Scop. Take away those things; change the round and square plates, and lay the second table (dessert). For no one is anywhere further stretching forth his hand to the dishes.
Crit. I have eaten so heartily from the beginning that I have quite lost all further appetite.
Dem. I also have no more appetite, but I was led on by the desire of the fruit dishes here, and so have eaten to satiety.
Pol. I have eaten I don’t know how much fish. This has repulsed all my appetite.
Sim. And is there so much of splendid dainties and delicacies before us when there is no longer the desire of eating? Pears, apples, and cheese of many kinds! The most attractive to my palate is the horse-cheese.
Crit. I believe that it is not horse-cheese at all, but Phrygian cheese from asses’ milk, such as is brought from Sicily in the form of columns and squares. When one is broken, it cleaves into layers or, as it were, sheets (of paper).
Dem. This cheese is porous as if it were from England, and will not in my opinion be pleasing to you.
Crit. Nor will this spongy Dutch cheese. This from Parma is thicker and, as it seems, fairly fresh, and that Penasellian (Spanish) will easily vie with it.
Dem. This cheese is not from Parma but Placentia.
Crit. It also is pleasant. Commonly the cheese dearest to the Germans is old cheese, putrid, fried up and wormy.