, aut quod decētius habetur, pileū utra (que) manu iuncta suspensum, pol­ [...]icibus eminētibus, tegat pu­bis locū. Librū aut galerum sub axilla tenere rusticius habetur. Pudor ad sit, sed qui decoret, non q reddat atto­ [...]itū. Oculi spectent eum cui loqueris, sed placidi simpli­ces (que), nihil procax improbū ­ue pre se ferentes. Oculos in terrā deijcere, quod faciunt catoblepae, male conscientiae suspitionē habet. Transuer­s [...]m tueri, uidetur auersan­tis. Vultū huc illuc [...]oluere, [Page] leuitatis argumentū est. In­decorū est interim uultum in uarios mutare habitus, ut nūc corrugetur nasus, nūc cōtra­batur frons, nunc attollatur superciliū nūc distorquean­tur labra, nūc diducatur os, nūc prematur, haec aīum ar­guūt Proteisimilē. Indecorū & illud, concusso capite ia­ctare comā, sine causa tussire screare, quē admodū & ma­nu scabere caput, scalpere aureis, emūgere nasū, demul cere faciem, qd est u [...]luti pu­dorē abstergenti [...], suffricare occipilū, humeros adducere, qd in nōnullis uidemus [...]a­lis. Rotato capite negare, aut reducto accersere, & ne per sequar oīa, gestibus ae [...] n [...]ti­bus loqui, ut uirū interdum deccat, puerū minus dicet. Illiberale est iactare brachia gesticulari digitis, uacillare pedibus, breuiter non lingua, [Page] [...]ed toto corpore loq, qd tur­turū esse fertur, aut motacil­larū, nec multū abhorrēs à picarū moribu [...]. Vox sit mollis ac sedata, nō clamosa, qd est agricolarū, nec tā pressa, ut ad aures eius cuiloqueris nō ꝑueniat. Sermo sit non prae­ceps, & mētē praecurrēs, sed lentus & explanatus. Hoc etiā naturalè batarismū, aut haesitantiā, si nō in totū tollit, certe magna exparte mitigat, quū praecipitatus sermo mul­ [...]is uitiū cōciliet, qd nō dede­rat natura. Inter colloquēdū subīde titulū [...]onorificū eius quē appellas repetere ciuili­tatis est. Patris ac matris uo­cabulo nihil honorificētius, nihil dul [...]lus. Fratris sororis­ue no [...]e, nihil amabilius. Si te fugiunt tituli peculiares, oēs cruditi sūt tibi, praeceptores obseruādi, oēs sacerdotes, ac monachi, reuerendi patres, [Page] omnes aequales, fratres & a mici, breuiter o [...] ̄s ignoti dn̄i, ignote dn̄ae. Ex ore pueri turpiter auditur iusiurandū, siue iocus sit, siue res seria. Quid enim turp [...]us eo more, quo apd nationes quasdā ad tertiū quod (que) uerbū deierant etiā puellae, ꝑ panē, per uinū, per candelā, ꝑ quid nō? Ob­scoenis dictis, nec linguā prae­beat ingenus puer, nec aures accōmodet. Deni (que) quicqd in honeste nudatur oculis hoīm indecēter ingeritur auribus. Sires exigat, ut aliquod mē, brū pudendū nominetur, cir­cū [...]tione u [...]recūda rē notet. Rursus si quid inciderit, qd auditori nauseā ciere possit, u [...]lut si quis narret uomitū, aut latrinā, aut oletū, praefe­tur honorē auribus. Si quid refellendum erit, caue dicat: haud uera praedicas, praeser­tī [...]i loquatur grādiori natu, [Page] sed praefatus pacē, dicat: m [...] ­bi secus narratū est a tali. Puer ingenuus cum nemine cōtentionē suscipiat, ne cum aequalibus quidem, sed cedat potius uictoriā, si res adiur­giū ueniat, aut arbitrū pro­uocet. Ne cui se praeferat, ne sua iactet, ne cuiusq i [...]sti­tutū reprehendat, aut ullius nationis ingenium mores ue [...]uggillet, ne qd arcani credi­tū euulget, ne nouos spar­gat rumores, ne cuius obtre­ctet famae, ne cui probro det uitiū natura insitū. Id enim non solū cōtumeliosū est & inhumanū, sed etiam stultū. Veluti si quis luscū appellet luscū, aut loripedē loripedē, aut strabū strabū, aut nothū nothū. His rationibus f [...]et, ut sine inuidia laudē inueniat, & amicos paret. Interpel­lare loquentē anteq fabulam absoluerit, inurbanum est.

