Early English Meals and Manners

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þeñ put in youre powdurs, yf ye wille be sped,

and aftyr in-to þe rennere so lett hym be fed,

þañ in-to þe second bagge so wold it be ledde.

loke þou take a pece in þyne hand euermore amonge,

and assay it in þy mouthe if hit be any thynge stronge,

and if þow fele it welle boþe with mouthe & tonge,

þañ put it in þe iij. vesselle / & tary not to longe.

And þañ ȝiff þou feele it be not made parfete,

þat it cast to moche gynger, with synamome alay þat hete;

and if hit haue synamome to moche, with gynger of iij. cute;