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XXV. A Dissertation on the Crane, as a Dish served up at great Tables in England. By the Reverend Mr. Pegge

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2012

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It appears from Horace, Epod. ii. that the ancients used the Crane as a viand; and what may seem more extraordinary, and even new to many people, our ancestors in this island formerly on great occasions, and in splendid entertainments, often served up the Crane as a sumptuous dish. I shall here produce some instances of this, and, as I imagine, enough to put the matter beyond all dispute.

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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1773

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page 171 note [a] Baron. I. p. 109.

page 171 note [b] Hall, Chron. fol. CLXV.

page 171 note [c] Harl. MS. N° 6807. fol. 50.

page 172 note [d] Gent. Magazine, 1768, p. 259.

page 172 note [e] Strype's Memoirs of Cranmer, p. 452.

page 172 note [f] P. 185.

page 172 note [g] P. 90.

page 172 note [h] I never saw this “book of kervying,” but imagine the Crane must be mentioned in the body of it.

page 172 note [i] See also Leland's Collectanea, VI. p. 2. or Mr. Pennant's Append, to Brit. Zool. p. 495. also Mr. Drake's Eboracum, p. 144.

page 173 note [k] Batteley, loc. cit.

page 173 note [l] Pennant, p. 135. 140. Mr. Barrington, Obs. on the Statutes, p. 407.

page 173 note [m] Horat. Epod. ii.

page 173 note [n] II. p. 490. where there is a good print of this fowl.

page 174 note [o] Vol. II. p. 288.

page 175 note [p] Drake's Eborac. p. 444.