Wine, Beer, and Ale Together by the Ears (Wine, Beer, Ale, and Tobacco Contending for Superiority) · chunk 5 of 12
Anonymous · published 1630 · first performed or written 1625 [1624-1626(?)] (Annals) dialogue unassigned nearest T44 Drinking: wine, ale and taverns · 488 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T44: drink, wine, numps, ale, butler, pot, sing, moy, drunk, win.
To wash Boots. Hark you, are you both mad? who hath heat you, that you run over, do you contend for that in justice belongs to another? I tell you Wine and Beer, I do not relish you, I'll tell you a tale: Two spruce hotspur fiery gallants meeting i'th' streets, justled for the wall, drew, would he been fighting: there steps me forth a correcter of soles, an underlaid cobbler, and cries out, Hold, hold your hands Gentlemen, are you so simple to fight for the wall? why the wall's my Landlords. Have you but so much wit as to apply this, you shall never need fence for the matter. Superiority is mine, Ale is the prince of liquours, and you are both my subjects. we thy Subjects? O base Ale. O muddy Ale. Leave your railing, and attend my reasons, I claim your duties to me, for many prerogatives: my antiquity, my riches, my learning, my, strength, my gravity. Antiquity? your first reason's a very small one. Dare any of you deny my antiquity? I say. We must bear with him, 'tis in his Ale. It only pleads for me: who hath not heard of the old Ale of England? Old Ale; oh there 'tis grown to a Proverb, Iones Ale'new. These are trifles, and convince me not. If we should grant your argument, you would gain little by't, go together, I do allow you both a couple of stale companions. Wine, you're very harsh. Let him, my second prerogative is my riches and possessions; for who knows not how many houses I have? Wine and Beer are fain to take up a corner, your ambition goes no further than a Cellar, where the whole house where I am is mine, goes only by my name, is called an Alehouse; but when is either heard, the Wine-house, or the Beerhouse? you cannot pass a street, wherein I have not houses of mine own, besides many that go by other men's names. I confess you have here and there an Alehouse, but whose are all the rest? hath not Beer as much title to them? And yet I have not heard that either of you both have fined for Aldermen, though I confess something has been attempted out of nick and froth. Be ruled by me, Beer and Ale, & aspire no higher than the common-council-houses. Oh impudence, that either of you should talk of houses, when sometimes you are both glad of a tub: d'ee hear Ale? do not you know the man that did the bottle bring? Thou art glad of a Bottle thyself, Wine, sometimes, and so is Beer too, for all he froths now. So, so. My third Prerogative, is my Learning. Learning? If you have the Liberal Sciences, pray be free, and let's hear some. For that, though I could give you demonstration, for brevity's sake I remit you to my books.
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Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
To wash Bootes. Harke you, are you both mad? who hath heat you, that you run ouer, do you contend for that in iustice belongs to another? I tell you Wine and Beere, I do not rellish you, Ile tell you a tale: Two spruce hot-spurre fiery gallants meeting ith streets, iustled for the wall, drew, would he been fighting: there steps mee forth a correcter of soles, an vnderlaid cobler, and cries out, Hold, hold your hands Gentlemen, are you so simple to fight for the wall? why the wall's my Landlords. Haue you but so much wit as to apply this, you shall neuer neede fence for the matter. Superioritie is mine, Ale is the prince of liquors, and you are both my subiects. Wee thy Subiects? O base Ale. O muddy Ale. Leaue your railing, and attend my reasons, I claime your duties to mee, for many prerogatiues: my antiquitie, my riches, my learning, my, strength, my grauitie. Antiquitie? your first reason's a very small one. Dare any of you denie my antiquitie? I say. We must beare with him, tis in his Ale. It onely pleades for mee: who hath not heard of the old Ale of England? Old Ale; oh there tis growne to a Prouerbe, Iones Ale'new. These are trifles, and conuince me not. If wee should grant your argument, you would gaine little by't, goe together, I doe allow you both a couple of stale companions. Wine, you're very harsh. Let him, my second prerogatiue is my riches and possessions; for who knowes not how many howses I haue? Wine and Beere are faine to take vp a corner, your ambition goes no further then a Celler, where the whole house where I am is mine, goes onely by my name, is cald an Alehouse; but when is either heard, the Wine-house, or the Beerehouse? you cannot passe a streete, wherein I haue not houses of mine owne, besides many that goe by other mens names. I confesse you haue here and there an Alehouse, but whose are all the rest? hath not Beere as much title to them? And yet I haue not heard that either of you both haue fin'd for Aldermen, though I confesse something has bin attempted out of nicke and froth. Be rul'd by me, Beere and Ale, & aspire no heigher then the Common-Councell-houses. Oh impudence, that either of you should talke of houses, when sometimes you are both glad of a tub: dee heare Ale? doe not you knowe the man that did the bottle bring? Thou art glad of a Bottle thy selfe, Wine, sometimes, and so is Beere too, for all he froaths now. So, so. My third Prerogatiue, is my Learning. Learning? If you haue the Liberall Sciences, pray be free, and lets heare some. For that, though I could giue you demonstration, for breuities sake I remit you to my bookes.