Take Fyges & Raysouns. & waisshe hem in Wyne. and grinde hem smale
with apples & peres clene ypiked. take hem up and cast hem in a pot
wiþ wyne and sugur. take salwar Salmoun [2] ysode. oþer codlyng, oþer
haddok, & bray hem smal. & do þerto white powdours & hool spices. &
salt. and seeþ it. and whanne it is sode ynowz. take it up and do it
in a vessel and lat it kele. make a Coffyn an ynche depe & do þe fars
þerin. Plaunt it boue [3] with prunes and damysyns. take þe stones
out, and wiþ dates quarte rede [4] dand piked clene. and couere the
coffyn, and bake it wel, and serue it forth.
[1] Brymlent. Perhaps Midlent or High Lent. _Bryme_, in Cotgrave, is
the _midst_ of Winter. The fare is certainly lenten. A.S. [Anglo-
Saxon: bryme]. Solennis, or beginning of Lent, from A.S. [Anglo-Saxon:
brymm], ora, margo. Yet, after all, it may be a mistake for
_Prymlent_.
[2] salwar Samoun. V. ad No. 98.
[3] plaunt it above. Stick it _above_, or on the top.
[4] quarte red. quartered.