The woman was sent for to Court to
make puddings for King John, who then swayed the sceptre; and
gained such favour that she was the making of the whole family.
"From this time the English became so famous for puddings, that
they are called 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
called Jack Pudding all over the kingdom, though in truth his real
name was John Brand. 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. But what
raised our hero 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 liking (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."
CHAPTER IV.
Steele--The Funeral--The Tatler--Contributions of Swift--Of
Addison--Expansive Dresses--"Bodily Wit"--Rustic Obtuseness--Crosses
in Love--Snuff-taking.
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