

THE KING'S MIRROR 



food, or whether one may eat and drink freely in any 

 that seems convenient and proper.\(t is also cour- 



tesy to refrain from sneers and contemptuous jests, to 

 ' know clearly what churlishness is and to avoid it care- 

 fully.. 



It is good breeding to be agreeable and never obsti- 

 nate when one is with other men, and to be modest in 

 demeanor; to walk a proper gait when on foot and to 

 watch one's limbs carefully wherever one goes to make 

 sure that each will move correctly and yet in a natural 

 way. ; It is good breeding, too, when one strolls about 

 in a city among strangers, to keep silence and use few 

 words,)to shun turmoil and disgraceful tippling, to pun- 

 ish theft and robbery and all other foolish rioting. It is 

 also good breeding to avoid profanity, cursing, scolding, 

 and all other pernicious talk. Be careful also never 

 appear as the advocate of stupid and dishonest men and 

 especially not to support them in their impudence^ 

 rather to show hatred for wickedness in every form. It i 

 good breeding to shun chess and dice, brothels and per- 

 jury, false testimony, and other lasciviousness or filthy 

 behavior^. It shows good breeding to be cleanly in food 

 and clothes; to take good care of the ships, horses, 

 weapons, and buildings that one may possess; to be cau- 

 tious and never rash and to be undismayed in times of 

 stress; never to be ostentatious, domineering, or envious; 

 r and to shun arrogance and affectation in every form. But 

 ) the chief point in all conduct is to love God and holy 

 ] church, to hear mass regularly, to be diligent in divine 

 </ service, and to implore mercy for oneself and all other 

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