← Early English Meals and Manners
Chapter 25
Sewes on fishe dayes
“Flowndurs / gogeons, muskels, menuce in sewe,
Eles, lampurnes, venprides / quyk & newe,
Musclade in wortes / musclade of almondes for states fulle dewe,
Oysturs in Ceuy / oysturs in grauey, your helthe to renewe,
The baly of þe fresche samoñ / els purpose, or seele,
Colice of pike, shrympus / or perche, ye know fulle wele;
Partye gely / Creme of almondes / dates in confite / to rekeuer heele,
Quinces & peris / Ciryppe with parcely rotes / riȝt so bygyñ your mele.
Mortrowis of houndfische / & Rice standynge white,
Mameny, mylke of almondes, Rice rennynge liquyte,—
þese potages ar holsom for þem þat hañ delite
þerof to ete / & if not so / þeñ taste he but a lite.”
SAUCE FOR FISH.