SC - RE:Piers Ploughman-what is. . .?

Decker, Terry D. TerryD at Health.State.OK.US
Mon Oct 26 10:42:17 PST 1998


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> From: 	Shari Burnham[SMTP:pndarvis at execpc.com]
> > *1362 Langl. P. Pl. A. vii. 272, I haue no salt Bacon, Ne no Cokeneyes,
> bi
> > Crist Colopus to maken [v.r. colopis, -es, colhoppis; B. vi. 287
> coloppes;
> > C. ix. 309 colhoppes].
> 
> What are Cokeneyes?
> 
Coke is an archaic form of cook.  From other translations of this passage,
Cokeneyes appears to be the noun, cook or cooks.

Bear
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