1860 Oxford Night Caps

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but equal quautities of'cinnamon, cloves, mace and all-spice, into a saucepan, Tvitb balf a pint of water; let it boil until it is reduced one balf. Boil one bottle of port wine; brnm a portion of tbe spirit out of it, by applying a lighted paper to tbe saucepan. Put tbe roasted lemon and spice into tbe wine; stir it up well, and let it stand near tbe fire ten minutes. Rub a few knobs of sugar on tbe rind of a lemon, put tbe sugar into a bowl or jug, witb tbe juice of balf a lemon, (not roasted,) pour tbe wine into it, grate some nutmeg into it, sweeten it to your taste, and serve it up witb tbe lemon and spice floating in it. Oranges, altbougb not used in Bisbop at Oxford, are, as wiU appear by tbe following lines, written by Swift, sometimesintroduced into tbat beverage. Fine oranges Well roasted, witli sugar and rviue in a cup They'll make a sweet Bishop when gentlefolks sup.