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DRINKS,
51
'that
were
more
admirable
to
see
the
servants
go
in
a
long
train,
in
troops,
as
Pastours
of
Harts
with
horns,
that
they
may
drink
up
those
Cups
full
of
beer
to
the
Ghests.
And,
not
content
with
these
Ceremonies,
they
will
strive to
shew
their
Sobriety,
by
setting
such
a
high
Cup
full
of
Beer
upon
their
naked
heads,
and
dance
and
turn
round
with
it
;
in
like
manner
they
deliver
other
Cups
which
they
bring
in
both
hands
to
the
Ghests
to
drink
off,
at
equall
draughts,
which
are
full
of
Wine,
Ale,
Mede,
Metheglin,
or
new
Wine."
He
winds
up
with
a
moral
dissertation
on
the
punishment
of
drinkers,
and,
after
detailing
the
various
effects
of
alcohol
on
different
races,
as
rendering
the
Gaul
petulant,
the
German
quarrelsome,
the
Goth
obstreperous,
and
the
Finn
lachrymose,
he
suggests
that
drunkards
should
be
seated
on
a
sharp
wedge,
compelled
to
drink
a
mighty
horn
of
beer,
and
then
be
hauled
up and
down
by
a
rope.
J.
A.