Sorrel, rochet, beet-root, leeks, and greens,

All go together, with a pound of benzoin,

And mustard ditto, that compels the tears

From out the eyes of those that have to mix it.


“If men are short-lived now, the reason’s plain:

They put death into their stomachs, and so

Of indigestion and bad cookery die.

Their sauces but to think of, makes me shudder;

Yet men will eat what asses would not bend to.