[4] Here are some of the lesser offices: Infirmarer, Porter, Refectioner, Hospitaller, Chamberlain, Keeper of the Granary, Master of the Common House, Orcharder, Operarius, Registrar, Auditor, Secretary, Butler, Keeper of Baskets, Keeper of the Larder, Baker, Brewer, Carpenter, Carver, Sculptor, Bookbinder, Copyist, Conveyancer, etc.
[5] “King Richard II.”
[6] See Lacroix, Les Arts au Moyen Age, for a sensible résumé of the whole question.
[7] The chine is always considered the nicest part of the pork, either roasted or boiled, and is monstrous fine eating when the Norfolk Turkies are in season.
[8] The tail of a little roasted pig is a nice morsel.
[9] Porkey was the Sow’s name.
[10] Patty is an abbreviation of the Christian name Martha. Patty contains five letters—Martha has six.
[11] A baker’s dozen is thirteen.
[12] Stye is the name of a place where hogs, pigs, and sows are usually kept.
[13] China is a great place in the Eastern world, where I have never been in. But I have cups and saucers, and tea, and a mandarin, and two fire screens that were actually made there.