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[Sidenote: _Quails_, larks, pigeons: give your lord the legs
first.]
Of quayle / sparow / larke / & litell{e} / m{er}tinet,
pygeou{n} / swalow / thrusch{e} / osull{e} / ye not forgete,
þe legges to ley to yo{ur} sou{er}eyne ye ne lett,
and afturward þe whyngus if his lust be to ete. 440
[Sidenote: _Fawn_: serve the kidney first, then a rib. Pick the
fyxfax out of the neck.]
Off Foweñ / kid / lambe, / þe kydney furst it lay,
Þañ lifft vp the shuldur, do as y yow say,
Ȝiff he will{e} þ{er}of ete / a rybbe to hym̅ convay;
but in þe nek þe fyxfax[88] þat þow do away. 444
venesou{n} rost / in þe disch{e} if your{e} sou{er}ayne hit chese,
[Sidenote: _Pig_: 1. shoulder, 2. rib. _Rabbit_: lay him on his
back; pare off his skin;]
þe shuldir of a pigge furst /
þañ a rybbe, yf hit will{e} hym plese;
þe cony, ley hym oñ þe bak in þe disch, if he haue grece,
while ye par awey þe skyñ oñ vche side /
& þañ breke hym̅ or y[e] sece 448
[Sidenote: break his haunch bone, cut him down each side of the
back, lay him on his belly, separate the sides from the chine, put
them together again,]
betwene þe hyndur legg{is} breke þe canell{e} booñ,[89]
þañ w{i}t{h} your{e} knyfe areyse
þe sides along{e} þe chyne Alone;
so lay yo{ur} cony wombelong{e} vche side to þe chyne /
by craft as y co{n}ne,
betwene þe bulke, chyne, þe sid{es}
to-gedur{e} lat þem be dooñ; 452
[Sidenote: cutting out the nape of the neck; give your lord the
sides.]
The .ij. sides dep{ar}te from þe chyne, þus is my loor{e},
þen ley bulke, chyne, & sides, to-gedir{e} /
as þey wer{e} yor{e}.
Furst kit owte þe nape in þe nek / þe shuldurs befor{e};
w{i}t{h} þe sides serve your{e} sou{er}anyne /
hit state to restor{e}. 456
[Sidenote: Sucking rabbits: cut in two, then the hind part in two;
pare the skin off, serve the daintiest bit from the side.]
Rabett{es} sowkers,[90] þe furþ{er} p{ar}te
from þe hyndur, ye devide;
þañ þe hyndur part at tweyñ ye kut þat tyde,
par{e} þe skyñ away / & let it not þer{e} abide,
þañ s{er}ue your{e} sou{er}ayne of þe same /
þe deynteist of þe side. 460
[Sidenote: Such is the way of carving gross meats.]
++The man{er} & forme of kervyng{e} of met{es}
þat byñ groos, [Fol. 177b.]
afftur my symplenes y haue shewed, as y suppose:
yet, good soñ, amonge oþ{er} estat{es} eu{er} as þow goose,
as ye se / and by vse of your{e} self / ye may gete yow loos. 464
[Sidenote: Cut each piece into four slices (?) for your master to
dip in his sauce.]
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