1892 Drinks of the world

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m this illustration, which, in deference to nasty Mrs. Grundy, has been slightly toned down. Here is very cleverly satirised for reprobation the phases of men under the influence of drink. How it transforms them into beasts, some like lions, others like asses and calves, sensual as hogs, greedy as goats, stupid as gulls. Every man brewed his own beer up to the seven- teenth century, when we find Pepys speaking of Cobb's strong ales at Margate ; and in the reign of Queen Elizabeth the public brewing had begun at Burton, for an inquiry was made by Walsingham to Sir Ralph Sadler, the governor of Tutbury Castle, as to *' What place neere Tutbury, beere may be provided for her Majesty's use ?" and the answer was that it might be obtained at Burton, three miles off Good Queen Bass would, indeed, have fared badly without her beer, for her breakfast beverages were always beer and wine. Yet every one was fairly sober. They were weaned on alcoholic liquors, and, consequently, enjoyed them as foods, as they undoubtedly are, if properly used. It is very well to " see our sen as others see us," but it is almost impossible to agree with Estienne Perlin, who published his Description des Royaulmes dAngle- terre et d' EscossCy at Paris in 1558, in which he says that the English "sont fort grands yvrongnes." His description is, we feel, as untrustworthy as his English. si un Anglois vous veult traicter, vous dira en son langage, vis dring a quart a rim vim gasquim, vim hespaignol^ vim. malvoysiy c'est a dire veulx tu venir boire une quarte de vin du gascoigne, une autre o '* Car