Part 48 (2/2)
The flessh is very hote, and moueth to the operacion of lechery.”
L. Andrewe, _n.o.ble Lyfe_ (o. iv.), Cap. xci.
l. 713. _Comfits_ are round, long or square pellets of Sugar made by the Art of a Confectioner. R. Holme.
l. 737, _Eles._ Trevisa in his _Higden_ says of Britain 'e lond ys n.o.ble, copious, & ryche of n.o.ble welles, & of n.o.ble ryvers wi plente of fysch. ar ys gret plente of smal fysch & of _eeles_, so at cherles in som place feede sowes wi fysch.' _Morris's Specimens_, p. 334.
Comyth ther not al day owt of hollond and flaundre Off fatte _eles_ full many a showte, And good chepe, who that wayteth the tyddys abowte?
_Piers of Fullham_, ll. 71-3, _Early Pop. Poetry_, v. 2, p. 4 (and see ll. 7-10).
l. 747, 812. _Minoes_, so called either for their littleness, or (as Dr.
Cajus imagined) because their fins be of so lively a red, as if they were died with the true Cinnabre-lake called _Minium_: They are less than Loches, feeding upon nothing, but licking one another ... they are a most delicate and light meat ... either fried or sodden. _m.u.f.fett_, p. 183.
l. 758. _Towse._ Can this be a form of _dough_? G. P. Marsh.
l. 782. Sotiltees were made of sugar and wax. Lel. Coll. VI. p. 31.
Pegge.
l. 788-795, _Sanguineus, Colericus, Fleumaticus, Malencolicus._ Men were divided into these four cla.s.ses, according to their humours. Laurens Andrewe says, in his _n.o.ble Lyfe_, ”And the bodij of man is made of many diuers sortes of ly{m}mes / as senewes / vaynes / fatte / flesshe & skynne. And also of the foure moistours / as sanguyne / flematyke / coleryke & melancoly.” (fol. a iv. back) col. 2. In his Chapter ”Howe that man co{m}meth into the house of dethe,” he has drawings of these four types of man, on either side of King Death & the skeleton under him. Men die, he says in thre ways. 1. by one of the four elements of which they are made, overcoming the others; 2. by _humidum radicale_ or 'naturall moystour' forsaking them; 3. by wounds; ”& these thre maners of dethes be co{n}tained in the four co{m}plexcions of man / as in the sa{n}guyne / colerike / flematike / & mela{n}coly. The sanguyne wareth ofte{n}tymes so olde through G.o.de gouernau{n}ce / that he must occopy spectacles, & liue longe or hu{m}midu{m} radicale departe frome him / but than he dyeth. The colerike co{m}meth oftentymes to[*] dethe be accide{n}tall maner through his hastines, for he is of nature hote & drye. The flematike co{m}meth often to dethe thorough great excesse of mete & drinke, or other great labours doinge / for his nature is colde and moyste, & can not well disiest. And mela{n}coly is heuy / full of care & heuynes / whereof he engendereth moche euyll blode that causeth great sekenes, which bringeth him vnto dethe. Thus go we al vnto the howse of dethe / the one thrugh ensuynge of his co{m}plexion / the other through the ordenances of almyghty G.o.d. The thirde through the planetis & signes of the firmame{n}t.” fol. a vi.
[Footnote *: _orig._ do.]
l. 799, _Beef._ Laurens Andrewe, _n.o.ble Lyfe_, sign. C. i., Pt. i. says, ”Of the oxce, ca. xiiij. The oxce is a co{m}panable beste, & amonge his co{m}pani he is very meke / & alwaye he seketh his felowe that was wont to go in the plowghe wyth hym / and whan he fyndeth nat his felow, than cryeth he wyth a lowde voyce, makyng gret mone / as it were one {tha}t wolde make a mourninge co{m}playnt. A bull lyueth .xv. yere, and a oxce .xx. yere. -- Isaac sayth that an oxce flessh is the dryest flesshe amonge all other / & his blode is nat holsome to be eten, for it wyll nat lightly disieste. & therfore it fedeth sore, & it maketh euyll hu{m}oures, & bredeth mela{n}coly / & they melancolicus that eat moche suche metes be like to suffer many diseases, as to gete an harde mylte / the febris quartayn / the dropcy / mangnies, lepry, &c.”
l. 799, _Mutton._ Wether mutton was rightly held the best. See ”The operacion” below. ”-- Of the Ramme or weddr. Ca. iij. Ysydorus sayth that the ra{m}me or wedder is the lodysman of other shepe / and he is the male or man of the oye, and is stronger than the other shepe / & he is also called a wedder because of a worme that he hath in his hede / & whan that begi{n}neth for to stirre, than wyll he tucke and feght / and he fereth naturally the thonder, as other shepe dothe. For whan a shepe is with frute, hering the thonder, she casteth her frute, and bryngeth it dede to the worlde. and the wedder in the tyme that he bespryngeth the oye, than is it in the tyme of loue amonge the shepe / and the Ra{m}me or wedder wyl feght boldly for theyr wyues one with another....
