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8. ' BUTTES ' (HENRY). I 599. Henry Buttes, 



I599- 

 "Dyets, Dryr Fish. 



Choice, whenever you can get it, great or little. Carp. 

 Nourished! best, tasteth most excellently and ex- 

 quisitely ; in all men's judgment a fish of chief note. 

 Only it soon tainteth, therefore dress it presently. 



Lay it scaled and gutted five hours in salt, then fry 

 it in oil and besprinkle it with vinegar in which spice 

 and saffron have boiled. Temperately hot and moist, 

 in the beginning of the first. For any season or 

 constitution. 



Thick ; caught in May, in a swift running river, Trout. 

 full of deep downfalls and rocks, and not out of 

 standing pools. Nourisheth well ; soon digested ; 

 yields a cool juice for an over-hot liver and blood ; 

 therefore good in hot agues. It soon putrifieth. 

 Scarce fit for old men and weak stomach. Seeth it in 

 just so much vinegar as water ; eat it with sour sauce 

 as soon as you can. Seasonable in hot weather for 

 all but decrepid ; every temperature but phlegmatic. 

 Our vulgar proverb hath it, " As sound as a trout." 



River sturgeon is fatter and therefore more grateful Sturgeon. 

 to the palate than sea sturgeon. Seasonable in 

 summer, the belly the best. A friendly dish on the 

 table, very dainty and of chief account. Nourisheth 

 well ; inciteth Venus ; cooleth the blood moderately. 

 Naught for the sick or in recovery, for it is some- 

 what fat ; makes thick and clammy juice, slowly 

 digested. Seeth it in water and vinegar with a little 

 cinnamon or fennel in it. Seasonable in hot weather 

 for all but those plagued with distillations and 

 diseased joints. 



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