INDEX.

A. Adulteration of Beer . . . 423–4 Ale Drinkers, Great . . . 421 Ale, English, on the Continent . . . 414 Ale-bench, The . . . 190 Ale-berry, or Ale-brue . . . 383 Ale-bush, The . . . 216 Ale-conners . . . 106, 109 Ale-draper . . . 190 Ale-founder . . . 107 Ale-gafol . . . 35 Ale-garland, The . . . 216 Ale-house Lattices . . . 188 Ale-house Poetry . . . 226 Ale-houses in Mediæval Times . . . 187 Ale-houses in sixteenth and seventeenth centuries . . . 188, 191 Ale-houses, Suppression of . . . 110 Ale-pole, The . . . 216 Ale-sellers in fourteenth century, Tricks by . . . 39 Ale-stake . . . 108, 215, 219 Ale-taster . . . 109 Ale-wives . . . 104, 124–6, 128–9, 134, 192, 215, 314 Ale-wife’s Supplication . . . 129 Ale-yard, The . . . 401 Alice Everade, a Brewster . . . 104 All is ours and our Husbands . . . 112 Allsopp and Sons, Messrs. . . . 336 Ancient Britons, Use of Beer by the . . . 1, 28 Angel at Islington, The . . . 198 Answer of Ale to the Challenge of Sack . . . 8 Apricot Ale . . . 386 Arboga, Beer of . . . 181 Armenia, Xenophon’s account of Beer in 401 B.C. . . . 27 Arraigning and Indicting of Sir John Barleycorn, Knight . . . 20 Assize of Ale . . . 99, 102–3, 129 Atkinson, Richard, Advice to Lord Dacre . . . 8

B. Bacchanalian Joys Defeated . . . 192 “Baiersk öl” . . . 180 Ballad on Ale, Gay’s . . . 438 Banbury Ale . . . 171 Baptism in Ale . . . 38, 401 Barclay, Perkins & Co. . . . 341, 368 Barrel of Humming Ale, The . . . 12 Barnstable Ale . . . 172 Bass, Ratcliffe and Gretton, Messrs. . . . 343 Bavarian Beer . . . 180 Bede-ales . . . 99 Beer, an American Poem . . . 13 Beer Brewers, The . . . 143, 147 Beer Powders . . . 176 Beer Street, Hogarth’s . . . 16 Beer, the Temperance Drink . . . 16, 18 Bees, Beer used in taking Swarms of . . . 403 Ben Jonson . . . 205 Beowulf, Mention of Ale in . . . 33 Bid-ales . . . 272 Birthday Ode, A, by Peter Pindar . . . 357 Bitter Beer, ancient cure for Leprosy among the Jews . . . 26 Black Boy Inn, Chelmsford, The . . . 220 Black Jacks . . . 396 Blackberry Ale . . . 386 Blind Pinneaux . . . 385 Boar’s Head in Eastcheap, The . . . 203 Boorde, Andrew, on Ale and Beer . . . 6 Boozer . . . 26 Borage . . . 390 Boswell, Anecdote of . . . 292 Bottled Beer, Origin of, etc. . . . 178 Bragget: Bragawd . . . 171, 378 Brasenose College Poems, and Ale . . . 7, 165, 389 Breakfast, Ale at . . . 274, 275 Brewer’s Coachman, The . . . 148 Brewers’ Company, Historical Notes on the, etc. . . . 134, 137, 143, 147 Brewers of old London, The . . . 123, 146 Brewers’ Plea; or, a Vindication of Strong Beer (1647) . . . 116 Brewhouse (German) of the sixteenth century . . . 131 Brewhouse in sixteenth century, Contents of . . . 56 Brewing at the present day . . . 331 Brewing in a Teapot . . . 2, 339 Brewing Trade in 1297, Legislation concerning the . . . 134 Brewing Trade, Regulations for, in the fifteenth century . . . 104 Brewsters . . . 100 Bride-Ales . . . 269, 272 Brown Betty . . . 389 βρυτον, “Britain” derived from . . . 31 Bryng us in Good Ale . . . 230 Burton Ales . . . 160 Burton Ale; a Song . . . 161 Burton-on-Trent, Historical Account of, etc. . . . 335 Butler’s Ale, Dr. . . . 413 Buttered Beere . . . 385, 413 Buxton, Jedediah, a Great Beer Drinker . . . 293

