Drinke and vvelcome: or The famous historie of the most part of drinks, in use now in the kingdomes of Great Brittaine and Ireland with an especiall declaration of the potency, vertue, and operation of our English ale. With a description of all sorts of waters, from the ocean sea, to the teares of a woman. As also, the causes of all sorts of weather, faire or foule ... Compiled first in the high Dutch tongue, by the painefull and industrious Huldricke Van Speagle, a grammaticall brewer of Lubeck, and now most learnedly enlarged, amplified, and translated into English prose and verse. By Iohn Taylor.
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             Drinke and vvelcome: or The famous historie of the most part of drinks, in use now in the kingdomes of Great Brittaine and Ireland with an especiall declaration of the potency, vertue, and operation of our English ale. With a description of all sorts of waters, from the ocean sea, to the teares of a woman. As also, the causes of all sorts of weather, faire or foule ... Compiled first in the high Dutch tongue, by the painefull and industrious Huldricke Van Speagle, a grammaticall brewer of Lubeck, and now most learnedly enlarged, amplified, and translated into English prose and verse. By Iohn Taylor.
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           Drinke
           and
           welcome
           :
           OR
           THE
           FAMOVS
           HISTORIE
           of
           the
           most
           part
           of
           Drinks
           ▪
           in
           use
           now
           in
           the
           Kingdomes
           of
           
             Great
             Brittaine
          
           and
           Ireland
           ;
           with
           an
           especiall
           declaration
           of
           the
           potency
           ,
           vertue
           ,
           and
           operation
           of
           our
           English
           ALE.
           
        
         
           With
           a
           description
           of
           all
           sorts
           of
           Waters
           ,
           from
           the
           Ocean
           sea
           ,
           to
           the
           teares
           of
           a
           Woman
           .
        
         
           As
           also
           ,
           The
           causes
           of
           all
           sorts
           of
           weather
           ,
           faire
           or
           soule
           ,
           Sleet
           ,
           Raine
           ,
           Haile
           ,
           Frost
           ,
           Snow
           ,
           Fogges
           ,
           Mists
           ,
           Vapours
           ,
           Clouds
           ,
           Stormes
           ,
           Windes
           ,
           Thunder
           and
           Lightning
           .
        
         
           Compiled
           first
           in
           the
           high
           Dutch
           tongue
           ,
           by
           the
           painefull
           and
           industrious
           
             Hvldricke
             Van
             Speagle
          
           ,
           a
           Grammaticall
           Brewer
           of
           Lubeck
           ,
           and
           now
           most
           Learnedly
           enlarged
           ,
           amplified
           ,
           and
           Translated
           into
           English
           Prose
           and
           Verse
           .
        
         
           By
           
             IOHN
             TAYLOR
          
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           ANNE
           GRIFFIN
           .
           1637.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           THE
           FAMOVS
           HISTORIE
           of
           the
           most
           part
           of
           Drinks
           ,
           in
           use
           now
           in
           the
           Kingdomes
           of
           
             Great
             Brittaine
          
           and
           Ireland
           ;
           with
           an
           especiall
           declaration
           of
           the
           potency
           ,
           vertue
           ,
           and
           operation
           of
           our
           English
           ALE.
           
        
         
           Compiled
           first
           in
           the
           high
           Dutch
           tongue
           ,
           by
           the
           painefull
           and
           industrious
           
             Huldricke
             Van
             Speagle
          
           ,
           a
           Gramaticall
           Brewer
           of
           Lubeck
           ,
           and
           now
           most
           Learnedly
           enlarged
           ,
           amplified
           ,
           and
           Translated
           into
           English.
           
        
         
           By
           
             IOHN
             TAYLOR
          
           .
        
         
           I
           
             Huldrick
             Van
             Speagle
          
           ,
           doe
           ingeniously
           confesse
           my
           boldnesse
           ,
           and
           crave
           pardon
           of
           the
           Brittains
           and
           
             Irish
             Nation
          
           ;
           for
           that
           I
           (
           being
           a
           stranger
           )
           have
           presumed
           to
           write
           of
           such
           Drinkes
           as
           are
           Potable
           in
           their
           Climates
           and
           Countries
           ;
           with
           such
           particularities
           of
           their
           Originals
           and
           vertues
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           by
           experience
           and
           practise
           ,
           with
           my
           collections
           out
           of
           divers
           learned
           Authors
           gathered
           .
           I
           purpose
           not
           to
           insist
           in
           a
           methodicall
           way
           ,
           but
           according
           to
           my
           quality
           in
           a
           plaine
           and
           briefe
           Relation
           .
        
         
         
           It
           is
           not
           unknowne
           to
           men
           of
           any
           reading
           ,
           that
           this
           Iland
           which
           hath
           now
           regaind
           it's
           ancient
           name
           of
           
             Great
             Brittaine
          
           ,
           was
           by
           Brute
           inhabited
           by
           the
           remainders
           of
           some
           scattered
           and
           dispersed
           Trojans
           :
           the
           drinkes
           they
           used
           in
           their
           best
           and
           worst
           of
           fortunes
           after
           their
           plantation
           here
           ,
           are
           observed
           to
           bee
           these
           ;
           
             Syder
             ,
             Perry
             ,
             Metheglin
             ,
             Mead
             ,
             Bragget
             ,
             Pomperkin
             ,
          
           and
           chiefely
           ,
           though
           lastly
           ,
           Ale
           ,
           with
           its
           appendix
           Beere
           .
           Of
           which
           in
           order
           .
        
         
           
             Syder
             .
          
           
             SYder
             (
             whose
             Anagram
             is
             Desyr
             )
             desires
             and
             deserves
             the
             first
             place
             ,
             as
             being
             the
             most
             ancient
             :
             it
             is
             made
             of
             Apples
             ,
             and
             is
             of
             that
             antiquity
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             thought
             by
             some
             to
             have
             beene
             invented
             and
             made
             by
             Eve
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             practised
             by
             Cain
             ,
             who
             by
             the
             making
             of
             it
             in
             the
             time
             of
             his
             vagrancy
             ,
             got
             a
             very
             competent
             estate
             .
             Certainely
             it
             was
             a
             most
             frequent
             and
             usuall
             drinke
             amongst
             the
             Trojans
             ,
             and
             was
             with
             the
             remainder
             of
             that
             Nation
             ,
             first
             brought
             into
             this
             Iland
             :
             It
             is
             called
             
               Syder
               a
               Sydera
            
             ,
             (
             as
             the
             Dictionary
             tels
             me
             )
             of
             the
             Starres
             ,
             whose
             influence
             in
             those
             Heathenish
             times
             was
             much
             invoked
             in
             the
             composure
             of
             that
             most
             excellent
             liquor
             ,
             whereof
             my
             native
             Country
             of
             the
             County
             of
             Glocestershire
             most
             plentifully
             flowes
             ;
             It
             doth
             much
             refrigerate
             and
             qualifie
             the
             inward
             heat
             of
             man
             ,
             it
             is
             also
             very
             purgative
             ,
             and
             cleanseth
             the
             small
             guts
             of
             all
             viscous
             humours
             ,
             and
             is
             much
             meliorated
             by
             the
             addition
             of
             Sugar
             ,
             in
             which
             way
             being
             taken
             the
             poorest
             cottage
             in
             Wales
             that
             affords
             it
             ,
             outvies
             the
             Sollyard
             ,
             and
             the
             men
             of
             that
             Countrey
             may
             without
             blushing
             (
             their
             ordinary
             vertue
             )
             paralell
             it
             with
             the
             glory
             of
             the
             Rhine
             .
          
        
         
           
             Perry
             .
          
           
             PErry
             is
             more
             Aromaticke
             ,
             being
             made
             of
             Peares
             ,
             from
             whence
             it
             seemes
             to
             have
             its
             Appellation
             :
             there
             is
             much
             disagreement
             amongst
             ancient
             and
             moderne
             Writers
             about
             the
             antiquity
             ,
             originall
             ,
             and
             derivation
             of
             the
             name
             of
             it
             ;
             Gorbonus
             the
             Lacedemonian
             sales
             ,
             it
             was
             first
             made
             in
             Syria
             by
             one
             
               Pericles
               .
               Trappoza
            
             (
             a
             most
             learned
             Theban
             )
             ascribes
             it
             to
             one
             
               Periander
               :
               Nimpsbagg
            
             will
             have
             it
             from
             Persepolis
             a
             City
             in
             Persia
             :
             but
             some
             Brittains
             will
             ,
             that
             desire
             to
             vindicate
             the
             Antiquity
             of
             times
             ,
             of
             one
             Parry
             ,
             a
             Nephew
             to
             Cadwallader
             the
             great
             ,
             the
             last
             King
             of
             the
             Brittains
             ,
             who
             was
             most
             ●●●ious
             in
             the
             composure
             of
             liquids
             of
             this
             nature
             .
          
           
           
             Others
             would
             seeme
             to
             derive
             it
             from
             Perrue
             in
             America
             ,
             who
             in
             regard
             of
             the
             luxuriant
             soyle
             ,
             and
             salubrious
             ayre
             abounded
             wonderfully
             with
             Peares
             ;
             alleadging
             that
             Mangotapon
             one
             of
             the
             seven
             that
             hid
             themselves
             in
             a
             cave
             ,
             called
             Particumbo
             ,
             at
             that
             great
             deluge
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             was
             at
             his
             comming
             forth
             (
             for
             he
             liv'd
             to
             come
             forth
             )
             the
             first
             compounder
             of
             this
             drinke
             ,
             which
             in
             honour
             of
             his
             Country
             he
             then
             called
             Perrue
             .
          
           
             Amongst
             all
             these
             various
             opinions
             of
             forraigne
             Authors
             ,
             common
             experience
             tels
             us
             ,
             that
             Worcestershire
             is
             our
             Brittish
             Maggazin
             ,
             or
             plentifull
             store-house
             for
             Perry
             ;
             nor
             will
             I
             seeke
             further
             to
             dispute
             the
             poynt
             ,
             the
             drinke
             being
             usuall
             and
             equall
             with
             what
             hath
             beene
             said
             before
             of
             Syder
             .
             It
             is
             very
             availeable
             in
             quenching
             of
             thirst
             ,
             good
             against
             obstructions
             of
             the
             liver
             and
             spleene
             ,
             and
             most
             effectuall
             against
             contagious
             diseases
             ,
             by
             the
             opinion
             of
             the
             Brittish
             Doctours
             ,
             to
             whose
             treatises
             I
             referre
             the
             learned
             for
             larger
             instructions
             .
          
        
         
           
             Metheglin
             and
             Mead.
             
          
           
             MEtheglin
             ,
             and
             Meade
             in
             regard
             of
             the
             coherence
             of
             their
             conditions
             ,
             I
             may
             very
             well
             handle
             them
             together
             ,
             without
             any
             disparagement
             to
             either
             ;
             how
             ever
             there
             bee
             some
             preportion
             in
             their
             severall
             compositions
             ,
             yet
             the
             maine
             Ingredient
             being
             Honey
             stands
             allowable
             to
             both
             .
             The
             common
             appellation
             of
             the
             first
             by
             the
             name
             of
             
               Mathew
               Glinn
            
             ,
             (
             although
             it
             seeme
             a
             Nick't
             name
             to
             the
             world
             )
             is
             generally
             received
             by
             the
             History
             of
             Monmoth
             ,
             to
             be
             the
             Authours
             name
             of
             this
             Mellifluous
             mixture
             :
             for
             this
             Mathew
             dwelling
             in
             a
             Valley
             (
             for
             so
             the
             word
             Glinn
             imports
             Englished
             from
             the
             Welsh
             )
             being
             master
             of
             a
             very
             great
             stocke
             of
             Bees
             ,
             and
             wanting
             vent
             for
             the
             issue
             of
             their
             labours
             ,
             in
             an
             abundant
             yeare
             betooke
             himselfe
             wholy
             to
             his
             study
             ,
             and
             being
             most
             ingenious
             in
             things
             of
             this
             nature
             ,
             in
             a
             short
             time
             he
             profited
             so
             well
             ,
             as
             out
             of
             his
             maternall
             or
             mother-wit
             ,
             of
             himselfe
             he
             perfected
             this
             rare
             composure
             .
             This
             name
             being
             now
             ingeminated
             by
             the
             quotidian
             calls
             of
             his
             well
             disposed
             Countreymen
             ,
             renders
             it
             vendible
             in
             the
             most
             municipall
             Townes
             of
             those
             parts
             ,
             at
             the
             rates
             of
             six
             pence
             the
             quart
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             most
             predominant
             price
             of
             any
             of
             our
             homebred
             liquors
             .
          
