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That famish'd people must be slowly nurst,
And fed by spoonfuls, else they always burst.
That famish'd people must be slowly nurst,
And fed by spoonfuls, else they always burst.
The master of art or giver of wit,
Their belly.
The master of art or giver of wit,
Their belly.
What say you to a piece of beef and mustard?
What say you to a piece of beef and mustard?
Come, we have a hot venison pasty to dinner.
Come, we have a hot venison pasty to dinner.
Out did the meate, out did the frolick wine.
Out did the meate, out did the frolick wine.
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
The stomach carries the heart, and not the heart the stomach.
[Sp., Tripas llevan corazon, que no corazon tripas.]
The stomach carries the heart, and not the heart the stomach.
[Sp., Tripas llevan corazon, que no corazon tripas.]
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.
The consummate pleasure (in eating) is not in the costly flavour,
but in yourself. Do you seek for sauce read more
The consummate pleasure (in eating) is not in the costly flavour,
but in yourself. Do you seek for sauce for sweating?
