Early English Meals and Manners

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[ For] þese may marre many a mañ changynge his astate,

but ȝiff he haue aftur, hard chese / wafurs, with wyne ypocrate.[24]

[ hard] chese hathe þis condicioun in his operacioun:

Furst he wille a stomak kepe in the botom opeñ,[25]

the helthe of euery creature ys in his condicioun;

yf he diete hym̅ thus dayly / he is a good conclusioun.

[ buttir] is an holsom mete / furst and eke last,[26]

For he wille a stomak kepe / & helpe poyson a-wey to cast,

also he norishethe a mañ to be laske / and evy humerus to wast,

and with white bred / he wille kepe þy mouthe in tast.