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  • England to the detryment of many Englysshe men; specyally it kylleth them the whiche be troubled with the Colycke and the stone, and the strayne coylyon; for the drynke is a cold drynke.

    Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867

  • Chaucer wrote of his Franklin: “It snowed in his house of mete and drynke.”

    Convention on Modern Liberty Alix Mortimer 2009

  • Chaucer wrote of his Franklin: “It snowed in his house of mete and drynke.”

    Terribly Boring 5: Time travel with Philip Blond Alix Mortimer 2009

  • As for the issue of moneye, if chaunce shal haue yt that we meet at a conferaunce (thou kan recognise me by myn brode sholdres, litel woolen hatte, and joviale expressioun), ich wille buye thee a drynke or thre.

    Chaucer, Making a Quick Buck Richard Nokes 2006

  • Icn do nat wisshe thee to take ydown the shirte, but a drynke (or thre) wolde plesen me.

    Chaucer, Making a Quick Buck Richard Nokes 2006

  • So nowe Y haue bought manye a beggare, who Y do feede at my cost, and eftimes Y do commaunde them to thanke and prayse me so that Y feele lyk a seynte – but Y kan yet swyve and drynke depe of wyn and snorte the poudre of cockayne, the whiche no Seyntez do.

    Data Preservation/File Formats 2006

  • So nowe Y haue bought manye a beggare, who Y do feede at my cost, and eftimes Y do commaunde them to thanke and prayse me so that Y feele lyk a seynte – but Y kan yet swyve and drynke depe of wyn and snorte the poudre of cockayne, the whiche no Seyntez do.

    Parys! 2006

  • And zif 2 persones ben at debate, and peraventure ben accorded be here frendes or be sumn of here alliance, it behovethe that every of hem, that schulle ben accorded, drynke of otheres blood: and elle the accord ne the alliance is noghte worthe, ne it schalle not be ne repref to him to breke the alliance and the accord, but zif every of hem drynke of otheres blood.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • In that partie is a welle, that in the day it is so cold, that no man may drynke there offe; and in the nyght it so hoot, that no man may suffre his hond there in.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • And there ben other trees, that beren hony, gode and swete: and other trees, that beren venym; azenst the whiche there is no medicyne but on; and that is to taken here propre leves, and stampe hem and tempere hem with watre, and then drynke it: and elle he schalle dye; for triacle will not avaylle, ne non other medicyne.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

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