messes

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“Wee must work hard both earlie, and late for a messe of water gruel and a mouthful of bread, and beife,” he wrote them.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

Here is the grand messe going on, the Swiss being seen afar off, standing with his halbert under the great arch, while between, down to the door, are the crowded congregation and the convenient chairs.

From A Day's Tour A Journey through France and Belgium by Calais, Tournay, Orchies, Douai, Arras, Béthune, Lille, Comines, Ypres, Hazebrouck, Berg by Fitzgerald, Percy Hethrington

I met little bands of peasants hurrying to church, and I reached the village of Savennes just before the grand messe.

From Two Summers in Guyenne by Barker, Edward Harrison

Supper, a messe of pottage, a piece of mutton and a reward from the kitchen.

From English Costume by Calthrop, Dion Clayton