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Elizabeth, queen of king Henry VII. was crowned A. 1487, and the messes at the dinner, in two courses, are registered in the late edition of Leland's Collectenea, A. 1770,[1] and we have profited thereby.

The Lenten Inthronization-feast of archbishop William Warham, A. 1504,[2] given us at large by Mr. Hearne,[3] has been also consulted.

There is a large catalogue of viands in Rabelais, lib. iv. cap. 59. 60. And the English translation of Mr. Ozell affording little information, I had recourse to the French original, but not to much more advantage.

There is also a Royal Feast at the wedding of the earl of Devonshire, in the Harleian Misc. Nº 279, and it has not been neglected.

Randle Holme, in his multifarious Academy of Armory, has an alphabet of terms and dishes;[4] but though I have pressed him into the service, he has not contributed much as to the more difficult points.

The Antiquarian Repertory, vol. II. p. 211, exhibits an entertainment of the mayor of Rocheseter, A. 1460; but there is little to be learned from thence. The present work was printed before Nº 31 of the Antiquarian Repertory, wherein some ancient recipes in Cookery are published, came to the Editor's hand.

  1. ↑ Vol. IV. p. 226.
  2. ↑ See first paragraph before.
  3. ↑ Leland's Collect. VI. p. 16.
  4. ↑ Holme, Acad. of Armory, III. p. 81.

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