ale ale-house:
“go to the ale with a Christian,”
THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, ii. 5.
49.
(Hereale has been explained to mean the
rural festival so named, though the words in the preceding speech of the present speaker,
“go with me to the ale-house,” distinctly prove that
explanation to be wrong.)
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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