froth
“and lime,”
THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, i. 3.
14.
Steevens states that “the first was done by putting
soap into the bottom of the tankard when they drew the beer;” but I question
if Shakespeare alludes to frothing beer by means of
soap (Compare
“You, Tom Tapster, that tap your small cans of beere to the
poore, and yet fill them halfe full of
froth,”
Greene's Quip for an Vpstart
Courtier, sig. F 2 verso, ed. 1620
;
“Whose horses may be cosen'd, or what jugs
Fill'd up with froth?” Jonson's New Inn, act ii. sc. 2 ;
“I fill my pots most duly
Without deceit or froth, sir.”
The Jolly Tradesman,— Durfey's Pills to purge
Melancholy, vol. vi. p. 91).
“Whose horses may be cosen'd, or what jugs
Fill'd up with froth?” Jonson's New Inn, act ii. sc. 2 ;
“I fill my pots most duly
Without deceit or froth, sir.”
The Jolly Tradesman,— Durfey's Pills to purge
Melancholy, vol. vi. p. 91).
