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Article ENGLISH DIET IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. ← Page 5 of 5 Article LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. Page 1 of 2 →
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English Diet In The Seventeenth Century.
the best to be eaten ; and being thoroughly sodden , —says Muffett—in oil , salt water , and vinegar , ancl eaten with sauce made of sweet herbs , onions and scallions , they are no bad meat for choleric young men , though for old and phlegmatic persons , they be wholly unprofitable . Doctor Muffett , with a slight notice of the questionable virtue of squirrel ' s flesh , merely allowing the "hinder parts to be indifferent goodfried with parsley ancl butter" next dismisses the claims of asses
, , , foxes , lions , ancl lizards to the honours of the kitchen , nor " will discourse of man ' s flesh , albeit tbe cannibals praise it above all others , ( as Osorino writeth ) ancl Cambletes , king of Lydia having eaten of his own wife , said he was sorry to have been ignorant so long of so good a dish . "
Letters To The Editor.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .
To THE EDITOR . —Sir and Brother , —Although an entire stranger to you , I trust that , as your " Work " is ever open for the insertion of what may tend to the benefit of Freemasonry , or to the credit of those who are ready to lend a helping heart and hand to the cause , I need not apologise for thus trespassing on you . _ Being just returned from London , where , at the express desire of the hi ghly respectable ChapterNo . 2 S 8 of Swansea 1 had for
, , gone up , the purpose of obtaining information and instruction , in the present approved method of working , & c . in the Exalted Degree of Royal Arch Masonry , I feel that I should be wanting in courtesy and gratitude to the individual to whose able instruction I was recommended by some hi ghly respectable Companions of the " Supreme Giand Chapter of England , " were I not to embrace the first leisure moment for thus publicly acknowleding best thanks to Companion George / . arons
g my , of No . 1 , Newcastle Street , Strand , for the very kind , polite , ancl Brotherly attention , in imparting the very valuable information and instruction which I received from him , and which , when communicated to the Companions of my Chapter , cannot but afford them the highest gratification . To those Brethren to whom Brother Aarons is personally known , it must beas it was to mea matter of great interest and astonishment in
, , witnessing the wonderful retentiveness of his memory : as from his being entirely deprived of sight ( which I understand he has been for many years ) the whole of his instruction was given by " oral communication , " and without the assistance of any document whatever . Had time permitted whilst in town , I should have done myself tlie pleasure of personally paying my respects to you ; but I was prevented so doing , by being Obliged to leave sooner than at first contemplated .
However , I had an opportunity of cursorily running over several articles in your interesting " Review" of much merit and ability ; and I flatter myself that I shall be enabled to induce several of the Brethren of our Lodge ancl Companions of the Chapter , to become subscribing members to the same , considering it , as 1 do , a valuable and most interesting work , not only to the scholar and man of science , but particularly to the Craft in general ; and most especially to those who rightly appreciate the value of Freemasonry , as being intimately connected with the
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
English Diet In The Seventeenth Century.
the best to be eaten ; and being thoroughly sodden , —says Muffett—in oil , salt water , and vinegar , ancl eaten with sauce made of sweet herbs , onions and scallions , they are no bad meat for choleric young men , though for old and phlegmatic persons , they be wholly unprofitable . Doctor Muffett , with a slight notice of the questionable virtue of squirrel ' s flesh , merely allowing the "hinder parts to be indifferent goodfried with parsley ancl butter" next dismisses the claims of asses
, , , foxes , lions , ancl lizards to the honours of the kitchen , nor " will discourse of man ' s flesh , albeit tbe cannibals praise it above all others , ( as Osorino writeth ) ancl Cambletes , king of Lydia having eaten of his own wife , said he was sorry to have been ignorant so long of so good a dish . "
Letters To The Editor.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR .
To THE EDITOR . —Sir and Brother , —Although an entire stranger to you , I trust that , as your " Work " is ever open for the insertion of what may tend to the benefit of Freemasonry , or to the credit of those who are ready to lend a helping heart and hand to the cause , I need not apologise for thus trespassing on you . _ Being just returned from London , where , at the express desire of the hi ghly respectable ChapterNo . 2 S 8 of Swansea 1 had for
, , gone up , the purpose of obtaining information and instruction , in the present approved method of working , & c . in the Exalted Degree of Royal Arch Masonry , I feel that I should be wanting in courtesy and gratitude to the individual to whose able instruction I was recommended by some hi ghly respectable Companions of the " Supreme Giand Chapter of England , " were I not to embrace the first leisure moment for thus publicly acknowleding best thanks to Companion George / . arons
g my , of No . 1 , Newcastle Street , Strand , for the very kind , polite , ancl Brotherly attention , in imparting the very valuable information and instruction which I received from him , and which , when communicated to the Companions of my Chapter , cannot but afford them the highest gratification . To those Brethren to whom Brother Aarons is personally known , it must beas it was to mea matter of great interest and astonishment in
, , witnessing the wonderful retentiveness of his memory : as from his being entirely deprived of sight ( which I understand he has been for many years ) the whole of his instruction was given by " oral communication , " and without the assistance of any document whatever . Had time permitted whilst in town , I should have done myself tlie pleasure of personally paying my respects to you ; but I was prevented so doing , by being Obliged to leave sooner than at first contemplated .
However , I had an opportunity of cursorily running over several articles in your interesting " Review" of much merit and ability ; and I flatter myself that I shall be enabled to induce several of the Brethren of our Lodge ancl Companions of the Chapter , to become subscribing members to the same , considering it , as 1 do , a valuable and most interesting work , not only to the scholar and man of science , but particularly to the Craft in general ; and most especially to those who rightly appreciate the value of Freemasonry , as being intimately connected with the