...very strange. I expected musique, but there was none but only trumpets and drums, which displeased me. The dinner, it seems, is made by the Mayor and two Sheriffs for the time being, the Lord Mayor paying one half, nnd they the other. And the whole, Proby says, is reckoned to come...

...very strange. I expected musique, but there was none but only trumpets and drums, which displeased me. The dinner, it seems, is made by the mayor and two sheriffs for the time being, the Lord Mayor paying one half, and they the other. And the whole, Proby says, is reckoned to come...

...but it wiis very unpleasing," he adds, " that we had no napkins nor change of trenchers, and drunk out of earthen pitchers and wooden dishes. The dinner, it seems, is made by the mayor and the two s hoi il!'.-: for the time being ; and the whole is reckoned to come to 7 cu/. or 1.4(4. at...

...drunk out of earthen pitchers und wooden dishet. The dinner, it seen», a made by the mayor and the two sheriffs for the time being ; and the whole is reckoned to come to 700/. or turn/, at most." The visitor ale with his fingers, and wiped them when he had done on the napkin laid...

...diunk out of earthen pitchers and wooden dishes. Tlie dinner, it seems, is made by tha major and the two sheriffs for the time being ; and the whole is reckoned to come to 7002. or 8001. at moit." The visitor ate with his fingers, and wiped them when he had done on the napkin...

...very strange. I expected musique, but there was none but only trumpets and drums, which displeased me. The dinner, it seems, is made by the Mayor and two Sheriffs for the time being, the Lord Mayor paying one half, and 1 This beverage was taken in France as a morning draught. — Southey's...

...convinced them there was no cheat, by making the stones rattle in his stomach. But, nous avons change tout cela, and not only changed in taste but improved...the time being, and the whole is reckoned to come to £100 or £800 at most." Pepys took his spoon and fork with him, as was the custom of those days with...

...Privy Council, that had napkins or knices, which was very strange. I sat at the merchant-stranger's table, where ten good dishes to a mess, with plenty...entertainments. "Forks" came in with Tom Coryat, in the reigu of James I. ; but they were not " familiar " till after the Restoration. The " laying of napkins,"...

...very strange. I expected musique, but there was none but only trumpets and drums, which displeased me. The dinner, it seems, is made by the Mayor and two Sheriffs for the time being, the Lord Mayor paying one half, and ' Thin beverage was taken in France as a morning draught. — Sonthey'!...

...strange. I expected musique, but there was none, but only trumpets and drums, which displeased me. The dinner, it seems, is made by the mayor and two sheriffs for the time being, the mayor paying one-half, and they the other. And the whole, says Proby, is reckoned to come to about...