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fasting dales of Lent ; some places they fasted every day 

 save Sunday; in some other, every day except Saturday 

 and Sunday ; in some other every second day ; and in 

 some, but every week only. For on those other daies in 

 Lent, though they abstained from some meats, yet they did 

 eat their dinner : and then the Antients thought it to be no 

 fasting day. 



i st. Politic reason for keeping Lent 



Because at this time of the yeare is a time of breed, and 

 of the increase of creatures ; and the sparing of the increase 

 by abstinence and slender diet, might cause plenty and 

 store in the common wealth for all the yeare after. 



2nd. A physicall reason 



Which is because at this time of the yeare there is most 

 increase of blood in a man's body; and the heat thereof 

 might breed fevers and hot diseases; but spare diet, 

 especially consisting of fish and herbs and roots will serve to 

 qualify the blood and bring it to a right temper. 



DATE 1610. A.D. 1610. 



"A COLLECTION OF ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS FOR 

 THE GOVERNMENT OF THE HOUSEHOLD ROYAL," 



DIETS FOR THE PRINCE His HIGHNESS UPON A FISH 

 DAY. DINNER (HENRY, A.D. j6io). 



Bread, beere, ale and wine as upon a flesh day ; Chickens 

 (boyled), 4 services ; Mutton (boyled), 2 services ; Veale 

 (boyled), i service; Lambe (boyled), quarter; Shoulder of 

 Mutton (rost), i ; Veale (rost), 2 services ; Legge of 

 Mutton, i ; Capon in greace, i ; Chickens, 5 ; Partridges, 

 2; Lapwings, 3; Larkes, 18; Conyes, 3; Peares, i pye; 

 Custard, i ; Tart, i ; Lyng, i service ; Pyke, i service ; 

 Carpe, i ; Whiteings, i service. 



Diet to the Chamberlain, Treasurer, Comptroller, Steward 

 and Groome of the Stoole upon a fish day. Dinner- 

 Bread, beere and wine as upon a flesh day ; Lyng and 



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