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Touche neu{er} þe loof aft{ur} he is so tamed,
put it, [on] a plater{e} or þe almes disch þ{er}-for{e} named.
Make clene your{e} bord eu{er}, þañ shall{e} ye not be blamed,
þañ may þe sewer{e} his lord s{er}ue /
& neyth{ur} of yow be gramed[71] 348
[Headnote: FUMOSITEES.]
[Sidenote: _Indigestibilities._]
Fumositees.
[Sidenote: You must know what meat is indigestible, and what
sauces are wholesome.]
++Of all{e} man{er} met{es} ye must thus know & fele
þe fumositees of fysch, flesch{e},
& fowles dyu{er}s & feele,
And all{e} man{er} of Sawc{es} for fisch{e}
& flesch{e} to p{re}serue yo{ur} lord in heele;
to yow it behouyth to knew all{e} þese eu{er}y deele.” 352
++“Syr, hertyly y pray yow for to telle me Certenle
of how many met{es} þat ar fumose in þeir{e} degre.”
[Sidenote: These things are indigestible:]
++“In certeyñ, my soñ, þat sone shall{e} y shew the
by letturs dyu{er}s told{e} by thries thre, 356
[Sidenote: Fat and Fried, Raw and Resty, Salt and Sour,]
+F, R,+ and +S+ / in dyu{er}se tyme and tyde
+F+ is þe furst / þat is, ++Fatt, ++Farsed, & ++Fried;
+R+, ++raw / ++resty, and ++rechy, ar combero{us} vndefied;
+S+ / ++salt / ++sowre / and ++sowse[72] /
all{e} suche þow set a-side, 360
[Sidenote: also sinews, skin, hair, feathers, crops, heads,
pinions, &c., legs, outsides of thighs, skins;]
w{i}t{h} other of the same sort, and lo thus ar thay,
Senowis, skynnes / heer{e} / Cropyns[73] /
yong{e} fedurs for certeñ y say,
heedis / py{n}nyns, boonis / all{e} þese pyke away,
Suffir neu{er} þy sou{er}ayne / to fele þem, y the pray / 364
[Sidenote: these destroy your lord’s rest.’]
All{e} man{er} leggis also, bothe of fowle and beestis,
the vttur side of the thygh{e} or legge
of all{e} fowlis in feest{is},
the fumosite of all{e} man{er} skynnes
y p{ro}mytt þe{e} by heestis,
all{e} þese may benym[74] þy sou{er}ayne /
from many nyght{is} rest{is}.” 368
[Headnote: KERUYNG OF FLESH.]
[Sidenote: ‘Thanks, father, I’ll put your teaching into practice,
and pray for you.]
++“Now fayr{e} befall{e} yow fadur / & well{e} must ye cheve,[75]
For these poyntes by practik y hope full{e} well{e} to p{re}ve,
and yet shall{e} y p{ra}y for yow / dayly while þat y leue /
bothe for body and sowle / þat god yow gyde from greve; 372
[Sidenote: But please tell me how to carve fish and flesh.’]
Prayng{e} yow to take it, fadur / for no displesur{e},
yf y durst desir{e} mor{e} / and þat y myght{e} be sur{e}
to know þe kervyng{e} of fisch{e} & flesch{e} /
aftur cock{es} cur{e}:
y hed leu{er} þe sight of that /
thañ A Scarlet hur{e}.”[76] 376
[Sidenote: _Carving of Meat._]
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