[Sidenote: Give your Sovereign new bread, others one-day-old bread; for the house, three-day bread; for trenchers four-day bread;] alwey thy sou{er}aynes bred thow choppe, & þat it be newe & able; se all{e} oþ{er} bred a day old or þ{o}u choppe to þe table; all{e} howsold bred iij. dayes old / so it is p{ro}fitable; and trencher bred iiij. dayes is co{n}venyent & agreable. 56 [Sidenote: Have your salt white, and your salt-planer of ivory, two inches broad, three long.] loke þy salte be sutill{e}, whyte, fayre and drye, and þy planer{e} for thy salte / shall{e} be made of yverye / þe brede þ{er}of ynches two / þen þe length, ynche told thrye; and þy salt seller{e} lydde / towche not thy salt bye. 60 [Sidenote: Have your table linen sweet and clean, your knives bright, spoons well washed, two wine-augers some box taps, a broaching gimlet, a pipe and bung.] Good soñ, loke þat þy napery be soote / & also feyr{e} & clene, bordcloth{e}, towell{e} & napkyñ, foldyñ all{e} bydene. bryght y-pullished your{e} table knyve, semely in syȝt to sene; and þy spones fayr{e} y-wasch{e} / ye wote well{e} what y meene. 64 looke þow haue tarrers[11] two / a mor{e} & lasse for wyne; wyne canels[12] accordyng{e} to þe tarrers, of box fetice & fyne; also a gymlet sharpe / to broche & perce / sone to turne & twyne, w{i}t{h} fawcet[13] & tampyne[14] redy / to stoppe whe{n} ye se tyme. 68 [Sidenote: To broach a pipe, pierce it with an auger or gimlet, four fingers- breadth over the lower rim, so that the dregs may not rise.] So wheñ þow settyst a pipe abroche / good [sone,] do aft{ur} my lor{e}: iiij fyngur ou{er} / þe ner{e} chyne[15] þow may percer or bor{e}; with tarrer{e} or gymlet perce ye vpward þe pipe ashor{e},[16] and so shall{e} ye not cawse þe lies vp to ryse, y warne yow eu{er} mor{e}. 72 [Headnote: OF FRUITS BEFORE DINNER AND AFTER SUPPER.] [Sidenote: Serve Fruit according to the season, figs, dates, quince-marmalade, ginger, &c.] Good sone, all{e} man{er} frute / þat longeth{e} for sesoñ of þe yer{e}, Fygg{es} / reysons / almand{es}, dat{es} / butt{ur}, chese[17] / nottus, apples, & per{e}, Compost{es}[18] & confit{es}, char{e} de quync{es} / white & grene gynger{e}; and ffor aft{ur} questyons, or þy lord sytte / of hym þow know & enquer{e}. 76 [Sidenote: Before dinner, plums and grapes after, pears, nuts, and hard cheese. After supper, roast apples, &c.]