(For the Mirror.)
In the court room of Salters' Hall there appears, framed and glazed, the following "Bill of fare for fifty people of the Company of Salters, A.D. 1506."
| s. | d. | ||
| Thirty-six chickens | 4 | 5 | |
| One swan and four geese | 7 | 0 | |
| Nine rabbits | 1 | 4 | |
| Two rumps of beef tails | 0 | 2 | |
| Six quails | 1 | 6 | |
| Two oz. of pepper | 0 | 2 | |
| Two oz. of cloves and mace | 0 | 4 | |
| One and a half oz. of saffron | 0 | 6 | |
| Eight lbs. of sugar | 0 | 8 | |
| Two lbs. of raisins | 0 | 4 | |
| One lb. of dates | 0 | 4 | |
| One and a half lb. of comfits | 0 | 2 | |
| Half a hundred eggs | 0 | 2½ | |
| Four gallons of curds | 0 | 4 | |
| One ditto gooseberries | 0 | 2 | |
| Bread for the company | 1 | 1 | |
| One kilderkin of ale | 2 | 3 | |
| Herbs | 1 | 0 | |
| Two dishes of butter | 0 | 4 | |
| Four breasts of veal | 1 | 5 | |
| Brawn | 0 | 6 | |
| Quarter load of coals | 0 | 4 | |
| Faggots | 0 | 2 | |
| Three and a half gallons of Gascoigne wine | 2 | 4 | |
| One bottle of Muscovadine | 0 | 8 | |
| Cherries and tarts | 0 | 8 | |
| Verjuice and vinegar | 0 | 2 | |
| Paid the cook | 3 | 4 | |
| Perfume | 0 | 2 | |
| One bushel and a half of meal | 0 | 8 | |
| Water | 0 | 3 | |
| Garnishing the vessels | 0 | 3 | |
| Total of feast for 50 people | £1 | 13 | 2½ |
CURIOS.
THE SELECTOR;
AND
LITERARY NOTICES OF
NEW WORKS.
VIDOCQ. (Concluded.)
We have a vulgar book called Frauds of London laid open, and Vidocq's fourth volume will serve for Paris, since he defines the nomenclature—nay the very craft of thieves with great minuteness: thus—
The Chevaliers Grimpants.