the rules of s. robert 135 



The thirteenth rule teaches you how by your command- 

 ment PEACE SHALL BE KEPT IN YOUR HOSTEL. 



Command that in no way there be in your household 

 any who make strife, discord, or divisions, in the hostel, but 

 all shall be of one accord, of one will as of one heart and 

 one soul. Command that all those who work at a craft be 

 obedient and ready to those who are over them in the things 

 which belong to their craft. 



The fourteenth rule teaches you how your alms shall, 

 by your commandment, be faithfully observed and 

 gathered, and discreetly spent on the poor. 



Command that your alms be faithfully gathered and 

 kept, nor sent from the table to the grooms, nor carried 

 out of the hall, either at supper or dinner, by good-for- 

 nothing grooms ; but freely, discreetly, and orderly, with- 

 out dispute and strife, divided among the poor, sick, and 

 beggars. 



THE FIFTEENTH RULE TEACHES YOU HOW YOUR GUESTS OUGHT 

 TO BE RECEIVED. 



Command strictly that all your guests, secular and 

 religious, be quickly, courteously, and with good cheer re- 

 ceived by the seneschal from the porters, ushers, and 

 marshals, and by all be courteously addressed and in the 

 same way lodged and served. 



The sixteenth rule teaches you in what clothes your 

 people should wait on you at meals. 



Command your knights and all your gentlemen who 

 wear your livery, that that same livery which they use daily, 

 especially at your meals, and in your presence, be kept for 

 your honour, and not old tabards, and soiled herigauts, and 

 imitation short hose. 



