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:Tim[.] Insooth yo<sup>r</sup> loue & company more deere | :Tim[.] Insooth yo<sup>r</sup> loue & company more deere | ||
:Wee estimate then glutting belly cheere | :Wee estimate then glutting belly cheere | ||
:Eus. And well rememberd, | :Eus. And well rememberd, further I request | ||
:::that euery man would bring w<sup>th</sup> him a ffreind | :::that euery man would bring w<sup>th</sup> him a ffreind | ||
::the mo<re>, the Merryer and then mirth is best. | ::the mo<re>, the Merryer and then mirth is best. |
Revision as of 15:05, 11 February 2011
(The following transcription is based on G. R. Proudfoot's in his Malone Society edition of "Five Dramatic Fragments," 62-64)
Fol.1b
Folger X.d.390, fol.1b. Reproduced by permission
of the Folger Shakespeare Library.
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- Tim[.] Insooth yor loue & company more deere
- Wee estimate then glutting belly cheere
- Eus. And well rememberd, further I request
- that euery man would bring wth him a ffreind
- the mo<re>, the Merryer and then mirth is best.
- yet may excesse or <bi>tternes offend
- ending in enmitie and humours wyld
- all wch from vs be euer far exilde.
- Tim. Amen. Eus. But being foure, wthout excuses
- bring foure & make the number of the Muses.
- Tim. nay that must lye in you. Eus. But one thing more
- (at wch I hope, not any will repine)
- see that of sawce you bring sufficient store
- Ile fynd you onely meate wth bread & wyne
- Tim. What sorts of sawce, I pray you should wee bring!
- peppar! or sugar? or what other thing?
- Eus. O you are wyde; no seasoning stuffe is meete
- but such a sawce as better doth disgest
- being more proffitable & more sweet, . . . . . . . . . . . . [Description of]
- for euery kynd of meat still seruing best . . . . . . . . the best sawce
- requiring no incumbrance nor expence
- but moderate walking & due abstinence.
- Tim. By this description, Hunger you implye.
- Eus. yea thats the sawce I wish you to prepare
- cheifly in case where inuitations tye
- yor stomachs, as myne doth to homely fare
- least by yor feeding in too sparing wise
- yor Host conceiue his vyands you despize.
- Tim. To gloz<i>ng Parasites & Epicures
- that reckon Gurmundizing highest blisse
- or those whome vitling specially allures
- this yor aduise (I graunt) were not amisse.
- But he in basenes doth exceed a Beast
- who more then freindship doth respect a ffeast.
- Eus. yet Amitie wth Acts of Hospitalitie
- fitly accords in euery generous Host
- As wealth wth honor, howbeit ffrugaliti<e>
- ought allwayes to be Ruler of the Rost
- But breifly none more <kindly> sh<all> receiue <y>ou
- how ere yor dyet proue, & so I <l>eaue you. /