The Operacion.
-- The flesshe of a yo{n}ge wether that is gelded is moch better than any other motton / for it is nat so moyste as other motton, and it is hoter, and whan it disgesteth well it maketh G.o.de blode / but the flessh of an oled ra{m}me wyll nat lightely disgest, & that is very euyll.” L.
Andrewe, _n.o.ble Lyfe_, Pt. I. sign. b. i. back.
l. 800, _Chykon._ On the c.o.c.ke & hen L. Andrewe discourses as follows: ”the c.o.c.ke is a n.o.ble byrde with a combe on his hed & vnder his iawes / he croweth in {th}e night heuely & light in {th}e morni{n}ge / & is fare herd w{i}t{h} the wi{n}de. The lyon is afrayd of the c.o.c.ke / & specially of the whyte / the crowyng of the c.o.c.ke is swete & profitable; he wakeneth {th}e sleper / he conforteth the sorowful / & reioyseth the wakers in tokenynge {tha}t the night is pa.s.sed.... The flesshe of the coscke is groser tha{n} the flesshe of the he{n}ne or capon. Nota / the olde c.o.c.kes flesshe is tenderer than the yonge. The capons flesshe is mightiest of all fowles & maketh G.o.de blode. Auicea{n}na. The c.o.kerels flesshe {tha}t neuer crewe is bett{er} than {th}e olde c.o.c.kes flesshe: the stones be G.o.de for the{m} that haue to light a disiestyon / the brothe of hym is G.o.de for the payn in {th}e mawe {tha}t co{m}meth of wynde.” _n.o.ble Lyfe_, n. i. back. Of the hen, L. Andrewe says: ”the he{n}ne is {th}e wyfe of the c.o.c.ke / & ye shall lay odde egges vnder her for to hatche / ... The flesshe of the yonge he{n}ne or she haue layde / is better than of the olde he{n}ne / also the grese of the cheken is moche hoter than of the he{n}ne.” _n.o.ble Lyfe_, n. i. back.
l. 802, _Goose._ ”The tame gese ... be heuy in fleinge, gredi at their mete, & diligent to theyr rest / & they crye the houres of y^e night, & therwith they fere y^e theues. In the hillis of alpis be gese as great, nere ha{n}de, as an ostriche: they be so heuy of body that they cannat flee, & so me take them with the hande.... The gose flessh is very grose of nature in disiestion.” _n.o.ble Lyfe_, L. i. back. Part ii. cap. 10.
l. 803, _Capon._ ”Gallinacius / the capon is a gelded c.o.c.ke / & because {tha}t he is gelded he waxeth the soner fatte / & though he go with the hennes, he dothe nat defende them / nor he croweth nat.” L. Andrewe, _n.o.ble Lyfe_, fol. n. ij.
l. 804, _Eggis._ ”the new lyde egges be better than the olde / the henne egges be better tha{n} ani other egges, whan thei be fresshe, & specialli whan thei be rere, tha{n} they make G.o.de blode / but the egges that be harde rosted be of {th}e grose metis.
The Operacion.
All maners of egges waken a man to the worke of lecherie, & specialli sparowes egges. Auice{n}na: The ducke egges & suche like make grose humoures. The best of the egges is the yolke, & that causeth sperma / the white of the egge enclineth to be cole. whan an he{n}ne shall brede, take hede of those egges that be blont on bothe endes, & thei shal be he{n}ne chekens / & those that be longe & sharpe on bothe endes shall be c.o.c.ke chekens.” L. Andrewe. _n.o.ble Lyfe_ (o iij. back).
l. 808, _Lamb._ Laurens Andrewe, Pt. i. says. -- Of the La{m}me. Cap.
p{ri}mo. In the begi{n}nynge we haue the La{m}me, because he is the moste mekest beste leuinge, for it offe{n}deth n.o.body / and all that he hathe on him is G.o.de / y^e flesshe for to eate, the skynne to make parcheme{n}t or ledder / the donge for to do{n}ge the felde / the clawes & hornes be medicinable / he dredeth the wolfe sore / & he knoweth his da{m}me best be her bleting, though she be amonge many shepe.
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