Does Chaucer allude to these when speaking of the ‘excesse of divers metis and drinkis, and namely of suche maner of bake metis and dische metes brennyng of wilde fuyr, and peynted and castelid with papire, and semblable wast, so that is abusion for to thinke.’ Persones Tale, ed. Morris, iii. 299. ‘A soteltie with writing of balads’ came at the end of the first course of Hen. VII.’s marriage-feast in 1487. Italian Relation, p. 115. Rabett sowker, in 2nd course, ib.
Souls in purgatory, pray for, [268/30].
Sowkers, [29/457], suckling.
Sows fed with fish, [p. 104, note on l. 737].
Sowse, [23/360], pickled.
Spain, tapetis or carpets of, [192/457].
Sparling, names of a, [p. 99].
Sparlynge, [59/833], the fish sperling. Fr. esperlan, a smelt, Cot. Spurlin, a smelt, Fr. esperlan. Skinner, in Prompt.
Sparrows, [28/437]; [37/543]; [49/706]; [p. 104].
Speak well of all men, [272/100].