Wp/enm/Pigge



A pigge or swin biþ a roddi bee&#383;t þat likeþ to eten and haþ a tail, þe which wrallyth, and a bigge &#383;nowte. Al so hath hit fower leggys wiþ clouyn hoves. Hyt maj ben ful heari, or onli somdel so. Men han pigges for here fle&#383;ch, þe whych is clepid porke, or ham, or bacun yf it be wel yselt. A swin þat is femelle hatte suwe, and þat þat ys male hatte hogge, if he be iprivyd of his &#383;toonys, and bor yf it be nat so.

Wiþ wel aboute seuen hvndred þowsend þousends of piggys aliue, þe pigge biþ among þe mo&#383;t comun beeſtes on þis werld. Pigges taken a wide dyver&#383;ite of matere to mete, for exaumple ok kornes, and neepes, and ani old fode þat men be nat de&#383;irouse to eten.

Þe wilde boare beth a saveage wilde pigge.

A certayn olde forbi&#383;ne umb swyne is þat goþ þus:

"Si &#383;tille suge fret þere grvnninde mete."

Þat is, "Þe &#383;tille suwe freteþ þe grvnnendes mete." Þat techeth þat a man schal lo&#383;en his hertes wille to som oþer, þat chatreþ more þan he werkth.