Serve fastyng{e} / plommys / damsons / cheries / and grapis to plese; [Fol. 172.] aft{ur} mete / peer{es}, nottys / strawberies, wȳneberies,[19] and hardchese, also blawnderell{es},[20] pepyns / careawey in comfyte / Compost{es}[21] ar like to þese. aftur sopper, rosted apples, per{es}, blaunche powd{er},[22] yo{ur} stomak for to ese. 80 [Sidenote: In the evening don’t take cream, strawberries, or junket, unless you eat hard cheese with them.] [Footnote *: ‘at eve’ has a red mark through as if to cut it out] Bewar at eve[*] / of crayme of cowe & also of the goote, þauȝ it be late, of Strawberies & hurtilberyes / w{i}t{h} the cold Ioncate,[23] For þese may marr{e} many a mañ changyng{e} his astate, but ȝiff he haue aft{u}r, hard chese / wafurs, w{i}t{h} wyne ypocrate.[24] 84 [Sidenote: Hard cheese keeps your bowels open.] hard chese hath{e} þis condiciou{n} in his operaciou{n}: Furst he will{e} a stomak kepe in the botom opeñ,[25] the helth{e} of eu{er}y creatur{e} ys in his condiciou{n}; yf he diete hym̅ thus dayly / he is a good co{n}clusiou{n}. 88 [Sidenote: Butter is wholesome in youth and old age, anti-poisonous, and aperient.] buttir is an holsom mete / furst and eke last,[26] For he will{e} a stomak kepe / & helpe poyson a-wey to cast, also he norisheth{e} a mañ to be laske / and evy humer{us} to wast, and w{i}t{h} white bred / he will{e} kepe þy mouthe in tast. 92 [Sidenote: Milk, Junket, Posset, &c., are binding. Eat hard cheese after them.] Milke, crayme, and crudd{es}, and eke the Ioncate,[27] þey close a ma{n}nes stomak / and so doth{e} þe possate; þerfor{e} ete hard chese aftir, yef ye sowpe late, and drynk romney modou{n},[28] for feere of chekmate.[29] 96 [Sidenote: Beware of green meat; it weakens your belly.] bewar{e} of saladis, grene metis, & of frut{es} rawe for þey make many a mañ haue a feble mawe. Þ{er}for{e}, of suche fresch lust{es} set not an hawe, For suche wantou{n} appetit{es} ar not worth a strawe. 100 [Sidenote: For food that sets your teeth on edge, eat almonds and cheese, but not more than half an ounce.] all{e} man{er} met{is} þat þy teth{e} oñ egge doth sette, take almond{es} þ{er}for{e}; & hard chese loke þ{o}u not for-gette. hit will{e} voide hit awey / but looke to moche þ{er}of not þ{o}u ete; for þe wight of half an vnce w{i}t{h}-owt rompney is gret. 104 [Sidenote: If drinks have given you indigestion, eat a raw apple. Moderation is best sometimes, at others abstinence.]