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THE PANTER OR BUTLER. HIS DUTIES 3-9 41 NAMES OF SWEET WINES 9 117 HOW TO MAKE YPOCRAS 9-12 121 THE BOTERY 12-13 177 HOW TO LAY THE TABLE-CLOTH, ETC. 13-14 185 HOW TO WRAP UP BREAD STATELY 14-16 209 HOW TO MAKE THE SURNAPE 16-17 237 HOW TO MANAGE AT TABLE 17-18 257

SYMPLE CONDICIONS, 18-21 277 THE CONNYNGE OF KERVYNGE 21-3 313 FUMOSITEES 23-4 349 KERUYNG OF FLESH 24-30 377 BAKE METES 30-2 477 FRIED METES; WITH L'ENVOY 33-4 501 POTAGES 34-5 517 DIUERCE SAWCES 35-7 529 KERVYNG OF FISCH 37-45 546

OFFICE OF A SEWER 46-7 658 A DYNERE OF FLESCH: THE FURST COURSE 48 686 THE SECOND COURSE 49 693 THE iij^D COURSE 49-50 705 A DINERE OF FISCH: THE FURST COURSE 50-1 719 THE SECOND COURSE 51 731 THE THRID COURSE 52 744 THE .iiij. COURSE OF FRUTE, WITH FOUR SOTELTEES 52-3 757 THE SUPERSCRIPCIOUN OF THE SUTILTEES ABOUE SPECIFIED 53-4 787 A FEST FOR A FRANKLEN 54-5 795 SEWES ON FISH DAYES 55-6 819 SAWCE FOR FISCH 56-9 831

THE OFFICE OFF A CHAMBURLAYNE 59-64 863 THE WARDEROBES 64-6 939 A BATHE OR STEWE SO CALLED 66-7 975 THE MAKYNG OF A BATH MEDICINABLE 67-9 991 THE OFFICE OF VSSHER & MARSHALL 69-78 1001

THE SUMMARY 78-82 1173 L'ENVOY 82-3 1235

NOTES 84-123

ILLUSTRATIVE EXTRACTS. WILYAM BULLEYN ON BOXYNG AND NECKEWEEDE 124-7 ANDREW BORDE ON SLEEP, RISING, AND DRESS 128-32 WILLIAM VAUGHAN'S 15 DIRECTIONS TO PRESERVE HEALTH 133-7 SIR JN. HARINGTON's DYET FOR EVERY DAY 138-9 SIR JN. HARINGTON ON RISING, DIET, AND GOING TO BED 140-3

John Russells

Boke of Nurture.

++In nomine patris, god kepe me / et filij for charite, Et spiritus sancti, wher that y goo by lond or els by see! an vssher y Am / ye may behold / to a prynce of high degre, ?at enioyeth to enforme & teche / all ?o thatt will thrive & thee, 4

Of suche thyng as her-aft shall be shewed by my diligence To them ?at nought Can / wt-owt gret exsperience; Therfor yf any ma? ?t y mete with, ?at for fawt of necligence, y wyll hym enforme & teche, for hurtyng of my Conscience. 8

To teche vertew and conyng, me thynketh hit charitable, for moche youth in conyng / is bare? & full vnable; ?er-for he ?t no good ca? / ne to noo? will be agreable. he shall neu y-thryve / ?for take to hym a babull. 12

++As y rose owt of my bed, in a mery sesou of may, to sporte me in a forest / wher sightes wer fresch & gay, y met wt ?e forst / y prayed hym to say me not nay, ?at y mygh walke in to his lawnde where ?e deer lay. 16

as y wandered weldsomly / in-to ?e lawnd ?at was so grene, ?er lay iij. herdis of deer / a semely syght for to sene; y behild o? my right hand / ?e so? ?at sho? so shene; y saw wher walked / a semely yong ma?, ?at sklendur was & leene; 20

his bowe he toke in hand toward ?e deer to stalke; y prayed hym his shote to leue / & softely wt me to walke. ?is yong ma? was glad / & louyd wt me to talke, he prayed ?at he my?t with me goo / in to som herne or halke; 24

?is yong ma? frayned / wt hoom ?t he woned ?a?, "So god me socour," he said / "Sir, y serue myself / & els noo? o? ma?." "is ?y gounaunce good?" y said, / "so?, say me ?iff ?ow ca?." "y wold y wer owt of ?is world" / seid he / "y ne rou?t how sone wha?." 28

