[Sca-cooks] Lemons in Middle English

[Chris Stanifer]

Here are a few Middle English quotes which contain the poor, misunderstood lemon...

Early English versions of the Gesta Romanorum / edited by Sidney J.H. Herrtage 
[ XL. ]SELESTINUS A WYSE EMPEROURE. (THE "BOND" STORY IN THE "MERCHANT OF VENICE.")Harl. MS. 7333.

[Story.]

yenst him, she kytte of al the longe her of hir hede, and cladde hir in precious clothing like to
a man; and yede to the palys þere as hir lemon was to be demyd, and saluyd þe Iustice; and al they
trowid þat she had be a knite. And þe Iuge Enquerid 


Treatises of fistula in ano : haemorrhoids, and clysters / by John Arderne 
NOTES.

te and unripe, so they want colour. The stone laid whole to the forehead stays the bleeding at the
nose. You may dissolve it in juice of Lemons or Spirit of Vinegar and so use it; drunk in wine it
helps against the stinging of scorpions. You may a 


John Arderne was an English surgeon who lived during the 1300's in England, and his prescription
of lemons proves, at the very least, that they were known in medicinal circles in England, even if
they do not appear in Middle English cookery books.


William de Grandfort


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