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4 Some cutteth the napkin, some trencher will nick, 
some sheweth like follie, in many a trick. 
Let such apish ? bodie so toieng at meate, 
go toie with his nodie, like ape in the streate. 
5 Some commeth vnsent for, not for thy good cheere, 
but sent? as a spiall, to listen and heere. 
Which being once knowne, for a knaue let him go, 
for knaue will be knauish, his nature is so. 
99. 
{| Lessons for watting seruants. 
I NE 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 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? with cormorants, here and there some, 
and others to want it that orderlie come ? 
Good seruiture waieth (once dinner begon,) 
on 
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. 
1 Let apishle. 1577. Zaihentaa ah ii7e 2toesed., 1577. 
