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bee garnifhede with greene bowes, or flowers, and hee is at meale tymes to fee that if way ters doe vante in the greate chamber, to goe for them to attende the lordes table, and his place is to attende at the dorc, and if theire bee greate receipte of ftranngers, as upon greate aiTemblies, plaies, or fuch like, to lett in none into the chamber but fuch as in his difcretion fhal bee thought meete. The Yeoman UJlier of the Halle. Hee is to fee the hall bee clenlie kepte, end to attend the cover- ing of the ftewarde and comptrollers table, with cubbarde and other tables in the halle, to bee in like forte furnimede, and his place be- fore and after meales is to iett at the upper ende of the halle, or to walke up and downe the hie fpace there, and to enterteyne all ftranngers, and if there bee any noyce to fr.il! it, for there is noe place of hie talke to bee fuffered, and efpecialle 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 fervide with meate, and dinner or fupper donne, to bee attended by his groome or am- no r . 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 biftowed on the poore by the amnor and porter.

• The Yeoman of the Pantrle.

Hee is to receave all breade from the baker, and to tallie with him for the fame, and to enter the dailie chardge what is fpennte, at the weekes ende, into the leage r . booke, with the remaine in like forte, and to carrie the falte with the carvinge knife, clenfinge knife,