           
             Concerning
             the
             vertues
             of
             it
             ,
             it
             is
             to
             be
             held
             in
             most
             extraordinary
             
             regard
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             purgative
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             Mell
             (
             or
             Honey
             )
             and
             of
             singular
             efficacy
             against
             
               Tremor
               Cordis
            
             ;
             indeed
             the
             overmuch
             taking
             of
             it
             is
             to
             a
             melancholicke
             man
             in
             the
             nature
             of
             an
             Opiate
             ,
             and
             therefore
             to
             be
             refused
             (
             if
             not
             taken
             with
             caution
             )
             by
             men
             of
             that
             constitution
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mead
             or
             Meath
             .
          
           
             FOr
             Meade
             or
             Meath
             (
             as
             some
             will
             have
             it
             )
             there
             are
             diverse
             unwarrantable
             Authors
             that
             would
             wrest
             the
             originall
             and
             derivation
             of
             the
             name
             from
             Medusa
             ,
             the
             inchantresse
             ,
             some
             there
             are
             that
             the
             crewell
             Media
             was
             the
             inventor
             of
             it
             :
             but
             
               Padesh
               shellum
               Shagh
            
             ,
             a
             learned
             Gimnosophist
             (
             whose
             opinion
             I
             most
             leaue
             unto
             )
             in
             his
             ninth
             booke
             of
             Hidromancy
             ,
             faith
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             a
             drinke
             in
             use
             and
             potable
             by
             the
             Medes
             and
             Persians
             in
             the
             first
             erection
             of
             that
             Monarchy
             (
             from
             whence
             most
             significantly
             it
             hath
             the
             name
             )
             and
             that
             a
             Brittish
             Lord
             ,
             a
             favourite
             of
             a
             Soldan
             there
             ,
             first
             brought
             it
             to
             these
             parts
             ,
             the
             Receipt
             being
             freely
             bestowed
             upon
             him
             ,
             for
             his
             especiall
             service
             ;
             in
             the
             beliefe
             of
             all
             which
             ,
             I
             must
             crave
             pardon
             ,
             that
             I
             am
             not
             guilty
             ,
             but
             I
             rather
             thinke
             it
             as
             an
             abstract
             from
             the
             former
             ,
             however
             it
             hath
             some
             severall
             vertues
             ,
             but
             in
             regard
             of
             the
             cheapnesse
             it
             is
             now
             growne
             contemptible
             ,
             being
             altogether
             ecclipsed
             by
             the
             vertue
             of
             Metheglin
             .
          
        
         
           
             Braggot
             .
          
           
             THe
             next
             to
             be
             handled
             is
             Braggot
             ,
             a
             drinke
             in
             my
             opinion
             ,
             not
             much
             beholding
             to
             antiquity
             ,
             although
             some
             extant
             writings
             of
             the
             Barley
             avouch
             the
             receipt
             for
             the
             making
             of
             it
             to
             be
             sent
             over
             from
             the
             Emperour
             of
             the
             East
             ,
             to
             Liolin
             the
             great
             Prince
             of
             Wales
             .
             This
             drinke
             is
             of
             a
             most
             hot
             nature
             ,
             as
             being
             compos'd
             of
             Spices
             ,
             and
             if
             it
             once
             scale
             the
             sconce
             ,
             and
             enter
             within
             the
             circumclusion
             of
             the
             Perricranion
             ,
             it
             doth
             much
             accelerate
             nature
             ,
             by
             whose
             forcible
             attraction
             and
             operation
             ,
             the
             drinker
             (
             by
             way
             of
             distribution
             )
             is
             easily
             enabled
             to
             afford
             blowes
             to
             his
             brother
             ;
             it
             is
             hot
             in
             the
             third
             degree
             ,
             in
             which
             respect
             it
             is
             held
             medicinable
             ,
             against
             all
             cold
             diseases
             of
             the
             Stomacke
             .
          
        
         
           
             Pomperkin
             .
          
           
             THe
             sixt
             sort
             of
             Brittish
             drinkes
             is
             Pomperkin
             ,
             a
             drinke
             whose
             originall
             was
             from
             Pomeranea
             (
             a
             Province
             in
             Germany
             )
             as
             some
             writers
             relate
             .
             Some
             derive
             it
             from
             the
             Pomponii
             (
             a
             Noble
             
             Roman
             family
             )
             however
             Authors
             differ
             about
             it
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             much
             materiall
             ;
             most
             certaine
             it
             is
             that
             it
             is
             made
             of
             Apples
             ,
             as
             the
             name
             of
             it
             imports
             ;
             being
             nothing
             but
             the
             Apples
             bruised
             and
             beaten
             to
             mash
             ,
             with
             water
             put
             to
             them
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             drinke
             of
             so
             weake
             a
             condition
             that
             it
             is
             no
             where
             acceptable
             but
             amongst
             the
             Rusticks
             and
             Plebeyans
             ,
             being
             a
             heartlesse
             liquor
             much
             of
             the
             nature
             of
             Swillons
             in
             Scotland
             ,
             or
             small
             Beere
             in
             England
             ,
             such
             as
             is
             said
             to
             be
             made
             of
             the
             washings
             of
             the
             Brewers
             legges
             and
             aprors
             ;
             and
             I
             doe
             most
             yeeld
             to
             their
             opinions
             that
             the
             first
             Authour
             of
             Pomperkin
             was
             
               Perkin
               Warbecke
            
             in
             the
             raigne
             of
             Henry
             the
             seventh
             ,
             who
             in
             his
             private
             retirements
             and
             Iurking
             holes
             ,
             had
             occasion
             to
             practise
             the
             thrifty
             making
             of
             this
             infusion
             .
             It
             is
             of
             an
             Hidropicall
             and
             Aquarian
             operation
             ,
             the
             vigour
             of
             it
             doth
             seldome
             evaporate
             upward
             or
             ascend
             to
             the
             braine
             ,
             and
             being
             it
             is
             likewise
             of
             a
             coroading
             condition
             ,
             yet
             the
             Brittish
             bodies
             being
             well
             antidoted
             with
             their
             compounded
             Creame
             ,
             Whig
             ,
             Whey
             ,
             and
             Butter-milke
             ;
             in
             their
             constitutions
             it
             becomes
             matter
             of
             nutriment
             .
          
        
         
           
             Ale.
             
          
           
             HAving
             gone
             thus
             farre
             ,
             it
             remaines
             that
             I
             speak
             something
             of
             what
             hath
             been
             ,
             and
             now
             is
             used
             by
             the
             English
             ,
             as
             well
             since
             the
             Conquest
             ,
             as
             in
             time
             of
             the
             
               Brittains
               ,
               Saxons
            
             ,
             and
             Danes
             ,
             (
             for
             the
             former
             recited
             drinks
             ,
             are
             to
             this
             day
             confin'd
             to
             the
             Principality
             )
             so
             as
             we
             enjoy
             them
             onely
             by
             a
             statute
             called
             the
             courtesie
             of
             Wales
             .
             And
             to
             perfect
             my
             discourse
             in
             this
             I
             shall
             onely
             induce
             them
             into
             two
             heads
             ,
             viz.
             the
             unparaleld
             liquor
             called
             Ale
             ,
             with
             his
             Abstract
             Beere
             ;
             whose
             antiquity
             amongst
             a
             sort
             of
             Northerne
             pated
             fellowes
             is
             if
             not
             altogether
             contemptible
             ,
             of
             very
             little
             esteeme
             ;
             this
             humour
             moved
             the
             scurrilous
             pen
             of
             a
             shamelesse
             writer
             in
             the
             raigne
             of
             King
             Henry
             the
             third
             ,
             detractingly
             to
             inveigh
             against
             this
             unequal'd
             liquor
             .
             Thus
             
               
                 For
                 muddy
                 ,
                 foggy
                 ,
                 fulsome
                 ,
                 puddle
                 ,
                 stinking
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 all
                 of
                 these
                 ,
                 Ale
                 is
                 the
                 onely
                 drinking
                 .
              
            
          
           
             Of
             all
             Authours
             that
             I
             have
             ever
             yet
             read
             ,
             this
             is
             the
             onely
             one
             that
             hath
             attempted
             to
             brand
             the
             glorious
             splendor
             of
             that
             Ale-beloved
             decection
             ;
             but
             observe
             this
             fellow
             ,
             by
             the
             perpetuall
             use
             
             of
             water
             (
             which
             was
             his
             accustomed
             drinke
             )
             he
             fell
             into
             such
             convulsion
             and
             lethargick
             diseases
             ,
             that
             he
             remained
             in
             opinion
             a
             dead
             man
             ;
             however
             the
             knowing
             Physicians
             of
             that
             time
             ,
             by
             the
             frequent
             and
             inward
             application
             of
             Ale
             ,
             not
             onely
             recovered
             him
             to
             his
             pristine
             estate
             of
             health
             ,
             but
             also
             enabled
             him
             in
             body
             and
             braine
             for
             the
             future
             ,
             that
             he
             became
             famous
             in
             his
             writings
             ,
             which
             for
             the
             most
             part
             were
             afterwards
             spent
             with
             most
             Aleoquent
             and
             Alaborate
             commendation
             of
             that
             Admired
             and
             most
             superexcellent
             Imbrewage
             .
          
           
             Some
             there
             are
             that
             affirme
             that
             Ale
             was
             first
             invened
             by
             Alexander
             the
             Great
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             his
             conquests
             this
             liquor
             did
             infuse
             much
             vigour
             and
             valour
             into
             his
             souldiers
             .
             Others
             say
             that
             famous
             Physician
             of
             Piemont
             (
             named
             
               Don
               Alexis
            
             )
             was
             the
             founder
             of
             it
             .
             But
             it
             is
             knowne
             that
             it
             was
             of
             that
             singular
             vse
             in
             the
             time
             of
             the
             Saxons
             that
             none
             were
             allowed
             to
             brew
             it
             but
             such
             whose
             places
             and
             qualities
             were
             most
             eminent
             :
             insomuch
             that
             we
             finde
             that
             one
             of
             them
             had
             the
             credit
             to
             give
             the
             name
             of
             a
             Saxon
             Prince
             ,
             who
             in
             honour
             of
             that
             rare
             quality
             ,
             he
             called
             Alla.
             Some
             
             Aleadge
             that
             it
             being
             our
             drinke
             when
             our
             Land
             was
             called
             Albion
             ,
             that
             it
             had
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Countrey
             :
             Twiscus
             in
             his
             Euphorbium
             will
             have
             it
             from
             Albania
             ,
             or
             
               Epirus
               ,
               VVolfgang
               Plashendorph
            
             of
             Gustenburg
             ,
             saies
             that
             Alecto
             (
             one
             of
             the
             three
             furies
             )
             gave
             the
             receipt
             of
             it
             to
             Albumazer
             a
             Magician
             ,
             and
             he
             (
             having
             Aliance
             with
             Aladine
             the
             Soldan
             at
             Aleppo
             )
             first
             brewed
             it
             there
             ,
             whereto
             may
             be
             Aleuded
             ,
             the
             story
             how
             Alphonsus
             of
             Scicily
             ,
             sent
             it
             from
             thence
             to
             the
             battell
             of
             Alcazor
             .
             My
             Authour
             is
             of
             Anaxagoras
             opinion
             ,
             that
             Ale
             is
             to
             be
             held
             in
             high
             price
             for
             the
             nutritive
             substance
             that
             it
             is
             indued
             withall
             ,
             and
             how
             precious
             a
             nurse
             it
             is
             in
             generall
             to
             Mankinde
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             true
             that
             the
             overmuch
             taking
             of
             it
             doth
             so
             much
             exhilerate
             the
             spirits
             ,
             that
             a
             man
             is
             not
             improperly
             said
             to
             be
             in
             the
             Aletitude
             (
             observe
             the
             word
             I
             pray
             you
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             words
             before
             or
             after
             )
             for
             you
             shal
             finde
             their
             first
             syllable
             to
             be
             Ale
             ,
             and
             some
             writers
             are
             of
             opinion
             that
             the
             Turkish
             Alcaron
             was
             invented
             by
             Mahomet
             out
             of
             such
             furious
             raptures
             as
             Ale
             inspir'd
             him
             withall
             ;
             some
             affirme
             Bacchus
             (
             
