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A Christmas bankette garnyshed with many pleasaunt and deynty disshes, newely prepared by Theodore Basille
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Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.
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1542
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A Christmas bankette garnyshed with many pleasaunt and deynty disshes newely prepared by Theodore Basille Luce. 14. ¶ Blessed is he that eatethe breade in the kyngdome of God ¶ To the ryghte honorable Syr Thomas Neuelle Knyghte Theodore Basille wyssheth long lyfe coÌ„tinual helth and prosperous felicite ✚ I feare vnlesse some men wyll accuse me of temerite rasshnes seynge y e so boldly I dare offer to youre ryghte honorable maystershyp thys lytle lucubracion worke which I made now of late entitled a Christmasse bancket in asmuche as I haue ben so seldoâ—e in your coÌ„pany haue not attempted nor proued at any tyme perfectly by mutuall confabulacion howe youre mynde is affected towarde me To thys I answere that I syttynge at your table before syx monethes past where it pleased you very benignely to talke with me perceyued in youre maystershyp at that tyme as at all other so great humanite comite geÌ„tlenes affabilite towarde al men y t it hath syns that tyme greatly animated and encouraged me to excogitate inuent somewhat y t I myght dedicate to your name trustyng by this meanes that your beneuolence toward me should not only be encresed but also made consumate perfecte Whyle I sought diligently an argumeÌ„nt fytte worthy youre benignite among all other it came to my remeÌ„brauÌ„ce that this tyme of y e yeare men vse customabâ—ye to make feastes banckettes and there vnto for to cal theyr freÌ„des louers neighbours Whan I considered this maner custome it dyd so much please me seyng that mutual loue is mayntained therby that hereof I toke an occasion also to make a Christmasse bancket For I thought although I were poore not of habilite to make such a feast or baÌ„cket as the custome requireth yet I woulde accordyng to that kynde of rytches which God hath indued me prepare some bancket call vnto it not twenty or forty but euen so many as wyll come y e all men myght coÌ„mende Baâ—ille hauynge no house of his owne for hys housholde kepynge large mayntenaÌ„ce of hospitalite And for asmuch as ther shall not want vniuersalâ—y which shal make feastes for the body at this tyme I thoughte it beste to make my bancket a bancket for the soule y t men hauynge theyr bodyes fedde of other might also haue theyr soules fed at my hande I haue therfore prepared a Bancket not such a bancket as the meate wherof perissheth corruptethe and commethe to nought but that abideth into euerlastyng lyfe And because it maye be a Christmasse bancket in dede worthy wherat Christ should be present I haue garnysshed it with many delicious pleasaunt deynte yea heauenly dysshes of the moost holy scriptures So that whosoeuer eateth of this bancket shall fynde in it muche confortable noryshmeÌ„t for his soule be occasioned therby I doubt not to geue God hertye thankes whiche hath vouchedsafe of his deuyne clemency vnmesurable goodnes frely to call him to his celestiall baÌ„cket Woulde God that by this my baÌ„cket makynge I might excyte moue other to vse like coÌ„municacioÌ„ at their table as they shall fynd here or at y e leesâ—e that they woulde enterlase in some parte of theyr repast theyr talke with suche honest godly wordes as they shall here read vtterlye reiecte cast awaye all fylthy and vncleane coÌ„municacion all iestynge raylyng all blaspheming cursing So shoulde they haue Christe more present wyth them at theyr feastes than many haue nowe a dayes at whose table such kynde of talke is vsed as may iustly seme not to be worthy of God his soÌ„ne Iesus but of Bacchus and Uenus These be no Christmasse banckettes but Christlesse dyuellysh bankettes They be no feastes fytte for christen men but for Gentiles Ethuyckes God banysshe once this great absurdite froÌ„ y e tables of theÌ„ that professe Christe Nowe in as muche as at the begynnyng of a newe yeare the vniuersaâ—â— custome is to gyue giâ—tes one to another wherby the proteste theyr mutuall good wyll loue fauour I because I wyll not seme to be estraunged from this poynte of humanitie do here hubly offer to your right honorable maystershyp this my Christmasse baÌ„cket for a new yeares gyft most iÌ„staÌ„tly desyriÌ„g you fauourably to accept it as y e gyfte of him which wyssheth to you from God y e father longe lyfe continuall â—elth prosperous felicite Hereafter God prosperyng me in my studies directyng my pen in the trauaile of his word I truste to coÌ„pyle vnto the glory of God the iÌ„mortalite of your name other workes no lesse godly profitable to the reders In y e meane season that god whose blessed word you must intiâ—rly fauoure and followe mought preserue in safe estate your good maistershyp to the anauÌ„cemeÌ„t of his glory the great quietnes of vs all in this countre by executyng on your behalfe accordyng to your ofâ—yce coÌ„mitted worthelye vnto you by thâ— kynges moost gracious hyghnes suche iustyce equitie in youre iudgementes as shal maye turne to the vtter expulsion of all vyce the hygh promocion furtherauÌ„ce of al vertu In the trauayle wherof that LORDE mought assist you by whom kyng sraygne y â— makers of lawes â—â—scerne righteous thiÌ„ges by whom also as Salomon sayeth Prynces beare rule the heade officers gyue iudgement accordynge to iustyce AMEN The Christmasse Banckette ¶ Philemon the maker of the BaÌ„ckette Theophyle Eusebius and Christopher the gestes PHILEMON I Thinke it very lâ—ng vntyl my nâ—ighbours whoÌ„ I haue biddeÌ„ to this my Christmasse BaÌ„cket do come For I woulde be gladde that before we fede our hungrye bodies we should sustayne and fede also our hungry soules whâ—che do no lesse hunger for y â— word of God beyng the only norysshemeÌ„t therof â–ª than y â— bodies do for corporal meate as Christ wytnesseth I man sayeth he shall not lyue wyth bread alone but w t euery worde y t procedeth oute of the mouth of God Therfore that it myght be a Christmasse Bancket in dede that is to saye suche a feast as wherby Christ maye be glorified our soules no lesse refresshed thaÌ„ y â— bodies I desyre very much to se my neyghbours here shortely that fyrâ—t we maye taste as it is coueniente ryght of the celestiall table â—f Gods worde of the coÌ„solacion of oure soules helth and afterward refresh our mortal bodies with such alementes and noryshynges as we haue receyued this daye of Gods great liberalite And beholde I praye you where they come Brothers neyghbours welcome vnto me THEO Brother Philemon we thanke you hertelye EVSE We are come hyther this daye to put you both to payne and cofte PHIL. I pray you thynke not so it is to me neyther payne nor cost but rather conforte and pleasure to se you thus freÌ„dly coÌ„e visite your neighbour And I thanke you righte hertely that ye haue not disdayened to come