This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1842 edition. Excerpt: ...away his horse, and constrayned him to goe a foote, positiuely concluding his carkasse was so puft up with gluttonie or idlenes. If wee had such horse-takers amongst vs, and that surfetswolne churles, who now ride on their foot-cloathes, might bee constrayned to carrie their flesh budgets from place to ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1842 edition. Excerpt: ...away his horse, and constrayned him to goe a foote, positiuely concluding his carkasse was so puft up with gluttonie or idlenes. If wee had such horse-takers amongst vs, and that surfetswolne churles, who now ride on their foot-cloathes, might bee constrayned to carrie their flesh budgets from place to place on foote, the price of veluet and cloath would fall with their bellies, and the Gentle Craft alias the red herrings kinsmen) get more, and drinke lesse. Plenus venter nil agit libenter, et plures gula occidit quam gladius. It is as desperate a peece of seruice to sleep vpon a full stomacke, as it is to serue in face of the bullet: a man is but his breath, and that may as wel be stopt by putting too much in his mouth at once, as running on the mouth of the cannon. That is verified of vs, which Horace writes of an outragious cater in his time. Quicquid quczsierat ventri donabat aiaro, Whatsoeuer he could rap or rend, he confiscated to his couetous gut. Nay, we are such flesh-eating Saracens, that chast fish may not content us, but we delight in the murder of innocent mutton, in the vnpluming of pulterie, and quartering of calues and oxen. It is horrible and detestable, no Godly fishmonger that can digest it. Report (which our moderners clepe flundring fame) puts mee in me morie of a notable iest I heard long agoe of Doctor A rare wittie i lest of Doctor Watson, verie conducible to the reproofe of these fleshly-Watson's. minded Belials. He being at supper, on a fasting or Or rather fish night at least, with a great number of his friends cause all they r and acquaintance, there chanced to be in the companie TM'nd n an outlandish doctor, who, when all other fell to such victuals (agreeing to the time) as were before them, he ouerslipt them;..
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