Early English Meals and Manners

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Mynse ye must iiij lees[91] / to ooñ morselle hangynge,

þat youre mastir may take with .ij. fyngurs in his sawce dippynge,

and so no napkyñ / brest, ne borclothe[92], in any wise enbrowynge.

Of gret fowle / in to þe sawce mynse þe whynge this wise;

pas not .iij. morcelles in þe sawce at onis, as y yow avise;

To youre souerayne þe gret fowles legge ley, as is þe gise,

and þus mowe ye neuer mysse of alle connynge seruise.

Of alle maner smale bryddis, þe whyngis oñ þe trencher leyinge,

with þe poynt of youre knyfe / þe flesche to þe booñ end ye brynge,

and so conveye hit oñ þe trenchere, þat wise your souerayne plesynge,