A King's Mistress: Or, Charles VII. & Agnes Sorel and Chivalry in the XV. Century, Volumes 1-2Privately printed, 1887 - France |
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Page 10 - ... hours in a glass bottle on pretty warm embers, and when your occasion requires to use it, put a pound of sugar into a quart of wine or cyder ; dissolve it well, and then drop 3 or 4 drops of the infusion into it, and they will make it taste richly.
Page 10 - ... cloath or a piece of a boulter over the mouth of the bottle, and let so much run through as you will drink at that time, keeping the rest close, for so it will keep both the spirit, odor, and virtue of the wine and spices.
Page 9 - Froissart manuscript give us a representation of these fetes. 1A medicated drink, composed usually of red wine, but sometimes white, with the addition of sugar and spices.
Page 9 - Take of cinamon 2 oz. of ginger ^ an oz. of grains a ^ of an oz., punne [pound] them grosse, and put them into a pottle of good claret or white wine, with half a pound of sugar ; let all steep together, a night at the least; close covered in...
Page 25 - Si grand que tu cuidois n'a esté ton outrage : Car si elle eust fourni l'entier nombre des jours Que luy pouvoit donner de nature le cours, Ses beaux traits, son beau teint et sa belle charnure, De la tarde vieillesse...
Page 3 - Ne peuvent vivre sans soucy : Us doivent le peuple defendre, Et leur sang pour la foi espandre.
Page 9 - Lady (p. 286), it was called Hippocras, from the circumstance of its being strained ; the woollen bag used for that purpose being called, by the apothecaries, Hippocrates' s sleeve. It was a very favorite beverage, and usually given at weddings. P. Stay, what's best to drink a mornings Г К.
Page 9 - ... th' afternoon with pamphlets ? Sent you elixirs and preservatives, Paintings and powders, that would have restor'd Old Niobe to youth 1 the beauty you pretend to Is all my gift. Besides, I was so simple, To wear your foolish colours, cry your wit up And judgment, when you had none, and swore to it; Drank to your health, whole nights, in hippocras,* Upon my knees, with more religion Than e'er I said my prayers ; which Heaven forgive me. Luc. Are these such miracles ? 'Twas but your duty, The tributary...
Page 102 - Nés. dont ils avaient été nourris. Puis répondant aux reproches de trahison : Tous les natifs de Normandie Qui ont votre parti tenu Sont traîtres, je n'en doute mie, Autant le grand que le menu. Mais le roi est ici venu Pour mettre tout à la raison ; Car Dieu n'aime la trahison. Votre grand orgueil rabattrons, Et bien la peau vous fourbirons , A la venue du duc d'York. Retournez vers le vent du nord Et ne parlez plus de combattre. Que la fièvre vous puisse abattre! Je pense que le cœur vous...
Page 102 - Bien parait qu'êtes fort peureux Oncques ne fûtes si heureux De nous venir aux champs combattre. Grand orgueil est bon à rabattre. Avec vous ils sont plus de trois Qui bien contrefont les loyaux. Ceux qui ont été par deux fois Des deux partis , leurs faits sont beaux ! Pendues au vent soient leurs peaux Pour montrer au monde exemplaire; Trahison à Dieu ne peut plaire. Plus longuement ne demeurez, Fuyez tôt et...