Early English Meals and Manners

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Take þeñ white bred þyñ y-kut & liȝt,

lay hit in a chargere / dische, or plater, ryght;

[ with] a spone þeñ take owt þe gentille galantyne,[178]

In þe dische, oñ þe bred / ley hit, lemmañ myne,

þeñ take powdur of Synamome, & temper hit with red wyne:

þe same wold plese a pore mañ / y suppose, welle & fyne.

Mynse ye þe gobyns as thyñ as a grote,

þañ lay þem̅ vppoñ youre galantyne stondynge oñ a chaffire hoote:

þus must ye diȝt a lamprey owt of his coffyñ cote,

and so may youre souerayne ete merily be noote.