← Early English Meals and Manners
Chapter 18
Potages
[Fol. 178 b.]
Wortus with an henne / Cony / beef, or els añ haare,
Frumenty with venesoun / pesyñ with bakoñ, longe wortes not spare;
Growelle of force / Gravelle of beeff / or motoun, haue ye no care;
Gely, mortrows / creyme of almondes, þe mylke þer-of is good fare.
Iusselle, tartlett, cabages, & nombles of vennure,
alle þese potages ar good and sure
of oþer sewes & potages þat ar not made by nature,
alle Suche siropis sett a side youre heere to endure.
Now, soñ, y haue yow shewid somewhat of myne avise,
þe service of a flesche feest folowynge englondis gise;
Forgete ye not my loore / but looke ye bere good yȝes
vppoñ oþur connynge kervers: now haue y told yow twise.
THE SAUCES FOR DIFFERENT DISHES.