Lyly, John · published 1594 · first performed or written 1591 [1587-1591] (Annals) comedy · Children of Paul's (first) T44 Drinking: wine, ale and taverns typicality 0.72 · 504 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T44: drink, wine, numps, ale, butler, pot, sing, moy, drunk, win.
Fast eating our meat, for we have drunk for to morrow, & to morrow we must eat for today. Away, away, if our masters take us here the matter is marred. Let us every one to his task. How luckily we met on a sudden in a tavern, that drunk not together almost these thirty years. A tavern is the Rendezvous, the Exchange, the staple for good fellows, I have heard my great grandfather tell how his great grandfather should say, that it was an old proverb when his great grandfather was a child, that it was a good wind that blew a man to the wine. The old time was a good time, Ale was an ancient drink, and accounted of our ancestors authentical, Gascone wine was liquour for a Lord, Sack a medicine for the sick, and I may tell you, he that had a cup of red wine to his oysters, was hoisted in the queen's subsidy book. ay but now you see to what looseness this age is grown; our boys carouse sack like double beer, and saith that which doth an old man good, can do a young man no harm: old men (say they) eat pap, why should not children drink sack, their white heads have cozened time out of mind our young years Well, the world is wanton since I knew it first, our boys put as much now in their bellies in an hour, as would clothe their whole bodies in a year, we have paid for their tippling eight shillings, and as I have heard, it was as much as bought Rufus, sometime king of this land, a pair of hose. Is't possible. Nay 'tis true; they say, Ale is out of request, 'tis hogs porridge, broth for beggars, a caudle for constables, watchmen's mouth glue; the better it is the more like bird lime it is; and never makes one stayed but in the stocks. I'll teach my wag-halter to know grapes from barley. And I mine to discern a spigot from a faucet. And I mine, to judge the difference between a black bowl and a silver goblet. And mine shall learn the odds between a stand and a hogshead, yet I cannot choose but laugh to see how my wag answered me, when I stroke him for drinking sack. Why what said he? Master, it is the sovereignest drink in the world, and the safest for all times and weathers, if it thunder, though all the Ale and Beer in the town turn, it will be constant; if it lighten, and that any fire come to it, it is the aptest wine to burn and the most wholesomest when it is burnt. So much for Summer. If it freeze, why it is so hot in operation, that no Ise can congeal it, if it rain, why then he that cannot abide the heat of it, may put in water. So much for winter. And so ran his way, but I'll overtake him.
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Fast eating our meate, for we haue drunke for to morow, & to morow we must eat for to day. Away, away, if our masters take vs here the matter is mard. Let vs euerie one to his taske. How luckily we met on a sodaine in a tauerne, that drunke not together almost these thirtie yeeres. A tauerne is the Randeuous, the Exchange, the staple for good fellowes, I haue heard my great grandfather tell how his great grandfather shoulde saie, that it was an olde prouerbe when his greate grandfather was a childe, that it was a good winde that blew a man to the wine. The olde time was a good time, Ale was an ancient drinke, and accounted of our ancestors autentical, Gascone wine was liquor for a Lord, Sack a medicine for the sicke, and I may tell you, he that had a cup of red wine to his oysters, was hoysted in the Queenes subsidie booke. I but now you see to what loosenes this age is growen▪ our boies carouse sack like double beere, and saith that which doth an old man good, can do a yong man no harme: old men (say they) eat pap, why shoulde not children drinke sacke, their white heads haue cosned time out of mind our yōg yeres Well, the world is wanton since I knew it first, our boyes put as much nowe in their bellies in an houre, as would cloath theyr whole bodies in a yeere, wee haue paide sor their tipling eight shillinges, and as I haue hearde, it was as much as bought Rufus, sometime king of this land, a paire of hose. Ist possible. Nay tis true; they saie, Ale is out of request, tis hogges porredge, broth for beggers, a caudle for cunstables, watchmens mouth glew; the better it is the more like bird lime it is; and neuer makes one staid but in the stockes. Ile teach my wag-halter to know grapes from barley. And I mine to discerne a spigot from a faucet. And I mine, to iudge the difference between a blacke boule and a filuer goblet. And mine shall learne the oddes betweene a stand and a hogs-head, yet I cannot choose but laugh to see how my wag aunswered mee, when I stroke him for drinking sacke. Why what sayd he? Master, it is the soueraigntest drinke in the world, and the safest for all times and weathers, if it thunder, though all the Ale and Beere in the towne turne, it will be constant; if it lighten, and that any fire come to it, it is the aptest wine to burn and the most wholesomest when it is burnt. So much for Summer. If it freeze, why it is so hot in operation, that no Ise can congeale it, if it rayne, why then he that cannot abide the heate of it, may put in water. So much for winter. And so ranne his way, but Ile ouertake him.