And you yourself always be seated at the middle fo the high table that your presence as lord or lady may appear openly to all, and that you may plainly see on either side all the service and all the faults.
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And if strangers come to supper they shall be served with more according as they have need.Robert Grosseteste
Make your free men and guests sit as far as possible at tables on either side, not four here and three there.
Robert Grosseteste
And as far as possible for sickness or fatigue, constrain yourself to eat in the hall before your people, for this shall bring great benefit and honour to you.
Robert Grosseteste
Command that no one be received, or kept to be of your household indoors or without, if one has not reasonable belief of them that they are faithful, discreet, and painstaking in the office for which they are received, and withal honest and of good manners.
Robert Grosseteste
Forbid dinners and suppers out of the hall, in secret and in private rooms, for from this arises waste, and no honour to the lord or lady.
Robert Grosseteste
Command that all those who work at a craft be obedient and ready to those who are over them in the things which belong to their craft.
Robert Grosseteste
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