he Pen,
Of Famous _Cleaveland_, or renowned _Ben_,
If unintomb'd might give this Book its due,
By their high strains, and keep it always new.
But I whose ruder Stile could never clime,
Or step beyond a home-bred Country Rhime,
Must not attempt it: only this I'le say,
_Cato_'s _Res Rustica_'s far short of _May_.
Here's taught to keep all sorts of flesh in date,
All sorts of Fish, if you will marinate;
To candy, to preserve, to souce, to pickle,
To make rare Sauces, both to please, and tickle
The pretty Ladies palats with delight;
Both how to glut, and gain an Appetite.
The Fritter, Pancake, Mushroom; with all these,
The curious Caudle made of Ambergriese.
He is so universal, he'l not miss,
The Pudding, nor Bolonian Sausages.
Italian, Spaniard, French, he all out-goes,
Refines their Kickshaws, and their Olio's,
The rarest use of Sweet-meats, Spicery,
And all things else belong to Cookery:
Not only this, but to give all content,
Here's all the Forms of every Implement
To work or carve with, so he makes the able
To deck the Dresser, and adorn the Table.
What dish goes first of every kind of Meat,
And so ye're welcom, pray fall too, and eat.
_Reader_, read on, for I have done; farewell,
The Book's so good, it cannot chuse but sell.

_Thy well-wishing Friend_,

John Town.

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_The most Exact, or A-la-mode Ways of Carving and Sewing._

_Terms of Carving._

Break that deer, leach that brawn, rear that goose, lift that swan,
sauce that capon, spoil that hen, frust that chicken, unbrace that
mallard, unlace that coney, dismember that hern, display that crane,
disfigure that peacock, unjoynt that bittern, untach that curlew,
allay that pheasant, wing that partridge, wing that quail, mince
that plover, thigh that pidgeon, border that pasty, thigh that
woodcock; thigh all manner of small birds.

Timber the fire, tire that egg, chine that salmon, string that
lamprey, splat that pike, souce that plaice, sauce that tench, splay
that bream, side that haddock, tusk that barbel, culpon that trout,
fin that chivin, transon that eel, tranch that sturgeon, undertranch
that porpus, tame that crab, barb that lobster.

_Service._

First, set forth mustard and brawn, pottage, beef, mutton, stewed
pheasant, swan, capon, pig, venison, hake, custard, leach, lombard,
blanchmanger, and jelly; for standard, venison, roast kid, fawn, and
co