[ ¶ Here foloweth the names of wynes.]
¶ Reed wyne / whyte wyne / clared wyne / osey / capryke / Campolet, Rhenish, &c [campolet] / renysshe wyne / maluesey / bastarde / tyer, romney / muscadell / clarrey / raspys / vernage / vernage wyne cut / pymente and ypocras.
[ For to make ypocras.]
¶ Take gynger / peper / graynes / canell / synamon / suger and tornsole / than loke ye haue fyue or syxe bagges for your ypocras to renne in, & a perche that your renners may ren on / 6 pewter basins under, than muste ye haue .vi. peautre basyns to stande vnder your bagges / than loke your spyce be redy / [* Fol. A iii.] ginger and cinnamon. & your gynger well pared or it be beten* to poudre / than loke your stalkes of synamon be well coloured; (Of the qualities of spices.) & swete canell is not so gentyll in operacyon; synamon is hote and drye / graynes of paradico] sic: o for e paradico ben hote and moyste / gynger / graynes / longe peper / and suger, ben hote and moyst / synamon /
canell, & rede wyne, ben hote and drye / tornsole is holsome / for reed wyne colourynge. Now knowe ye the proporcyons of your ypocras / Pound each spice separately, put ’em in bladders, and than bete your poudres eche by themselfe, & put them in bladders, hang ’em in your bags, & hange your bagges sure, that no bage touche other / but let eche basyn touche other; add a gallon of red wine to ’em, let the fyrste basyn be of a galon, and eche of the other of a potell / than put in your basyn a galon of reed wyne, put thereto your poudres, stir it well, run it through two bags, and styre them well / than put them in to the fyrste bagge, and let it renne / than put them in to the seconde bagge / than take a pece in your hande, and taste it, assaye yf it be stronge of gynger / and alaye it with synamon / and it be stro[n]ge of synamon / alaye it with suger / pass it through 6 runners, and put it in a close vessel. and loke ye lette it renne thrughe syxe renners / & your ypocras shall be the fyner / than put your ypocras in to a close vessell, and Keep the dregs for cooking. kepe the receyte / for it wyll serue for sewes / than serue your souerayne with wafers and ypocras. Have your Compost clean, and your ale 5 days old, Also loke your composte be fayre and clene / and your ale fyue dayes olde or men drynke it / than kepe your hous of offyce clene, & be curtoys of answere to eche persone, but not dead. and loke ye gyue no persone noo dowled drynke / for it wyll breke ye scabbe. HOW TO WAIT AT TABLE. To lay the Cloth. [And whan ye laye the clothe], wype ye borde clene with a cloute / Put on a couch, then a second cloth, than laye a cloth, a couche, it is called, take your felawe that one ende, & holde you that other ende, than drawe the clothe straught, the fold on the outer edge; a third, the fold on the inner edge. the bought on ye vtter edge / take the vtter parte, & hange it euen / than take the thyrde clothe, [* Fol. A iii. b.] and lay ye bought on the inner *edge / and laye estat with the vpper parte halfe a fote brode / Cover your cupboard, than couer thy cupborde and thyn ewery with the towell of dyaper / put a towel round your neck, one side lying on your left arm; than take thy towell about thy necke, and laye that one syde of ye towell vpon thy lefte arme / on that, 7 loaves of eating bread and 4 trencher loaves. and there-on laye your soueraynes napkyn / and laye on thyn arme seuen loues of brede, with thre or foure trenchour loues, with the ende of ye towell in the lefte hande, as the
