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Compare 1587 edition: 1 For if temperancie be the nouriſher of al ver|tue, then muſte the contrarie, that is to ſay in|temperancie, be the bringer forth and prouoker of all vice.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 If it might therfore pleaſe the kings highneſſe to ſhewe his accuſtomed wiſedome and proui|dence in repreſſing this abuſe of coſtly fare, ſo much damageable to his people, he ſhoulde do the thing that was meritorious before God, and no leſſe profitable & neceſſary for the publike weale of all his ſubiects.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 By theſe and many other the like perſwaſions, Biſhop Wardlaw vſed to diſſwade the king and his people from all ſuperfluous courſes of delicate diſhes and ſurfetting bankets.Order taken for ſuppreſsing of coſtly Fare. Inſomuch that euen then there was order taken, that fewer dy|ſhes and more ſpare dyet ſhould be vſed through the Realme,Vſe of baked meates in Scot|land when it began. licencing Gentlemen only and that on feſtiuall dayes, to be ſerued with Pies, the vſe of them not being knowne in Scotland tyll that ſeaſon.

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