               Alias
               Liber
               Pater
            
             )
             was
             the
             first
             Brewer
             of
             it
             ,
             among
             the
             Indians
             ,
             who
             being
             a
             stranger
             to
             them
             they
             named
             
             it
             Ale
             ,
             as
             brought
             to
             them
             by
             an
             Alien
             ;
             in
             a
             word
             ,
             
               Somnus
               alt●●
            
             signifies
             dead
             sleepe
             :
             
               Quies
               alta
            
             ,
             Great
             rest
             ;
             Altus
             and
             Alta
             noble
             and
             excellent
             :
             It
             is
             (
             for
             the
             most
             part
             )
             extracted
             out
             of
             the
             spirit
             of
             a
             Graine
             called
             Barley
             ,
             which
             was
             of
             that
             estimation
             amongst
             the
             ancient
             Galles
             that
             their
             Prophets
             (
             whom
             they
             called
             Bardi
             )
             used
             it
             in
             their
             most
             important
             prophesies
             and
             ceremonies
             :
             This
             Graine
             ,
             after
             it
             had
             beene
             watred
             and
             dryed
             ,
             was
             at
             first
             ground
             in
             a
             Mill
             in
             the
             Island
             of
             Malta
             ,
             from
             whence
             it
             is
             supposed
             to
             gaine
             the
             name
             of
             Malt
             ;
             but
             I
             take
             it
             more
             proper
             from
             the
             word
             Matteolus
             ,
             which
             signifies
             a
             Hammer
             or
             Maule
             ,
             for
             Hanniball
             (
             the
             great
             Carthaginian
             Captaine
             )
             in
             his
             sixteene
             yeeres
             warres
             against
             the
             Romanes
             ,
             was
             called
             the
             Maule
             of
             Italie
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             conjectured
             that
             he
             victoriously
             Mauld
             them
             by
             reason
             that
             his
             Army
             was
             daily
             refreshed
             with
             the
             spiritefull
             Elixar
             of
             Mault
             .
          
           
             It
             holds
             very
             significant
             to
             compare
             a
             man
             in
             the
             Aletitude
             to
             be
             in
             a
             planetarie
             height
             ;
             for
             in
             a
             Planet
             ,
             the
             Altitude
             is
             his
             motion
             in
             which
             he
             is
             carried
             from
             the
             lowest
             place
             of
             Heaven
             or
             from
             the
             Center
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             into
             the
             most
             highest
             place
             ,
             or
             unto
             the
             top
             of
             his
             Circle
             ,
             and
             then
             it
             is
             said
             to
             be
             in
             Apogaeo
             ,
             that
             is
             the
             most
             Transcendent
             point
             of
             all
             ,
             so
             the
             Sublunarie
             of
             a
             stupified
             Spirit
             ,
             being
             elevated
             by
             the
             efficacious
             vigour
             of
             this
             uncontroleable
             vertue
             ,
             renders
             him
             most
             capeable
             for
             high
             actions
             .
          
           
             I
             should
             be
             voluminous
             ,
             if
             I
             should
             insist
             upon
             all
             pertinent
             and
             impertinent
             passages
             in
             the
             behalfe
             of
             Ale
             ,
             as
             also
             of
             the
             retentive
             fame
             that
             
               Yorke
               ,
               Chester
               ,
               Hull
               ,
               Nottingham
               ,
               Darby
               ,
               Gravesend
               ,
            
             with
             a
             Toaste
             ,
             and
             other
             Countries
             still
             enjoy
             ,
             by
             making
             this
             untainted
             liquor
             in
             the
             primitive
             way
             ,
             and
             how
             VVindsor
             doth
             more
             glory
             in
             that
             Composition
             than
             all
             the
             rest
             of
             her
             speculative
             pleasures
             ,
             which
             is
             dayly
             strengthened
             by
             the
             Agitive
             endeavours
             of
             the
             most
             pregnant
             spirits
             there
             ,
             whose
             superlative
             issue
             affords
             us
             a
             quotidian
             expectation
             ,
             and
             questionlesse
             cannot
             but
             succeed
             with
             generall
             applause
             in
             regard
             of
             the
             undertakers
             ;
             Also
             there
             is
             a
             Towne
             neere
             Margate
             in
             Kent
             ,
             (
             in
             the
             Isle
             of
             Thanett
             )
             called
             Northdowne
             ,
             which
             Towne
             hath
             ingrost
             much
             Fame
             ,
             Wealth
             ,
             and
             Reputation
             from
             the
             prevalent
             potencie
             of
             their
             Atractive
             Ale.
             
          
           
             I
             will
             onely
             now
             speake
             somewhat
             of
             its
             vertues
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             
             weakenesse
             of
             my
             expressions
             shall
             crave
             pardon
             ,
             of
             those
             many
             and
             learned
             Doctors
             of
             our
             Time
             ,
             whose
             daily
             and
             gustave
             Approbation
             addes
             to
             the
             glorious
             Splendour
             of
             that
             unequall'd
             Element
             .
          
           
             Concerning
             the
             fructifying
             or
             fruitfulnesse
             of
             Ale
             ,
             it
             is
             almost
             incredible
             ,
             for
             twice
             every
             yeere
             there
             is
             a
             Faire
             at
             a
             small
             Towne
             called
             Kimbollon
             ,
             or
             Kimolton
             in
             North-hamptonshire
             ,
             (
             as
             I
             take
             it
             )
             in
             which
             towne
             there
             are
             but
             38.
             houses
             ,
             which
             at
             the
             Faire
             time
             are
             encreased
             to
             39.
             
             Alehouses
             ,
             for
             an
             old
             woman
             and
             her
             daughter
             doe
             on
             those
             dayes
             divide
             there
             one
             house
             into
             two
             ,
             such
             is
             the
             operation
             and
             encreasing
             power
             of
             our
             English
             Ale.
             
          
           
             First
             then
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             singular
             remedy
             against
             all
             melancholick
             diseases
             ,
             
               Tremor
               cordis
            
             ,
             and
             Maladies
             of
             the
             spleene
             ,
             it
             is
             purgative
             and
             of
             great
             operation
             against
             
               Iliaca
               passio
            
             ,
             and
             all
             gripings
             of
             the
             small
             guts
             ,
             it
             cures
             the
             stone
             in
             the
             Bladder
             ,
             Reines
             or
             Kidneyes
             ,
             and
             provokes
             Vrin
             wonderfully
             ,
             it
             mollifies
             Tumors
             and
             swellings
             in
             the
             body
             ,
             and
             is
             very
             predominant
             in
             opening
             the
             obstructions
             of
             the
             Liver
             .
             It
             is
             most
             effectuall
             for
             clearing
             of
             the
             sight
             ,
             being
             applied
             outwardly
             ,
             it
             asswageth
             the
             unsufferable
             paine
             of
             the
             Gowt
             called
             
               Artichicha
               Podagra
            
             ,
             or
             Gonogra
             ,
             the
             Yeast
             or
             Barme
             being
             laid
             hot
             to
             the
             part
             pained
             ,
             in
             which
             way
             it
             is
             easefull
             to
             all
             Impostumes
             or
             the
             paine
             in
             the
             Hippe
             called
             
               Sciatica
               passio
            
             ;
             Indeed
             the
             immoderate
             taking
             of
             it
             (
             as
             of
             the
             best
             things
             )
             is
             not
             commended
             ,
             for
             in
             some
             it
             causes
             swimming
             in
             the
             head
             and
             Vertigo
             ,
             (
             but
             I
             speake
             still
             of
             moderation
             )
             in
             which
             respect
             it
             is
             not
             onely
             availeable
             for
             the
             causes
             aforesaid
             ,
             but
             for
             all
             defluxions
             and
             Epidemicall
             diseases
             whatsoever
             ,
             and
             being
             Butter'd
             (
             as
             our
             Gallenists
             well
             observe
             )
             it
             is
             good
             against
             all
             Contagious
             diseases
             ,
             Feavers
             ,
             Agues
             ,
             Rhumes
             ,
             Coughes
             and
             Catarres
             with
             
               Hernia
               Aquosa
               &
               vertosa
            
             .
          
           
             I
             might
             proceed
             to
             nominate
             the
             Townes
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             that
             have
             their
             happinesse
             to
             enjoy
             their
             names
             from
             
               Ale
               ,
               Alesfoord
            
             ,
             in
             Hampshire
             ,
             and
             Alesbury
             (
             or
             Aylesbury
             )
             in
             Buckinghamshire
             ,
             Where
             the
             making
             of
             Aleberries
             so
             excellent
             against
             Hecticks
             was
             first
             invented
             .
             As
             also
             of
             many
             Sirnames
             of
             great
             worth
             in
             this
             Kingdome
             ,
             as
             these
             of
             
               Ale-iff
               ,
               Ale-worth
               ,
               Good-ale
               ,
               Penny-Ale
               ,
            
             and
             in
             Scotland
             ,
             the
             generous
             and
             antient
             name
             of
             Lamsd-Ale
             ,
             
             but
             not
             to
             insist
             further
             ,
             in
             this
             straine
             ,
             I
             make
             no
             question
             ,
             but
             the
             Capacious
             apprehension
             of
             a
             free
             understanding
             will
             spare
             me
             that
             labour
             .
          
           
             I
             will
             therefore
             shut
             up
             all
             with
             that
             admirable
             conclusion
             insisted
             upon
             in
             our
             time
             by
             a
             discreet
             Gentleman
             in
             a
             solemn
             Assembly
             ,
             who
             ,
             by
             a
             politick
             observation
             ,
             very
             aptly
             compares
             Ale
             and
             Cakes
             with
             Wine
             and
             Wafers
             ,
             neither
             doth
             he
             hold
             it
             sit
             that
             it
             should
             stand
             in
             Competition
             with
             the
             meanest
             Wines
             ,
             but
             with
             that
             most
             excellent
             Composition
             which
             the
             Prince
             of
             Physitians
             Hippocrates
             had
             so
             ingenuously
             compounded
             for
             the
             preservation
             of
             mankinde
             ,
             and
             which
             (
             to
             this
             day
             )
             speakes
             the
             Author
             by
             the
             name
             of
             Hippocras
             ,
             so
             that
             you
             see
             of
             Antiquity
             ,
             Ale
             was
             famous
             amongst
             the
             
               Troians
               ,
               Brittaines
               ,
               Romans
               ,
               Saxons
               ,
               Danes
               ,
               Normans
               ,
               English
               men
               ,
               VVelch
               ,
            
             besides
             in
             Scotland
             ,
             from
             the
             highest
             and
             Noblest
             Palace
             to
             the
             poorest
             or
             meanest
             Cottage
             ,
             Ale
             is
             universall
             ,
             and
             for
             Vertue
             it
             stands
             allowable
             with
             the
             best
             receipts
             of
             the
             most
             Antientest
             Physitians
             ;
             and
             for
             its
             singular
             force
             in
             expulsion
             of
             poison
             is
             equall
             ,
             if
             not
             exceeding
             that
             rate
             Antidote
             so
             seriously
             invented
             by
             the
             Pontique
             King
             ,
             which
             from
             him
             (
             till
             this
             time
             )
             carries
             his
             name
             of
             Mitbridate
             .
             And
             lastly
             ,
             not
             onely
             approved
             by
             a
             National
             Assembly
             ,
             but
             more
             exemplarily
             remonstrated
             by
             the
             frequent
             use
             of
             the
             most
             knowing
             Physitians
             ,
             who
             for
             the
             wonderfull
             force
             that
             it
             hath
             against
             all
             the
             diseases
             of
             the
             Lungs
             ,
             Justly
             allow
             the
             name
             of
             a
             Pulmonist
             to
             every
             Alebrewer
             .
          
