THE STATIONER TO THE READERS.1 GENTLEMEN; for in your Drinke, you will bee no lesse, I present you with this small Collation: If either Wine and Sugar, Beere and Nutmeg, a Cup of Ale and a Toste, Tobacco2, or all together, may meete your Acceptation, I am glad I had it for you. There is difference betweene them; but your Palat may reconcile all. If any thing distaste you, there is Water to wash your hands of the whole Pamphlet. So hoping you will accept a Pledge of my Seruice, and haue a care of your owne health, I begin to you. J. Gr. 1 Readers. Ed. 1629, Reader. THE SPEAKERS WINE, A Gentleman. SVGAR, His Page. BEERE, A Citizen. NVTMEG, His Prentice. ALE, A Countrey-man. TOST, One of his rurall Seruants. TOBACCO, A swaggering Gentleman.3 2 Tobacco. Omitted in Ed. 1629. 3 Tobacco, A Swaggering Gentleman. Omitted in Ed. 1629. Contending for Superiority.* Sugar and Nutmegge from seuerall doores meete. Sugar. Nutmegge? Nut. Sugar? well met, how chance you waite not vpon your Maister, where's Wine now? Sug. Oh sometimes without Sugar, all the while he's well if I bee in his company, tis but for fashion sake, I waite vpon him into a roome now and then, but am not regarded : marrie when hee is ill, hee makes much of mee, who but Sugar? but to my remembrance I haue not beene in his presence this fortnight, I hope shortly hee will not know me, though he meete me in his drinke. 10 Nut. Thou hast a sweete life in the meane time Sugar. Sug. But thou art tied to more attendance Nutmegge vpon your Maister Beere. Nut. Faith no, I am free now and then, though I bee his Prentice still, Nutmegge hath more friends to trust to then Beere: I can be welcome to wine thy master sometimes, and to the honest Countrey man Ale too. But now I talke of Ale, when didst see his man prethee? Sug. Who, Tost? Nut. The same. Sug. I meete him at Tauerne euery day. 20 Nut. When shall thou, and he, and I, meete and be merry ouer a Cuppe? Sug. Ile tell thee Nutmegge, I doe not care much for his company, he's such a chollericke peece, I know not what he's made of, but his quarrelling comes home to him, for hee's euery day cut for it, I maruell how he scapes, this morning he had a knife thrust into him Nut. Indeed he will be very hot sometimes. Sug. Hot? I, till he looke blacke ith' face agen, besides, if he take an opinion ther's no turning him, hee'l be burnt first. I did but by Wine, Beere, etc. Ed. 1629, Wine, Beere, and Ale, Together by the Eares. 1 Sugar and Nutmegge from severall doores meete. Omitted Ed. 1658. 23 |