“Yielding more wholesome food than all the messes
That now taste-curious wanton plenty dresses.”

— Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas

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)

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French writer 1544–1590

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