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ll. 74-95. _Chese._ ‘there is iiij. sortes of Chese, which is to say,
grene Chese, softe chese, harde chese, or spermyse. Grene chese is not
called grene by y^e reason of colour, but for y^e newnes of it, for the
whay is not half pressed out of it, and in operacion it is colde and
moyste. Softe chese not to new nor to olde, is best, for in operacion it
is hote and moyste. Harde chese is hote and drye, and euyll to dygest.
Spermyse is a Chese the whiche is made with curdes and with the Iuce of
herbes.... Yet besydes these .iiij natures of chese, there is a chese
called a Irweue [rewene, ed. 1567] chese, the whiche, if it be well
ordered, doth passe all other cheses, none excesse taken.’ A. Borde,
_Reg._ fol. I. i. See note on l. 85.
l. 77. In his chapter _Of Prunes and Damysens_, Andrew Borde says, Syxe
or seuen Damysens eaten before dyner, be good to prouoke a ma{n}nes
appetyde; they doth mollyfie the bely, and be abstersyue, the skynne and
the stones must be ablated and cast away, and not vsed. _Regyment_, N.
i. b. [[Note renamed and moved from l. 177; see Corrigenda]]
l. 78, 83. The Bill-berry or _Windberry_, R. Holme, Bk. II., p. 52, col.
1; p. 79, col. 1; three Wharl Berries or Bill-Berries ... They are
termed Whortle Berries or _Wind Berries_, p. 81, col. 2. § xxviii. See
the prose Burlesques, _Reliq. Antiq._, v. 1, p. 82. Why hopes thu nott
for sothe that ther stode wonus a coke on Seynt Pale stepull toppe, and
drewe up the strapuls of his brech. How preves thu that? Be all the
.iiij. doctors of _Wynbere hylles_, that is to saye, Vertas, Gadatryme,
Trumpas, and Dadyltrymsert.
l. 79. _Fruits._ These officers make provysyons in seasons of the yere
accordynge for fruytes to be had of the Kinges gardynes withoute prises;
as cherryes, peares, apples, nuttes greete and smalle, for somer season;
and lenten, wardens, quinces and other; and also of presentes gevyn to
the Kinge; they be pourveyours of _blaundrelles_, pepyns, and of all
other fruytes. _H. Ord._ p. 82.
l. 80. Mr Dawson Turner’s argument that the “ad album pulverem” of the
Leicester Roll, A.D. 1265, was white sugar pounded (Pref. to Household
Expenses, ed. 1841, p. li., proves only that the _xiiij lib. Zucari_
there mentioned, were not bought for making _White powder_ only.
ll. 81-93. _Crayme._ ‘Rawe crayme undecocted, eaten with strawberyes, or
hurttes, is a rurall mannes ba{n}ket. I haue knowe{n} such bankettes
hath put me{n} i{n} ieobardy of theyr lyues.’ A. Borde, _Regyment_, fol.
I. ij.
l. 82, l. 93. Junket. The auncient manner of grateful suitors, who,
hauing prevailed, were woont to present the Judges, or the Reporters, of
their causes, with Comfets or other _Jonkets_. Cotgrave, w. _espice_.
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