[Page]Cū nemine s [...]multatē suscipi­at: comitatē exhibeat oībus ꝑ paucos tamē interiorē fami­liaritatē recipiat, eos (que) cū de lectu. Ne cui tamē credat qd tacitū uelit. Ridiculum enim est, ab alio silentij fidē expe­ctare, quā ipse tibi non prae­stes. Nullus aūt est adeo lin­guae continētis, ut nō [...]abeat aliquē, in quē trans [...]ūdat ar­canū. Tutissimū aūt est nihil admittere, cuius te pudeat si proferatur. Alienarū r [...]rum ne fueris curiosus, & si qd forte cōsp [...]xeris, audieris u [...] fac quod scis nescias. Lite­ras tibi non oblatas limis in­tueri, parū ciuile est. Si [...]ors te praesente scriniū suū ape­rit aliqs, subducito te. Nā in­urbanum est inspicere: con­trectare aliqd in [...]rbanius. Item si senseris inter aliquos secretius oriri colloquium, submoue te dissimulanter, [Page] & in huiusmodi colloquium ne [...]emet ingeras nō accitus.

DE LVSV.

In lusibus liberalibus adsi [...] alacritas, absit puicacia rix­arum parens, absit dolus, ac mendaciū. Nā ab his rudimē tis prosicitur ad maiores in­ [...]urias. Pulchrius uincit q c [...] ­dit cōtentioni, q qui palmam obtinet. Arbitris ne reclami­ta. Si cū impitoribus certa­mē est, possis (que) semꝑ uincere, nōnunq te uinci patere, quo ludus sit alacrior. Si cum in­ferioribus luditur, ibi te su­periorē esse nescias. Animi causa ludendū est non lucri gratia. Aiūt puerorū indolē nusq magis apparere, q inlu su. Si cui ad dolos, ad mēda­ciū, ad rixā, ad uioletiā, ad arrogantiam ꝓpensius inge­nium, hic emicat naturae uici­um. Proinde puer ingenuus [Page] non minus in ludo, q in con­uiuio sui s [...]milis sit.

De cubiculo.

In cubiculo laudatur silē ­ [...]iū & uerecūdia. Certe cla­mor & garrulitas indecora est, multo magis in lecto. Si­ue cū exuis te, siue cū surgis, memor uerecundiae: caue ne quid nudes aliorū oculis, qd mos & natura tectū esse uo­luit. Si cū sodali lectum ha­beas cōmunē, quietus iaceto, ne (que) corporis iactatione, uel t [...]ipsū nudes, uel sodali de­tractis palijs si [...] molestus. Priusq reclines corpus in ceruical, frontē & pectus signa crucis imaginae, breui preca­tiūcula temet Christo cōmendans. Idē facito quum mane primū temet [...]rigis, à preca­tiuncula diē auspicans: Non [...]nī potes ab omine feliciore. Simul ac exoneraueris aluū, [Page] ne quid agas, nisi prius lota facie manibus (que), & ore pro­luto. Quibus contingit bene nasci, his turpe est generi suo non respōdere moribus. Quos fortuna uoluit esse plebeios, humiles, aut etiam rurestres, his impēsius etiam adnitendū est, ut qd sors in­uidit, morū elegātia pensēt. Nemo sibi parētes, aut patri­am eligere potest: at ingeni­um, mores (que) sibi quis (que) potest fingere. Colophonis uice ad­dā praecepciūculā, quae mi [...]i uidetur propemodū primo digna loco. Maxima ciuili­tatis pars est quū nusq delin quas, aliorum delictis facile ignoscere: nec ideo sodalem minus habere charū, si quos habet mores inconditior [...]s. Sūt enim qui morū ruditatē, alijs cōpensēt dotibus. N [...] (que) haec ita praecipiūtur, quasi si­ne his nemo bonus esse possit. [Page] Qoud s [...] sodalis per inscitiā peccet, in eo sanè qd alicu­ius uidetur momenti, solū ac [...]lāde monere ciuilitatis est.

Hoc quicquid est muneris [...]ili chariss. uniuerso puerorū sodalitio per te donatū esse uolui, quo statim hoc cōgia­rio, simul & cōmilitonū tuo­rum animos tibi cōcilies, & illis liberaliū artiū, ac morū studia cōmendes. Praeclaram indolētuam Iesu benignitas seruare dignetur, seper (que) in melius proue [...]ere. Datū a­pud [...]riburg. Brisgoiae, Mē ­se Mar. An. M.D.XXX.