Birds Thought Quote by Francine Segan

“THE ELIZABETHANS ATE all sorts of fowl, including quail, crane, heron, buzzards, and pigeons. Partridge, like many of the other birds, was thought to “comforte the brayne and the stomachke, & … augment carnall lust.” quote by Francine Segan — Download Open image

““THE ELIZABETHANS ATE all sorts of fowl, including quail, crane, heron, buzzards, and pigeons. Partridge, like many of the other birds, was thought to “comforte the brayne and the stomachke, & … augment carnall lust.””

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