acre, the lord Delaware.
Here bigynneth the servyce at the first Course.
Brawne with mustarde. Dedel in Borneux. Furmente with baleyne. Pike.
Laumprey powdred. Great Elis poudred. Trought. Codlyng. Plaies and
merlyne fried. Crabbes great. Lech lumbarde florisshid with colars of
esses and brome coddes of gold in a Target with the armes of the kyng
and the quene departid. Tarves. A Sotelte, callid a pellican on hire
nest with briddis and an ymage of Seint Katerine with a whele in hire
hande disputyng with the Hethen clerks, having this Reason in hir
hande, _Madame la Roigne_; the Pellican answeryng _Cest enseigne_; the
briddes answeryng _Est du roy pur tenir joie. A tout gent il met
sentent._
The ii^{d} Course is this folewyng.
Gely florisshed with columbyne floures of white potages. Blaundesore.
Breme. Congre. Soles with mulet. Cheveyne. Barbel with Roch. Samon
fressh. Halibut. Gurnarde rostid. Roches boilet. Smelt fried. Losters.
Lech damaske with the kyngs worde _Une sanz pluz_ writon of white
lettre. Lamprey in paste suyng. Flampan florisshed with a scochyn
roial, theryn three crownes of golde and plantid with floure de lice
of golde and floures of camomil wrought of confections. A Sotelte, a
panter with an ymage of Seint Katerine in the same tariage and a whele
in hire hand, and a Reason in hire other hand. The Reason was this: _La
Roigne ma file_. The panter answeryng _In cest Ile_: another best
answeryng with this Reason, _Of Albion_: another best saiyng, _Aves
Renowne_.
This is the iij^{d} Course folowyng.
Dates in compost. Creme motley. Carpe. Dorrey. Turbut. Tench. Peerch
with gogyns. Sturgeon fresshe. Welkes. Porpes rostid. Memise fried.
Creves de ewe douce. Shrympes grosse. Elis with laumprons rostid. A
Lessh callid the White Lessh, with hauthorne leves grene and redd
hawes. A mete in paste with iiij aungels in fourme of Sent Katerine
whele in the myddes with a Reason--
_Il est escrite_ _Par mariage pure_
_Pur voir et dir._ _Ce guerre ne dure._
A Sotelte, A Tigre lokyng in a mirour and a man ridyng on horsebak
armed with a tigre whelp in his barme, and throwyng mirours for his
defence; and a Reason writon, _Par force saunz Droit Jay pris ce best_.
Another Reason for thanswere of the tigre
_Cile de mirrour
Ma fait discour._"
NOTE MM. page 110.
A^{o}. ix. Hen. V.--"Also in the moneth of Maii, the quene at Hampton
toke hir viage into Frau
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