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RULES for BEHAVIOUR.
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ed, unlawful or indecent Action or Expression.
4 Give always Place to him that excelleth thee in Quality, Age or Learning.
5 Be willing to take those Words or Actions as Jesting, which thou hast reason to believe were designed as such; and fret not at thy Companions innocent Mirth.
6 If thy Companion be a little too gross or sarcastical in speaking, yet strive not to take notice of it, or be moved at all therewith.
7 Abuse not thy Companion either by Word or Deed.
8 Deal justly among Boys thy Equals, as solicitously as if thou wert a Man with Men, and about Business of higher Importance.
9 Be not selfish altogether, but kind, free and generous to others.
10 Jog not the Table or Desk on which another writes.
11 At play make not thy Clothes, Hands or Face dirty or nasty, nor sit upon the Ground.