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CUPS
AND
THEIR
CUSTOMS.
21
^^
From
famed
Barbadoes,
on
the
western
main,
Fetch
sugar,
ounces
four
;
fetch
sack
from
Spain,
A
pint
;
and
from
the
Eastern
coast,
Nutmeg,
the
glory
of
our
northern
toast
O'er
flaming
coals
let
them
together
heat,
Till
the
all-conquering
sack
dissolve
the
sweet
j
O'er
such
another
fire
put
eggs
just
ten,
New-born
from
tread
of
cock
and
rump
of
hen
Stir
them
with
steady
hand,
and
conscience
pricking.
To
see
the
untimely
end
of
ten
fine
chicken
j
From
shining
shelf
take
down
the
brazen
skillet,
A
quart
of
milk
from
gentle
cow
will
fill
it
When
boil'd
and
cold,
put
milk
and
sack
to eggs,
Unite
them
firmly
like
the
triple
leagues
And
on
the
fire
let
them
together
dwell.
Till
miss
sing
twice
—
^you
must
not
kiss
and
tell
Each
lad
and
lass
take
up
a
silver
spoon,
And
fall
on
fiercely
like
a
starved
dragoon."
About
this
time,
one
Lord
Holies,
who
probably
represented
the
total
abstainers
of
the
age,
invented
a
drink
termed
Hydromel,
made
of
honey,
spring-water,
and
ginger;
and
a
cup
of
this
taken
at
night,
said he,
^^will
cure thee
of
all
troubles,^^
—
thus
acknowledging
the
stomachic
virtues
of
cups,
though
some
warping
of
his
senses
would
not
let
him
believe,
to
a
curable
ex-
tent,
in
more
potent
draughts
:
being
in
charity
with
him,
we
hope
his
was
a
saving
faith,
—
but
we
have
our
doubts
of
it,
he
died
so
young.
Another
recipe
of
the
same
nature
was,
"
The
Ale
of
health
and
strength,^^
by
the
Duchess
of
St.
Albans,
which
appears
to
have
been
a
decoction
of
all
the
aromatic
herbs
in
the
garden
(whether
agreeable
or
otherwise),
boiled
up
in
small
beer;
and,
thinking
this
account
of
its
composition
is