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Show Monarch Fond of Puddings. "Bluff King Hal," otherwise Henry VIII. of England, was exceedingly fond of puddings. At one tlmo ho gave a certain Mistress Cornwallis a house in Aldgato, for herself and her heirs forever, "In reward of fine puddings." In King Henry VIII.'s private accounts occur again and again entries of his rewards to different differ-ent housewives for bringing him puddings. pud-dings. A typical Instanco runs thus: "Item. Tho same day paid o the wife that made tho king podlngs at Hampton Hamp-ton corto, vis. vlljd." This would bo about ?1.75, but Its value fas much greater when tho entry was made. This lovo for "lino puddings" explains much In the familiar rotund figure of King Hal. |