This is an excerpt from Wel ende edelike spijse
(Dutch, late 15th c. - Christianne Muusers, trans.)
The original source can be found at
Christianne Muusers's website
To make a pepper sauce. Take one quarter of a pound of cinnamon, crushed, one eighth of a pound of ginger, one ounce cloves, 1/2 ounce galanga and three quarters (liquid measure) of vinegar.
Other versions of this recipe:
BLACK PEPPER (Le Menagier de Paris)
Black Pepper [Sauce] (Le Viandier de Taillevent)
Pepper sauce that is genuine (Libro di cucina / Libro per cuoco)
Recipes with similar titles:
To make a good Pepper Sauce (The Neapolitan recipe collection)