The thirde course.
Creme of Almondys, losynge in syruppe, betoure, partrich, plover, snyte, pouder veal, leche veal, wellis[38] in sotelte, Roches in sotelte,[39] Playce in sotelte; a bake mete with a sotelte: Device of Thankfulness. an angell with a scriptour, “thanke all, god, of this feste.”
The iiij cours.
Payne puff,[40] chese, freynes,[41] brede hote, with a cake,[42] and a wif lying in childe-bed, with a scriptour
saing in this wyse, and a promise of babies. “I am comyng toward your bryde. yf ye dirste onys loke to me ward, I wene ye nedys muste.”[43]
Another course or servise.
Brawne with mustard, umblys of a dere or of a sepe;[44] swanne, capon, lambe.
[1.] Though it goes against one’s ideas of propriety to print from a copy, yet when one wants the substance of a MS., it’s better to take it from a copy, when you can get it, than fret for five years till the MS. turns up. When it does so, we can print it if necessary, its owner permitting.
[2.] on.
[3.] For bread, see [§ III., p. 352].