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OF GLUTTONY
lates and preachers, and the books before them the Sacred Writings. The armed knight is a good Christian armed with virtues. The other knight rides the horse of Justice, wearing the cloak of Mercy, and the cap of Faith. The extended rod is an equal distribution of right—et sic de cæteris.
TALE XCVIII.
OF GLUTTONY AND DRUNKENNESS.
Cesarius, (122) speaking of the detestable vices of gluttony and drunkenness, says, that the throat is the most intemperate and seductive part of the whole body. Its daughters are uncleanness, buffoonery, foolish joy, loquaciousness, and dulness. It has five grades of sin. The first is, to enquire for high-seasoned and delicate food; the second, to dress it cu-
