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- Make your free men and guests sit as far as possible at tables on either side, not four here and three there. — Robert Grosseteste
- Also see how many quarters of corn you will spend in a week in dispensable bread, how much in alms. — Robert Grosseteste
- Command that in no way there be in your household any who make strife, discord or divisions in the hostel, but all shall be of one accord, of one will as of one heart and one soul. — Robert Grosseteste
- Command that your marshal be careful to be present over the household, and especially in the hall, to keep the household, within doors and without, respectable, without dispute or noise, or bad words. — Robert Grosseteste
- And strictly forbid that any quarrelling be at your meals. — Robert Grosseteste
- And in doing this I advise you to send to the best manors of your lands those of your household in whom you place most confidence to be present in August at the leading of the corn, and to guard it as aforesaid. — Robert Grosseteste