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THE FLOWING BOWL
GooH quarters in Provence—Intemperance of holy men—A
tippling bishop—Alexander the Great—" Lovely Thais sits
beside thee"—A big flare-up—Awful end ofAlec—Cambyses
always shot straight—Darius the strong-of-head—Philip
drunk and Philip solxr—Dionysius gets blind—Tiberius
loved the bowl—So did Flavins Vobiscus, the diplomatist—
Bluft'King Hal—The Merry Monarch and the Lord Mayor
—Dear Old Pepys—A Mansion House wine-list—Minimum
allowance of sack—A slump in brandy—A church-tavern
Dean Aldrich—The Romans at supper—"The tippling
philosophers"
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CHAPTER III
DRINKS ANCIENT AND MODERN
The Whitaker of the period—France without wine—Babylonian
boozers—Beer discovered by the Egyptians—A glass of bitter
for Cleopatra—Brainless Persians—German sots—Turning
the tables—Intemperance in the North—Chinese intoxicants
—Nature of Sack—Mead and morat—Vinous mcthegli'n-
Favourite tipple of the Ancient Britons—Braggonet—Birch
wine—"The inwariable" of Falstaff—A recipe by Sir
Walter Raleigh—Saragossa winc—Usquebaugh—Clary-
Apricock wine ...
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CHAPTER IV
SOME OLD RECIPES
Indift'erence of the Chineses—A nasty potion—A nastier—White
Bastard—Helping it to be eager—Improving Malmsey-
Death of the Duke of Clarence—Mum is not the word
English champagne—Life without Ebulum a blank—Cock
ale—How to dispose of surplus poultry—Painful fate of a
pauper—pau-ure—Duties of the old English housewife