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With
lean
Small
Beer,
but
that
thou
art
not
worth
My
Anger,
else
I'de
frown
thee
into
Earth.
Darby.
—
I
neither
fear
your
Frown,
nor
court
your
Smile
;
But,
if
I'm not
mistaken
all
this
while,
By
other
names
than
Claret
you
are
known
Claret.—
Yow
do
not
hear
me.
Sir,
the
Fact
disown,
Some
call
me
Barcelona,
some
Navar,
Some
Syracuse,
but
at
the
Vintner's
Bar
My
name's
Red
Port.
But
call
me
what
they
will,
Claret
I
am,
and
will
be
Claret
still,"
etc.,
etc.
Not
content
with
praising
the
liquor
ale,
our
ancestors
fell
to
eulogising
the
vessels
used
for
its
consumption,
and
the
**
Black
Jack
"
and
'*
Leather
Bottel
"
both
came
in
for
their
meed
of
praise.
I
give
sketches
of
a
fine
example
of
each,
which
I
have
drawn
from
the
national
collection
in
the
British
Museum.
The
Black
Jack
is
a
jug
or
pitcher,
made
of
leather,
which
was
sometimes
ornamented
with
a
silver
rim
and
a
silver
plate
with
the
owner's
name
or
coat
of
arms
engraved
thereon.
Here
is
a
short
lyric,
"In
praise
of
the
Black
Jack."^
^
See
second
part
of
Westaminster
Drollery
^
1672.