A table full of welcome makes scarce one dainty dish.
 William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors (1623). copy citation

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Author William Shakespeare
Source The Comedy of Errors
Topic welcome dish
Date 1623
Language English
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Note Written around 1594
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“Y'are sad signior Balthazar, pray God our cheer
May answer my good will, and your good welcom here Bal. I hold your dainties cheap sir, & your welcom deer
E.An. Oh signior Balthazar, either at flesh or fish,
A table full of welcome, makes scarce one dainty dish Bal. Good meat sir is co[m]mon that euery churle affords
Anti. And welcome more common, for thats nothing
but words Bal. Small cheere and great welcome, makes a merrie
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