           
             The
             further
             I
             seeke
             to
             goe
             the
             more
             unable
             I
             finde
             my selfe
             to
             expresse
             the
             wonders
             (
             for
             so
             I
             may
             very
             well
             call
             them
             )
             operated
             by
             Ale
             ,
             for
             that
             I
             shall
             abruptly
             conclude
             ,
             in
             consideration
             of
             mine
             owne
             insufficiency
             ,
             with
             the
             fagge-end
             of
             an
             old
             mans
             old
             will
             ,
             who
             gave
             a
             good
             summe
             of
             mony
             to
             a
             Red-fac'd
             Ale-drinker
             ,
             who
             plaid
             upon
             a
             Pipe
             and
             Tabor
             ,
             which
             was
             this
             :
             
               
                 To
                 make
                 your
                 Pipe
                 and
                 Tabor
                 keepe
                 their
                 sound
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 dye
                 your
                 Crimson
                 tincture
                 more
                 profound
                 ,
              
               
                 There
                 growes
                 no
                 better
                 med'cine
                 on
                 the
                 ground
                 ,
              
               
                 Than
                 Aleano
                 (
                 if
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 found
                 )
              
               
                 To
                 buy
                 which
                 drug
                 ,
                 I
                 give
                 a
                 hundred
                 pound
                 .
              
            
          
           
           
             Ale
             is
             rightly
             called
             Nappy
             ,
             for
             it
             will
             set
             a
             nap
             upon
             a
             mans
             threed
             bare
             eyes
             when
             he
             is
             sleepy
             .
             It
             is
             called
             Merry-goe-downe
             ,
             for
             it
             slides
             downe
             merrily
             ;
             It
             is
             fragrant
             to
             the
             sent
             ;
             It
             is
             most
             pleasing
             to
             the
             taste
             ;
             The
             flowring
             and
             mantling
             of
             it
             (
             like
             Chequer
             worke
             )
             with
             the
             Vendant
             smiling
             of
             it
             ,
             is
             delightfull
             to
             the
             sight
             ,
             it
             is
             Touching
             or
             Feeling
             to
             the
             Braine
             and
             Heart
             ;
             and
             (
             to
             please
             the
             senses
             all
             )
             it
             provokes
             men
             to
             singing
             and
             mirth
             ,
             which
             is
             contenting
             to
             the
             Hearing
             .
             The
             speedy
             taking
             of
             it
             doth
             comfort
             a
             heavy
             and
             troubled
             minde
             ;
             it
             will
             make
             a
             weeping
             widow
             laugh
             and
             forget
             sorrow
             for
             her
             deceased
             husband
             ;
             It
             is
             truly
             termed
             the
             spirit
             of
             the
             Buttry
             (
             for
             it
             puts
             spirit
             into
             all
             it
             enters
             ,
             )
             It
             makes
             the
             footmans
             Head
             and
             heeles
             so
             light
             ,
             that
             he
             seemes
             to
             flie
             as
             he
             runnes
             ;
             It
             is
             the
             warmest
             lineing
             of
             a
             naked
             mans
             Coat
             ,
             
               (
               that
               's
               a
               Bull
            
             )
             It
             satiates
             and
             asswageth
             hunger
             and
             cold
             ;
             with
             a
             Toaste
             it
             is
             the
             poore
             mans
             comfort
             ,
             the
             Shepheard
             ,
             Mower
             ,
             Plowman
             ,
             Labourer
             and
             Blacksmiths
             most
             esteemed
             purchase
             ;
             It
             is
             the
             Tinkers
             treasure
             ,
             the
             Pedlers
             Jewell
             ,
             the
             Beggers
             Joy
             ,
             and
             the
             Prisoners
             loving
             Nurse
             ;
             it
             will
             whet
             the
             wit
             so
             sharp
             ,
             that
             it
             will
             make
             a
             Catter
             talke
             of
             matters
             beyond
             his
             reach
             ;
             It
             will
             set
             a
             Bashfull
             suiter
             a
             woing
             ;
             It
             heates
             the
             chill
             blood
             of
             the
             Aged
             ;
             It
             will
             cause
             a
             man
             to
             speake
             past
             his
             owne
             or
             any
             others
             mans
             capacity
             ,
             or
             understanding
             ;
             It
             sets
             an
             edge
             upon
             Logick
             and
             Rhetorick
             ;
             It
             is
             a
             friend
             to
             the
             Muses
             ;
             It
             inspires
             the
             poore
             Poet
             ,
             that
             cannot
             compasse
             the
             price
             of
             Canarie
             or
             Gasenigne
             ;
             It
             mounts
             the
             Musician
             bove
             Eela
             ;
             It
             makes
             the
             Balladmaker
             Rime
             beyond
             Reason
             ,
             It
             is
             a
             Repairer
             of
             a
             decaied
             Colour
             in
             the
             face
             ;
             It
             puts
             Eloquence
             into
             the
             Oratour
             ;
             It
             will
             make
             the
             Philosopher
             talke
             profoundly
             ,
             the
             Scholler
             learnedly
             ,
             and
             the
             Lawyer
             Acute
             and
             feelingly
             ,
             Ale
             at
             Whitsontide
             ,
             or
             a
             Whitson
             Church
             Ale
             ,
             is
             a
             Repairer
             of
             decayed
             Countrey
             Churches
             ;
             It
             is
             a
             great
             friend
             to
             Truth
             ,
             for
             they
             that
             drinke
             of
             it
             (
             to
             the
             purpose
             )
             will
             reveale
             all
             they
             know
             ,
             be
             it
             never
             so
             secret
             to
             be
             kept
             ;
             It
             is
             an
             Embleme
             of
             Justice
             ,
             for
             it
             allowes
             and
             yeelds
             measure
             ;
             It
             will
             put
             courage
             into
             a
             Coward
             ,
             and
             make
             him
             swagger
             and
             fight
             ;
             It
             is
             a
             seale
             to
             many
             a
             good
             Bargaine
             .
             The
             Physitian
             will
             commend
             it
             ;
             the
             Lawyer
             will
             defend
             it
             ,
             It
             neither
             hurts
             ,
             or
             kils
             ,
             any
             but
             those
             that
             abuse
             it
             unmeasurably
             and
             beyond
             bearing
             ;
             It
             doth
             good
             to
             as
             
             many
             as
             take
             it
             rightly
             ;
             It
             is
             as
             good
             as
             a
             paire
             of
             Spectacles
             to
             cleare
             the
             eyesight
             of
             an
             old
             parish
             Clarke
             ;
             and
             in
             Conclusion
             ,
             it
             is
             such
             a
             nourisher
             of
             Mankinde
             ,
             that
             if
             my
             mouth
             were
             as
             bigge
             as
             Bishopsgate
             ,
             my
             Pen
             as
             long
             as
             a
             Maypole
             ,
             and
             my
             Inke
             a
             flowing
             spring
             ,
             or
             a
             standing
             fishpond
             ,
             yet
             I
             could
             not
             with
             Mouth
             ,
             Pen
             ,
             or
             Inke
             ,
             speake
             or
             write
             the
             true
             worth
             and
             worthinesse
             of
             Ale.
             
          
        
         
           
             Beere
             .
          
           
             NOw
             ,
             to
             write
             of
             Beere
             ,
             I
             shall
             not
             need
             to
             wet
             my
             pen
             much
             with
             the
             naming
             of
             it
             ,
             It
             being
             a
             drinke
             which
             Antiquitie
             was
             an
             Aleien
             ,
             or
             a
             meere
             stranger
             to
             ,
             and
             as
             it
             hath
             scarcely
             any
             name
             ,
             so
             hath
             it
             no
             habitation
             ,
             for
             the
             places
             or
             houses
             where
             it
             is
             sold
             doth
             still
             retaine
             the
             name
             of
             
               An
               Alehouse
            
             ;
             but
             if
             it
             were
             a
             Beere-house
             ,
             (
             or
             so
             called
             )
             yet
             it
             must
             have
             an
             Inferiour
             stile
             of
             hous-roome
             than
             An
             Alehouse
             ;
             for
             An
             is
             the
             name
             of
             many
             a
             good
             woman
             ,
             and
             the
             name
             An
             cannot
             be
             properly
             given
             to
             a
             Beere-Brewer
             ,
             or
             Beere-house
             ;
             for
             to
             say
             An
             Beere
             Brewer
             or
             An
             Beere
             house
             is
             ridiculous
             ;
             but
             An
             Ale-Brewer
             or
             
               An
               Alehouse
            
             is
             good
             significant
             English
             ;
             or
             to
             say
             An
             Beere
             brewer
             or
             An
             Beerehouse
             or
             (
             by
             your
             favour
             An
             Taverne
             )
             is
             but
             botching
             language
             in
             great
             Brittaine
             ;
             but
             to
             say
             A
             Alebrewer
             or
             A
             Alehouse
             ,
             is
             more
             improper
             than
             to
             bid
             a
             childe
             A
             A
             in
             his
             Chaire
             ,
             when
             there
             is
             neither
             Chaire
             or
             stoole
             .
          
           
             This
             comparison
             needs
             a
             
               Sir
               Reverence
            
             to
             Vsher
             it
             ,
             but
             being
             Beere
             is
             but
             an
             Upstart
             and
             a
             foreigner
             or
             Alien
             ,
             in
             respect
             of
             Ale
             ,
             it
             may
             serve
             in
             stead
             of
             a
             better
             ;
             Nor
             would
             it
             differ
             from
             Ale
             in
             any
             thing
             ,
             but
             onely
             that
             an
             Aspiring
             Amaritudinous
             Hop
             comes
             crawling
             lamely
             in
             ,
             and
             makes
             a
             Bitter
             difference
             betweene
             them
             but
             if
             the
             Hop
             be
             so
             cripled
             that
             he
             cannot
             be
             gotten
             to
             make
             the
             oddes
             ,
             the
             place
             may
             poorely
             bee
             supply'd
             with
             chop'd
             Broome
             (
             new
             gathered
             )
             whereby
             Beere
             hath
             never
             attained
             the
             sober
             Title
             of
             Ale
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             proper
             to
             say
             
               A
               Stand
            
             of
             Ale
             ,
             and
             a
             Hogges
             Head
             of
             Beere
             ,
             which
             in
             common
             sense
             is
             but
             a
             swinish
             Phrase
             or
             Appellation
             .
          
           
             Indeede
             Beere
             ,
             by
             a
             Mixture
             of
             Wine
             ,
             it
             enjoyes
             approbation
             amongst
             some
             few
             (
             that
             hardly
             understand
             wherefore
             )
             but
             then
             it
             is
             no
             longer
             Beere
             ,
             but
             hath
             lost
             both
             Name
             and
             Nature
             ,
             and
             is
             called
             Balderdash
             ,
             (
             an
             Utopian
             denomination
             )
             and
             so
             like
             a
             petty
             
             Brooke
             running
             into
             a
             great
             stream
             looses
             it selfe
             in
             his
             owne
             current
             ,
             the
             legges
             being
             wash'd
             with
             the
             weaker
             or
             smaller
             sort
             of
             it
             ,
             is
             contemptuously
             called
             ,
             Rotgut
             ;
             and
             is
             thought
             by
             some
             to
             be
             very
             medicinable
             to
             cure
             the
             Scurvie
             .
             The
             stronger
             Beere
             is
             divided
             into
             two
             parts
             (
             viz.
             )
             wild
             and
             stale
             ;
             the
             first
             may
             ease
             a
             man
             of
             a
             drought
             ,
             but
             the
             later
             is
             like
             water
             cast
             into
             a
             Smiths
             forge
             ,
             and
             breeds
             more
             heartburning
             ,
             and
             as
             rust
             eates
             into
             Iron
             ,
             so
             overstale
             Beere
             gnawes
             auletholes
             in
             the
             entrales
             ,
             or
             else
             my
             skill
             failes
             ,
             an
             what
             I
             have
             written
             of
             it
             is
             to
             be
             held
             as
             a
             jest
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             now
             performed
             my
             promise
             ,
             yet
             cannot
             so
             cease
             ,
             being
             much
             desirous
             to
             speak
             something
             of
             a
             forraigne
             Element
             ,
             which
             in
             some
             sort
             seemes
             to
             obscure
             the
             glory
             of
             all
             the
             forenamed
             drinks
             ;
             and
             is
             knowne
             to
             us
             by
             the
             name
             of
             Sack
             ,
             which
             appellation
             was
             archieved
             by
             derivation
             from
             Donzago
             ,
             a
             Spaniard
             of
             the
             Province
             of
             Andalowsia
             ,
             who
             was
             the
             first
             discoverer
             of
             this
             Castilian
             Ellixar
             .
          