C. Cakes and Ale . . . 43, 239 Cambridge Ale at Stourbridge Fair . . . 105 Castle Coombe, Ancient Regulations concerning Brewing at . . . 107 Caton, Cornelius, of the White Lion, Richmond . . . 194 Cereris Vinum . . . 28 Cerevisia . . . 28 Charity, Ale Distributed in . . . 184, 278 Chaucer’s Reference to Ale . . . 40 Chavelier de Malte, The . . . 149 Chester Ale . . . 162 China Ale . . . 386 Christian Ale . . . 271 Christmas Carol, An Ancient . . . 263 Christmas Customs . . . 239, 264 Christopher North’s Brewhouse . . . 61 Church Ales . . . 239, 266–70 Churches, Ale Sold in . . . 272 Clamber-clown . . . 385 Clerk Ales . . . 270 Cobbett on Homebrew, in 1821, . . . 46 Cock Ale . . . 385 Cock Tavern, The . . . 209 Cœlia . . . 28 Coggie o’ Yill, a Song . . . 329 Cold Tankard . . . 390 Collistrigium . . . 101 Complete Angler, The, Sold under the King’s Head Tavern . . . 205 Consumption cured by Ale . . . 414 Cookery, Beer used in . . . 403 Cooperage, sixteenth century, A . . . 334 Cooper, Origin of the Drink . . . 375 Coopers, Brewers forbidden to act as . . . 113 Coopers of Old London . . . 139 Copus-Cup . . . 391 Cornhill, The Taverns of . . . 203 Cost of Brewing in the sixteenth century . . . 57 Cotswold Games, The . . . 247 Country Sports and Pastimes, Herrick upon . . . 233 Cowslip Ale . . . 386 Crown and Anchor, Strand, The . . . 211 Cucking Stool, A Punishment for Ale-wives . . . 102 Cuckoo Ales . . . 272 Curmi . . . 28 Cwrw . . . 28

D. Darby Ale . . . 162 Dawson, John, Butler of Christchurch, Oxford . . . 167 Derivations of “Ale” and “Beer” . . . 32 Devil Inn, Fleet Street, The . . . 208 Dietetic uses of Ale . . . 273 Dinton Hermit, The . . . 277 Distinctions between Ale and Beer . . . 6, 32, 152 Dogsnose . . . 388 “Doll thi, doll, doll this Ale, dole” . . . 404 Domestic uses of Ale . . . 403 Donaldson’s Beer-cup . . . 391 Dorchester Ales . . . 172 Dover’s Games . . . 247 Drinke and Welcome . . . 4, 41, 147, 153, 158, 161, 188, 414 Drinking Customs . . . 279, 280, 290, 383 Drinking Vessels . . . 393 Drink-Lean . . . 247 Drunkenness in Olden Times . . . 108, 114, 116, 282, 292

E. Early Closing, temp. Edward I. . . . 109 Edinburgh Ales . . . 169 Egg-Ale . . . 387 Egg-hot . . . 388 Egypt, Ancient use of Beer in . . . 25 Egypt, Suppression of Beer Shops in . . . 1, 25 Elderberry Beer . . . 386 English Ale, famous among foreigners in fourteenth century . . . 37 Epitaphs on Ale-drinkers, Brewers, and Innkeepers . . . 150, 164, 196, 208 Eucharist, use of Ale in the Administration of the . . . 402 Everlasting Club, The . . . 214 Export of Ale in Ancient Times . . . 113 Extraordinary Tithes . . . 91

F. Falcon Inn, Chester, The . . . 197 Falcon Tavern, Bankside, The . . . 205 Farmer’s Delight in the Merry Harvest, The . . . 253 Farmer’s Return, Hogarth’s . . . 45 Fever Cases cured by Ale . . . 415 Fire, Ale used to Extinguish . . . 407 Fish, Ale used as Food for . . . 402 Fishing Lines, Ale used to Stain . . . 402 Flip . . . 388, 389 Foot Ales . . . 273 Fowls, Beer as a Drink for . . . 403 Foxcomb . . . 385 Francis Francis on Bitter Beer . . . 5 Freemason’s Cup . . . 391 Frozen Ale . . . 169 Furry Day at Helston, The . . . 244

