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book_n	certain_a	church_n	scripture_n	1,732	5	5.7322	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00349	The ciuilitie of childehode with the discipline and institucion of children, distributed in small and compe[n]dious chapiters / and translated oute of French into Englysh, by Thomas Paynell.; De civilitate morum puerilium. English. 1560	Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536.; Paynell, Thomas.	1560 (1560)	STC 10470.3; ESTC S2112	34,026	110

an vnhoneste to walke in the churche and to counterfeit the Peripatiques that is to say Aristotles scholers the which wer wont to walke whan thei disputed Certes that pallas towne house porches haules and market places are conueniente for a man to walke in and not the churches the whiche are dedicated for deuine sermons for the sacramentes for praiers and oracions Beholde and heare the preacher diligentlye THat the eyes beholde the Preacher and that the eares be attētiue that the minde and the heart take hede with greate desire and affeccion and with reuerence not although thou diddest heare a man but god speking vnto thee by the mouth of a man Whan one should stande upright or knele in the communion tyme. WHan any man doth rede or singe the ghospell stande vp yf thou maist hearken vnto it deuoutly Whan thei singe the Simbole that is to saie Credo in vnum deum c. the Crede and at these woordes et homo factus est he was made man kneele downe humbling thy selfe at the least in this point for the honor of him that being aboue all the heauens hath abased himself vnto the earth for thy saluacion Whan all thy body is disposed to deuocion turne thy face thy heart to god An vndecent maner of knelyng TO touch the grounde with one knee and to holde the other vpright vpon the whiche the lefte arme doth reste is the gesture countenaunce of an euyl man of warre the which mocking our Lorde said I salute thee king of the Iewes Therfore set downe both thy knees somewhat abase all the reste of thy body with a certaine veneracion and fashion of honor ¶ What he should doe in the churche whan there is no communion AL the residue of time either rede somewhat oute of some booke of praiers or els of holye Scripture or els that thy spirit be thinking or contemplating vpon some celestiall thing or vpon god ¶ Neyther to bable nor to turne thyne eyes hether and thether in the churche TO bable or then to deuise wyth him that sitteth by thee dooeth pertaine to those that beleue not that god is present To cast to turne the eyes hether and thether doth pertayne to those that be out of their wyt Esteme that thou art gone to the church in vain if thou returne not frō thence better more pure and cleane ¶ Of the Table and howe a childe oughte to vse and behaue hymselfe FIrst or euer thou sit down at the Table wash thy handes pare thy nailes At the Table thou muste shewe a certaine cherefulnes to auoid dissolute babling Sit not doune vntill thou haue washte and that thy nayles be first pared lest there remayn any filthines and lesse thou bee called extreme filthy and proud ¶ To make water or euer he sytte down HE muste before he sitte downe make water or discharge hys belly if the thing require it And if peraduenture it chance that thou be to much pressed it shal be wel done first to vnlose thy poyntes because that thou shouldest dooe it with lesse honestye at the Table To bee ioyfull and mery at the table AND wiping thy handes caste by and by awan all molestiousnes and heauinesse that thou hast in thy hearte for thou muste not bee heauie at the Table nor make none other man sad nor heauie To blesse and saye grace and how IF anye manne commaunde thee to saye grace prepare thy face thy handes to deuocion lokynge vpon the most honest mā of the assistēce and naming Iesus bowe thy knee yf this bee geuen and appointed to another hearken and aunswere with like deuocion Humilitie at the Table GEne quietly the highest rowme to another and beeing inuited to ascende more higher humbly excuse thy selfe but if any man of aucthoritie doe diuers times and in good earneste cōmande thee obey him with shamefastnesse to the ende that thou seme not to be opinatiue in place to be eiuill and well manerd The countenaunce of armes handes BEyng sette holde both thy handes vpon the Table not ioyned together nor vpon thy trencher for there are some that foolish lye dooe holde the one or bothe in their bosom To leane with one elbow or with both vpon the Table is graunted to those that throughe age and sickenes are feble and thou muste dissemble the like but not folow in this certaine delicate courchers the whiche do thynke that all that thei doe becommeth them In the meane whyle thou muste take hede that thou hurte no manne with thy elbowe nor that thou pushe nor thrust him that is next thee and that wyth thy feete thou smite them not that are on the other side of the table ¶ The countenaunce beying sette in chayre or in any other place TO moue hymselfe in his chayre and to sitte nowe vppon the one thigh and nowe vpon the other is like vnto a mā that stroke for stroke doth lose his belly or that laboreth to lose it And therfore the body muste be kept vpright with a iust measure ¶ Vpon which arme we ought to hold and beare the napkyn and whan it is cōuenient mete to eate bare headed or couered IF thei geue thee a napkine laye it vppon thi lefte arme If thou take thy repast with greate and noble men loke that thy head be well combe put of thy bonet except the custome of the countrey be otherwyse or that the aucthoritie of some doth commaunde thee the contrary vnto whom it were no honestie to disobey ¶ Whan a childe shoulde sitte at the table and whan he shoulde not THei haue in some place euen of custome that the children shall eate at the ende of the table bare headed he must not set hymselfe but whan he is commaunded nor he shall not tary there to the latter ende of the repast but whan he hath eaten sufficiently taking away his trenchour and bowinge his knee he muste doe reuerence principatly vnto hym the is moste honorable among the assistence ¶ Glasse and knyfe THe glasse and the knife beynge cleane must be layde vppon the right side and the bread on the left Cut breade with a knife and eate it with reuerence Leaue of for the delicatenes of certain courchers the maner and vse to breake the bread with the endes of thy singers laying thy hande vpon it As concerning thy selfe cut it gentlemanly with thy knife not cutting of the cruste rounde aboute aboue and beneath for that doth sauer a delicate persō Our elders in al repastes did eate bread with great reuerence as a holy thing and of that commeth the custome of this time to kisse the bred yf perchaunce it bee fallen vppon the grounde Whan howe what and howe muche a chyld ought to drink at his repaste BI and by to begin the repaste with drink is for drunkardes the drink not for any thirste but by a custome nor it is not onely a dishonestie but also a great noiaunce of the health of the body