WRIGHT - An account of his excellence - 1688 copia

ì>*t ^TT* H IS large Table, having ( as is faid ) thefe A adornmenst in the middle* had between them, and the Napkins (which were alfo moll artificially folded ) two Rows of Afliets, or In- termeHes, on either fide, fill'd with all forts of relilbing bits, whether fait, fvveet, or foure ; as Pickles, Butter, flices of delicate Bacon, Bolog- na-Sauciges, Taratufoli, Compofts, &c. all which, ftood in the abovefaid Order, for two whole days, ( according to the Roman way) that every ones curiofity might have fomefhare in the Entertainment : And truly, the Concourfe was fo infinite, that the Palace had bin certainly fack't the fecond day, had not his Excellence forefeen the danger, and therefore, provided a Company of Swiflers, for all the Gates and •7 Avenues. J As for thè Feaft it felf ( which began about one ) it confifted of twenty four Imperial Dimes, to every Mefs, òr eight Perfons ; and thefe the Italians call Imperial, by reafon of the large- • 1 . ., . ne,fs