1903 The Flowing Bowl by Edward Spencer

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

THE OLD ADAM

Introductory—Awful habits of the ancients—A bold, bad book— Seneca on the Drink Habit—The bow must not be always strung—Ebrietath Encomium—The noble Romans—" Dum vivimus vivamus "—The skeleton at the banquet—Skull- cups—" Life and wine are the same thing "—Virgil and his contemporaries—Goats for Bacchus—The days of Pliny— Rewards for drunkenness — Novellius Torquatus— Three gallons at a draught—A swallow which did not save Rome —The antiquity of getting for'ard—Noah as a grape-grower —Father Frassen's ideas—Procopius of Gaza—New Testa ment wine—Fermented or not ?—Bad old Early Christians —Drunkenness common in Africa—Religion a cloak for alcohol—^Tertullian on cider—Paulinus excuses intemper ance—Excellence of Early Christians' intentions Pages i-io

CHAPTER II

MORE FRIGHTFUL EXAMPLES

Eating and drinking the only work of the monks—Nunc est bibendum—An apology for Herodotus—A jovial pope—