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First come, first served.
First come, first served.
 When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the 
fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.  
 When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the 
fragments that remain, that nothing be lost. 
 What baron or squire
 Or knight of the shire
  Lives half so well as a holy friar.  
 What baron or squire
 Or knight of the shire
  Lives half so well as a holy friar. 
 When I demanded of my friend what viands he preferred,
 He quoth, "A large cold bottle, and a small read more 
 When I demanded of my friend what viands he preferred,
 He quoth, "A large cold bottle, and a small hot bird!" 
 Man is a carnivorous production,
 And must have meals, at least one meal a day;
  He cannot read more 
 Man is a carnivorous production,
 And must have meals, at least one meal a day;
  He cannot live, like woodcocks, upon suction,
   But, like the shark and tiger, must have prey;
    Although his anatomical construction
     Bears vegetables, in a grumbling way,
      Your laboring people think beyond all question,
       Beef, veal, and mutton better for digestion. 
Ye diners out from whom we guard our spoons.
Ye diners out from whom we guard our spoons.
 Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.
 [Lat., Nemini fidas, nisi cum quo prius multos read more 
 Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.
 [Lat., Nemini fidas, nisi cum quo prius multos modios salis 
absumpseris.] 
 Free livers on a small scale; who are prodigal within the compass 
of a guinea.  
 Free livers on a small scale; who are prodigal within the compass 
of a guinea.