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A50671	The praise of York-shire ale wherein is enumerated several sorts of drinks : with a description of the humors of most sorts of drunckards : to which is added, a York-shire dialogue, in its pure natural dialect, as	Meriton, George, 1634-1711.	1685 (1685)	Wing M1809; ESTC R16279	31,876	132

The Praise of York-shire Ale Wherein is enumerated several Sorts of Drinks with a Discription of the Humors of most sorts of Drunckards To VVhich is added a York-shire Dialogue in its pure natural Dialect as it is now commonly spokenin the North parts of York-shire BEING A Miscellanious Discourse or Hotch-potch of Several Country Affairs begun by a Daughter and her Mother and continued by the Father Son Vncle Neece and Land-Lord after which follows a Scold between Nell and Bess two York-shire women Corrected and Amended with large Additions in many places throughout the whole Book by the Author And after all a Clavis explaining the meaning of all the York-shire words in the Dialogue By G. M. Gent. ●ORK Printed by J. White for Francis Hil●●ard at the Signe of the Bible in Stonegate 1685. To the READER Reader here 's sportive mirth and harmless Droll Come buy and read laugh thy Belly full When thou hast done if thou condemn me for 't Then I have made my self and not thee sport That man is too morose and much to blame That doth condemn all mirth to be profane All Ages have of lawful mirth allow'd If too much time in it were not bestow'd Here thou hast mirth with small expence of time I 've taken pains the pleasure will be thine Vale G. M. Ad Momum Carpere vel noli nostra vel Ede tua Or Carpe not at these Lines of mine Or cause for to be publish'd thine The praise of Yorkshire-Ale wherein is Enumerated several Sorts of Drinks with a Description of the Humours of most Sorts of Drunkards BAcchus having call'd a Parliament of late For to consult about some Things of State Nearly concerning the honour of his Court To 'th Sun behind'th Exchange they did resort Where being met and many things that time Concerning the Adulterating Wine And other Liquors Selling of Ale in Muggs Silver Tankerds Black-Pots and little Juggs Stronge Beer in Rabits and cheating penny Cans Three Pipes for two pence and such like Trepans Vintners small Bottles Silver mouth'd black Jacks Papers of Sugar with such like cheating knacks Biskets Luke Olives Anchoves Caveare Neats Tongues West-Phalia-Hambs such like Ch● Crabs Lobsters Collar Beefe Cold Pullets Oyste● And such like Stuffe which make young men tur● Royste And many other things were then debated And Bills past upon the Cases stated And all things ready for Adjournment then Stood up one of the Northern Country men A Boon good fellow and Lover of Strong Ale Whose Tongue well steep'd in Sack begun this Ta● My Bully Rocks Ive been experienced long In most of Liquors which are counted Strong Of Claret White-wine and Canary Sack Rhenish and Malago I 've had no lack Sider perry Metheglin and Sherbet Coffee and Mead with Punch and Chocolet Rum and Tea Azora wine Mederry Vin-de-Paree Brag wine with Rosemdry Stepony Vsquebath besides all these ●qua Caelestis Cinnamon Hearts-ease ●rave Rosa Solis and other Liquors fine ●asberry Wine Pur-royal and Shampine Malmsey and Viper-wine all these I pass ●rontineack with excellent Ipocras Lac'd Coffee Twist Old Pharoh and Old Hoc Juniper Brandy and Wine de Langue-Dock Mum Cherry-wine Langoon and ●emonad Sherry and Port a Port both white and red Pomgranate Mirtle and Isope-wine I know Ipres and Orleance Coos and eke Anjow Burgundian-wine Coecubum Sage and Must Fennel and Wormwood-wine have past my Gust Hydromel Mulsom wine boil'd with Southernwood Opimium Smirna and Bi●on good Temetum Lora and brave Muskadel Rumney and Nectar too that doth excell Sicilian Naples and Lorain Wine Moravia Malta and Corsica fine Tent Muskatine Brandy and Alicant Of all these Liquors I 've had no scant And several others but none do I find Like Humming Northern ALE to please my mind It's pleasant to the Taste strong and mellow He that affects it not is no boon Fellow He that in this drink doth let his Senses swim There 's neither wind nor storms will pierce on him It warms in Winter in Summer opes the Pores 'T wil make a Sovereign Salve ' gainst cuts fores It ripens Wit exhillerates the Mind Makes friends of foes foes of friends full kind It's Physical for old Men warms their Blood Its Spirits makes the Coward 's courage good The Tatter'd Beggar being warm'd with Ale Nor Rain Hail Frost nor Snow can him Assai● He 's a good man with him can then compare ●t makes a Prentise great as the Lord Mayor The Labouring Man that toiles all day full sore A pot of Ale at Night doth him Restore And makes him all his Toil and paines forget And for another day-work hee 's then fit There 's more in drinking Ale sure then we wot For most Ingenious Artists love a Pot Nay amorous Ladyes it will pleasure too Make frozen Maids and Nuns and Virgins do The thing you know Soldiers and Gown-men Rich and poor old and young lame sound men May such advantage reap by drinking Ale As should I tell you 'd think 't were but a Tale Mistake me not Custom I mean not tho Of excessive Drinking as great Ranters do For that would turn a great Wit to a Sot ● mean the merry Quibling o're a Pot Which makes dull Melancholy spirits be For Criticks and great Witts good Company Oh the rare Virtues of this Barly Broth To rich and poor it's Meat and Drink and Clot● The Court here stopt him and the Prince did sa● Where may we find this Nectar I thee pray The boon good Fellow answer'd I can tell North-Allerton in York-shire doth excell All England nay all Europe for strong Ale If thither we adjourn we shall not fail To taste such humming Stuff as I dare say Your Highness never tasted to this day They hearing this the House Agreed upon All for Adjournmenr to North-Allerton Madam Bradley's was the chief house then nam'● There they must taste this noble Ale so fam'd And nois'd abroad in each place far and near Nay take it Bradley for strong Ale and Beer Thou hast it loose there 's none can do so well ●● brewing Ale thou dost all else excel Adjournment day being come there did appear A brave fullhouse Bachus himselfe was there This Nectar was brought in each had his Cup But at the first they did but sipple up This rare Ambrosia but finding that 'T was grateful to the Taste and made them chat And laugh and talk O then when all was out They call'd for more and drank full Cans about But in short space such strange Effects it wrought Amongst the Courtiers as Bachus never thought Or dream'd upon his wise men it made Fools And made his Councellors to look like Owls The simple sort of Fellows it made prate And talk of Court Affairs and things of State And those that were dull Fellows when they came Were now turn'd nimble Orators of Fame And such of them were thought to be no Wits Were Metamorphis'd into excellent Poets Those that were lame and came