"Sey nought so, good so?, bewar / me thynketh ?ow menyst amysse; for god forbedith wanhope, for ?at a horrible synne ys, ?erfor So?, ope? thy? hert / for pave?tur y cowd the lis; "whe? bale is hext / ?a? bote is next" / good sone, lerne well ?is." 32

"In certey?, sir / y haue y-sought / Ferr & ner many a wilsom way to gete mete a mastir; & for y cowd nou?t / euy ma? seid me nay, y cowd no good, ne noo? y shewd / wher eu y ede day by day but wantou? & nyce, recheles & lewd / as Iangelyng as a Iay." 36

++"Now, son, ?iff y the teche, wiltow any thyng ler? wiltow be a suaunde, plow?ma?, or a laborer, Courtyour or a clark / Marchaund / or masou, or an artificer, Chamburlayn, or buttiller / panter or karver?" 40

++"The office of buttiler, sir, trewly / panter or chamburlayne, The connyng of a kerver, specially / of ?at y wold lerne fayne all ?ese conyng to haue / y say yow in certay?, y shuld pray for your sowle nevyr to come in payne." 44

++"Son, y shall teche ?e with ryght a good will, So ?at ?ow loue god & drede / for ?at is ryght and skyll, and to ?y mastir be trew / his good ?at ?ow not spill, but hym loue & drede / and hys comaundement? dew / fulfylle. 48

The furst yer, my so?, ?ow shall be panter or buttilar, ?ow must haue iij. knyffes kene / in pantry, y sey the, eumar: O? knyfe ?e loves to choppe, another them for to pare, the iij. sharpe & kene to smothe ?e trenchurs and squar. 52

alwey thy souaynes bred thow choppe, & ?at it be newe & able; se all o? bred a day old or ?u choppe to ?e table; all howsold bred iij. dayes old / so it is pfitable; and trencher bred iiij. dayes is covenyent & agreable. 56

loke ?y salte be sutill, whyte, fayre and drye, and ?y planer for thy salte / shall be made of yverye / ?e brede ?of ynches two / ?en ?e length, ynche told thrye; and ?y salt seller lydde / towche not thy salt bye. 60

Good so?, loke ?at ?y napery be soote / & also feyr & clene, bordcloth, towell & napky?, foldy? all bydene. bryght y-pullished your table knyve, semely in sy?t to sene; and ?y spones fayr y-wasch / ye wote well what y meene. 64 looke ?ow haue tarrers two / a mor & lasse for wyne; wyne canels accordyng to ?e tarrers, of box fetice & fyne; also a gymlet sharpe / to broche & perce / sone to turne & twyne, wt fawcet & tampyne redy / to stoppe whe ye se tyme. 68

So whe? ?ow settyst a pipe abroche / good do aft my lor: iiij fyngur ou / ?e ner chyne ?ow may percer or bor; with tarrer or gymlet perce ye vpward ?e pipe ashor, and so shall ye not cawse ?e lies vp to ryse, y warne yow eu mor. 72

Good sone, all man frute / ?at longeth for seso? of ?e yer, Fygg / reysons / almand, dat / butt, chese / nottus, apples, & per, Compost & confit, char de quync / white & grene gynger; and ffor aft questyons, or ?y lord sytte / of hym ?ow know & enquer. 76

Serve fastyng / plommys / damsons / cheries / and grapis to plese; aft mete / peer, nottys / strawberies, w?neberies, and hardchese, also blawnderell, pepyns / careawey in comfyte / Compost ar like to ?ese. aftur sopper, rosted apples, per, blaunche powd, yo stomak for to ese. 80

Bewar at eve / of crayme of cowe & also of the goote, ?au? it be late, of Strawberies & hurtilberyes / wt the cold Ioncate, For ?ese may marr many a ma? changyng his astate, but ?iff he haue aftr, hard chese / wafurs, wt wyne ypocrate. 84

hard chese hath ?is condiciou in his operaciou: Furst he will a stomak kepe in the botom ope?, the helth of euy creatur ys in his condiciou; yf he diete hym? thus dayly / he is a good coclusiou. 88

buttir is an holsom mete / furst and eke last, For he will a stomak kepe / & helpe poyson a-wey to cast, also he norisheth a ma? to be laske / and evy humer to wast, and wt white bred / he will kepe ?y mouthe in tast. 92

