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Archmlogi* Attic*. Lib. S.Cap.J^, 2pp
CAP. IV.
De Cibo & Pottt.
THE Greeks ( they say ) in ancient times, as well as o>
tber people, were contented with Marts and Acornes:
for their bread at least, is not sor their Meat. And there were
/2«A(«?;jrq, people employed os purpofe to gather them. There &£n%
Was nocerealefolum , in those daies,no seareos mensas confu*
mlmtu. Twas enough sor the luxury osWrdaies, to make
pamceas mtnfa , tables or trenchers of bread. In allusion Co
the use os this food * *A. Gellitu saies that the Romans made t. y, c. 6.
their civiea corona of Oaken bonghes, quoniam cibtu vitlu{q} an.
tiqulffimm qatrnm capi [olititt fit. In remembrance of their oaks»
diet. After mart, they lookt lower and found better food in
barly. For that kind os come was the asitft in ufe. Asterward,., Attcmidor.
when sine Whear, and teeth came up, it was made a punifh>l. i. t.i *.
rrtent to ufe it, as b Suetonius faies, decimatai bordeo paw.b lnAug.c.iq.
Their way of ufingcornearjjr/? , before that mills came np
(it ixChoi, said to besirft invented by Myitis ) was to roft it in
hot embers.or to parch it upon the hearth: and then pinfere to
bent it, and knead it into hard lumps or loaves. Thofe that did Serv-ai
this, the Romans called pinfores, which afterwards came to pi- *' „
Jlores, hierj. We read of >^>p parched(lusse among the Ifrae- * ™'c' *7°
iites too,even there where we read of flower,and fo it was not '2 '
for need that they ufed it. In time it came to varieties .• and
I alfo might say a great deale concerning them; aslikewiseof
their ufuall difhes at feafts, both of fisii and flesh. But you
may have enough in tsithen&m with little psine,and lefle pro-
fit. Only I desire to obferve one thing, that of all the parts
of a beast , the braine might by no roeanes be seen upon
stable. For they loathed to eat it, as much is iTythago-
nan could to eat a bsane: and thought that none but he
that had loft his sences, would osser to devoure chat, from
P p a which
CAP. IV.
De Cibo & Pottt.
THE Greeks ( they say ) in ancient times, as well as o>
tber people, were contented with Marts and Acornes:
for their bread at least, is not sor their Meat. And there were
/2«A(«?;jrq, people employed os purpofe to gather them. There &£n%
Was nocerealefolum , in those daies,no seareos mensas confu*
mlmtu. Twas enough sor the luxury osWrdaies, to make
pamceas mtnfa , tables or trenchers of bread. In allusion Co
the use os this food * *A. Gellitu saies that the Romans made t. y, c. 6.
their civiea corona of Oaken bonghes, quoniam cibtu vitlu{q} an.
tiqulffimm qatrnm capi [olititt fit. In remembrance of their oaks»
diet. After mart, they lookt lower and found better food in
barly. For that kind os come was the asitft in ufe. Asterward,., Attcmidor.
when sine Whear, and teeth came up, it was made a punifh>l. i. t.i *.
rrtent to ufe it, as b Suetonius faies, decimatai bordeo paw.b lnAug.c.iq.
Their way of ufingcornearjjr/? , before that mills came np
(it ixChoi, said to besirft invented by Myitis ) was to roft it in
hot embers.or to parch it upon the hearth: and then pinfere to
bent it, and knead it into hard lumps or loaves. Thofe that did Serv-ai
this, the Romans called pinfores, which afterwards came to pi- *' „
Jlores, hierj. We read of >^>p parched(lusse among the Ifrae- * ™'c' *7°
iites too,even there where we read of flower,and fo it was not '2 '
for need that they ufed it. In time it came to varieties .• and
I alfo might say a great deale concerning them; aslikewiseof
their ufuall difhes at feafts, both of fisii and flesh. But you
may have enough in tsithen&m with little psine,and lefle pro-
fit. Only I desire to obferve one thing, that of all the parts
of a beast , the braine might by no roeanes be seen upon
stable. For they loathed to eat it, as much is iTythago-
nan could to eat a bsane: and thought that none but he
that had loft his sences, would osser to devoure chat, from
P p a which