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A Christmas banquet garnished with many pleasant and dainty dishes, newly preparedA Christmas bankette garnyshed with many pleasaunt and deynty disshes, newely prepared
A Christmas banquet garnished with many pleasant and dainty dishes, newly prepared by Theodore BasilA Christmas bankette garnyshed with many pleasaunt and deynty disshes, newely prepared by Theodore Basille
printed for John̄ Gough, 1542printed for Iohn̄ Gough, 1542
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
THEO. Your table also, me think speaketh.
THEO. Your table also, me thynke speketh.
PHIL. Herein is grown the saying of Christ:1 Blessed is he that eat the bread in the kingdom of God. This is to admonish us that we should not have all our pleasure in eating drinking, & banqueting after the manner of the Epicures, but rather desire so to live in this world, that after this life we may be fed in y• joyful kingdom of God by enjoying the most glorious sight of the divine majesty.
PHIL. Herein is growen the sayenge of Christe:1 Blessed is he that eate the bread in the kyngdom of God. This is to admonyshe vs that we shoulde not haue all our pleasure in eatynge drinkynge, & banckettyng after the maner of the Epicures, but rather desyre so to lyue in this worlde, that after this lyfe we maye be fedde in y• ioyefull kyngdome of God by enioyenge the moost glorious syght of the deuine maiesty.
EVSE. What have ye painted over your table?
EVSE. What haue ye paynted ouer your table?