How to Spit

1646

“Spet not far off thee, nor behinde thee, but a-side, a little distant, and not right before thy companion: but if it be some grosse flegme, one ought if it may bee, tread upon it. Be-spet not the windowes in the streets, nor spet on the fire, nor on a Bason, nor on any other place where the spettle cannot bee taken away, by putting thy foot thereon.”

Francis Hawkins, Youths Behavior

The trick to public spitting is a nimble foot. It’s preferable not to be-spet your companion, but if you do, just tread upon him discreetly.