an England, permits a gentleman to t-afte half a. .dozen forte p f wine
4 aring dinner, and to drink bis bottle ; of .claret afterwards. The .red
wine of Portugal is, however, a greater favourite .than that, of franee,
as its aftringent and andfeptic qualities, are found highly fa'lu.tary in a.
moifi climate. A late French traveller3 has remarked, that the Englilh
iknow not the proper ufc-of coffee f hut will fwallow feventl cups of a
brown water, inftead of one cup of the -real fti;ong coffeep ..drank in
,other
* Tire boiifeS« 'krtiinglamd -are pe cu liarly eoFnmddibus^H&tf
dLemly ; and donieftic- a re h ite a u r^ fe e tn S Mefe^arrkvl;dl3itl'ifes%E§ateft
de rfe& iosl ^ The dmfS',pras has been- befoytdobfenve’d, -is rather plain
a nd-ne at, than fplendid, a praftt^wK||&' alfo applies „to- th a t^ o f ' *h fc
ladies,.who have n o ^ abaadb'hed .tfceitigbt f o t f r f ^ ^ e ip iic ia l jto health,
and hawraffumed muoHsof the< ©afe>and|ilega®se»
The-amufementPof th e th’esftre a n d fb f ‘the f ie ld ^ n d K“varifou^; games
d ffk ill or Chances are'orfmmofi KTmfeif'llatiofH!: j'T h em if f h g ^ P h u ^ s
and bears is,' it is ’believed,' •nearly jifcd n tin u ed ;^eMel1iof1 ffte! mbft pe-
culiat amufements'of 'the eommoff 'people, riS,|ld g Io fllong ^leals,
with many changes, which” deafen'thofe who are fo ftnhappy as ttJ Eve
in the neighbourhood o f the dhurch.
Prior to the middle ’erf th e fifteenth century, 'tW E‘Ag1 iffi a^(J-T^^ch
were regafded ^ lia rb a ro iu s 'n a i r t f® '^ ^ H h \n ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ m I t ^ im ^ T E e
reign, and female blandilhrnents of the court of Elizabeth, feem to have
had a wonderful effeft in civilizing the manners. The tra.nfition has
been well pourtrayed by an ancient writer, whole fimple language,
given in modern orthography, may perhaps amufe the .reader. ^
L u There,are pld men yej; dwelling th the vPage whereXr^M.m,
« -who have noted three things that are1 marveloufly altered in Eng-
“ land within their found remembrance.' One is the 'multitude .of
« chimnies lately erefted; whereas in their young days there were
*<■ not above two or three, if fo toany, in many uplandifh towns o f the
. “ realm, religious houfes, and manor places of their lords, always
‘si excepted, and peradventure fome great perfonages,) but each one
& .rnade his fire againft a rerfi dojfe in the hall, where he dined and
3 J5t. Fpnid. F&im.
At jdreflid
t£ dreffed his meat. 'The fecond is the great amendment of lodging ; Manners
« for laid they, our fathers, and we ourfelves, have lain full oft upon,
tc fl;raw pallets, covered only with a fhect, under coverlets made of
“ d a gfw a in or h opbarlots, (I ufe, their own terms,) and a good , round
xt ]|S| under their heads, inftead of a bplfter. I f it were fo that our
“ fathers, or the good man of the .houfe, had a mattrafs or floek bed,
“ and thereto a fack of chaff to reft his head upon,.he thought himfel£
uJtoIte,as( wpl^, lalgfcL | I | ^cowm, fo,,^elL were they^epn-
“ tented. Pillows, faid they,: were thought meet only for women in
“ . child-bed. . As for fervants, if they had any fheet above them, it,
d asi'w,ell,.for’lLldoni-jhad they \apty under fflei| podx^wto(keep them ’
Lj-fvnr.b tT’w. Jjrj r.K iwg jh aw b tfea^ A the^^nvas-^ an<T,r$4q4
tWtl^iyiha^.enei^ijd^^^
iChML^hingftjh|^t^l ofy is? | th exchange' ^©fjraiyle.i^ p,l^|jpf&
“ in'totpWA?1^ ^ ^ S p d e n j fppqns in'Jg^dy^^&i^in. ^Jdard^po.mmpni
jS^^^MlInifmrt^iffifc wood.&n.'^yeflels-. in ^aM^-lime,. that,; a", .man .fho'uld
tyufo rtfe, fi n A^feUni.meg.eK *of «pewter^ (^of y^hish. on-e, wagperaily,future
iV^ Wt-fsllerj),-in a. good- farnfeplsftiM ^AandiVet;« fa all
P fami Rn a.y hMj. palled; ^they|*we,re ^ a rm ^ le to, hye/and pay
“ theiruenth.at theif daysj 'yyithout,felling o f ora^qr^g?: morey .
i^h&MgteWhew^sp?tbu|>|q)gi^>ndtin^sri at the pttermbft', by;,the year,
o,v-^a-s .jrb eir jmv&Ety,tj th at.nf! ?a? fa^er^-^ Atif^pdfian, vha4
tt~^|eay|t th^al^Qttfe^thin^greatly. ufed- in thofe -
||| or kfevpp -o&tfe |^ figh ^ q u r^ a ,th e re ,, >n a bravery^®» fhew what |
.<c^Aorfiw.bp!viarl--»flid -gafe diJwng«ftik. pTutfe. antg.tkqfein'at^bje, prefix
^ftiitoags'intivic", ifntq?t|i^t%|^fnyj«l|kel^*that all the,reft woulm
%,'Wdb againft''it; whereas,, in^-my.time, although
<c' peradventure fou-y*ppundS: ^rent be^improyed tovfx^xty^^.or fifty
“ pounds, ypt will the farmer think his gains very lmall, toward the
4^ ibid ft of his term, if he have nk';fix or feven years rent-lying by him
therewith to purchafe a ,new l.eafe ; befides a fair garnifti of pewter ^
“ on his eupboard, three or four feather-beds., as; many coverlids;,!.and
>“ carpets of tapeftry, a filver .falt-feller, a howl for wine, if not a whole
“ neft, and .a dozen of fpoons to furnifh u p . the fuit. This alfo he
“ taketh to be his own clear; for what ftock of money foever he ga-»
,k t i i thereth