G. Gentleman’s Cellar of the twelfth century . . . 52 George Inn, Salisbury, The . . . 196 German Beer . . . 178, 180 Geste of Kyng Horn, Extract from . . . 32 Gin Lane, Hogarth’s . . . 17 Give Ales . . . 272 Glutton-Masses . . . 286 Good Ale for my Money, a Ballad . . . 317 Grace-cup, The . . . 384 Grains . . . 145, 403 Grand Concern of England, etc., The (1673) . . . 118 Greyheards, Anecdote of the . . . 398 Grout Ale . . . 164 Guild Feasts . . . 271 Guinness, Messrs . . . 348 Gustator Cervisiæ . . . 107

H. Hacket, Marian, Ale-wife . . . 128 Hal-an-low, The; a Song . . . 244 Halders, Dame, of Norwich, Ale-wife, Anecdote of . . . 192 Hanaps . . . 395 Harrison on Homebrew and Malting in 1587, 54 Harvest Home Customs and Songs . . . 256–9 Harwood, Ralph, supposed Inventor of Porter . . . 366 Haymaker’s Song, The . . . 252 Health to all Good Fellowes, a Ballad . . . 325 Heather Ale . . . 175 Heaving . . . 241 Help Ales . . . 272 Herodotus on Egyptian Brewing . . . 25 Herrick . . . 15 Hicks, William, Brewer to the King . . . 149 High and Mightie Commendation of a Pot of Good Ale . . . 71, 320 Highgate Oath, The . . . 198 Hobby Horse Dance . . . 239 Hock-Cart, The . . . 254 Hock-tide . . . 241 Hollowing Bottle, The . . . 255 Homebrew and Malting, Earliest Account of . . . 47 Hop-bine Ensilage . . . 82 Hop-Gardens of England . . . 87 Hop-Growers’ Troubles . . . 89 Hop-growing countries of Europe . . . 87 Hop-Pickers . . . 92 Hop-poles and wires . . . 88 Hop-Searchers . . . 70 Hop-Substitutes . . . 78 Hop-Substitutes, Anecdote . . . 425 Hops, Early Introduction into England of . . . 67 Hops, Early Mention of . . . 66 Hops in America and Australia . . . 87 Hops in Saxon times . . . 66 Hops, Legislation concerning . . . 73, 78 Hops, Medicinal uses of . . . 85 Hops, Mention of, in the City Records . . . 68 Hops, Prosecutions for using . . . 69 Hops, Various uses of . . . 82, 84 Horkey Beer, The . . . 256 Horses’ Feet Washed with Ale . . . 402 Hospitality in England in Early Times . . . 183, 190 Hot Pint . . . 237 Hot Pot . . . 388 How Mault doth deale with Everyone, a Ballad . . . 301 Huff-cap . . . 156 Huff-cup . . . 421 Hugmatee . . . 385 Hum-cup . . . 158, 388 Humming Ale . . . 158 Humpty-Dumpty . . . 385 Humulus Japonicus . . . 82 Hungerford Park, A Beer Cup . . . 391 Hymele . . . 66 Hypocras . . . 384

I. Ind, Coope & Co., Messrs. . . . 351 Inn-keepers, Anecdotes of . . . 192 Ireland, Malt Liquors in . . . 30 Isaak Walton on Barley Wine . . . 191

J. Jillian of Berry, Ale-wife . . . 128 Johnson, Dr. . . . 182, 209 Jolly Good Ale and Old . . . 11

K. Kentish Hop Gardens, Origin of . . . 70 Kent, Restrictive Enactment on Malting and Brewing in . . . 110 King James and the Tinkler, a Ballad . . . 405 Knock-me-down . . . 385

L. Laboragol . . . 164 Labouring Classes, Advantage of Ale to . . . 425, 433 Lager Beer . . . 179 Lamb-Ales . . . 272 Lambswool . . . 381 Lamentable Complaints of Nick Froth, The . . . 117 Lamentations of the Porter Vat, etc. . . . 371 Leet Ales . . . 272 Licensing Laws in Ancient Times . . . 113 Little Barley-Corn, The, a Ballad . . . 303 London Ale . . . 160 London Chanticleers, The, Song from . . . 306 London Taverns . . . 183 Lord of the Tap . . . 105 Loving-Cup, The . . . 384 Lupuline . . . 80, 86 Lupus Salictarius . . . 65

