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130 History of the Kingdom to sleep in the morning. This is the way and manner in which they are led and handled by their tutors. Of their drink and food. CHAP. V. There is a great Provider, who has food prepared in ten places for every thousand people, having for each Academician, the sum of one hundred pounds per year, for the expense of providing tablecloths, napkins, bread, wine, fruits and salads, he gives a forth of soup, two pounds of good beef and mutton with a starter, a salad and a fruit dish, bread as much as they want, and a pint of wine, mixed with half water, and if it is a Prince or the son of a King, he must live as the same. It is true that according to the times they are sometimes given veal, kid, lamb and chickens in the same portion. Because there are no pastry chefs, tavern keepers, or other kinds of rogues, gluttons and corrupters of the youth. |