maner is / In your left hand a saltcellar, than take thy salte seller in thy lefte hande, in your right the towel. and take the ende of ye towell in your ryght hande to bere in spones and knyues / Set the saltcellar on your lord’s right, and trenchers on the left of it. than set your salt on the ryght syde where your souerayne shall sytte, and on ye lefte syde the salte set your trenchours / Lay knives, bread, spoons, napkins, than laye your knyues, & set your brede, one lofe by an other / your spones, and your napkyns fayre folden besyde your brede / and cover ’em up. than couer your brede and trenchoures, spones and knyues / & at euery ende of ye table set a salte seller with two treachour] sic: a for n treachour loues / To wrap your Lord’s bread stately. and yf ye wyll wrappe your soueraynes brede stately, Square the loaves; ye muste square and proporcyon your brede, and se that no lofe be more than an other / and than shall ye make your wrapper man[er]ly / take a Reynes towel 2½ yards long by the ends; than take a towell of reynes of two yerdes and an halfe, and take the towell by ye endes double, put it on the table, pinch up a handful of one end, and laye it on the table / than take the ende of ye bought a handfull in your hande, and wrappe it harde, and lay it between 2 towels, and on it lay your 6 or 7 loaves bottom to bottom. and laye the ende so wrapped bytwene two towelles; vpon that ende so wrapped, lay your brede, botom to botom, syxe or seuen loues / than set your brede manerly in fourme / and whan your soueraynes table is thus arayed, Put salt, cups, &c., on the other tables. couer all other bordes with salte, trenchoures, & cuppes. so] for se, see. See that your Ewery is properly supplied, and your ale-pots kept clean. Also so thyn ewery be arayed with basyns & ewers, & water hote & colde / and se’ ye haue napkyns, cuppes, & spones / & se your pottes for [* Fol. A 4.] wyne * and ale be made clene, [ To arrange the Surnape.] Put a cloth under a double towel, hold 3 ends together, and to ye surnape make ye curtesy with a clothe vnder a fayre double napry / than take þe towelles ende nexte you / & the vtter ende of the clothe on the vtter syde of the table, & holde these thre endes atones, fold them in a foot-broad pleat, and lay it smooth. & folde them atones, that a plyte passe not a fote brode / than laye it euen there it sholde lye. After washing, And after mete wasshe with that that is at ye ryghte ende of the table / ye muste guyde it out, the Marshal must carry the surnape out. and the marshall must conuey it / and loke on eche clothe the ryght syde be outwarde, & drawe it streyght / than must ye reyse the vpper parte
of ye towell, & laye it with-out ony gronynge / and at Leave out half a yard to make estate. euery ende of ye towell ye must conuey halfe a yerde that ye sewer may make estate reuerently, and let it be. When your lord has washed, remove the Surnape. And whan your souerayne hath wasshen, drawe ye surnape euen / than bere the surnape to the myddes of the borde & take it vp before your souerayne, & bere it in to ye ewery agayne. it] for is When he is seated, And whan your souerayne it set, loke your towell be aboute your necke / salute him, uncover your bread, than make your souerayne curtesy / than vncouer your brede & set it by the salte & laye your napkyn, knyfe, & spone, afore hym / kneel on your knee till 8 loaves are served out (?) than knele on your knee tyll the purpayne passe eyght loues / & loke ye set at ye endes of ye table foure loues at a messe / and se that euery persone haue napkyn and spone / & wayte well to ye sewer how many dysshes be couered; Provide as many cups as dishes. ye so many cuppes couer ye / than serue ye forth the table manerly yt euery man may speke your curtesy.
[ ¶ Here endeth of the Butler and Panter, yoman of the seller and ewery. And here foloweth sewynge of flesshe.]
The The Sewer or arranger of dishes sewer muste sewe, & from the borde conuey all maner of potages, metes, & sauces / & euery daye comon with the coke, must ascertain what dishes and fruits are prepared daily for dinner; and he must have people ready to carry up the dishes. and vnderstande & wyte how many dysshes shall be, and speke with the panter and offycers of ye spycery for fruytes that shall be eten fastynge. Than goo to the borde of sewynge, and se ye haue offycers redy to conuey, & seruauntes for to bere, your dysshes. bo] for be Also yf marshall, squyers, and seruauntes of armes, bo there, than serue forth your souerayne withouten blame.