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
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.
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.
Chapter viii. 48. Ne vous asséez point de vous mesme au haut-bout; miais s’il vous appartient, ou si le maistre du logis le veut ainsi, ne faites pas tant de resistance pour n’y point aller, que vous fachiez toute la compagnie.
Walker: ‘Desire not the highest place, nor be troublesome with impertinent debasing yourself by refusing,’ etc.
Seat not yourself voluntarily at the top; but if the place properly belongs to you, or the master of the house so wills, do not offer so much resistance to its acceptance as to annoy the company.
107th. If others talk at Table be attentive but talk not with Meat in your Mouth