Crossword-Solution: SEWE 4 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 7

Take white of Lekes and slyt hem, and do hem to seeþ in wyne, oile and salt, rost brede and lay in dysshes and the sewe above and serue it forth.

Take Pykes and undo hem on þe wombes [2] and waisshe hem clene and lay hem on a roost Irne [3] þenne take gode wyne and powdour gynger & sugur good wone [4] & salt, and boile it in an erthen panne & messe forth þe pyke & lay the sewe onoward.

The kynge, markynge well the wysedom and dexterytee of the gentylman, and conceyuyng a fauoure towarde hym, sayd: Wel, nowe shal you thanke me twyse: for you shall haue the offyce that you sewe for: and than, castynge hys eyes vpon hys Chauncelloure, commaunded hym, that all suche wrytynges as concerned [t]hys sayd offyce, shoulde wyth al speede bee made oute, that he were at home agayne to ouerloke hys famyly.

For riche persouns louen mor now Flesch-liking mor þan þ'e soule prow [_i.e._ profit]; þei wene to sewe cristis trace [_i.e._ follow His track] Wiþ hunting and w't þ'e deer chace; Þei fedin hir flesch wiþ good mete Þ't lewid folk hem tilen and gete; Þei lyuen on lewid folkis traueyle And nouht to hem þei auayle.

There was a “sewe” for 4d.; twenty plaice for all the house, twenty small pike, a quarter and a half of roach, and fresh herrings.