To Coller Venison.
TAke your Venison and cut it fit to be Collered, or to put into your Pot, it being something deep, and slender, so that you may make about three Collers of a large side, or hanch; season your Venison (being larded before) with Pepper, a little Cloves, Mace, Nutmeg, and as much salt as will turn your spices grayish; then roul up your Collers, put them into your Pot, put butter thereunto, so cover over your Pot with some course paste made a purpose; this will ask four or five hours baking; draw them out of the Oven, and let them stand until they are cold, then may you take off your lid, and take out your Venison whole, pour away your gravie, and make clean your Pot, put a little clarified butter in the bottom thereof, then put your Coller in again, and fill it up with Clarified butter, so put on your lid, with a sheet of brown papertyed over it; this way shall you keep Venison a twelvemoneth. In a great feast you may break three of your Pots to pieces, then take out your Venison whole, being con∣gealed, rowed with butter, set your three Collers upon a great dish, and plate; then stick all your butter round about with bay-leaves, and a branch of bayes on the top of each Coller; in your Common dyet one is enough for a dish, but you must break your Pot, otherwise your butter will not come forth whole with it; you must also dip your