Early English Meals and Manners

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þe shuldir of a pigge furst / þañ a rybbe, yf hit wille hym plese;

þe cony, ley hym oñ þe bak in þe disch, if he haue grece,

while ye par awey þe skyñ oñ vche side / & þañ breke hym̅ or y[e] sece

[ betwene] þe hyndur leggis breke þe canelle booñ,[89]

þañ with youre knyfe areyse þe sides alonge þe chyne Alone;

so lay your cony wombelonge vche side to þe chyne / by craft as y conne,

betwene þe bulke, chyne, þe sides to-gedure lat þem be dooñ;

The .ij. sides departe from þe chyne, þus is my loore,

þen ley bulke, chyne, & sides, to-gedire / as þey were yore.

Furst kit owte þe nape in þe nek / þe shuldurs before;