Thenne ayenste the secunde cours, be redy, and come in-to the place. 14. Clear away the 1st course, the kerver muste avoyde and take uppe the service of the first cours,—begynnyng at the lowest mete first,—and crumbs, bones, and used trenchers. all broke cromys, bonys, & trenchours, before the secunde cours and servise be served. 15. Serve the Second Course: thenne the seconde cours shall be served in manner and fourme as ensample thereof here-after folowyng:
| Potage. pigge Conye Crane heronsewe betoure Egrete Corlewe wodecok Pert[r]igge Plover Snytys quaylys ffretours leche | lamme stewed Kidde rosted Veneson rosted heronsewe betoure pigeons | Small birds, lamb, kid, venison, | |
| Rabetts a bake mete | rabbits, meat pie, | ||
| Stokke-dovys stewed | |||
| cony telys | malard wodecok | teal, woodcock. | |
| grete byrdys | Great birds. | ||
[ [V. How to clear the Table.]
After the seconde cours served, kerved, and spente, hit must be sene, cuppys to be fillid, trenchours to be voyded. thenne by goode avysement the tabill muste be take uppe in manner as folowith:— 17. Collect the spoons. first, when tyme ? aloweth foloweth, the panter or boteler muste gader uppe the sponys; after that done by leyser, the sewer or carver shall be-gynne at the loweste ende, 18. Take up the lowest dishes at the side-tables, and then clear the high table. and in order take uppe the lowest messe; after the syde-tabill be avoyded and take uppe, and thenne to procede to the Principall tabill, and ther honestly and clenly avoyde and withdrawe all the servise of the high table. 19. Sweep all the bits of bread, trenchers, &c., into a voyder. ther-to the kerver muste be redy, and redely have a voyder to geder in all the broke brede, trenchours, cromys lying upon the tabill; levyng none other thyng save the salte-seler, hole brede (yf any be lefte), and cuppys.
[ [VI. How to serve Dessert.]
After this done by goode delyberacion and avysement, 20. Take away the cups, &c., from all the messes, putting the trenchers, &c., in a voyder, the kerver shall take the servise of the principall messe in order and rule, begynnynge at the lowest, and so procede in rule unto the laste,[9] and theruppon the kerver to have redy a voyder, and to avoyde all maner trenchours [&] broke brede in a-nother clene disshe voyder, and scraping the crumbs off with a carving-knife. and cromys, which with the kervyng-knyf[10] shall be avoyded from the tabill, and thus procede unto the tabill be voyded. Thenne the kerver shall goo unto the cuppebord, 21. Serve wafers in towels laid on the table, and redresse and ordeyne wafers in to towayles of raynes or fyne napkyns which moste be cowched fayre and honestly uppon the tabill, and thenne serve the principall messe first, and so thorowe the
tabill .j or ij yf hit so requere: and sweet wine. In holiday time serve cheese, or fruit; therto moste be servid swete wyne
and in feriall[11] tyme serve chese shraped with sugur and sauge-levis,[12] or ellis that hit be faire kervid hole, or frute as the yere yeveth, strawberys, cherys, perys, appulis; in winter, roast apples. and in winter, wardens,[13] costardys roste, rosted on fisshe-dayes with blanche pouder, and so serve hit forth