Liber cure cocorum / Copied and edited from the Sloane ms. 1986 by Richard Morris.

Date:
1862
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Liber cure cocorum / Copied and edited from the Sloane ms. 1986 by Richard Morris. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    To make venegur manede; Take a gad of stele I wot in dede; In strong venegur pou schalt hit seke ix sytlies in venegur, perof pou reke, A here with pe hete hit pou may, And in goode wyne sleek hit I say; Hit shalle be venegur I wot hit wele, To serve at a tyme at fest or mele. And rosted benes, pat steped ban bene, Goode wyne schalle turne to venegur be dene. To preve veiiegui', iveper hit be fgne. pou take hys knyve or ellis myne, In harde drye flore a hole to make; Put in po venegur, I undurtake, If hit be good, welle, syr, hit schalle, Yf hit be no^t, downe wylle hit falle. pis seje I preved, so have I blys; • perfore I wot pat hit sothe is. To 'powder befe with in a ny]t, pou welle po salt, in water bryjt; Malt hit in bryne, set doun to kele, Put in py flesshe fayre and wele, And in a nyjt hit poudert schalle be, Grene powdert porogh, so mot I pe. Yf py dysshe metes dere ben to salt, Kerve a grene sod, I wot, pou schalt. And kover py pot with po gresse done, po salt on po gresse shalle barke fulle sone. With py honde smyte of, I say; po salt lay on anew pou may; pys schalt pou gedur hit, yche a dele. And make hit fresshe unto pe mele. If I schalle of pese potage spelle A whyle peron pen most I dwelle; Fyrste, to speke of furmente. How hit is made in yche degre.