Education -- Early works to 1800; England -- Social life and customs -- Early works to 1800; Etiquette; Home economics -- Early works to 1800; Table
“Musclade or[198] menows // w{i}t{h} þe Samou{n} bellows[199]//
eles, lampurns in fer{e};
Pesoñ w{i}t{h} þe purpose // ar good potage, as y suppose // 720
as falleth{e} for tyme of þe yer{e}:
Bakeñ herynge// Sugr{e} þ{er}oñ strewyng{e} // [Fol. 182.]
grene myllewell{e}, deynteth{e} & not der{e};
pike[200] / lamprey / or Soolis
// purpose rosted oñ coles[201] // 724
g{ur}nard / lamp{ur}nes bake / a leche, & a fritur{e};
[Sidenote: 5. A Divice: A young man piping on a cloud, and called
_Sanguineus_, or Spring.]
a semely sotelte folowyng{e} evyñ þer{e}.
A galaunt yong{e} mañ, a wanton wight,
pypyng{e} & syngyng{e} / lovyng{e} & lyght, 728
Standyng{e} oñ a clowd, Sang{ui}neus he hight,
þe begy{n}nyng{e} of þe sesoñ þ{a}t cleped is ver.”
[Sidenote: _Second Course._]
The second course.
[Sidenote: 1. Dates and Jelly, 2. Doree in Syrup, 3. Turbot, &c.
4. Eels, Fritters,]
“Dat{es} in confyte // Iely red and white //
þis is good dewyng{e}[202]; 732
Cong{ur}, somoñ, dorray // In siripp{e} if þey lay //
w{i}t{h} oþ{er} disches in sewyng{e}.
Brett / turbut[203] / or halybut // Carpe, base /
mylet, or trowt //
Cheveñ,[204] breme / renewyng{e}; 736
Ȝole / Eles, lampurnes / rost // a leche, a frytur{e},
y make now bost //
[Sidenote: 5. A Device: A Man of War, red and angry called
_Estas_, or Summer.]
þe seco{n}d / sotelte sewynge.
A mañ of warr{e} semyng{e} he was,
A rough{e}, a red, angry syr{e}, 740
An hasty mañ standyng{e} in fyr{e},
As hoot as som{er} by his attyre;
his name was þ{er}oñ, & cleped Estas.
[Headnote: 3RD AND 4TH COURSES OF A FISH DINNER.]
[Sidenote: _Third Course._]
The thrid course.
[Sidenote: 1. Almond Cream, &c., 2. Sturgeon, Whelks, Minnows,
3. Shrimps, &c., 4. Fritters.]
Creme of almond[205] Iardyne // & mameny[206] // good & fyne // 744
Potage for þe .iij^d s{er}uyse.
Fresch sturgeñ / breme de mer{e} // P{er}che in Iely /
oryent & cler{e} //
whelk{es}, menuse; þ{us} we devise:
Shrympis / Fresch heryng{e} bryled
// pety p{er}ueis may not be exiled, 748
leche frytur{e},[207] a tansey gyse //
[Sidenote: 5. A Device: A Man with a Sickle, tired, called
Harvest.]
The sotelte / a mañ w{i}t{h} sikell{e} in his hand{e},
In a ryver{e} of watur stand{e} /
wrapped in wed{es} in a werysom wyse,
hauyng{e} no deynteith{e} to daunce: 752
þe thrid age of mañ by liklynes;
hervist we clepe hym̅, full{e} of werynes
ȝet þer folowyth{e} mo þat we must dres,
regard{es} riche þ{a}t ar full{e} of plesaunce. 756
[Sidenote: _Fourth Course._]
The .iiij. course of frute.
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