Close beside me stood my excellent friend Griffiths, the jolly Hosteler, of whom I take the present opportunity of saying a few words, though I dare say he has been frequently described before, and by far better pens.
"The Bible in Spain"
George Borrow
In that country in the good towns is a good custom: for whoso will make a feast to any of his friends, there be certain inns in every good town, and he that will make the feast will say to the Hosteler, array for me to-morrow a good dinner for so many folk, and telleth him the number, and deviseth him the viands; and he saith also, thus much I will dispend and no more.
"The-Travels-of-Sir-John-Mandeville"
Mandeville, John, Sir
And anon the Hosteler arrayeth for him so fair and so well and so honestly, that there shall lack nothing; and it shall be done sooner and with less cost than an a man made it in his own house.
"The-Travels-of-Sir-John-Mandeville"
Mandeville, John, Sir