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close the mawe, & so dooth a posset / therfore ete harde chese, & drynke
romney modo{n} / beware of grene sallettes & rawe fruytes, for they wyll
make your sourayne seke / therfore set no mo-[Fol. A ii.b.]che [h] by
suche metes as wyll set your tethe on edge; therfore ete an almonde &
harde chese / but ete non moche chese without romney modon. Also yf
dyuers dry{n}kes, yf theyr fumosytees haue dyspleased your souerayne,
[i] let hy{m} ete a rawe apple, and y^e fumosytees wyll cease: mesure is
a mery mene & it be well vsed / abstyne{n}ce is to be praysed wha{n} god
therwith is pleased. [k] Also take good hede of your wynes euery nyght
with a candell, bothe rede wyne and swete wyne, & loke they reboyle nor
leke not / & wasshe y^e pype hedes euery nyght w{i}t{h} colde water / &
loke ye haue a chynchynge yron, addes, and lynen clothes, yf nede be /
[l] & yf the[y] reboyle, ye shall knowe by the hyssynge / therfore kepe
an empty pype with y^e lyes of coloured rose, & drawe the reboyled wyne
to y^e lyes, & it shal helpe it. Also yf your swete wyne pale, drawe it
in to a romney vessell for lessynge.
[Sidenotes:
[a] The Butler has 3 knives: 1. a squarer, 2. a chipper,
3. a smoother. [b] Trencher-bread must be 4 days old; the
Salt-Planer of ivory; table cloths kept in a chest, or hung on a
perch. [c] To broach a Pipe, have 2 augers, funnels, and tubes,
and pierce the Pipe 4 inches from the bottom. [d] Always have
ready fruits and hard cheese. [e] Beware of cow cream. [f] Hard
cheese is aperient, and keeps off poison. [g] Milk and Junket
close the Maw. [h] For food that sets your teeth on edge, eat an
almond and hard cheese. [i] A raw apple will cure indigestion.
[k] See every night that your wines don’t boil over or leak.
[l] You’ll know their fermenting by their hissing.]
¶ Here foloweth the names of wynes.
¶ Reed wyne / whyte wyne / clared wyne / osey / capryke / ca{m}polet /
renysshe wyne / maluesey / bastarde / tyer, romney / muscadell / clarrey
/ raspys / vernage / vernage wyne cut / pymente and ypocras.
[Sidenotes:
_Names of Wines_
Campolet, Rhenish, &c]
[Headnote: FOR TO MAKE YPOCRAS, AND LAYE THE CLOTH.]
[Headnote: HOW TO WAIT AT TABLE.]
For to make ypocras.
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