Milke, crayme, and crudd, and eke the Ioncate, ?ey close a manes stomak / and so doth ?e possate; ?erfor ete hard chese aftir, yef ye sowpe late, and drynk romney modou, for feere of chekmate. 96

bewar of saladis, grene metis, & of frut rawe for ?ey make many a ma? haue a feble mawe. ?for, of suche fresch lust set not an hawe, For suche wantou appetit ar not worth a strawe. 100

all man met ?at ?y teth o? egge doth sette, take almond ?for; & hard chese loke ?u not for-gette. hit will voide hit awey / but looke to moche ?of not ?u ete; for ?e wight of half an vnce wt-owt rompney is gret. 104

?iff dyuse drynk of their fumosite haue ?e dissesid, Ete an appull rawe, & his fumosite will be cesed; mesur is a mery meene / wha? god is not displesed; abstynes is to prayse what body & sowle ar plesed. 108

Take good hede to ?e wynes / Red, white / & swete, looke euy ny?t wt a Candell ?t ?ey not reboyle / nor lete; euy ny?t wt cold wat wash ?e pipes hede, & hit not forgete, & all-wey haue a gylet, & a dise, wt lynne? clowt small or grete. 112

?iff ?e wyne reboyle / ?ow shall know by hys syngyng; ?for a pipe of colour de rose / ?u kepe ?t was spend in drynkyng the reboyle to Rakke to ?e lies of ?e rose / ?t shall be his amendyng. ?iff swete wyne be seeke or pallid / put in a Rompney for lesyng. 116

++Swete Wynes.

++The namys of swete wynes y wold ?t ye them knewe: Vernage, vernagell, wyne Cute, pyment, Raspise, Muscadell of grew, Rompney of modo?, Bastard, Tyre, O?ey, Torrentyne of Ebrew. Greke, Malevesy?, Caprik, & Clarey wha? it is newe. 120

++Ypocras.

++Good so?, to make ypocras, hit wer gret lernyng, and for to take ?e spice ?to aft ?e pporcionyng,

Gynger, Synamome / Graynis, Sugur / Turnesole, ?t is good colouryng; For comy? peple / Gynger, Canell / long pepur / hony aft claryfiyng. 124

look ye haue of pewt basons oo?, two, & thre, For to kepe in you powdurs / also ?e lico ?in to renne whe? ?t nede be; to iij. basous ye must haue iij bagges renners / so clepe ham we, & hang ?em? o? a pche, & looke ?at Sur they be. 128

Se ?at your gynger be well y-pared / or hit to powd ye bete, and ?t hit be hard / wt-owt worme / bytyng, & good hete; For good gyng colombyne / is best to drynke and ete; Gyng valadyne & maydely? ar not so holsom in mete. 132

looke ?at yo stikk of synamome be thy?, bretill, & fayr in colewr, and in your mowth, Fresch, hoot, & swete / ?at is best & sure, For canell is not so good in ?is crafte & cur. Synamome is hoot & dry in hs worchyng while he will dur. 136

Graynes of padise, hoote & moyst ?ey be: Sugre of .iij. cute / white / hoot & moyst in his ppurte; Sugr Candy is best of all, as y telle the, and red wyne is whote & drye to tast, fele, & see, 140

Graynes / gyng, long pepur, & sugr / hoot & moyst in worchyng; Synamome / Canelle / red wyne / hoot & drye in ?eir doyng; Turnesole is good & holsom for red wyne colowryng: all ?ese ingredyent, ?ey ar for ypocras makyng. 144

Good so?, your powdurs so made, vche by ?am self in bledd laid, hang sur your pche & bagges ?t ?ey from yow not brayd, & ?at no bagge touche o? / do as y haue yow said; ?e furst bag a galou / all o? of a potell, vcho? by o? teied. 148

Furst put in a basou a galou ij. or iij. wyne so red; ?e? put in your powdurs, yf ye will be sped, and aftyr in-to ?e renner so lett hym be fed, ?a? in-to ?e second bagge so wold it be ledde. 152

loke ?u take a pece in ?yne hand eumor among, and assay it in ?y mouth if hit be any thyng strong, and if ?ow fele it welle bo?e wt mouth & tong, ?a? put it in ?e iij. vessell / & tary not to long. 156

And ?a? ?iff ?u feele it be not made pfete, ?at it cast to moche gyng, with synamome alay ?t hete; and if hit haue synamome to moche, wt gyng of iij. cute; ?a? if to moche sigur ? be / by discressiou ye may wete. 160

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