24 28 32 36 A rich ffatt vserer stewed in his Marrowe, greene sawce,2 & by him a lawyers head in 1 both which his belly tooke in Like a barrowe Then, Carbonadoed 5 & cooket 6 with paynes,7 Tow roasted sherriffes came whole to the borde,- The next 14 dish was a Maior of a towne, with a pudding of Maintenance 15 [thrust 16] in his bellye, like a goose in his 17 fethers drest in his gowne, & his couple 18 of hinch boyes 19 boyled to 20 Iellye. 1 and.-W. 2 See the Recipes for "Pur verde sawce," in Liber Cure Cocorum, p. 27, & "Vert Sause (herbs, bread-crumbs, vinegar, pepper, ginger, &c.), in Household Ordinances, p. 441. "Grene sawce is good with grene fische." John Russell's Boke of Nurture, Sawce for Fische.-F. 3 till.-P. 4 sauce.-W. Souse means pickle.-F. 5 Carbonado, meat broil'd on the Coals. Phillips. And see Markham's Housewife.-F. a stewed Usurer, a carbonadoed Serjeant's face, 2 roast Sheriff's a Mayor, 2 boiled Pages, 15 Cap of Maintenance, one of the Regalia, or Ornaments of State, belonging to the King of England, before whom it is carry'd at the Coronation, and other great solemnities. Caps of Maintenance also are carry'd before the Mayors of several Cities of England. Phillips.-F. 16 thrust.-P. 17 the.-P. 18 An has been altered into Ρ in the MS.-F. See 19 i. e. pages.-P. A hench-man or hench-boy, page d'honneur qui marche devant quelque Seigneur de grande authorité. Sherwood (in Cotgrave). Mr. Way's note', Promptorium, p. 293, and Household Ordinances as there referred to. Henchman or Heinsmen, a German Word signifying a Household-Servant; and formerly taken amongst us for a Page of Honour or Footman. Phillips.-F. 20 to a.-W. came hot.-P. A London Cuckold hott from the spitt: but 2 when the Carver vpp had broke 3 him, the devill chopt up his head att a bitt, [him. but the hornes were verry neere like to haue choakt1 The chine of a leacher too there was roasted, A long 6 ffatt pasty of a Midwiffe hot: & for a cold baket meat 7 into the storye, a reuerend painted Lady was brought, had beene confined in crust till 9 shee was hooary. To these an ouer worne1o justice of peace, With a clarke like a gisarne 11 trust vnder eche arme; & warrants for sippitts laid in his owne grace,' 12 Sett ore 13 a chaffing dish to be kept warme. 15 14 Then broyled and broacht on a buchers pricke, this bitt had almost made his devillshipp sicke, "ffor harke," quoth hee, "how his bellye rumbles!" 2 and.-P. 3 Termes of a Keruer. Breke that dere," (Wynkyn de Worde's Boke of Keruyng): the right name therefore for a horned biped.-F. 4 to choake. 5 plunpe in MS.-F. 7 meat pie.-F. large.--W. 8 And.-W. 9 until shee.-P. 10 overgrown.-W. "1 gizzard.-P. Gyserne (of fowles) idem quod Garbage supra: Garbage of fowls (or gyserne infra), Entera, vel enteria, vel exta. Promptorium, p. 194, p. 186. Gisie, m. the gyserne of birds. Cotgrave.-F. 12 grease.-P. 13 over.-W. 14 W. omits this stanza and the next one.-F. 15 i.e. rosted.-F. 16 Humbles. The humbles of a deer are the Liver, &c.-P. "Noumbles of a dere, or beest, entrailles. Palsgrave. Præcordia, the numbles, as the hart, the splene, the lunges, and lyver. Elyot. Skinner writes the word the 'humbles' of a stag, and rightly considers it as derived from umbilicus." Way in Promptorium, p. 360, note.-F. Gybelet, idem quod Garbage (see note", above). Gybelet of fowlys. Profectum. Promptorium.-F. 64 68 72 76 80 The Iowle of a Taylor was1 serued for a ffish, 4 with a dryed deputye & a sowcet 5 constable." 7 These gott him soe feirce a stomacke againe, he called for the victualls were drest for his and they brought him vp an alepotrida,9 Wherin were 10 mingled courtier,11 clowne, Countess,14 servant, Ladyes,14 woman, Lord & visher, groome 2 Aldermen lobsters. The Devil asks for more food. They give him an Olla Podrida of Bank rupts, Lawyers, Ladies, Chambermaids, &c. He eats it all, asks for some Derby ale, and drinks it up. Then from the table hee gaue a start, where banquett & wine were nothing scarce; all which hee blew away with a ffartt, from wence itt was called the Devills arse. 2And there he made such a breach with the winde, And this was tobbacco, the learned suppose, which both 7 in countrye, court and towne,8 in the devills glister pipe smokes att the nose of punke9 & Madam, gallant 10 & clowne; 13 ffrom which wicked perfume, swines flesh,11 and linge, 12 or any thing else he 14 doth 15 not loue, preserue & send our gracious king 16 such meate as he loues, I beseeche god aboue! 13 slirted.-Folio ed. 2 W. omits these last three stanzas.-F. 3 too. - Folio. Scent of the Vapour which he left.-P. 5 That the sent of the vapour, before and.-Folio. fouly perfumed.-Folio. 7 since.-Folio. 8 in Court and in towne.-P. 9 Pollcat.-Folio. 10 of Gallant.-Folio. 11 Cp. the 2nd Gipsy's speech, p. 51 of Masques, in the Folio edition of 1640: Where the Cacklers, but no Grunters, Shall uncas'd be for the Hunters. On which Gifford, vii. 372, says: "a side compliment to the King, who hated pork in all its varieties."-F. 12 Lota molva (Cuvier) or Gadus molva (Linnæus). The ling, Asellus longus: ffins. Way. Leenge, fysche, Lucius marinus: Promptorium. Norse laanga, Dan. lange, Du. linge, lenge, a kind of codfish: Wedgwood.-F. 13-13 Or any thing else thats feast for the Fiend: Our Captaine, and wee, cry God save the King, And send him good meate, and mirth without end.-p. 72 of Masques, Folio ed. 1640. 14 It should seem to mean James I. whose aversion to Tobacco is well known, as also to Pork-being a Scotchman.-P. 15 which he doth.-P. 16 James I.'s Counterblast to Tobacco was first printed in folio, as the King's work, in 1616. Harris says there was an earlier edition in quarto, without name or date.-F. The Mode of ffrance. [Page 193 of MS.] WILL you heare the Mode of france to stopp the mouthe of those that done you1? neatly Leade them in a dance, because wee are behind in mony. If your Lanlord chance to call I'll tell you the French way to put off duns: your Landlord, |