M. Magpie and Crown, The . . . 221 Malt Liquor v. Cheap French Wines . . . 10 Malt, Medicinal Preparations of . . . 417 Malt, Sermon on . . . 289 Malting and Brewing by Women Servants in 1610, 47 Malting in Early Times . . . 120 Manchester Ale . . . 162 Mary-Ales . . . 273 Maule, Mr. Justice, Anecdote of . . . 376 May-Day Customs . . . 241–5 Measures, Legislation concerning . . . 101 Medical Opinions, Ancient and Modern, on Ale and Beer . . . 403, 408, 419, 433 Mermaid in Bread Street, The . . . 206 Merry Bagpipes, The . . . 251 Merry Fellows, The, a Song . . . 290 Merry Hoastess, The, a Ballad . . . 308 Meux’s, Bursting of the Great Vat, etc. . . . 368, 371 Midsummer-Ales . . . 272 Mitre, Fleet Street, The . . . 210 Monasteries, Entertainment at . . . 183 Monday’s Work, a Ballad . . . 326 Monks as Brewers and Beer-drinkers . . . 37, 41, 50, 96, 285 Morocco, A Strong Ale . . . 169 Moss Ale, Irish . . . 176 Mother-in-Law . . . 392 Mother Louse, Ale-wife . . . 129 Muggling . . . 290 Mug House Club, The . . . 213 Mulled Ale . . . 378 Mum . . . 172

N. Newcastle Beer . . . 168 Newcastle Cloak . . . 116 Newe from Bartholomew Fayre . . . 203 Newnton, Curious Custom at . . . 271 Nippitatum: Strong Ale . . . 157 Norfolk Ales—Norfolk Nog . . . 171 Northdown Ale . . . 162, 171, 385 North, Florence, Ale-wife . . . 215 Norwegian Beer . . . 180 Nottingham Ale . . . 162, 167, 210

O. October Club, The . . . 212 Ode to Sir John Barleycorn . . . 20 Old Ale, The: an Anecdote . . . 15 Old Parr . . . 421 Origin of Ale . . . 25, 42 Origin of Beer, The . . . 29 Origin of Inns, The . . . 185

P. Panala Alacatholica . . . 412 Panegyric on Ale . . . 165 Panegyric on Oxford Ale . . . 13 Parnell, Paul, A Great Beer Drinker . . . 59 Parsons, Humphrey, Brewer and Lord Mayor . . . 149 Parson, The, a Ballad . . . 287 Parsonage Alehouses . . . 187 Parting Cup, The . . . 389 Pasteur’s Discoveries . . . 441 Patent Brown Stout . . . 369 Peg-tankards . . . 97, 394 Pennilesse Pilgrimage, Taylor’s . . . 162, 169, 190 Perfite Platforme of a Hoppe Garden . . . 73 Pharaoh . . . 158 Philosopher’s Banquet, Extract from . . . 44 Pig Drinking Ale out of a Jug . . . 15 Pledging . . . 383 Pliny on German Beer . . . 28 Plough Monday . . . 240 Plum-pudding Weighing 1,000 lbs., The . . . 203 Pointes of Good Huswiferie, Extract from . . . 56 Pope Innocent III., Anecdote of . . . 36 Porter at Oxford . . . 367 Porter Drinkers, Actors and Actresses as . . . 374 Porter in Ireland . . . 373 Porter, Origin of . . . 365 Porter, Professor Wilson on . . . 370 Posset Ale . . . 385 Pot of Porter oh ! A . . . 376 Proverbs of Hendyng (thirteenth century) . . . 38 Purl . . . 387, 389 Pye upon the Pear Tree Top, The . . . 256

Q. Queen Elizabeth’s Breakfast . . . 275 Quod Petis Hic Est . . . 328

R. Rape of Lucrece, The . . . 204 Receipts for Keeping and Flavouring Homebrew . . . 62 Rents Paid in Ale . . . 35 Rheumatism cured by New Ale . . . 416 Robin Rough, the Plowboy . . . 426 Rouen, English Beer at, in 1582, 113 Roxburghe Ballads, The . . . 295 Ruddle . . . 388 Rumyng, Eleanor . . . 126, 216, 223 Russia, Burton Ale Exported to . . . 338 Russia, Burton Beer in . . . 181

