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A25274 The search after claret, or, A visitation of the vintners a poem in two canto's. Ames, Richard, d. 1693. 1691 (1691) Wing A2989; ESTC R31891 9,215 26

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at the Buffler but that we both thought Our Friends Wine and his Faith were both equally naught XV. At the Lyon the Master was thumping the Back Of a Drawer who at Bar by mistake cry'd Puntack If naming the word is so Criminal thought The Vintners their Hogs t' a fine Market have brought XVI Had we drank at the Chequer no Physick could bar us From Death for how little alas 't would avail us To drink Wine in a House that looks so like an Ale-house XVII XVIII XIX So pale was the Rose the Long-Dog out of Breath And Duck-Wing had crow'd himself almost to Death That had we at either of these askt for Claret VVithout question our wishes had quickly miscarried XX. At the Sun we were loath for to moisten our Lips For we plainly perceiv'd she was then in Eclipse XXI At the sides of One Tun my Friend knockt for a Sign But a hollow Voice answer'd Puntack's not within XXII At the Bear when for Claret we askt the Drawcansir Like the Sign he was Muzled and gave us no Answer XXIII VVhen at the Half moon we observ'd the gay Sign VVe expected to find no good Claret within If the Wine be but good let the Sign be a Rush For the Learned agree that good VVine needs no Bush. XXIV The Poets who with their Inventions so rack us Yet assure us the Goat was accquainted with Bacchus Yet the Goat in Strand had not Claret a Drop For last Summer the Bacchinals drank it all up XXV At Po ●s we thought some old Claret to try But alas of that Liquor the Fountain was dry For since he so lately was fin'd fifty Pound For fetching up Bottles from Cellar profound VVhen oblig'd by the Law to Sell VVine in a Quart VVe found him so fretful so peevish and short But 'twixt Humour and Purse is a Sympathy found Our Humour 's not well if our Purse is unsound XXVI How briskly the Feathers may look yet we guest Their Claret if any was none of the best XXVII The Vine in the Strand we observ'd was new Planted And to find no good Claret there took it for granted XXVIII The Doors of the Swan some by order had clos'd 'em E're since Abraham H lls went to Abraham's Bosom XXIX When for Claret at Ca ters who lives at the Mitre VVe askt she admir'd we came there for to fright her For she had not a Drop or may Man ne're Delight her XXX When at the Five Bells we would Ring a short Peal We perceiv'd by some token all things were not well 'T would grieve a Man thence to receive a sad Fate For if I am Poyson'd it shall be in State XXXI At La fords the Grey-hound to call we forbear it He being better accquainted with Punch than with Claret XXXII At the White-Horse so fam'd for the Consults and Plots By Jesuits held as was sworn by T. Otes We call'd but he told us he had not a Tast For 't was all on't drunk up at the Dorsetshire Feast XXXIII VVhen we stept in at Rof s we heard such distraction Of Singing and Gaming and things sold by Auction That the Tavern resembled a Wake or a Fair And hating all noises did soon disappear XXXIV The Ship who of late Sprung a Leak in the Main Is new Corkt Trim'd and Lancht in the Ocean agen We hawld her and askt if she 'd Claret Aboard But the Captain and Ships Crew would not answer a word XXXV The last Tavern we came to was that of the Rose At the Door of which stood such a parcel of Beau's VVho in Eating and Drinking great Criticks commence And are Judges of every thing else but of Sense VVhen we saw 'em makes Faces and heard one or two Swear That the VVine was the Devil they lately drank there VVe rely'd on their word and ne're stept o're the Groundsil But thought they spoke truth like General Council Two days in this Search were away vainly thrown And we both of us thinking to find none in Town Then agreed with a nemine contradicente That since Drinks of our English growth was so plenty VVe all their Brew'd Wines would not value a Rush Nor shorten our days by respect to a Bush. FINIS ADVERTISEMENT IF any Vintner VVine-Cooper c. between VVhite-Chappel and VVestminster-Abby have some Tuns or Hogs heads of Old Rich Unadulterated Claret and will sell it as the Law directs for six Pence a Quart This is to give notice he shall have more Customers than half his Profession and his House be as full from Morning to Night as a Conventicle or VVestminster Hall the first day of the Term.