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			 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. 
		
 
	
			 A woman asked a coachman, "Are you full inside?" Upon which Lamb 
put his head through the window and read more 
	 A woman asked a coachman, "Are you full inside?" Upon which Lamb 
put his head through the window and said, "I am quite full 
inside; that last piece of pudding at Mr. Gillman's did the 
business for me." 
		
 
	
			 Bread is the staff of life.  
	 Bread is the staff of life. 
		
 
	
			 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.] 
		
 
	
			 All sorrows are good (or are less) with bread.
 [Sp., Todos los duelos con pan son buenos (or son read more 
	 All sorrows are good (or are less) with bread.
 [Sp., Todos los duelos con pan son buenos (or son menos).] 
		
 
	
			 Your supper is like the Hidalgo's dinner; very little meat, and a 
great deal of tablecloth.  
	 Your supper is like the Hidalgo's dinner; very little meat, and a 
great deal of tablecloth. 
		
 
	
			 A cherefull looke makes a dish a feast.
 [A cheerful look makes a dish a feast.]  
	 A cherefull looke makes a dish a feast.
 [A cheerful look makes a dish a feast.] 
		
 
	
			 Their best and most wholesome feeding is upon one dish and no 
more and the same plaine and simple: read more 
	 Their best and most wholesome feeding is upon one dish and no 
more and the same plaine and simple: for surely this hudling of 
many meats one upon another of divers tastes is pestiferous. But 
sundrie sauces are more dangerous than that. 
		
 
	
			 Ratons and myse and soche smale dere
 That was his mete that vii. yere.  
	 Ratons and myse and soche smale dere
 That was his mete that vii. yere.