A historiated initial m featuring a bottle of wine, a goblet, a capon (chicken), and medieval glass window. ". . This man set down his basket that he had on his arme, and gave the woman of the house three or four kisses, which made miles his mouth runne with water to see it: then did hee undoe his basket, and pulled out of it a fat capon ready roasted, and bread, with a bottle of good olde sacke; this gave hee unto her, saying; sweetheart, hearing thy husband was out of towne, i though good to visit thee. . " (p. 78). Date: 1904.
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