Early English Meals and Manners Part 30

e seco{n}d / sotelte sewynge.

A man of warr{e} semyng{e} he was, A rough{e}, a red, angry syr{e}, 740 An hasty man standyng{e} in fyr{e}, As hoot as som{er} by his attyre; his name was {er}on, & cleped Estas.

[Headnote: 3RD AND 4TH COURSES OF A FISH DINNER.]

[Sidenote: _Third Course._]

The thrid course.

[Sidenote: 1. Almond Cream, &c., 2. Sturgeon, Whelks, Minnows, 3. Shrimps, &c., 4. Fritters.]

Creme of almond[205] Iardyne // & mameny[206] // good & fyne // 744 Potage for e .iij^d s{er}uyse.

Fresch sturgen / breme de mer{e} // P{er}che in Iely / oryent & cler{e} // whelk{es}, menuse; {us} we devise: Shrympis / Fresch heryng{e} bryled // pety p{er}ueis may not be exiled, 748 leche frytur{e},[207] a tansey gyse //

[Sidenote: 5. A Device: A Man with a Sickle, tired, called Harvest.]

The sotelte / a man w{i}t{h} sikell{e} in his hand{e}, In a ryver{e} of watur stand{e} / wrapped in wed{es} in a werysom wyse, hauyng{e} no deynteith{e} to daunce: 752 e thrid age of man by liklynes; hervist we clepe hym, full{e} of werynes ?et er folowyth{e} mo at we must dres, regard{es} riche {a}t ar full{e} of plesaunce. 756

[Sidenote: _Fourth Course._]

The .iiij. course of frute.

[Sidenote: Hot apples, Ginger, Wafers, Ypocras.]

Whot appuls & peres w{i}t{h} sugr{e} Candy, [Fol. 182b.]

With{e} Gyng{re} columbyne, mynsed man{er}ly, Wafurs w{i}t{h} ypocras.

Now is fest is fynysched / for to make glad cher{e}: 760 and augh{e} so be at e vse & maner{e} not afor{e} tyme be seyn has,

[Sidenote: The last Device, _Yemps_ or Winter, with grey locks, sitting on a stone.]

Neu{er}thelese aft{ur} my symple affeccion y must conclude w{i}t{h} e fourth co{m}pleccion, 764 'yemps' e cold terme of e yer{e}, Wyntur / w{i}t{h} his lokkys grey / febill{e} & old, Syttyng{e} vppon e stone / bothe hard & cold, Nigard in hert & hevy of cher{e}. 768

[Sidenote: These Devices represent the Ages of Man: _Sanguineus_, the 1st age, of pleasure.]

++The furst Sotelte, as y said, 'Sang{ui}ne{us}' hight [T]he furst age of man / Iocond & light, e sp{ri}ngyng{e} tyme clepe 'ver.'

[Sidenote: _Colericus_, the 2nd, of quarrelling.]

-- The second course / 'colericus' by callyng{e}, 772 Full{e} of Fyghtyng{e} / blasfemyng{e}, & brallyng{e}, Fallyng{e} at veryaunce w{i}t{h} felow & fere.

[Sidenote: _Autumpnus_ the 3rd, of melancholy.]

-- The thrid sotelte, y declar{e} as y kan, 'Autu{m}pnus,' at is e .iij^d age of man, 776 With a flewisch{e}[208] countenaunce.

[Sidenote: _Winter_, the 4th, of aches and troubles.]

-- The iiij^th countenaunce[209], as y seid before, is wyntur w{i}t{h} his lokk{es} hoor{e}, e last age of man full{e} of grevaunce. 780

[Sidenote: These Devices give great pleasure, when shown in a house.]

++These iiij. soteltees devised in towse,[210]

wher ey byn shewed in an howse, hith{e} doth{e} gret plesaunce w{i}t{h} o{er} sightes of gret Nowelte 784 an han be shewed in Riall{e} feest{es} of solempnyte, A notable cost e ordynaunce.

[Sidenote: _Inscriptions for the Devices._]

The superscripcioun of e sutiltees aboue specified, here folowethe +Versus+

[Sidenote: _Spring._]

+Sanguine{us}.+

[Sidenote: Loving, laughing, singing, benign.]

Largus, amans, hillaris, ridens, rubei q{ue} coloris, Cantans, carnos{us}, sat{is} audax, atque benignus. 788

[Sidenote: _Summer._]

+-- Estas+

+Colericus.+ [Fol. 183.]

[Sidenote: p.r.i.c.kly, angry, crafty, lean.]

Hirsutus, Fallax / irascens / p{ro}digus, sat{is} audax, Astutus, gracilis / Siccus / crocei q{ue} coloris.

[Sidenote: _Autumn._]

+-- Autumpnus+

+Fleumaticus.+

[Sidenote: Sleepy, dull, sluggish, fat, white-faced.]

Hic sompnolentus / piger, in sputamine multus, Ebes hinc sensus / pinguis, facie color albus. 792

[Sidenote: _Winter._]

+-- yemps+

+Malencolicus.+

[Sidenote: Envious, sad, timid, yellow-coloured.]

Invidus et tristis / Cupidus / dextre que tenac{is}, Non expers fraudis, timidus, lutei q{ue} coloris.