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Marry, he must have a long spoon that must eat with the devil.
Marry, he must have a long spoon that must eat with the devil.
 "Pray take them, Sir,--Enough's a Feast;
 Eat some, and pocket up the rest."  
 "Pray take them, Sir,--Enough's a Feast;
 Eat some, and pocket up the rest." 
 See, how the liver is swollen larger than a fat goose! In 
amazement you will exclaim: Where could this read more 
 See, how the liver is swollen larger than a fat goose! In 
amazement you will exclaim: Where could this possibly grow? 
 He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter 
in a lordly dish.  
 He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter 
in a lordly dish. 
 The master of art or giver of wit,
 Their belly.  
 The master of art or giver of wit,
 Their belly. 
 Yet shall you have to rectify your palate,
 An olive, capers, or some better salad
  Ushering the read more 
 Yet shall you have to rectify your palate,
 An olive, capers, or some better salad
  Ushering the mutton; with a short-legged hen,
   If we can get her, full of eggs, and then,
    Limons, and wine for sauce: to these a coney
     Is not to be despaired of for our money;
      And though fowl now be scarce, yet there are clerks,
       The sky not falling, think we may have larks. 
Digestive cheese, and fruit there sure will be.
Digestive cheese, and fruit there sure will be.
 You praise, in three hundred verses, Sabellus, the baths of 
Ponticus, who gives such excellent dinners. You wish to read more 
 You praise, in three hundred verses, Sabellus, the baths of 
Ponticus, who gives such excellent dinners. You wish to dine, 
Sabellus, not to bathe. 
Better halfe a loafe than no bread.
Better halfe a loafe than no bread.