Note 186 — THE OBSERVATIONS OF SIR RICHARD HAWKINS, KNIGHT, IN HIS VOYAGE INTO THE SOUTH SEA. (continued 3)
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Lime was added to sack, not to preserve it, apparently, but for the same purpose that drugs are mixed in beer and spirits by brewers, publicans, and rectifiers, at the present day.
Falstaff. Villain, there’s lime in this sack. —Hen. IV. Host. I have spoke; let him follow; let me see thee Froth and lime. —Merry Wives of Windsor.