“Yielding more wholesome food than all the messes
That now taste-curious wanton plenty dresses.”
Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas
(1544–1590) French writer
Second Week, First Day, Part i. Compare: "Herbs, and other country messes, Which the neat-handed Phillis dresses", John Milton, L'Allegro, line 85.
La Seconde Semaine (1584)
