the old
people,
and the
reverence
that is
due to
them,
might
restrain
the
younger
from all
indecent
words and
gestures.
Dishes are
not served
up to the
whole
table at
first, but
the best
are first
set before
the old,
whose
seats are
distinguished
from the
young,
and, after
them, all
the rest
are served
alike. The
old men
distribute
to the
younger
any
curious
meats that
happen to
be set
before
them, if
there is
not such
an
abundance
