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.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    To make venegur manede; Take a gad of stele I wot in dede; In strong venegur pou sclialt hit seke ix sythes 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 venegur ^ iveper hit he fyne. 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 nojt, downe wylle hit falle. pis seje I preved, so have I blys; perfore I wot pat hit sothe is. To powder hefe 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 melc. If I schalle of pese potage spelle A whylc peron pen most I dwelle; Fyrste, to speke of furmente. How hit is made in yche degre.