Keywords: FamHis050.png Roger Bacon's servant with a black pudding he was deceived for having put one end in his mouth he could neither get it out againe nor bite it off so that hee stamped out for helpe his maister hearing him came; and finding him in that manner tooke hold of the other end of the pudding and led him into the hall and shewed him to all the schollers saying see here my good friends and fellow students what a devout man my servant Miles is he loveth not to break a fast day witnesse this pudding that his conscience will not let him swallow I will have him to be an example to you all then tyed hee him to a window by the end of the pudding where poore Miles stood like a beare tyed by the nose to a stake and indured many floutes and mockes p 50 1904 https //archive org/details/famoushistoirieo00thom Early English Prose Romances III Fryer Bacon Edinburgh Otto Schulz Co https //archive org/stream/famoushistoirieo00thom page/50/mode/2up p 50 a reprinting of William Thoms's 1828 edition of an English prose romance available in manuscript by 1555 and first printed in 1627 Anonymous William Thoms editor other versions PD-1996 PD-1923 PD-EU-no author disclosure LlywelynII Harold Nelson Historiated initials Decorative letters Monks in art Black pudding Sausages in art F as an initial The Famous Historie of Fryer Bacon Gluttony Uploaded with UploadWizard |