esent Age.

From that Time the _English_ became so famous for
Puddings, that they are call'd Pudding-Eaters all over
the World, to this Day.

At her Demise, her Son was taken into Favour, and made
the King's chief Cook; and so great was his Fame for
Puddings, that he was call'd _Jack Pudding_ all over
the Kingdom, tho' in Truth, his real Name was _John
Brand_, as by the Records of the Kitchen you will
find: This _John Brand_, or _Jack-Pudding_, call him
which you please, the _French_ have it _Jean Boudin_,
for his Fame had reached _France_, whose King would
have given the World to have had our _Jack_ for his
Pudding-Maker. This _Jack Pudding_, I say, became yet
a greater Favourite than his Mother, insomuch that he
had the King's Ear as well as his Mouth at Command;
for the King, you must know, was a mighty Lover of
Pudding; and _Jack_ fitted him to a Hair, he knew how
to make the most of a Pudding; no Pudding came amiss
to him, he would make a Pudding out of a Flint-stone,
comparatively speaking. It is needless to enumerate
the many sorts of Pudding he made, such as Plain
Pudding, Plumb Pudding, Marrow Pudding, Oatmeal
Pudding, Carrot Pudding, Saucesage Pudding, Bread
Pudding, Flower Pudding, Suet Pudding, and in short,
every Pudding but Quaking Pudding, which was solely
invented by, and took its Name from our Good Friends
of the _Bull and Mouth_ before mentioned,
notwithstanding the many Pretenders to that
Projection.

But what rais'd our Hero most in the Esteem of this
Pudding-eating Monarch, was his Second Edition of
Pudding, he being the first that ever invented the Art
of Broiling Puddings, which he did to such Perfection,
and so much to the King's likeing, (who had a mortal
Aversion to Cold Pudding,) that he thereupon
instituted him Knight of the Gridiron, and gave him a
Gridiron of Gold, the Ensign of that Order, which he
always wore as a Mark of his Sovereign's Favour; in
short, _Jack Pudding_, or Sir _John_, grew to be all
in all with good King _John_; he did nothing without
him, they were Finger and Glove; and, if we may
believe Tradition, our very good Friend had no small
Hand in the _Magna Charta_. If so, how much are all
_Englishmen_ indebted to him? in what Repute ought the
Order of the Gridiron to be, which was instituted to
do Honour to this Wonderful Man? But alas! how soon is
Merit forgot? how impudently do the Vulgar turn the
most serious Things into Ridicule, and mock the most
solemn T