Touche neu{ er} þe loof aft{ ur} he is so tamed, put it, [on] a plater{ e} or þe almes disch þ{ er}-for{ e} named. Make clene your{ e} bord eu{ er}, þañ shall{ e} ye not be blamed, þañ may þe sewer{ e} his lord s{ er}ue / & neyth{ ur} of yow be gramed[71] 348
[Sidenote: You must know what meat is indigestible, and what sauces are wholesome.]
++Of all{ e} man{ er} met{ es} ye must thus know & fele þe fumositees of fysch, flesch{ e}, & fowles dyu{ er}s & feele, And all{ e} man{ er} of Sawc{ es} for fisch{ e} & flesch{ e} to p{ re}serue yo{ ur} lord in heele; to yow it behouyth to knew all{ e} þese eu{ er}y deele." 352
++"Syr, hertyly y pray yow for to telle me Certenle of how many met{ es} þat ar fumose in þeir{ e} degre."
[Sidenote: These things are indigestible:]
++"In certeyñ, my soñ, þat sone shall{ e} y shew the by letturs dyu{ er}s told{ e} by thries thre, 356
[Sidenote: Fat and Fried, Raw and Resty, Salt and Sour,]
+F, R,+ and +S+ / in dyu{ er}se tyme and tyde +F+ is þe furst / þat is, ++Fatt, ++Farsed, & ++Fried; +R+, ++raw / ++resty, and ++rechy, ar combero{ us} vndefied; +S+ / ++salt / ++sowre / and ++sowse[72] / all{ e} suche þow set a-side, 360
[Sidenote: also sinews, skin, hair, feathers, crops, heads, pinions, &c., legs, outsides of thighs, skins;]
w{ i}t{ h} other of the same sort, and lo thus ar thay, Senowis, skynnes / heer{ e} / Cropyns[73] / yong{ e} fedurs for certeñ y say, heedis / py{ n}nyns, boonis / all{ e} þese pyke away, Suffir neu{ er} þy sou{ er}ayne / to fele þem, y the pray / 364
[Sidenote: these destroy your lord's rest.']
All{ e} man{ er} leggis also, bothe of fowle and beestis, the vttur side of the thygh{ e} or legge of all{ e} fowlis in feest{ is}, the fumosite of all{ e} man{ er} skynnes y p{ ro}mytt þe{ e} by heestis, all{ e} þese may benym[74] þy sou{ er}ayne / from many nyght{ is} rest{ is}." 368
[Sidenote: 'Thanks, father, I'll put your teaching into practice, and pray for you.]
++"Now fayr{ e} befall{ e} yow fadur / & well{ e} must ye cheve,[75] For these poyntes by practik y hope full{ e} well{ e} to p{ re}ve, and yet shall{ e} y p{ ra}y for yow / dayly while þat y leue / bothe for body and sowle / þat god yow gyde from greve; 372
[Sidenote: But please tell me how to carve fish and flesh.']
Prayng{ e} yow to take it, fadur / for no displesur{ e}, yf y durst desir{ e} mor{ e} / and þat y myght{ e} be sur{ e} to know þe kervyng{ e} of fisch{ e} & flesch{ e} / aftur cock{ es} cur{ e}: y hed leu{ er} þe sight of that / thañ A Scarlet hur{ e}."[76] 376