Take pesoun and seeþ hem fast and covere hem til þei berst. þenne take up hem and cole hem thurgh a cloth. take oynouns and mynce hem and seeþ hem in the same sewe and oile þerwith, cast þerto sugur, salt and safroun, and seeþ hem wel þeratt þerafter and serue hem forth. [1] Perrey of Pesoun, i.e. Peas. _Perrey_ seems to mean pulp: vide No. 73. Mr. Ozell in Rabelais, IV. c. 60. renders _Puree de pois_ by _Peas soup_. PESON OF ALMAYNE [1]. XX.III. XI Take white pesoun, waisshe hem seeþ hem a grete while, take hem and cole hem thurgh a cloth, waisshe hem in colde water til the hulles go off, cast hem in a pot and couere þat no breth [2] go out. and boile hem right wel. and cast þerinne gode mylke of allmandes and a pertye of flour of Rys wiþ powdour gynger safroun. and salt. [1] Almayne. Germany; called Almony No. 47. [2] breth. Breath, air, steam. Ms. Ed. No. 2. CHYCHES [1]. XX.III. XII. Take chiches and wry hem [2] in ashes all nyzt, oþer lay hem in hoot aymers [3], at morrowe [4], waisshe hem in clene water and do hem ouer the fire with clene water. seeþ hem up and do þerto oyle, garlec, hole safroun. powdour fort and salt, seeþ it and messe it forth. [1] Chyches. _Viciæ_, vetches. In Fr. _Chiches_. [2] Wry hem. _Dry hem_, or _cover hem_. Chaucer, v. wrey. [3] Aymers. Embers; of which it is evidently a corruption. [4] at morrowe. Next Morning. FRENCHE [1]. XX.III. XIII. Take and seeþ white peson and take oute þe perrey [2] & parboile erbis & hewe hem grete & cast hem in a pot with the perrey pulle oynouns & seeþ hem hole wel in water & do hem to þe Perrey with oile & salt, colour it with safroun & messe it and cast þeron powdour douce. [1] Frenche. Contents have it more fully, _Frenche Owtes_. V. ad No. 6. [2] Perrey. Pulp. V. ad No. 70. MAKKE [1]. XX.III. XIIII. Take drawen benes and seeþ hem wel. take hem up of the water and cast hem in a morter grynde hem al to doust til þei be white as eny mylk, chawf [2] a litell rede wyne, cast þeramong in þe gryndyng, do þerto salt, leshe it in disshes. þanne take Oynouns and mynce hem smale and seeþ hem in oile til þey be al broun [3]. and florissh the disshes therwith. and serue it forth. [1] Makke. _Ignotum_. [2] Chawf. Warm. [3] broun. Brown. AQUAPATYS [1]. XX.III. XV. Pill garlec and cast it in a pot with water and oile. and seeþ it, do þerto safroun, salt, and powdour fort and dresse it forth hool. [1] Aquapatys. _Aquapates_, Contents. Perhaps named from the water used in it. SALAT. XX.III. XVI. Take persel, sawge, garlec, chibolles, oynouns, leek, borage, myntes, porrectes [1], fenel and ton tressis [2], rew, rosemarye, purslarye [3], laue and waische hem clene, pike hem, pluk hem small wiþ þyn [4] honde and myng hem wel with rawe oile. lay on vynegur and salt, and serue it forth. [1] Porrectes. Fr. _Porrette_. [2] Ton tressis. Cresses. V. Gloss. [3] Purslarye. Purslain. [4] þyn. thine. FENKEL IN SOPPES. XX.III. XVII.