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sauce_n with_o the_o flesh_n of_o cygnet_n and_o garlic_n or_o onion_n boil_v in_o milk_n with_o a_o stubble_n goose_n sugar_n and_o mustard_n with_o red_a deer_n crane_n shovelar_fw-es and_o bustard_n sauce_n for_o temperate_a meat_n but_o for_o temperate_a meat_n and_o speedy_a of_o digestion_n as_o pork_n mutton_n lamb_n veal_n kid_n hen_n capon_n pullet_n chicken_n rabbit_n partridge_n pheasant_n etc._n etc._n we_o must_v likewise_o devise_v temperate_a sauce_n as_o mustard_n and_o green-sawce_n for_o pork_n verjuice_n and_o salt_n for_o mutton_n the_o juice_n of_o orange_n or_o lemon_n with_o wine_n salt_n and_o sugar_n for_o capon_n pheasant_n and_o partridge_n water_n and_o pepper_n for_o woodcock_n vinegar_n and_o butter_n or_o the_o gravet_fw-la of_o roast_a meat_n with_o rabbit_n pigeon_n or_o chicken_n for_o if_o their_o sauce_n shall_v be_v either_o too_o cold_a or_o too_o hot_a such_o meat_n will_v soon_o corrupt_v in_o our_o stomach_n be_v otherwise_o most_o nourish_a 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