That same year, the first day of May, our sovereign lord the King Edward IV. was wedded to the Lord Rivers' daughter; her name is Dame Elizabeth that was wife unto Sir John Grey.... And this marriage was kept full secretly long and many a day, that no man knew it; but men marvelled that our sovereign lord was so long without any wife, and were ever feared that he had been not chaste of his living. But on All Hallows' day at Reading there it was known, for there the King kept his common council, and the lords moved him and exhorted him in God's name to be wedded and to live under the law of God and Church, and (that) they would send into some strong land to inquire a queen of good birth according to his dignity. And then our sovereign might no longer hide his marriage, and told them how he had done, and made that the marriage should be opened unto his lords. A DINNER OF FLESH (_circa_ 1465). =Source.=--_The Boke of Nurture_, by John Russell (1460-1470). (Roxburghe Club, 1867.) +The furst Course.+ Furst set for the mustard and brawne of boore, the wild swyne, Such potage as the cooke hathe made of yerbis spice and wyne, Beeff, moton, stewed feysaund, Swan with the Chawdyn,[20] Capoun, pigge, vensoun bake, lech lombard,[21] frutur veaunt[22] fyne. And then a Sotelte: } Maiden mary that holy virgyne, } A Sotelte.[23] And Gabrielle gretynge hur with an Ave } [20] A sauce for swans. [21] A dish of pork, eggs, cloves, currants, dates, and sugar powdered together. [22] Meat fritter. [23] Made of sugar and wax. +The Second Course.+ Two potages, blanger mangere and also Jely For a standard vensoun rost kyd, faun or cony, bustard, stork, crane pecock in hakille ryally,[24] Partriche, wodcock plovere, egret, Rabettes sowkere,[25] Great birds, larks gentille, Creme de mere, dowcettes,[26] payne puff with lech Jely ambere. [24] Sewn in the skin. [25] Sucking rabbits. [26] Sweet cakes. ... A sotelte followynge in fere, the course for to fullfylle, An angelle goodly can appere, And syngynge with a mery chere Unto iij shepperds upon an hille. +The iij Course.+ Creme of almondes and mameny the iij course in coost, Curlew brew, snipes, quayles, sparows, martenettes rost, Perche in gely, Crevise[27] dewe dough, pety perveis[28] with the moost, Quinces bake, leche dugard, Fritter sage, I speke of cost, And soteltees fulle solemn: that lady that conceived by the holygost, him that distroyed the fiends boost, presented plesauntly by the Kynges of Coleyn. After this, delicates mo. Blaunderelle, or pepyns with carawey in confite, Wafers to eat, ypocras[29] to drink with delite. Now this fest is fynysched voyd the table quyte. [27] Cray-fish. [28] Pies. [29] Spiced wine. PRIVATE WARS (+September, 1469+).