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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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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
thyrste more but the water which is gyuen hym shall be made in hym a well of water spryngynge vp into euerlastynge lyfe THEO Uerye godlye forsothâ— Youre dysshes also wante not speche PHIL. They reherse y e sayenge of christ in y e gos of IohnÌ„ Verely verely I saye vnto you excepte ye eate the flesâ—he of y e sonne of maÌ„ drinke his bloude ye haue no lyfe in you But he that eateth my flesshe drinketh my bloud hath eternall lyfe I wyll rayse hym vp at the last day For my flesshe is very meat and my bloud very drynke he that eteth my flesshe drinketh my bloud he dwelleth in me and I in him This puttethe vs in remembraunce when we eate oure meate of the breakynge of Christes moost blessed body and the sheddiÌ„g of his moost precious bloud by the remembrauÌ„ce of it y e beleuyng of the same our soules at that very present are no lâ—sse fed susteyned than oure bodyes are wyth the meate y t is brought vnto vs in these dysshes And this remembraunce of christes death maketh vs to be thaÌ„kfull vnto God the father to endeuour oure selues to lyue worthy his inestimable kyndnes in all poyntes to do oure diligence y â— God maye dwel in vs by his spiryte we iÌ„ him thorowe that fayth which worketh by charite EVSE Here is euery â—hiÌ„ge so godly pleasant y t it ouercoÌ„mech al prayse But seynge y t we haue begun to demaund of you these questions coÌ„cerning y e scriptures in your house we wyll go forth so to do tâ—usting y â— ye would not be greued with vs for so doynge PHIL. Brother Eusebius I am not only not greued w t you but also very gladde that these my deuices haue in ony poynte pleased youre mynde EVSE I praye you what is it that your chayres stooles haue carued on theÌ„ PHIL. A sayenge of Christe in the Reuelacion of Iohn To him that ouercoÌ„meth wyl I grauÌ„te to syt w t me in my throne CHRI A very swete sayenge But what meane you by this PHIL. It it not â—nknowen to you I am sure howe confortable a thyng it is for a wery body to syt to haue a restyng place CHRI Trueth what than PHIL. Certes it is a thousand tymes more coÌ„fortable to haue a place wheâ— body and soule after so many great daungerous conflictes in this miserable worlde maye quietly reste Therfore haue I written this teâ—tâ— on my chayres stooles to putte me myne in remembrance that yf we wyl fynd rest after this life we must seriously not dally but fyght w t Satan our enemy We may neuer giue place to the world the dyuel nor the flesshe but maynly resyst theÌ„ beyng clothed w t the armature of God and neuer leaue vntyll we haue gotten the victory of them all So shall we rest in the kyngedome of God or els not For the Scripture sayeth To hiÌ„ y t ouercoÌ„meth wyl I grauÌ„t to syt w t me â— my throne THEO What scripture I praye you haue ye wrytten here ouer your lauer PHIL. The sayenge of Esaye Be ye wasshed be ye cleane take awaye the euell of your thoughtes from my eies Here so oft as we wasshe our handes we are moued to remeÌ„ber with oure selues yf ony malyce or hate be in our hertes towarde our neyghbour If ther be ony at all we suffer not the Sonne to fall downe vpoÌ„ our anger but accordynge to Christes precepte we go streyght and reconcyle our selues to such as with whoÌ„e we are at debate or they with vs. Moreouer yf there be ony other vncleanesse or notable vyce in vs we streight put it aware oute of our hertes by true vnfayned repentauÌ„ce not only banysshe the vice from vs but also embrace y e vertue contrarye vnto the vyce as the scripture sayeth Declyne from euell do good I gayne cease to do euâ—ll and learne to do good By this meanes hath synne no dominion in vs but vertue very muche EVSE I woulde wysshe soner to come into this house theÌ„ into any place eyther of Emperour or kynge I count him to dwell in a fortunate yle y t dwelleth in a house so adourned garnisshed with the moost odiferous redolent swete smellynge floures of the holy scriptures THEO It semeth vnto me also that youre vyrginalles speake although no man playeth on theÌ„ PHIL. They saye thus The eye hath not sene nor the eare hathe not hearde neyther hath it entred into the harte of man that God hath prepared for theÌ„ that loue hym It maketh that though the sound of y t instrument which is but vayne and fedeth y e eare for a lytle whyle semeth pleasaunte ioyefull to the hearers for the tyme yet is that nothyng in coÌ„parison of the celestiall melodye heauenly ioye that God hath prepared for theÌ„ that loue hym Therefore are we here admonysshed not to delyghte in fantasticall instrumentes the pleasure wher of is more vayne than the smoke but in that melodye ioye whiche is perpetuall neuer decayeth so to institute our lyfe y t we maye be partakers of that vnspekable pleasaunce ioye CHRI The longer I behold the partes of youre house the more I am moued to meruayle seyng so rare spectacles ful of all vertue godlynes Your postes also salute your gestes so farre as I can perceyue PHIL. They expresse this sentence of S. Paule the teÌ„ple of God is holy which you are This putteth vs in remeÌ„braunce in what sâ—euer parte of the house we go that we should so kepe oure hertes cleane from the infeccion of mortal synne that God in them by his holy spirite myght dwel perpetuaâ—ly EVSE I praye you what two great tables haue you hangynge there openly PHIL. This is the table of the. xâ—commaundementes which teachethe vs what we oughte to do what to erchew The other is a table also whiche contayneth in it the offyces of al degrees and estates It teacheth vs whatte we owe to oure mooste noble Prince to oure parentes to al superioures In this table euery man from the hyghest degre to the lowest may lerne his offyce duety Therfore are these two tables redde euery daye openlye in my house my wife chyldreÌ„ w t al my seruauntes beyng called therunto geuynge atteÌ„daÌ„ce diligently to the readyng of y e same If any of my houshold transgresse any percel of gods law he is brought streight waye to these tables and by them is his faut declared vnto hâ—m So that here by he taketh an occasion to amende his lyfe to be y e more circumspecte ware that he falleth not agayne into y t synne afterward This is y e order of my house Other correccion thaÌ„ this vse I none Yet not w tstandyng I thanke my LORD God all do theyr duety so well that I caÌ„ not wysshe it to be done better THEO