Chapter viii · 47. Ne vous fâchez iamais en table, quoy qu'il aduienne, ou bien si vous vous fâchez, n'ent faites point de semblant, principalement y ayant des estrangers à table.
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[Sidenote: Hawkins vii. 40. 'A cheerefull countenance makes one dish a Feast.']
Never be angry at table, no matter what may happen, or even if you have cause for anger, do not show it, especially if strangers are present.
[Sidenote: There is a blank in the MS. after upper.]
106th. Set not yourself at y'e upper [end] of y'e Table but if it be your Due or that y'e Master of y'e house will have it so, Contend not least you Should Trouble y'e company.