           
             But
             herein
             (
             as
             before
             )
             I
             shall
             but
             loose
             my selfe
             the
             subject
             being
             most
             excellently
             handled
             ,
             tasted
             ,
             and
             well
             rellished
             both
             in
             verse
             and
             prose
             ,
             especially
             in
             that
             late
             Illustration
             of
             Aristippus
             ,
             in
             which
             respect
             onely
             it
             is
             held
             fit
             that
             Cambridge
             should
             precede
             Oxford
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sack.
             
          
           
             SAck
             is
             no
             hippocrite
             ,
             for
             any
             man
             that
             knowes
             what
             an
             Anagram
             is
             ,
             will
             confesse
             that
             it
             is
             conta1ined
             within
             the
             litterall
             letters
             and
             limmits
             of
             its
             owne
             name
             ,
             which
             is
             (
             to
             say
             )
             a
             Cask
             .
             Sack
             then
             containes
             it selfe
             ,
             (
             except
             it
             be
             drawne
             out
             )
             within
             its
             inclosed
             bounds
             ,
             like
             Diogenes
             ,
             in
             his
             Tun
             ;
             yet
             Sack
             (
             overmuch
             drawne
             and
             excessively
             abused
             )
             hath
             drawne
             the
             abusers
             of
             it
             into
             many
             abuses
             and
             dammages
             ,
             for
             
               Tangrephilax
            
             ,
             a
             learned
             Lybian
             Geographer
             of
             our
             time
             ,
             affirmes
             that
             it
             sumes
             into
             the
             head
             ,
             though
             it
             well
             pleases
             the
             palate
             ,
             yet
             neverthelesse
             that
             it
             helpes
             the
             naturall
             weaknesse
             of
             a
             cold
             stomacke
             more
             than
             any
             other
             wine
             whatsoever
             .
             The
             old
             ancient
             Poets
             onely
             write
             of
             
               Helicon
               ,
               Tempe
               ,
               Aganippe
            
             ,
             the
             Pegasean
             fountaine
             ,
             the
             Thespian
             spring
             .
             The
             Muses
             well
             and
             abundance
             of
             other
             unknowne
             rich
             invisible
             blessings
             ;
             But
             our
             age
             approves
             that
             Sack
             is
             the
             best
             lineing
             or
             living
             for
             a
             good
             Poet
             ;
             and
             that
             it
             enables
             our
             moderne
             writers
             ,
             to
             versifie
             most
             
             ingeniously
             ,
             without
             much
             cud
             gelling
             their
             headpieces
             (
             a
             thing
             very
             much
             used
             in
             the
             pumpers
             for
             wit
             )
             whereby
             they
             get
             some
             portion
             of
             credit
             ,
             a
             great
             proportion
             of
             windy
             applause
             ,
             but
             for
             money
             ,
             &c.
             
             For
             mine
             owne
             part
             ,
             I
             do
             not
             ,
             nor
             will
             drinke
             any
             of
             it
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             reason
             that
             my
             verses
             want
             vigour
             ,
             but
             if
             I
             could
             but
             endure
             to
             wash
             my
             midrisle
             in
             Sack
             ,
             as
             the
             most
             grave
             Musehunters
             
               Hexametrians
               ,
               Pentametrians
               ,
               Dactylians
            
             and
             Spondeians
             doe
             ;
             I
             should
             then
             reach
             with
             my
             Invention
             above
             the
             Altitude
             of
             the
             39.
             sphere
             ,
             and
             dive
             50.
             fathom
             below
             the
             profundity
             of
             the
             depest
             Barrathrum
             :
             The
             troth
             is
             ,
             I
             have
             no
             reason
             to
             love
             Sack
             ,
             for
             it
             made
             me
             twice
             a
             Rat
             in
             Woodstreet
             Counter-trap
             :
             besides
             where
             other
             wines
             have
             scarce
             strength
             to
             make
             me
             drunke
             (
             as
             I
             may
             take
             them
             )
             Sack
             hath
             the
             power
             to
             make
             me
             mad
             ,
             which
             made
             me
             leave
             it
             .
          
           
             Yet
             for
             the
             vertues
             that
             are
             in
             mine
             enemy
             ,
             I
             must
             and
             will
             give
             due
             commendations
             ;
             therefore
             I
             will
             give
             a
             touch
             at
             some
             things
             which
             is
             praise
             worthy
             in
             this
             
               Iberian
               ,
               Castilian
               ,
               Canarian
               ,
               Sherrian
               ,
               Mallaganian
               ,
               Robalonian
               ,
               Robdanian
               ,
               Peterseamian
               .
            
          
           
             Is
             any
             man
             opprest
             with
             crudities
             in
             his
             stomacke
             ,
             so
             that
             it
             takes
             away
             all
             appetituall
             desire
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             the
             sight
             of
             meat
             is
             a
             second
             sicknesse
             to
             him
             ?
             let
             that
             man
             drinke
             Sack
             ,
             the
             cure
             followes
             beyond
             beliefe
             :
             Is
             any
             man
             Ingurgitated
             ,
             so
             that
             he
             is
             in
             the
             condition
             of
             a
             strong
             surfeit
             ?
             let
             that
             man
             drinke
             Sack
             too
             ;
             the
             remedy
             is
             sudden
             indeed
             to
             a
             poynt
             of
             wonder
             or
             admiration
             .
             Is
             any
             man
             so
             much
             out
             of
             the
             favour
             of
             Elous
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             short-winded
             ,
             or
             that
             his
             voice
             or
             speech
             failes
             him
             ,
             let
             him
             drinke
             Sack
             ,
             (
             as
             it
             may
             be
             taken
             )
             it
             shall
             make
             him
             capable
             to
             vent
             words
             and
             speake
             beyond
             measure
             :
             Doth
             any
             man
             (
             for
             the
             clearing
             of
             his
             stomacke
             )
             desire
             a
             vomit
             ?
             let
             him
             take
             a
             quantity
             of
             Sack
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             operation
             of
             the
             same
             it
             shall
             be
             effected
             ;
             So
             that
             we
             may
             justly
             say
             that
             Sack
             is
             a
             second
             nature
             to
             man
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Physicians
             well
             knew
             ,
             when
             they
             confinde
             it
             to
             the
             Apothecaies
             shops
             (
             which
             was
             not
             till
             neere
             the
             end
             of
             King
             Henry
             the
             eights
             Raigne
             ,
             about
             the
             yeare
             1543
             ,
             and
             in
             King
             Edward
             the
             sixts
             first
             and
             second
             yeare
             1548.
             )
             till
             which
             time
             none
             but
             the
             Apothecaries
             had
             the
             honour
             to
             fell
             Sack
             ,
             and
             that
             was
             onely
             for
             medicine
             ,
             and
             for
             sicke
             folkes
             :
             but
             though
             now
             it
             be
             more
             dispersed
             into
             Great
             mens
             houses
             and
             
             Vintners
             cellars
             ,
             yet
             it
             hath
             obtained
             no
             absolute
             freedome
             to
             this
             day
             ,
             for
             in
             the
             mansions
             or
             dwellings
             of
             many
             that
             keepe
             the
             fairest
             houses
             ,
             the
             Mannagement
             and
             tuition
             of
             Sack
             is
             to
             some
             lewd
             (
             ill
             natur'd
             ,
             or
             nurtur'd
             )
             yeoman
             of
             the
             Winecellar
             ,
             whereby
             it
             is
             too
             often
             adulterated
             ,
             and
             also
             brought
             to
             such
             an
             astringencie
             ,
             brought
             to
             such
             points
             of
             mortification
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             impossible
             it
             should
             ever
             be
             worthy
             to
             gaine
             the
             approbation
             of
             a
             Wine-vinegar
             man
             ,
             and
             it
             were
             heartily
             to
             be
             wish'd
             that
             this
             enormious
             abuse
             were
             punished
             by
             the
             vertue
             of
             a
             Dog-whip
             .
          
           
             A
             word
             or
             two
             for
             example
             ,
             and
             I
             shall
             conclude
             :
             
               Lucius
               Piso
            
             that
             great
             Generall
             that
             conquered
             Thrace
             ,
             was
             wonderfully
             given
             to
             the
             drinking
             of
             Sack
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             he
             was
             oftentimes
             carried
             from
             the
             Senate
             house
             ;
             and
             it
             was
             so
             farre
             from
             being
             an
             impeachment
             to
             his
             honour
             ,
             that
             neverthelesse
             
               Augustus
               Caesar
            
             committed
             to
             him
             the
             charge
             ,
             care
             ,
             and
             trust
             of
             the
             most
             secret
             affaires
             of
             State
             ,
             and
             never
             had
             any
             cause
             to
             be
             discontented
             with
             him
             :
             the
             like
             we
             read
             of
             Tiberius
             and
             Cassus
             ;
             and
             as
             faithfully
             was
             the
             plot
             and
             purpose
             to
             kill
             Caesar
             ,
             (
             in
             the
             Senate
             )
             committed
             unto
             Cimber
             (
             who
             dranke
             nothing
             but
             Sack
             ,
             )
             as
             unto
             Cassius
             who
             dranke
             nothing
             but
             Water
             ;
             and
             certaine
             I
             am
             that
             the
             Persians
             ,
             after
             their
             drinking
             of
             Sack
             ,
             were
             wont
             to
             consult
             of
             their
             chiefest
             and
             most
             serious
             state-businesses
             :
             and
             Cyrus
             ,
             (
             that
             so
             farre
             and
             famous
             a
             renowned
             King
             )
             among
             his
             other
             high
             praises
             and
             commendations
             ,
             meaning
             to
             preferre
             himselfe
             before
             his
             brother
             Artaxerxes
             ,
             and
             get
             the
             start
             of
             him
             ,
             alleageth
             the
             cause
             of
             his
             being
             victorious
             over
             him
             to
             bee
             chiefly
             because
             he
             could
             drinke
             more
             Sack
             than
             he
             .
          
           
             I
             commend
             not
             intemperance
             in
             all
             these
             allegations
             ,
             the
             Reader
             may
             please
             to
             Remember
             my
             former
             test
             for
             moderation
             ,
             and
             Sack
             ,
             being
             so
             taken
             ,
             will
             be
             to
             the
             moderate
             taker
             a
             comfort
             against
             cares
             and
             crosses
             ,
             and
             so
             with
             Iuvenals
             words
             in
             his
             foureteenth
             satire
             I
             shut
             up
             all
             ;
             
               
                 Thou
                 shalt
                 be
                 from
                 disease
                 and
                 weaknesse
                 free
                 ,
              
               
                 From
                 mone
                 ,
                 from
                 care
                 ,
                 long
                 time
                 of
                 life
                 to
                 thee
              
               
                 Shall
                 by
                 more
                 friendly
                 fate
                 afforded
                 by
                 :
              
               
                 Drinke
                 Sack
                 therefore
                 if
                 you
                 'l
                 be
                 rul'd
                 by
                 me
                 .
              
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           Here
           followeth
           ,
           a
           laborious
           and
           effectuall
           discourse
           ,
           in
           praise
           of
           the
           Element
           of
           all
           Waters
           fresh
           and
           salt
           ,
           with
           their
           opperation
           ;
           with
           a
           touch
           of
           the
           causes
           of
           all
           sorts
           of
           weather
           ,
           faire
           and
           foule
           .
        
