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The Queer, the Quaint and the Quizzical

Gluttony of the Monks.

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The monks of St. Swithin made formal complaint to Henry II. because the Abbot deprived them of three dishes out of thirteen at every meal. The monks of Canterbury had seventeen rich and savory dishes every day.

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