The Spanish Bawd (Calisto and Meliboea) (Celestina) · chunk 111 of 205
Mabbe, James / Rojas, Fernando de · published 1631 · first performed or written 1631 (Annals) tragicomedy; literary play unassigned nearest T44 Drinking: wine, ale and taverns · 461 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T44: drink, wine, numps, ale, butler, pot, sing, moy, drunk, win.
No, first sit you down (my son) for here is room enough for us all; let every one take their place, as they like, and sit next her whom he loves best: as for me, who am a sole woman, I will sit me down here by this jar of wine, and this good goblet. For I can live no longer, than while I talk with one of these two. Ever since that I was grown in years, I know no better office at board, than to fall a skinking, and to furnish the Table with pots and flagons: For he that handles honey, shall feel it still clinging to his fingers. Besides, in a cold winter's night, you cannot have a better warmng-pan. For, when I toss off two of these little pots, when I am e'en ready to go into my bed, why, I feel not a jot of cold all the night long. With this, I fur all my clothes at Christmas: This warms my blood; This keeps me still in one estate; This makes me merry, where'er I go; This makes me look fresh, and ruddy, as a Rose. Let me still have store of this in my house, and a fig for a dear year, it shall never hurt me: for one crust of Mouse-eaten bread will serve me three whole days; This drives away all care and sorrow from the heart, better than either Gold or Coral; This gives force to a young man, and vigour to an old man; It adds colour to the discoloured; courage to the coward; diligence to the slothful; it comforteth the brain; it expels cold from the stomach; it takes away the stinkingness of the breath; it makes cold constitutions, to be potent and active: it makes husbandmen endure the toil of tillage; it makes your painful and weary mowers to sweat out all their waterish ill humours; it remedies Rheums; and cures the toothache. This may you keep long at Sea without stinking; so can you not water: I could tell you more properties of this wholesome liquour, than all of you have hairs on your head. So that I know not the man, whom it doth not delight to hear it but mentioned, the very name of it is so pleasing: only, it has but this one fault: That that which is good, costs us dear; and that which is bad, does us hurt; So that what maketh the Liver sound, the same maketh the purse light; but for all this, I will be sure to seek after the best; for that little which I drink, which is only some dozen times a meal. Which number, I never pass, unless now, when I am feasted, or so.
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Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
No, first sit you downe (my sonne) for heere is roome enough for vs all; let euery one take their place, as they like, and sit next her whom he loues best: as for me, who am a sole woman, I will sit me down heere by this Iar of wine, and this good goblet. For I can liue no longer, then while I talke with one of these two. Euer since that I was growne in yeeres, I know no better office at boord, then to fall a skinking, and to furnish the Table with pots and flagons: For he that handles hony, shall feele it still linging to his fingers. Besides, in a cold winters night, you cannot haue a better warming-panne. For, when I tosse off two of these little pots, when I am e'en ready to goe into my bed, why, I feele not a iot of cold all the night long. With this, I furre all my clothes at Christmas: This warmes my blood; This keepes me still in one estate; This makes mee merry, where-e're I goe; This makes me looke fresh, and ruddy, as a Rose. Let me still haue store of this in my house, and a figge for a deare yeere, it shall neuer hurt mee: for one crust of Mouse-eaten bread will serue me three whole dayes; This driues away all care and sorrow from the heart, better then either Gold or Corall; This giues force to a young man, and vigour to an old man; It addes colour to the discoloured; courage to the coward; diligence to the slothfull; it comforteth the braine; it expels cold from the stomacke; it takes away the stinkingnesse of the breath; it makes cold constitutions, to be potent and actiue: it makes husbandmen endure the toyle of tillage; it makes your painefull and weary mowers to sweat out all their watrish ill humours; it remedies Rheumes; and cures the tooth-ache. This may you keepe long at Sea without stinking; so can you not water: I could tell you more properties of this wholsome liquor, than all of you haue hayres on your head. So that I know not the man, whom it doth not delight to heare it but mentioned, the very name of it is so pleasing: onely, it has but this one fault: That that which is good, costs vs deare; and that which is bad, does vs hurt; So that what maketh the Liuer sound, the same maketh the purse light; but for all this, I will be sure to seeke after the best; for that little which I drinke, which is onely some dozen times a meale. Which number, I neuer passe, vnlesse now, when I am feasted, or so.