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DRINKS.
some
plain,
others
ornamental
with
runes,
and
some
with
very
curious
handles.
He
says
they
were
mostly
of
brass,
copper,
or
iron,
because
in
that
cold climate
the
liquor
they
held
had
to
be
warmed
over
the
fire.
An
old
translation
of
a
portion
of
his
Historia
de
Gentibus
SeptentrionalibMs
gives
the following
account
'*
Of
the
manner
of
drinking
amongst
the
Northern
People."
*'
It
will
not
displease
curious
Readers
to
hear
how
the
custom
Is
of
drinking
amongst
the
Northern
People.
First,
they
hold
it
Religion
to
drink
the
healths
of
Kings
and
Princes,
standing,
in
reverence
of
them
;
and
here
they
will,
as
it
were,
sweat
in
the
contention,
who
shall
at
one
or
two,
or
more
draughts,
drink
off
a
huge
bowl.
Wherefore
they
seem
to
sit
at
Table
as
if
they
had
Crowns
on
their
heads,
and
to
drink
in
a
certain
kind
of
vessel
;
which,
it
may
be,
may
cause
men
that
know
it
not,
to
admire
it.
But