         
           I
           That
           of
           Earth
           was
           made
           ,
           yet
           no
           earth
           have
           ,
        
         
           No
           not
           so
           much
           as
           may
           afford
           a
           grave
           :
        
         
           For
           when
           that
           death
           my
           lives
           thred
           shall
           untwine
        
         
           I
           have
           no
           buriall
           in
           a
           ground
           that
           's
           mine
           :
        
         
           Of
           all
           the
           Elements
           ,
           the
           Earth
           is
           worst
           ;
        
         
           Because
           for
           Adams
           sinne
           it
           was
           accurst
           :
        
         
           Therefore
           no
           parcell
           of
           it
           will
           I
           buy
        
         
           But
           on
           the
           VVater
           for
           reliefe
           relie
           .
        
         
           When
           as
           mans
           crying
           crimes
           in
           volleyes
           flew
        
         
           To
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           Heavens
           high
           vengeance
           downeward
           drew
           :
        
         
           Then
           Water
           all
           the
           World
           did
           overrunne
           ,
        
         
           And
           plagu'd
           th'
           abuses
           that
           on
           Earth
           were
           done
           .
        
         
           From
           showres
           of
           Water
           ,
           rain'd
           from
           Skies
           to
           Earth
           ,
        
         
           Spring
           ,
           Sommer
           ,
           Harvest
           ,
           Winter
           have
           their
           birth
           .
        
         
           For
           VVater
           is
           the
           Milke
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           whereby
        
         
           All
           things
           are
           nurs'd
           ,
           increase
           and
           multiply
           .
        
         
           The
           old●st
           and
           most
           grave
           Astronomers
           ,
        
         
           The
           learned'st
           and
           most
           sage
           Philosophers
        
         
           Doe
           hold
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           highest
           Altitude
        
         
           A
           spheare
           of
           Water
           is
           ,
           in
           Amplitude
        
         
           Envelloping
           all
           other
           Orbs
           and
           Spheres
           ,
        
         
           With
           all
           the
           Planets
           swift
           and
           slow
           careares
           ,
        
         
           Even
           as
           the
           Sea
           the
           Earth
           doth
           compasse
           round
           ,
        
         
           The
           Water
           so
           the
           Firmament
           doth
           bound
           .
        
         
           Should
           I
           of
           Water
           write
           ,
           but
           what
           it
           is
           ,
        
         
         
           I
           should
           be
           drowned
           in
           my
           Theames
           Abysse
           :
        
         
           And
           therefore
           I
           'le
           but
           dabble
           ,
           wade
           ,
           and
           wash
           ,
        
         
           And
           here
           and
           there
           both
           give
           ,
           and
           take
           a
           dash
           .
        
         
           In
           blest
           Records
           it
           truely
           is
           approv'd
           ,
        
         
           That
           Gods
           blest
           Spirit
           upon
           the
           Waters
           mov'd
           :
        
         
           Then
           All
           things
           were
           involved
           in
           the
           Waters
           ,
        
         
           All
           earthly
           ,
           Airie
           ,
           and
           all
           firie
           matters
           :
        
         
           Vntill
           th'
           Almighty
           (
           whose
           workes
           all
           are
           wonders
           )
        
         
           With
           saying
           (
           
             Let
             there
             be
          
           )
           the
           Chaos
           sunders
           .
        
         
           Of
           a
           confus'd
           lump
           ,
           voyd
           of
           forme
           and
           fashion
           ,
        
         
           He
           spake
           ,
           and
           gave
           the
           world
           its
           faire
           creation
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           at
           first
           the
           Waters
           compast
           all
        
         
           The
           Chaos
           ,
           or
           worlds
           universall
           Ball.
        
         
           So
           still
           ,
           of
           all
           the
           workes
           of
           God
           ,
           most
           glorious
        
         
           The
           water
           was
           ,
           is
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           victorious
           .
        
         
           It
           doth
           surmount
           the
           Ayre
           ,
           the
           fire
           it
           quenches
        
         
           With
           Inundations
           it
           the
           Earth
           bedrenches
           :
        
         
           The
           Fire
           may
           burne
           a
           house
           ,
           perhaps
           a
           Towne
           ,
        
         
           But
           water
           can
           a
           Province
           spoyle
           and
           drowne
           :
        
         
           And
           Ayre
           may
           be
           corrupted
           ,
           and
           from
           thence
           ,
        
         
           A
           Kingdome
           may
           be
           plagu'd
           with
           pestilence
           :
        
         
           Where
           many
           die
           ,
           old
           ,
           young
           ,
           some
           great
           ,
           some
           small
           ,
        
         
           But
           water
           flouds
           plaies
           sweep-stake
           with
           them
           all
           .
        
         
           Earth
           may
           be
           barren
           ,
           and
           not
           yeeld
           her
           store
           :
        
         
           Yet
           may
           she
           feed
           the
           rich
           ,
           and
           starve
           the
           poore
           .
        
         
           But
           Earth
           in
           triumph
           over
           all
           ner'e
           rid
           ,
        
         
           As
           in
           the
           Diluge
           once
           the
           Waters
           did
           .
        
         
           Warre
           may
           make
           noyse
           with
           Gunnes
           and
           ratling
           Drums
           ,
        
         
           But
           Water
           ,
           where
           it
           comes
           ,
           it
           overcomes
           .
        
         
           Thus
           Earth
           ,
           nor
           Ayre
           ,
           nor
           Fire
           ,
           nor
           rumbling
           Warre
           ,
        
         
           Nor
           plague
           ,
           or
           pestilence
           ,
           nor
           famine
           are
        
         
           Of
           powre
           to
           winne
           ,
           where
           Water
           but
           commands
           ,
        
         
           As
           witnesse
           may
           the
           watry
           Northerlands
           .
        
         
           Concerning
           Merchandise
           ,
           and
           transportation
           ,
        
         
           Commerce
           and
           traffique
           ,
           and
           negotiation
           ,
        
         
           To
           Make
           each
           Countrie
           have
           by
           Navigation
        
         
           The
           Goods
           ,
           and
           Riches
           of
           each
           others
           Nation
           .
        
         
         
           Commodities
           in
           free
           community
           ,
        
         
           Embassages
           for
           warre
           or
           unity
           :
        
         
           These
           blessings
           ,
           by
           the
           Sea
           ,
           or
           some
           fresh
           River
        
         
           Are
           given
           to
           us
           ,
           by
           the
           All-giving
           Giver
           .
        
         
           And
           in
           the
           vasty
           and
           unmeasur'd
           roome
        
         
           Of
           Neptunes
           Regiment
           ,
           or
           Thetis
           wombe
           ,
        
         
           Are
           almost
           shapes
           and
           formes
           of
           all
           the
           things
        
         
           Which
           in
           the
           Earth
           ,
           or
           Ayre
           ,
           or
           dies
           ,
           or
           springs
           .
        
         
           Ther'e
           Fishes
           like
           to
           Sunne
           or
           Moone
           ,
           and
           Starres
           ,
        
         
           Fowles
           of
           the
           Ayre
           ,
           and
           weapons
           for
           the
           Warres
           ,
        
         
           Beasts
           of
           the
           Field
           ,
           and
           Plants
           and
           Flowers
           there
           ,
        
         
           And
           Fishes
           made
           like
           Men
           and
           Women
           are
           .
        
         
           All
           instruments
           for
           any
           Art
           or
           Trade
           ,
        
         
           In
           living
           formes
           of
           Fishes
           there
           are
           made
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           approv'd
           ,
           if
           any
           man
           will
           seeke
        
         
           In
           the
           first
           day
           of
           Bart●●
           his
           first
           weeke
           ,
        
         
           Heaven
           hath
           ordain'd
           the
           warry
           Element
        
         
           To
           be
           a
           Seale
           and
           sacred
           Sacrament
           ,
        
         
           Which
           doth
           in
           Baptisme
           us
           regenerate
           ,
        
         
           And
           man
           againe
           with
           God
           doth
           renovate
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           it
           in
           the
           Laver
           (
           mysticall
           )
        
         
           Doth
           cleanse
           us
           from
           our
           sinne
           originall
           :
        
         
           So
           for
           our
           corp'rall
           uses
           't
           is
           most
           meete
        
         
           To
           wash
           our
           cloathes
           ,
           and
           keepe
           us
           cleane
           and
           sweet
           .
        
         
           Wer
           't
           not
           for
           Water
           thus
           we
           plainelie
           see
           ,
        
         
           No
           beast
           on
           Earth
           more
           beastly
           were
           than
           wee
           .
        
         
           Our selves
           with
           nastinesse
           our selves
           should
           smother
           ,
        
         
           Or
           with
           our
           owne
           sterich
           poyson
           one
           another
           .
        
         
           It
           keepes
           our
           vessels
           cleane
           to
           dresse
           our
           meate
           ,
        
         
           It
           serves
           to
           cleanse
           and
           boile
           the
           meate
           we
           eate
           .
        
         
           It
           makes
           our
           houses
           hansome
           ,
           neate
           and
           cleane
           ,
        
         
           (
           Or
           else
           the
           mayd
           is
           but
           a
           sluttish
           queane
           )
        
         
           Thus
           Water
           boyles
           ,
           parboyles
           ,
           and
           mundifies
           .
        
         
           Cleares
           ,
           cleanses
           ,
           clarifies
           ,
           and
           purifies
           .
        
         
           But
           as
           it
           purges
           us
           from
           filth
           and
           stincke
           ;
        
         
           We
           must
           remember
           that
           it
           makes
           us
           drinke
           ,
        
         
           
             Metheglin
             ,
             Braggot
             ,
             Beere
          
           ,
           and
           headstrong
           Ale
           ,
        
         
         
           (
           That
           can
           put
           colour
           in
           a
           visage
           pale
           )
        
         
           By
           which
           meanes
           many
           Brewers
           are
           growne
           Rich
           ,
        
         
           And
           in
           estates
           may
           soare
           a
           lofty
           Pitch
           ,
        
         
           Men
           of
           Good
           Ranke
           and
           place
           ,
           and
           much
           command
        
         
           Who
           have
           (
           by
           sodden
           Water
           )
           purchast
           land
           :
        
         
           Yet
           sure
           I
           thinke
           their
           gaine
           had
           not
           been
           such
        
         
           Had
           not
           good
           fellowes
           vs'de
           to
           drinke
           too
           much
           ;
        
         
           But
           wisely
           they
           made
           hay
           whilst
           Sunne
           did
           shine
           ,
        
         
           For
           now
           our
           Land
           is
           overflowne
           with
           wine
           :
        
         
           With
           such
           a
           Deluge
           ,
           or
           an
           Inundation
        
         
           As
           hath
           besotted
           and
           halfe
           drown'd
           our
           Nation
           .
        
         
           Some
           that
           are
           scarce
           worth
           40
           pence
           a
           yeere
        
         
           Will
           hardly
           make
           a
           meale
           with
           Ale
           or
           Beere
           :
        
         
           And
           will
           discourse
           ,
           that
           wine
           doth
           make
           good
           blood
           ,
        
         
           Concocts
           his
           meat
           ,
           and
           make
           digestion
           good
           ,
        
         
           And
           after
           to
           drinke
           Beere
           ,
           nor
           will
           ,
           nor
           can
        
         
           He
           lay
           a
           Churle
           upon
           a
           Gentleman
           .
        
         
           Thus
           Bacchus
           is
           ador'd
           and
           deifide
           ,
        
         
           And
           We
           Hispanializ'd
           and
           Frenchifide
           :
        
         
           Whilst
           Noble
           Native
           Ale
           ,
           and
           Beeres
           hard
           fate
        
         
           Are
           like
           old
           Almanacks
           ,
           Quite
           out
           of
           Date
           ;
        
         
           Thus
           men
           consume
           their
           credits
           and
           their
           wealths
           ,
        
         
           And
           swallow
           sicknesses
           ,
           in
           drinking
           healths
           ,
        
         
           Untill
           the
           fury
           of
           the
           spritefull
           Grape
        
         
           Mounts
           to
           the
           braine
           ,
           and
           makes
           a
           man
           an
           Ape
           ,
        
         
           A
           Sheepe
           ,
           Goate
           ,
           Lion
           ,
           or
           a
           Beastly
           swine
           ,
        
         
           He
           snores
           ,
           besoyl'd
           with
           vomit
           and
           much
           Wine
           .
        
