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There’s a lovely set of Cheese and Sweetmeat Trenchers at the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery Cheese and Sweetmeat Trenchers at the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery. It’s a set of 8 (four missing) with a box. It’s double-belt, center-posey set, as described previously. The posies are couplets like those on the set at the Royal Ontario Museum in Canada, see below the cut for modernized spellings. 1) In Godly tread, run well your race and from the poor turn not your face.
2) In wedlock twice you shall be bound, A shrew at last shall you confound.
3) In worldly wealth set not your mind But seek the Lord, you shall him find.
4) Let wisdom rule well all your ways: And set your mind, your lord to please.
5) My son, of pride look you beware; To serve the lord set all your care.
6) Of worldly goods you shall have in store; Be thankful to the Lord therefor.
7) Spare not to speak where you are bent: You shall well sped and not repent.
8) Trust not this world, you woeful person; But let your death be in your sight.
9) Your foes much grief to you have wrought: And your destruction have they sought.
10) Your heavy (haughty?) mind does cause you smart; And makes you sleep with care-full heart.
11) Your love that you to one has lent; In labor lost your time was spent.
12) Your youth in folly you have spent; Defer not now for to repent.