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 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? 
I wished your venison better--it was ill killed.
I wished your venison better--it was ill killed.
 Though we eat little flesh and drink no wine,
 Yet let's be merry; we'll have tea and toast;
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 Though we eat little flesh and drink no wine,
 Yet let's be merry; we'll have tea and toast;
  Custards for supper, and an endless host
   Of syllabubs and jellies and mince-pies,
    And other such ladylike luxuries. 
God never sendeth mouth but he sendeth meat.
God never sendeth mouth but he sendeth meat.
 I will make an end of my dinner--there's pippins and seese to 
come.  
 I will make an end of my dinner--there's pippins and seese to 
come. 
 Annius has some two hundred tables, and servants for every table. 
Dishes run hither and thither, and plates fly read more 
 Annius has some two hundred tables, and servants for every table. 
Dishes run hither and thither, and plates fly about. Such 
entertainments as these keep to yourselves, ye pompous; I am ill 
pleased with a supper that walks. 
 He that keeps not crust nor crum
 Weary of all, shall want some.  
 He that keeps not crust nor crum
 Weary of all, shall want some. 
 Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat 
and drink that they may live.  
 Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat 
and drink that they may live. 
 He hath eaten me out of house and home; he hath put all of my 
substance into that fat read more 
 He hath eaten me out of house and home; he hath put all of my 
substance into that fat belly of his.