         
           At
           Good
           mens
           Boords
           ,
           where
           of●
           I
           eate
           good
           cheere
           ,
        
         
           I
           finde
           the
           Brewer
           honest
           in
           his
           Beere
           .
        
         
           He
           sels
           it
           for
           small
           Beere
           ,
           and
           he
           should
           cheate
           ,
        
         
           In
           stead
           of
           small
           to
           cosen
           folks
           with
           Greate
           .
        
         
           But
           one
           shall
           seldome
           find
           them
           with
           that
           fault
           ,
        
         
           Except
           it
           should
           invisibly
           raine
           Mault
           .
        
         
           O
           Tapsters
           ,
           Tapsters
           all
           ,
           lament
           and
           cry
           ,
        
         
           Or
           desp'rately
           drinke
           all
           the
           Tavernes
           dry
           :
        
         
           For
           till
           such
           time
           as
           all
           the
           Wine
           is
           gone
           ,
        
         
           Your
           are
           bewitch'd
           ,
           and
           guests
           you
           shall
           have
           none
           .
        
         
         
           Then
           to
           the
           Tavernes
           hye
           you
           every
           man
           :
        
         
           In
           one
           day
           drinke
           foure
           Gallons
           ,
           if
           you
           can
           ,
        
         
           And
           with
           that
           tricke
           (
           within
           a
           day
           or
           twaine
           )
        
         
           I
           thinke
           there
           will
           but
           little
           Wine
           remaine
           .
        
         
           Your
           hopes
           to
           hoppes
           returne
           againe
           will
           be
           ,
        
         
           And
           you
           once
           more
           the
           golden
           age
           will
           see
           .
        
         
           But
           hold
           ,
           I
           feare
           my
           Muse
           is
           mad
           or
           drunke
           ,
        
         
           Or
           else
           my
           wits
           are
           in
           the
           wetting
           shrunk
           :
        
         
           To
           Beere
           and
           Ale
           my
           love
           hath
           some
           relation
        
         
           Which
           made
           me
           wander
           thus
           beyond
           my
           station
           .
        
         
           Good
           Reader
           be
           my
           Priest
           ,
           I
           make
           confession
           ,
        
         
           I
           pray
           thee
           pardon
           me
           ,
           my
           long
           digression
           .
        
         
           From
           Beere
           and
           Wine
           to
           water
           now
           a
           while
           ,
        
         
           I
           meane
           to
           metamorphose
           backe
           my
           stile
           .
        
         
           Wer
           't
           not
           for
           Water
           ,
           sure
           the
           Dyers
           would
           die
           ,
        
         
           Because
           they
           wanted
           where
           withall
           to
           dye
           .
        
         
           Cost
           would
           be
           lost
           ,
           and
           labour
           be
           in
           vaine
           ,
        
         
           'T
           is
           Water
           that
           must
           helpe
           to
           die
           in
           Graine
           .
        
         
           They
           could
           then
           feare
           no
           colours
           ,
           it
           is
           cleare
           ,
        
         
           Want
           water
           ,
           and
           there
           will
           be
           none
           to
           feare
           .
        
         
           The
           Fishmongers
           ,
           (
           a
           worthy
           Company
           )
        
         
           If
           VVater
           did
           not
           still
           their
           Trade
           supply
           ,
        
         
           They
           would
           be
           Tradefalne
           ,
           and
           quite
           downe
           be
           trod
           ,
        
         
           Nor
           worth
           the
           head
           or
           braine-pan
           of
           a
           Cod.
        
         
           Then
           Lent
           and
           Ember-weekes
           would
           soone
           be
           shotten
           ,
        
         
           All
           fasting
           daies
           would
           quickly
           be
           forgotten
           :
        
         
           Carthusian
           Friers
           ,
           in
           superstitious
           Cloysters
        
         
           VVould
           want
           their
           st●irring
           Cockles
           ,
           Crabs
           and
           Oysters
           :
        
         
           And
           Catholicks
           turne
           Puritanes
           straight
           way
           ,
        
         
           And
           never
           more
           keepe
           Lent
           or
           fasting
           day
           .
        
         
           But
           leaving
           Neptune
           ,
           and
           his
           Trumping
           Triton
           ,
        
         
           Of
           other
           VVaters
           now
           I
           meane
           to
           write
           on
           ,
        
         
           (
           Exhal'd
           by
           Phoebus
           from
           the
           Ocean
           maine
           )
        
         
           Of
           Clowdes
           ,
           of
           misty
           Fogs
           ,
           all
           sorts
           of
           Raine
           ,
        
         
           Of
           Dew
           ,
           of
           Frosts
           ,
           of
           Haile
           ,
           of
           Ice
           of
           Snow
        
         
           VVhich
           falls
           ,
           and
           turnes
           to
           water
           here
           below
           ,
        
         
           Of
           Snow
           and
           Raine
           ,
           as
           they
           together
           meet
        
         
         
           VVell
           mingled
           in
           the
           Ayre
           ,
           are
           called
           Sleet
           .
        
         
           Of
           Springs
           ,
           of
           petty
           Rils
           ,
           of
           Chrystall
           Founts
           ,
        
         
           Of
           Streamelets
           here
           my
           merry
           Muse
           recounts
           ;
        
         
           Of
           Foordes
           ,
           of
           Brookes
           ,
           of
           Rivers
           ,
           Lakes
           and
           Bournes
           ;
        
         
           Of
           Creekes
           ,
           of
           Ebbes
           and
           flouds
           ,
           and
           their
           returnes
           ,
        
         
           Of
           Gulphs
           ,
           ponds
           ,
           Whirlpooles
           ,
           Puddles
           ,
           Ditches
           ,
           Pooles
           ,
        
         
           Of
           Moates
           ,
           of
           Bathes
           ,
           some
           hot
           ,
           and
           some
           that
           cooles
           ,
        
         
           Of
           Waters
           ,
           bitter
           ,
           sweet
           ,
           fresh
           ,
           salt
           ,
           hot
           ,
           cold
           ,
        
         
           Of
           all
           their
           operations
           manifold
           ;
        
         
           These
           (
           if
           I
           can
           )
           I
           'le
           mention
           with
           my
           Pen
        
         
           And
           last
           of
           Urin
           and
           strong
           Watermen
           .
        
         
           
           A
           Cloud
           's
           a
           Vapour
           ,
           which
           is
           cold
           and
           moyst
           ,
        
         
           Which
           from
           the
           Earth
           ,
           or
           Sea
           ,
           the
           Sunne
           doth
           hoyst
        
         
           Into
           the
           middle
           Region
           of
           the
           Ayre
           ,
        
         
           And
           is
           (
           by
           extreame
           cold
           )
           congealed
           there
           ,
        
         
           Untill
           at
           last
           ,
           it
           breake
           and
           fals
           againe
           ,
        
         
           To
           Earth
           ,
           or
           Sea
           ,
           in
           snow
           ,
           sleet
           ,
           Haile
           or
           Raine
           .
        
         
           
           Mists
           are
           such
           clouds
           ,
           which
           neere
           the
           earth
           doe
           lye
           ,
        
         
           Because
           the
           sun
           wants
           strength
           to
           draw
           them
           high
           .
        
         
           When
           radiant
           Sol
           displaies
           his
           piercing
           Beames
        
         
           
           Into
           a
           cloud
           ,
           it
           Thawes
           ,
           and
           Raines
           ,
           in
           streames
           :
        
         
           And
           as
           the
           cloud
           is
           distant
           neere
           or
           farre
           ,
        
         
           So
           ,
           great
           ,
           or
           small
           the
           showrie
           droppes
           still
           are
           .
        
         
           Some
           men
           (
           'gainst
           Raine
           )
           doe
           carry
           in
           their
           backs
        
         
           Prognosticating
           
             Aking
          
           Almanacks
           :
        
         
           Some
           by
           a
           painefull
           elbow
           ,
           hip
           ,
           or
           knee
           ,
        
         
           Will
           shrewdly
           guesse
           ,
           what
           wether
           's
           like
           to
           be
           :
        
         
           Some
           by
           their
           cornes
           are
           wondrous
           Weather-wise
           ,
        
         
           And
           some
           by
           biting
           of
           Lice
           ,
           Fleas
           ,
           or
           Flies
           :
        
         
           The
           Gowt
           ,
           Sciatica
           ,
           The
           Gallian
           Morbus
           ,
        
         
           Doth
           oft
           foretell
           if
           Tempests
           shall
           disturbe
           us
           ;
        
         
           For
           though
           these
           things
           converse
           not
           with
           the
           start
           ,
        
         
           Yet
           to
           Mans
           Griefe
           they
           are
           Astronomers
           ;
        
         
           In
           Spring
           time
           ,
           and
           in
           Autumne
           Phoebus
           Ray
        
         
           From
           land
           and
           sea
           drawes
           vapours
           in
           the
           day
           ,
        
         
           Which
           to
           th'
           Ayres
           lowest
           Region
           he
           exhales
           ,
        
         
           
           And
           in
           the
           night
           to
           pearly
           dew
           is
           fals
           .
        
         
         
           Here
           oft
           fall
           Meldewes
           ,
           sweet
           as
           Hony
           ;
           And
        
         
           Dew
           oft
           turnes
           Manna
           in
           Polonia
           land
           .
        
         
           Twixt
           Dew
           and
           Hoare-frost
           ,
           
           all
           the
           ods
           ,
           I
           hold
        
         
           One
           comes
           from
           heate
           ,
           the
           other
           from
           the
           cold
           .
        
         
           
           Hayle
           is
           an
           Ice
           which
           oft
           in
           flawes
           and
           stormes
        
         
           In
           spring
           and
           Harvest
           fals
           ,
           in
           sundry
           formes
           ;
        
         
           For
           in
           the
           Autumne
           ,
           Winter
           ,
           or
           by
           night
        
         
           Scarce
           any
           Hayle
           within
           our
           land
           doth
           light
           .
        
         
           And
           last
           comes
           Snow
           ,
           
           the
           cold
           of
           Winters
           Weathers
           ,
        
         
           Which
           fals
           and
           fils
           the
           Ayre
           with
           seeming
           feathers
           .
        
         
           These
           from
           the
           land
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           Ocean
           Maine
           ,
        
         
           The
           Sun
           drawes
           up
           ,
           and
           then
           le
           ts
           fall
           againe
           .
        
         
           Thus
           water
           universally
           doth
           fly
        
         
           From
           Earth
           and
           skie
           to
           Sea
           ,
           from
           them
           to
           Sky
           :
        
         
           For
           'twixt
           the
           Firmament
           ,
           the
           land
           and
           Ocean
           ,
        
         
           The
           Water
           travels
           with
           perpetuall
           Motion
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           from
           the
           Airy
           Regions
           I
           descend
           ,
        
         
           And
           to
           a
           lower
           course
           my
           study
           beside
        
         
           He
           that
           of
           these
           things
           would
           know
           more
           ,
           may
           please
        
         
           To
           looke
           them
           in
           some
           Ephimerides
           .
        
         
           Springs
           ,
           
           (
           in
           the
           Earth
           )
           I
           doe
           Assimulate
        
         
           To
           veines
           of
           Man
           ,
           which
           doe
           evacuate
           ,
        
         
           And
           drop
           by
           drop
           through
           Cavernes
           they
           distill
           .
        
         
           Till
           many
           meetings
           make
           a
           petty
           Rill
           :
        
         
           Which
           Rill
           (
           with
           others
           )
           doe
           make
           Rivolets
           ,
        
         
           And
           Rivolets
           ,
           Brookes
           ,
           Bournes
           and
           foords
           begets
           ,
        
         
           And
           thus
           combined
           ,
           they
           their
           store
           deliver
        
         
           Into
           a
           deeper
           trench
           ,
           and
           make
           a
           River
           .
        
