Early English Meals and Manners

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And stere welle þe stuff þer-in with þe poynt of your knyfe;

Mynse ye thynne þe whyngis, be it in to veele or byffe;

with a spone lightely to ete your souerayne may be leeff,

So with suche diet as is holsom he may lengthe his life.

Venesoun bake, of boor or othur venure,

Kut it in þe pastey, & ley hit oñ his trenchure.

Pygeoñ bake, þe leggis leid to youre lord sure,

Custard,[96] chekkid buche,[97] square with þe knyfe; þus is þe cure

Þañ þe souerayne, with his spone whañ he lustethe to ete.

of dowcetes,[98] pare awey the sides to þe botom̅, & þat ye lete,