Excerpt from A Collection of Ordinances and Regulations for the Government of the Royal Household, Made in Divers Reigns From King Edward III. To King William and Queen Mary: Also Receipts in Ancient Cookery Splendour and magnificence are the confequent accompaniments upon dignified flations; but even in thefe the cufioms of different times had great prevalence. We are told by a learned Writer $19, that it was the manner of the Normans in particular to affect fplendour. The Kings of England of that race, he fays, were exceeding pompous. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.