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measure. Having arrived at the house there is one, or several cooks according to the passage, or they send to fetch the provisions, to whom is charged to the pound of beef, veal, & mutton, the poultry & all kinds of game according to the time & the season, & the price written on a board attached in front of the shop, without them daring to take a farthing beyond what is ordered, the Centurion visiting them often, who would be responsible for their wrong doing in his own & private name if it were lacking beyond his charge. As for bread, there are also bakers who sell it at weight according to the price. As for the wine, anyone can sell it, having been tasted beforehand by the Centenier or his lieutenant & the price affixed to the barrels in front of the house on a tablet & for the penalty of the said Centenier he takes one sol per poinsou[1] & the fines of the offenders. So that everyone can spend & save as he wishes. This order thus established cuts off the way to the disorderly and debauched players, who finding all such things in the inns are invited their disordered appetites to eat all their by means there. Also, it is expressly forbidden on pain of the whip, to only lodge strangers and passers-by against the bad custom of many Princes, who E 2 |
| 1. Poinsou: "also, a wine-vessell, containting, in most places, 216 Parisien Pints." [Cotgrave] |
