| 1. | Rare birds , retaining their most brilliant plumage , enormous fish , spread upon massive silver dishes , together with every wine produced in the archipelago , asia minor , or the cape , sparkling in bottles , whose grotesque shape seemed to give an additional flavor to the draught , - all these , like one of the displays with which apicius of old gratified his guests , passed in review before the eyes of the astonished parisians , who understood that it was possible to expend a thousand louis upon a dinner for ten persons , but only on the condition of eating pearls , like cleopatra , or drinking refined gold , like lorenzo de medici
大银盆里盛着硕大无比的鱼各种珍禽的身上依旧还保留着它们最鲜艳夺目的羽毛，外加各种美酒，有爱琴海出产的，小亚细亚出产的，好望角出产的，都装在奇形怪状的闪闪发光的瓶子里，似乎更增加了酒的香甜纯美。这一切，就象阿辟古斯阿辟古斯是古代罗马奥古斯都时代的美食家。译注招待他宾客时一样，一罗列在了这些巴黎人的面前。 |
