White herynge in a dische, if hit be seaward & fresshe,
your souereyñ to ete in seesoun of yere / þer-aftur he wille Asche.
looke he be white by þe booñ / þe roughe white & nesche;
with salt & wyne serue ye hym̅ þe same / boldly, & not to basshe.
Shrympes welle pyked / þe scales awey ye cast,
Round abowt a sawcer / ley ye þem in hast;
þe vinegre in þe same sawcer, þat youre lord may attast,
þañ with þe said fische / he may fede hym̅ / & of þem make no wast.”
“Now, fadir, feire falle ye / & crist yow haue in cure,
For of þe nurture of kervynge y suppose þat y be sure,