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A Metrical History of England

Or, Recollections, in Rhyme, Of some of the most prominent Features in our National Chronology, from the Landing of Julius Caesar to the Commencement of the Regency, in 1812. In Two Volumes ... By Thomas Dibdin

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Eating.

“A coke thei hadde with them for the nonce,
“To boil the chikens and the marie-bones,

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“And powder marchaunt, tarte and galengale,
“Well couth he knew a draught of London ale;
“He couth rostè, boilè, grillè, and frie,
“And makè mortries, and well bake a pie;
“For blank manger that made he with the best, &c.”