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Trovlrti# dibits utplurimum abjicitur, exuvisqm folum funt 
ufui in faftuojis conviviis, car nib us alt arum avium obtc - 
gendis. 
The Way to drefs the Phaenicopter , and how to make 
a Sawce fit for it, we may read in Apicius * s Bookafc Obfo-~ 
niis & Condiment is, ( h de Arte coquinaria, Lib. VI. c. 7. 
Phcenicopterum elixas lavas, ornas ; includi in cacabum , 
adjicies aquam, [alem & aceti modicum ; dimidi a coflura 
aliigas fafcicttlum porri & coriandri ut coquatur : Prop: 
cocturam defrutum mittis, color as : adjicies in mortarium 
piper , cumin urn, coriar.drurn , laferis radicem, mentham, rutam : 
fricabis : fuffundis acetum : adjicies caryotam. Jus de fuo 
ftbi pcrfundis, reexinanies in eundem cacabum , amilo obligas , » 
jus pcrf undis & inferes. Aliter. Affas av:m, teres piper , li - 
guflicum, apii femen, fefamum , defrutum, petrofelinum, men- 
tham, cepam ficcam, caryotam ; melle, vino, liquamine, ace - 
to, oleo & defruto temperabi f . 
Philoflratus Puniceam Avem, i. e. Thxnicopterum, inter 
ntenfarum delicias numerat, Lib. V III. Vitas A poll. . 
(x) Wormius. Linguam hnjus avis veteribus Romanis in 
deheiis olim juiffe docent capediarum magiflri Apicius (£) alii. 
Dr. Grew. The Tongue of this Bird, as Apicius faid, 
was a delicious Morfel amend the Romans. 
N B. In the Treati!e de Obfoniis & Ccndimentis, that 
goes under the Name of Apicius, there’s no mention 
made of the Tongue of this Fowl: For as Dr. Lifter 
well obferves, Apicius nofler hie filet de lingm pr&cipuo 
f spore : Which is a pretty convincing Proof, that this 
Book de re coquinaria, is only a Collection made by 
Lome modern Reman; the Name of the old Apicius, that 
great Mailer of the Art of Eating, being only prefixed 
to it, for the Benefit of the Bookfeller. 
(x) Mufceum; 
Dampiey 
