Note 869 — Chapter III · LANGUAGE AS THE BASIS OF SOCIAL INTERCOURSE.
S. G. C. (Samuel George Chetwynd) Middlemore translation
Luigi Cornaro complains about 1550 (at the beginning of his Trattato della Vita Sobria) that latterly Spanish ceremonies and compliments, Lutheranism and gluttony had been gaining ground in Italy. With moderation in respect to the entertainment offered to guests, the freedom and ease of social intercourse disappeared.