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The satire 'Lisle des Hermaphrodites' by Thomas Artus was published in Cologne 1724. It refers to 'Les autre serviettes qui estoient a l'entour de la table estoient desguisees en plusieurs fortes de fruicts and d'oyseaux: and comme je m'amusois a considerer cette industrie (non sans admiration de la perte du temps que l'on faifoit a l'exercice d'une chose si vaine) ...' (The other serviettes which were around the table were disguised as many kinds of fruits and birds: and I amused myself considering this industry (not without admiration for the waste of time spent doing such a vain thing) ...'

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