Off playce,[151] looke ye put a-way þe wat{ur} clene, afft{ur} þat þe fynnes also, þat þey be not sene; Crosse hym þeñ w{i}t{h} yo{ur} knyffe þat is so kene; 572 wyne or ale / powd{er} þ{er}-to, your{e} sou{er}ayñ well{e} to queme. [Sidenote: Gurnard, Chub, Roach, Dace, Cod, &c., split up and spread on the dish.] Gurnard / roche[152] / breme / chevyñ / base / melet / in her kervyng{e}, Perche / rooche[153] / darce[154] / Makerell{e}, & whityng{e}, Codde / haddok / by þe bak / splat þem̅ in þe disch{e} liyng{e}, 576 pike owt þe boon{us}, clense þe refett[155] in þe bely bydyng{e}; [Sidenote: Soles, Carp, &c., take off as served.] Soolus[156] / Carpe / Breme de mer{e},[157] & trowt, [Fol. 179b.] þey must be takyñ of as þey in þe disch{e} lowt, bely & bak / by gobyñ[158] þe booñ to pike owt, 580 so serve ye lord{es} trencher{e}, looke ye well{e} abowt. [Sidenote: Whale, porpoise, congur, turbot, Halybut, &c., cut in the dish,] Whale / Swerdfysch{e} / purpose / dorray[159] / rosted wele, Bret[160] / samoñ / Congur[161] / sturgeou{n} / turbut, & ȝele, þornebak / thurle polle / hound fysch[162] / halybut, to hy{m} þ{a}t hath{e} heele, 584 all{e} þese / cut in þe disch{e} as your{e} lord eteth{e} at meele. [Sidenote: and also Tench in jelly. On roast Lamprons cast vinegar, &c., and bone them.] Tenche[163] in Iely or in Sawce[164] / loke þe{re} ye kut hit so, and oñ your{e} lord{es} trencher{e} se þ{a}t it be do. Elis & lampurnes[165] rosted / wher{e} þ{a}t eue{r} ye go, 588 Cast vinegr{e} & powd{er} þ{er}oñ / furst fette þe bon{us} þem̅ fro. [Headnote: HOW TO CARVE CRABS AND CRAYFISH.] [Sidenote: Crabs are hard to carve: break every claw, put all the meat in the body-shell,] Crabbe is a slutt / to kerve / & a wrawd[166] wight; breke eu{er}y Clawe / a sond{ur} / for þ{a}t is his ryght: In þe brode shell{e} putt your{e} stuff / but furst haue a sight 592 þat it be clene from skyñ / & senow / or ye begyñ to dight. [Sidenote: and then season it with _vinegar or verjuice_ and powder. (?)] And what[167] ye haue piked / þe stuff owt of eu{er}y shell{e} w{i}t{h} þe poynt of your{e} knyff, loke ye temp{er} hit well{e}, put vinegr{e} / þ{er}to, verdjus, or aysell{e},[168] 596 Cast þ{er}-oñ powdur, the bettur it will{e} smell{e}. [Sidenote: Heat it, and give it to your lord. Put the claws, broken, in a dish.] Send þe Crabbe to þe kychyñ / þer{e} for to hete, agayñ hit facch{e} to þy sou{er}ayne sittyng{e} at mete; breke þe clawes of þe crabbe / þe small{e} & þe grete, 600 In a disch þem̅ ye lay / if hit like yo{ur} sou{er}ayne to ete. [Sidenote: The sea Crayfish: cut it asunder, slit the belly of the back part, take out the fish,]