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Rh bee garnishede with greene bowes, or flowers, and hee is at meale tymes to see that if wayters doe wante in the greate chamber, to goe for them to attende the lordes table, and his place is to attende at the dore, and if theire bee greate receipte of stranngers, as upon greate assemblies, plaies, or such like, to lett in none into the chamber but such as in his discretion shal bee thought meete.

Hee is to see the hall bee clenlie kepte, end to attend the covering of the stewarde and comptrollers table, with cubbarde and other tables in the halle, to bee in like sorte furnishede, and his place before and after meales is to sett at the upper ende of the halle, or to walke up and downe the hie space there, and to enterteyne all stranngers, and if there bee any noyce to still it, for there is noe place of hie talke to bee suffered, and especialle at meale tymes, and then hee is to keepe the middell of the halle, after he hath placede everie one in theire degree, and call to the pantler for breade, and the buttler for beare, after they bee servide with meate, and dinner or supper donne, to bee attended by his groome or amnor. as under him, to helpe to take awaye, and all broken meate in that place to bee putt into the amnorie, and from thence to bee bistowed on the poore by the amnor and porter.

Hee is to receave all breade from the baker, and to tallie with him for the same, and to enter the dailie chardge what is spennte, at the weekes ende, into the leager. booke, with the remaine in like sorte, and to carrie the salte with the carvinge knife, clensinge