After the secunde cours served, kerved, and spente, it must be
sene cuppys to be filled, trenchours to be voyded, thenne by goode
avysement the tabill must be take uppe in manner as folowith:
first, when tyme foloweth, the panter or boteler muste gader
uppe the sponys: after that done by leyser, the sewer or carver
shall begyne at the lowest ende, and in order take upp the lowest
messe, after the syde tabill be avoyded and take upp: and thenne
to procede to the principal tabill, and there honestly and clenly
avoyde and withdrawe all the service of the high tabill: therto the
kerver must be redy, and redely have avoyded togeder in all the
broke brede, trenchours, comys lying upon the tabill, levyng none
other thyng, save the salte selar, hole brede (if any be lefte),
and cuppys. After this done by good deliberacion and avysement,
the kerver shall take the service of the principall messe in
order and rule, begynnynge at the lowest and so procede in rule
unto the laste. And thereuppon the kerver to have redy a voyder,
and to avoyde all men’s trenchours, broke brede in another clene
disshe voyder, and cromys, which with the kervyng knyf shall be
avoyded from the tabill, and thus procede untill the table be
voyded. Thenne the kerver shall go into the cuppibord, and redresse
and ordeyne wafers into toweyles of raynes (table-cloth) or fine
napkyns, which moste be cowched fayre and honestly uppon the
tabill, and thenne serve the principall messe first, and thorowe
the tabill, i or ij if it so require. Therto moste be servid swete
wine: and in feriall tyme, serve cheese, scraped with sugar and
sauge levis, or else that it be fayre kerved hole: or frute as the
season of the year geveth, strawberys, chevys, peyres, appelis: and
in wynter, wardens, costardys roste, rosted on fisshe days with
blanche powder, and so serve it forth.
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