.The cvarioM degrees of IJ3ibbers a11d 'Drunkards. hurt r_hem more eo'forbear it: Some through real ignorance, and fame made willingly ignorant by their appetnes. 9· 9· 2. Another fort of Bibbm their are much worfe than thofe, who have no great difeafid thirfi to excufetheir gulofit.y,_but call it a 'thirjlwhen ever their Appetite would have drink..; and ~fe thernfel~es ordmanly ro fat1s~e fu~h an Appetite, and drink almofi as ~ft as the throat defireth it, and fay, It .Is but to quench theu thufi; and never c:harge themfelves wJth Intemperance for it. Thefi may be known from the firfi fort of Bihbert by the quality of their drink : It is '"Id fmaU beer that th~ firft fort defire to quench a real thirjf; when Reafon bids them endttrt it, if other means witl not Et non ~olum quench it. But it is Wine or Strong·Dri~tl(., or fame drink that hath a deliciom guft, which the Je... h,., l'~";~e~ co11d fort of Bibbers nfe, to plcafe the Appetite which they call their 1hirft. And of thefe Luxurious f~r~~e~Jomi~i Tiplers, next to llark Drunkards} there are alfo divers dtgreu, fame being lefs guilty, and fame ~iufque paflo~ more. res, q~i exem:- I b. db • b. I . . r: • ' a·a· b c I . . fi . . plo eflc omm p e 1 e ~t~mr? e m:r~re_qua~ pur~mt. q~a11 vu1o ms 1 1 ro_rpe :mt re1outi, & anuno uatum tumore, JUrgtorum conrentione; invidi~ up1cibus unguh•, mdtfcrcro bom mlllque JUdtcto carpebantur. GltdM. ~· to. •· The Lowclt degree are they· that will never ordinarily drink but at meels: But they will then drink more than nature rcquireth, or than is pfofitable to their health. 9· 1 I• 2· The fecond degree are they that ufe to drink berweep mods when their appetite defimh it, to the hindring ofconcoction, and the incr~afe of CrUdities and Catarhs, and to the fecret gradu~ al vitiating of their humours, and generating of many difeafts: Jnd this without any true neceifiry or the approbation of found Reafon, or any .wife Phy!lci6n : Ye~ they tipple but at bomt, where yo~ may find the pot by thein at unfeafonable times. · " ~- 12. 3· The third dtgee are many poor men that have tlottdri!l!\ at home, and when they come to a Gentlemans l<oufe or a fcafi, or perhaps an A L E-!Jowfe,;tlley,Will pour in for the prefcnt to <x– cefs, though not to Drunkennefs., and think it is no harm, becaufe it is but feldom, and they drink fo fmall drink all the.refi of the year, that they think fuch a fit-as thi! fometimes is Jpedicinal to them, and tendeth to theJr health. . , ';' '• 9· 13. 4• Another rank of Bibbers are thofe that though they haunt not A L E-houfes or Taverns, yet have a throat for every health or pledging Cup rhi t reacheth fiOt to drunkennefs ; and ufe ordina· rily to drink many unnccdfary cups in a day .to pltdge (as they call it ) thofe that drink to them ; And ~uftom and ccmplrment are all their excufe. ,• -. , · §. '4· 5• Another degree of Bibbers are common A L E-houfe haunters, that love to be there, and to fit many hours perhaps in a day, with a pot by them, tip_l.igg, ...and d!inking one to another. And if they have any bargain to mak~, o any friend to meet, th'<A L E-houle or Tavern mull be the place, where Tippling may be one par their work. 6. The higheft degree are ey, that are not apt to be !lark Drunk, and therefore think them– felves ld~ faulty, w~ile tlu~y, fit at it; an# make orhers drunk, and are thong themfelves ro bear away more, than others c1n bear ; ;rhey have the Drunkards appetite, and meafi$rt, and pltafure though they have uot his ddinefs and lofs of wit. ' 9· '5· 3. And of t~o~ that are truly Drunkfn al(o, the~e are many degrees and kinds. As fome will be druni(. with IIJ' 1d fome with more; fo fome ·atc only poffelfed with a little difeafed Levity, and tctlk._auvemji more an they had before: Some alfo havedifiempered eyu, andftammering tonguu: Some a!fo proceed to nfteady reeling heads, and ftumbling/eet, and unfitnefs for their callings: Some _go further to ficlt an vomiting jlomachs,or elfe toJlttpy heads : and forne proceed to ltark madnefs,quar– relling, railin~, b: . ling, hooting, ranting, roaring, or talking .non.fcn.fe, or doing .mifchief: rhe furious fort bemJ~hl<e mad dogs that mufl,lbe tyed; and the fot11fl1 pratmg and fpewmg fort being commonly the dcrifion of the boys in the !lreeH. §. t6. 11. Having told yoa what 'tipling and Drunkfnnefs is, I.fhall britfly tell you theircaufes: But briefly becaufe you may gather moll of them from what i> faid of the Caufes ofGl..,tony. •· The Jirlt and grand caqfes are thefe three conc"rre11t : A beafily ragi•g appetite or gulofity : Aweak,.nefs of R.eafon and R.tfolution to rule it : And i'Want ofFaith.to firengthen Reafon,and of Holinifi to firengthen R.efolutum. Thefe are the very caufc of all. 9· '7· 2· Another caufe is, their not-Jtnowing that their excefs and tipling is really a hurt or danger to their health : l).nd they are ignorant of this from many cautl:s : · One i• , becaufc they have been bred up amons, ignorant p'eople, and never taught to know what is good or bad for their own bodys, but only by the common talk of the miftaken vulgar. Another is becaufe their Appetite fo maftereth their very Reaforf, that they can choofe to believe that which they would not have to be true: Another reafon is bccaufe they are of heathful bodies, and therefore feel no hurt at prefent, and prefume that tbey fhall feel none hereafter, and foe fome abllemious perfons weaker than they (who began not to be abllemious till fome chronical difeafc had firfi invaded rhem) And thus they do by their Bodys, jufl as wicked men do by their fouls'!--They judge all by prefent feeling,. and have not wifdom enough to tak~ things forefeen' into their deliberation and accounts ! That wh1ch wiU be a great while hence they take for nolhing, er an uncertain fomething next to nothing : As Heaven and Hell move not ungodly men, becaufC they feem a~reat way off; {0 while they feel themfelve-> jn health, they are not moved with the threatnlng of .ficknef!: The cup is in thtir hands, and there~ fore they will not fet it by, for fear of they know not what, that will befall them you know not • wheq
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