S. Salt & Co., Messrs. . . . 353 Saxon Leechdoms . . . 151 Scarcity of labour in fourteenth century . . . 39 Scot-Ales . . . 98, 267, 272 Scotch Ales . . . 169, 170, 171 Scotland, Ale Brewing and Selling in Early Times . . . 129 Scotland, Assize of Ale, etc., in . . . 129 Scurvy cured by Ale . . . 418 Senchus Mor, References to Ale in the . . . 30 Shakspere and Ale . . . 203, 270, 428 Shandy Gaff . . . 392 Sheep-shearing Customs and Songs . . . 250 Sicera . . . 26 Sign of the Red Lion, The, an Anecdote . . . 229 Signboard and Alehouse Poetry . . . 211, 223–7 Signboard Artists . . . 228 Signboards . . . 214–20 Sir John Barley-corne, The Ballad . . . 295 Skelton’s Ghost . . . 110, 153 Small Beer . . . 159, 160, 277, 284 Smoke Question in London, Early Mention of the . . . 146 Songs of the Session, Extract from . . . 14 Sonnet on Christmas . . . 262 Spiced Ale . . . 382 St. Dunstan, Legend of . . . 97 Steen, Jan, Brewer, temp. Chas. II. . . . 148 Stephony . . . 385 Stickback . . . 385 Stiffle . . . 385 Stout . . . 374 Strength of Malt Liquors Compared . . . 154 Sugar Beer . . . 177 Sulphuring of Hops . . . 81 Sunday Closing in Early Times . . . 115 Superstitions relating to Beer and Ale . . . 278 Swanne Taverne, The, by Charing Cross . . . 207 Swift’s Polite Conversation on Homebrew . . . 59 Symposii Ænigmata, A Saxon Riddle . . . 34

T. Tabard, The . . . 200 Tapstere, The Chester . . . 125 Taverns of Old London . . . 188, 203 Taxes on Ale . . . 38 Taylor’s, John, Signboard . . . 211 Temperance Drinks . . . 373 Temperance v. Total Abstinence . . . 14, 19, 423, 429 Tewahdiddle . . . 389 Thames Water used in Brewing . . . 122 Thrale’s Brewery . . . 340, 368 Time’s Alterations, or the Old Man’s Rehersal . . . 396 Timothy Burrell, Extracts from the Journal of . . . 59 Tinker’s Song, Herrick’s . . . 291 Tithe Ale . . . 172, 273 Toasting . . . 383 Toby Philpot . . . 399 Toll on Ale . . . 35 Toper, drink, and help the house . . . 15 Treacle Beer . . . 177 Treatise of Walter de Biblesworth . . . 47 Trinity Audit . . . 165 Truman, Hanbury, Buxton & Co., Messrs. . . . 355, 366 Tumbrel, Punishment of the . . . 100 Tusser on Hops . . . 76 Twelfth-day Customs . . . 238 Typhus-fever, Malt Liquor beneficial in . . . 419

V. Village Alehouse, The . . . 186 Vinegar made from Malt Liquor . . . 403

W. Wadlow, Sim . . . 208 Wages Paid Anciently in Ale . . . 36 Warme Beere, Verses in Commendation of . . . 410 Warrington Ale . . . 168 Wassail Bowl, The . . . 380 Wassailing . . . 234 Wassailing the Fruit Trees . . . 236 Weddyn Ales . . . 272 Welsh Ales . . . 30, 171 Weobley Ale . . . 127, 171 Wheat Malt, Ancient Use of . . . 105 Whitbread & Co., Messrs. . . . 359, 368 White Ale, Devonshire . . . 163 Whitington and the London Brewers . . . 135 Whitsuntide Ales and Customs . . . 246, 267 Will Russell, a Ballad . . . 195 Wine, Beer, Ale and Tobacco; a Dialogue . . . 72 “Wine is but Single Broth” . . . 9 Women Brewers . . . 124

X. X, Origin of the Symbol . . . 113

Y. Yorkshire Ale . . . 161 Yorkshire Ale, The Praise of: A Poem . . . 312

Z. Zythum . . . 28