Take well in worth what he hath sent
At thys time be therwith content
Praysinge God!
So treatablie speakynge as possibly thou can,
That the hearers thereof may thee understan,
Grace beynge said, low cursie make thou,
Sayinge “much good may it do you.”
Finally, the following epitaph on a gourmand, written by an unknown poet, seems to sum up the true inwardness of the gastronomic ideal:—
Ci-gît un gourmand insigne
Dont l’exercice le plus digne