 it is the right of the king if he is generous with someone and is comfortable with him even his food that he should not stretch out in front of him in his food for in that there are reprehensible characteristics one of them is that his stretching out indicates his gluttony one of them is that in that there is bad manners and lack of discernment and one of them is that in it there is boldness towards the king by stretching out the hand extending it and moving a lot.
ومن حق الملك، إذا تبذل مع أحد، وأنس به حتى طاعمه، أن لا ينبسط بين يديه في مطعمه؛ فإن في ذلك خلالا مذمومة منها، أن انبساطه يدل على شرهه؛ ومنها، أن في ذلك سوء أدب، وقلة تمييز؛ ومنها، أن فيه جرأة على الملك ببسط اليد، ومدها، وكثرة الحركة.