         
           Then
           Rivers
           joyne
           ,
           
           as
           Isis
           doth
           with
           Tame
           ,
        
         
           And
           Trent
           with
           Owse
           ,
           and
           Humber
           doth
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           Those
           altogether
           doe
           their
           Tributes
           pay
        
         
           Unto
           their
           soveraigne
           Ocean
           night
           and
           day
           .
        
         
           These
           make
           Dame
           Tellus
           wombe
           to
           fructisie
           ,
        
         
           As
           blood
           in
           veines
           of
           men
           doe
           life
           supply
           ,
        
         
           Lakes
           in
           low
           vallied
           Grounds
           have
           Generation
           ,
           
        
         
           Or
           from
           some
           severall
           Rivers
           Inundation
           .
        
         
           Some
           Lakes
           seeme
           Oceans
           ,
           amongst
           which
           are
           these
        
         
         
           The
           Dead-lake
           ,
           Hircan
           ,
           and
           the
           Caspian
           seas
           .
        
         
           A
           Whirpooles
           like
           unto
           state
           policy
        
         
           Not
           to
           be
           sounded
           ,
           but
           with
           jeopardy
           .
        
         
           Hot
           Bathes
           doe
           spring
           from
           Brimstone
           veines
           ,
           whose
           heat
        
         
           For
           many
           cures
           have
           opperation
           great
           .
        
         
           Some
           minerall
           earth
           is
           bitter
           ,
           and
           doth
           make
        
         
           The
           water
           issuing
           thence
           ,
           that
           taste
           to
           take
           .
        
         
           In
           Scicily
           ,
           they
           say
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           VVell
        
         
           VVhose
           water
           doth
           for
           Vinegar
           serve
           well
           .
        
         
           A
           VVell
           neere
           Bileu
           in
           Bohemia
           lies
        
         
           VVhich
           (
           like
           burnt
           VVine
           )
           the
           Countrey
           there
           supplies
           .
        
         
           And
           divers
           springs
           in
           Germany
           there
           be
           ,
        
         
           VVhose
           taste
           with
           Vinegar
           ,
           or
           VVine
           agree
           .
        
         
           For
           there
           the
           Brimstone
           mines
           ,
           and
           Minerals
        
         
           VVith
           Fumes
           infuting
           vapours
           up
           exhales
        
         
           And
           with
           the
           waters
           doe
           incorporate
        
         
           Hot
           ,
           cold
           ,
           sweet
           ,
           sowre
           ,
           as
           they
           ennaccuate
           .
        
         
           Some
           Rivers
           are
           of
           such
           strange
           working
           might
           ,
        
         
           VVhich
           dranke
           (
           by
           sheepe
           )
           doth
           change
           them
           black
           from
           white
           ,
        
         
           Some
           that
           with
           bathing
           cure
           ,
           blind
           ,
           dease
           ,
           and
           lame
           ,
        
         
           And
           makes
           mens
           haire
           red
           that
           doe
           drinke
           the
           same
           ,
        
         
           Some
           are
           at
           noone
           key-cold
           ,
           at
           midnight
           hot
           ,
        
         
           Some
           makes
           a
           man
           mad
           ,
           some
           a
           drunken
           sot
           ,
        
         
           Some
           are
           in
           summer
           cold
           ,
           in
           winter
           warme
           ,
        
         
           And
           some
           are
           banefull
           ,
           full
           of
           poysn'ous
           harme
           .
        
         
           Some
           (
           do
           with
           lost
           )
           make
           mens
           affections
           burne
           ,
        
         
           And
           some
           (
           through
           coldnesse
           )
           wood
           to
           stones
           will
           turne
           ,
        
         
           Some
           will
           quench
           burning
           torches
           straite
           ,
           and
           then
        
         
           Dip'd
           in
           the
           water
           they
           are
           light
           agen
           ,
        
         
           I
           read
           that
           in
           Silicia
           one
           may
           finde
        
         
           A
           well
           which
           if
           Thieves
           drinke
           of
           ,
           are
           strucke
           blinde
           ,
        
         
           My selfe
           ,
           and
           many
           thousands
           more
           than
           I
        
         
           Would
           (
           rather
           then
           to
           drinke
           thereof
           be
           drie
           .
           )
        
         
           If
           Brittaines
           waters
           all
           were
           such
           ,
           I
           thinke
        
         
           That
           few
           of
           us
           would
           dare
           thereof
           to
           drinke
           :
        
         
           I
           could
           write
           more
           of
           strange
           wells
           opp'tatious
           :
        
         
           And
           waters
           of
           our
           owne
           and
           other
           Nations
           .
        
         
         
           But
           Doctour
           Fulk
           of
           late
           hath
           writ
           a
           booke
           ,
        
         
           Of
           Met'ors
           ,
           and
           who
           lists
           therein
           to
           looke
           ,
        
         
           May
           read
           ,
           and
           reading
           may
           be
           well
           suffic'd
           ,
        
         
           So
           learnedly
           he
           hath
           Epitomiz'd
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           two
           Springs
           ,
           which
           women
           (
           when
           they
           mump
           )
        
         
           Or
           lumpish
           lowring
           from
           their
           eyes
           can
           pumpe
           ,
        
         
           And
           in
           those
           pearly
           streames
           the
           foole
           ,
           and
           witty
           ,
        
         
           Hath
           oftentimes
           beene
           duck'd
           or
           sous'd
           with
           pity
           :
        
         
           Kinde
           hearted
           men
           are
           drown'd
           in
           sorrow
           deepe
        
         
           When
           they
           doe
           see
           a
           handsome
           woman
           weepe
           .
        
         
           But
           Aprill
           like
           ,
           soone
           dry
           and
           quickly
           wet
        
         
           (
           As
           anger
           ,
           love
           ,
           or
           hate
           doe
           rise
           or
           set
           ,
           )
        
         
           But
           as
           for
           those
           that
           truely
           spring
           from
           griefe
           ,
        
         
           I
           wish
           them
           consolation
           and
           Reliefe
           .
        
         
           Now
           (
           to
           ecclips
           the
           vigour
           of
           the
           Vine
           )
        
         
           We
           have
           strong
           waters
           ,
           stronger
           much
           than
           Wine
           :
        
         
           One
           with
           a
           quart
           of
           water
           drunke
           may
           be
           ,
        
         
           When
           (
           of
           the
           best
           wine
           )
           he
           may
           hold
           out
           three
           ,
        
         
           The
           sellers
           of
           these
           waters
           seldome
           row
           ,
        
         
           And
           yet
           they
           are
           strong-water-men
           ,
           I
           know
           .
        
         
           Some
           water-men
           there
           are
           of
           sight
           so
           quicke
           ,
        
         
           They
           'l
           tell
           by
           water
           if
           a
           man
           be
           sicke
           ,
        
         
           And
           (
           through
           the
           urinall
           )
           will
           speedily
        
         
           Finde
           out
           the
           cause
           ,
           the
           griefe
           and
           remedy
           .
        
         
           These
           men
           deserve
           much
           honour
           ,
           love
           and
           thankes
           .
        
         
           But
           hang
           base
           pispot
           cheating
           Mountebankes
           .
        
         
           'T
           were
           fit
           the
           Ratcatchers
           with
           them
           should
           be
           ,
        
         
           Combin'd
           in
           one
           ,
           and
           at
           one
           Hall
           made
           free
           .
        
         
           I
           could
           speake
           why
           the
           sea
           doth
           ebbe
           and
           flow
           ,
        
         
           And
           why
           't
           is
           salt
           ,
           but
           Doctour
           Fulke
           doth
           show
        
         
           Compendiously
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           said
           before
           ;
        
         
           And
           therefore
           her
           I
           'le
           touch
           these
           poynts
           no
           more
           .
        
         
           Month
           changing
           Luna
           ,
           hath
           the
           government
        
         
           O're
           all
           the
           various
           watry
           element
           ,
        
         
           And
           as
           the
           Moone
           is
           mutable
           even
           so
        
         
           The
           waters
           still
           are
           turning
           to
           and
           fro
           :
        
         
           'T
           is
           smooth
           ,
           't
           is
           rough
           ,
           deepe
           ,
           shallow
           ,
           swift
           and
           slow
           ,
        
         
         
           Whose
           motion
           doth
           perpetuall
           ebbe
           and
           flow
           :
        
         
           Most
           weake
           ,
           most
           strong
           ,
           most
           gentle
           ,
           most
           untam'd
        
         
           Of
           all
           the
           creatures
           that
           were
           ever
           nam'd
           :
        
         
           It
           is
           so
           weake
           that
           children
           may
           it
           spill
           ,
        
         
           And
           strong
           enough
           millions
           of
           men
           to
           kill
           :
        
         
           As
           smooth
           as
           Glasse
           ,
           as
           Rugged
           as
           a
           Beare
           ,
        
         
           Weake
           ,
           and
           yet
           greatest
           burthens
           still
           doth
           beare
           ,
        
         
           And
           as
           the
           waters
           from
           the
           Moone
           doth
           carry
        
         
           Her
           inclination
           ,
           and
           like
           her
           do
           vary
           :
        
         
           So
           I
           (
           a
           Water-man
           )
           in
           various
           fashions
           ,
        
         
           Have
           wroate
           a
           hotchpotch
           here
           of
           strange
           mutations
           ,
        
         
           Of
           ancient
           liquors
           ,
           made
           by
           
             Liber
             Pater
          
           ,
        
         
           Of
           drinkes
           ,
           of
           Wines
           ,
           of
           sundry
           sorts
           of
           Water
           :
        
         
           My
           Muse
           doth
           like
           a
           Monkey
           friske
           and
           frigge
           ,
        
         
           Or
           like
           a
           Squirrell
           skip
           ,
           from
           twigge
           to
           twigge
           :
        
         
           Now
           sipping
           Sider
           ,
           straightway
           supping
           Perry
           ,
        
         
           Metheglin
           sweet
           ,
           and
           Mead
           ,
           (
           that
           makes
           her
           merry
           )
        
         
           VVith
           Braggot
           ,
           that
           can
           teach
           a
           Cat
           to
           speake
           ,
        
         
           And
           poore
           Pomperkin
           (
           impotent
           and
           weake
           )
        
         
           And
           lastly
           (
           as
           the
           chiefe
           of
           all
           the
           rest
           )
        
         
           She
           tipples
           
             Huff-cap
             Ale
          
           ,
           to
           crowne
           the
           feast
           .
        
         
           Yet
           now
           and
           then
           in
           Beere
           and
           Balderdash
        
         
           Her
           lips
           she
           dips
           ;
           and
           cleane
           her
           entrailes
           wash
           :
        
         
           And
           ending
           ,
           she
           declares
           
           Sack
           's
           mighty
           power
           ,
        
         
           VVhich
           doth
           time
           ,
           coyne
           ,
           wit
           ,
           health
           ,
           and
           all
           devoure
           .
        
         
           Not
           by
           the
           mod'rate
           use
           ,
           but
           by
           th'
           abuse
        
         
           Which
           daily
           is
           in
           universall
           use
           .
        
         
           For
           
             Rhenish
             ,
             Claret
             ,
             White
          
           ,
           and
           other
           Wines
        
         
           They
           need
           not
           the
           expression
           of
           my
           lines
           :
        
         
           Their
           vertue
           's
           good
           ,
           if
           not
           commix'd
           impure
           ,
        
         
           And
           (
           as
           they
           'r
           us'd
           )
           they
           may
           both
           kill
           or
           cure
           .
        
         
           Through
           drinks
           ,
           through
           wines
           ,
           and
           waters
           ,
           I
           have
           run
           ,
        
         
           And
           (
           being
           dry
           and
           sober
           .
           )
           I
           have
           DONE
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A13442-e3680
           
             
               Of
               Clouds
            
             .
          
           
             
               Of
               Mists
            
             .
          
           
             
               Of
               Raine
            
             .
          
           
             Dew
             .
          
           
             
               Hoare
               frosts
            
          
           
             Hayle
             .
          
           
             Snow
             .
          
           
             Springs
             .
          
           
             Rivers
             .
          
           
             Lakes