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CUPS
AND
THEIR
CUSTOMS.
this
could
not
be
better
effected
than
by
using
the
words
of
the
witty
Dr.
King
:
^^
Peggy,
Peggy,
when
thou
go'st
to
brew,
Consider
well
what
you
're
about
to
do
j
Be
very
wise
—
very
sedately
think
That
what
you
're
going
to
make
is
—
drink
Consider
who
must
drink
that
drink,
and
then
What
'tis
to
have
the
praise
of
honest
men
Then
future
ages
shall
of
Peggy
tell.
The
nymph
who
spiced
the
bre
wages
so
well."
Respecting
the
size
of
the
cup
no
fixed
rule
can
be
laid
down^
because
it
must
mainly
depend
upon
the
number
who
have
to
partake
of
it
;
and
be
it
remem-
bered
that^
as
cups
are
not
intended
to
be
quaffed
ad
libitum,
as
did
Bicias^
of
whom
Cornelius
Agrippa
says
^^
To
Bicias
shee
it
gave,
and
sayd,
^
Drink
of
this
cup
of
myne.'
He
quickly
quafte
it,
and
left
not
Of
licoure
any
sygne,"
let
quality
prevail
over
quantity,
and
try
to
hit
a
happy
medium
between
the
cup
of
Nestor^
which was
so
large
that
a
young
man
could
not
carry
it^
and
the
country
half-pint
of
our
own
day^
which
we
have
heard
of
as
being
so
small
that
a
string
has
to
be
tied
to
it
to
prevent
it
slipping
down
with
the
cider.
In
order
to
appreciate
the
delicacy
of
a
well-com-
pounded
cup^
we
would
venture
to
suggest
this
laconic
rule,
^'
When
you
drink
—
think/^
Many
a
good
bottle
has
passed
the
first
round,
in
the
midst
of
conversation,
without
its
merits
being
discovered.