...finger* are not alike cleane. Hereupon I mvaelf thought good to imitate the Italian fashion by this forked cutting of meate, not only while I was in Italy, but also in Oennaoy, and oftentimes in England since I came home; being once quipped for that frequent using of...

...OF THE AMERICAN ART CALLERIES Candelabra. George II. .1757 fashion by this forked cutting of meat, not only while I was in Italy but also in Germany and oftentimes in England since I came here." We are so accustomed to the use of the fork that it is odd to think that in Queen Elizabeth's...

...firgen are not alike eleane. Hereupon I myfelle thought good to i:nita;e the Italtn.i fafhion by this forked cutting of meate, not only while I was in Italy, but allo in Germany, and oftentimes in England fmce 1 came home, being ence quipped for that frequent ufing...

...I myself thought good to imitate the Italian fashion by this forked cutting of meat, not only when I was in Italy, but also in Germany, and oftentimes...home: being once quipped for that frequent using of my fork, by a certain learned gentleman, a familiar friend of mine, one Mr. Laurence Whitaker, who in...

...fingers are not alike cleane. Hereupon I myself thought good to imitate the Italian fashion by this forked cutting of meate, not only while I was in Italy but also in Germany and often times in England since I came home.64 The earliest known surviving fork in England, marked by...

...clean. Hereupon I myself thought good to imitate the Italian fashion by this forked cutting of meat, not only while I was in Italy, but also in Germany,...home; being once quipped for that frequent using of my fork by a certain learned Gentleman, a familiar friend of mine, one M Lawrence Whitaker, who in his...

...imitate the Italian fashion by this forked cutting of meate.' And he adds, with great naivete, 'I was once quipped for that frequent using of my forke, by a certain learned gentleman, a familiar friend of mind, one Mr. Lawrence Whitaker, who, in his merry humour, doubted...

...fingers are not alike cleane. Hereupon I myself thought to imitate the Italian fashion by this forke cutting of meate, not only while I was in Italy, but...Germany, and often-times in England since I came home. Thomas Coryate, Coryatd Crudities, 1611 The modern table setting is attributed to Charles I of England...

...Christendome' (p. 90), for example, enabled Coryate to turn himself into table talk on his return: 'being once quipped for that frequent using of my forke, by a certaine learned Gentleman, a familiar friend of mine, one M. Laurence Whitaker, who in his merry humour...

...cleano. Hereupon, I myself thought good to imitate the Italian fashion by this forked cutting of meato, not only while I was in Italy, but also in Germany...that frequent using of my forke by a certain learned gentleman, a familiar friend offline, one M. Lawrence Whitaker, who, in his merry humour, doubted not...