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There be very many great Drinkers in the ⟨p. 24⟩world. The main drunkenness, that gives denomination to all the rest, is that throat-drunkenness: whereof the Prophet, Vae fortibus ad potandum. These are they, that will not drink this mystical wine in the Church, so willingly as be drunk in the tap-house. Wine-worshippers, that are at it on their knees, protesting from the bottoms of their hearts to the bottom of the cups; if the health be not pledged, actum est de amicitia: farewell friendship. I have read of a street in Rome, called vicus sobrius, sober street. Find such a street in any City or populous town in England, and some good man will put it in the Chronicle.

There bee very many great Drinkers in the ⟨p. 24⟩world. The maine drunkennesse, that giues denomination to all the rest, is that throte-drunkennesse: whereof the Prophet, Vae fortibus ad potandum. These are they, that will not drinke this mysticall wine in the Church, so willingly as bee drunk in the tap-house. Wine-worshippers, that are at it on their knees, protesting from the bottomes of their hearts to the bottome of the cups; if the health be not pledged, actum est de amicitia: farewell friendship. I haue read of a streete in Rome, called vicus sobrius, sober street. Find such a street in any Citie or populous towne in England, and some good man wil put it in the Chronicle.

It hath been said, that the Germans are great drinkers; and therefore to Carouse is given to be derived from them; the word being originally to Gar-rouse, which is to drink off all: Gar signifying totum: so the Germans are called by themselues Germanni, quasi toti homines; as if a Germane were All-man; according to another denomination of their Country, Allmanie. And so we are grown to think him, that can tipple soundly, a tall man, nay all-man from top to toe. But if England plies her liquor so fast as she begins, Germany is like to loose her Charter. I have heard how the Jesuits out-stripped the Franciscans. Indeed Saint Francis at the first meeting saw six thousand Fryers. Ignatius, because he could not begin his order with so many, made up the number in Devils. The Germans had of