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Fiue hundred pointes of good husbandrie

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Lessons for waiting servants.

1 One diligent seruiture, skilfull to waight, more comelieth thy table than other some eight, That stand for to listen, or gasing about, not minding their dutie, within nor without. 2 Such waiter is fautie that standeth so by, vnmindful of seruice, forgetting his ey. If maister to such giue a bone for to gnaw, he doth but his office, to teach such a daw. 3 Such seruiture also deserueth a check, that runneth out fisging[E474] with meat in his beck. Such rauening puttocks for vittles so trim, would haue a good maister to puttock with him. 4 Who daily can suffer, or else can afoord, his meat so vp snatched that comes from his boord? So tossed[1] with cormorants, here and there some, and others to want it that orderlie come? 5 Good seruiture waieth (once dinner begon,) what asketh attendance and what to be don. So purchasing maister a praise with the best, gets praise to himselfe, both of maister and gest.

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