se semblable.
Do not carry a morsel to your mouth, knife in hand, like the
rustics. (16.) Moreover, it does not seem well bred to spit out the
kernels of prunes, cherries, or anything of the kind, on your
plate, but, as already said, they should be decently collected in
the left hand (raised to the mouth), and placed on the edge of the
plate. (15.) Bones, peel, wine, and the like, should not be thrown
under the table.
96th. Its unbecoming to Stoop much to one's Meat Keep your Fingers clean
& when foul wipe them on a Corner of your Table Napkin.
Chapter viii. 21. Il est messeant de se baisser beaucoup sur son
escuelle ou sur la viande, c'est assez de s'encliner vn peu lors
que l'on porte le morceau trempe a la bouche, de crainte de se
salir, & puis redresser la teste.
25. Ne vous nettoyez pas les mains a vostre pain, s'il est entier;
toutesfois les ayant fort grasses, il semble que vous les puissiez
nettoyer premierement a vn morceau de pain que vous ayez a manger
tout a l'heure & puis a la seruiette, afin de ne la point tant
salir: ce qui vous arriuera rarement, si vous scauez vous seruir de
la cuilliere, & de la fourchette, selon le style des plus
honnestes. Beaucoup moins deuez vous lecher les doigts,
principalement les succant auec grand bruit.
It is ill-bred to stoop too close to one's porringer or the meat.
It suffices to bend a little when conveying a soaked morsel to
one's mouth, in order to avoid soiling oneself, then straighten up
again. (25.) Do not clean your hands on a loaf; if very greasy you
might, it would seem, partly clean them on a bit of bread you are
about to eat, then on your napkin, so as not to soil the latter too
much: this will rarely happen if you know how to use spoon and
fork in the most approved manner. Much less should you lick your
fingers, especially not suck them noisily.
[9]7th. Put not another bit into your Mouth till the former be Swallowed
let not your Morsels be too big for the jowls
Chapter viii. 30. Ne portez pas le morceau a la bouche que l'autre
ne soil aualle, & que tous soient tels qu'ils ne fassent pas enfler
les joues hors de mesure; ne vous seruez pas des deux mains pour
vous mettre le morceau a la bouche, mais seruez vous d'ordinaire de
la droite.
Carry not another morsel to the mouth
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