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Humorous Account Of The Tipplers In Germany.
drinkers in Europe ; and I , on . the other hand , being but a milksop , thought that Fulde was not a place for me to pitch my-tent in . I dined with the prince , went home quite drunk to my quarters , slept sound for ten hours , and next day set out for Wurtzbourg , where I am happily arrived , after having gone through such horrible bad ways , and met with such dismal lodingthat I wish my enemies no greater
g , curse than to be obliged to travel this road four times a year . Speaking of the castle of Wurtzbourg he says , there are two things well worth seeing here , the arsenal and the vault ; the first full of all the stores invented by Mars and Bellona for the destruction of mankind- ; to satiate tne
and the second turnished with eveiy species ot wine thirst of an army of drunkards . If ever you come hither , and should have the curiosity to visit these magazines of Mars and Bacchus , I advise you to begin with the arsenal , especially if you can get some courtier or other to go with you ; for these very civil gentlemen think that the least thing which a stranger ought to do for them is to forfeit his reason to them in the vault . I am sure I speak from
dearbought experience . Three days ago I told the bishop , without thinking any harm , that I should be glad to see the castle ; the prince was so complaisant as to order one of his gentlemen to go with me . My honest companion , fearing that a tete-a-tete conversation would be too melancholy , chose two topers to bear us company , whom Silenus would not have disowned for his children . Being a stranger to the virtues for which those gentlemen were eminent , I put myself
entirely under their direction , without the least apprehension of any harm . When they had shewed me the apartments , arsenal , fortifications , and every thing worth seeing , they , to conclude , carried me into the vault , which I found illuminated like a chapel wherein I was to lie in state ; and , indeed , my funeral obsequies were performed in pomp , for the glasses served instead of bells , ancl torrents of wine gushed out instead of tears . At length , after the service was over ,,
two of the prince ' s Heydukes carried me to -a coach , and from thence to bed ; that was my tomb . —Yesterday I rose again , but scarce know at this moment whether 1 am really alive or not . It is true , I am not much concerned about it , for , ever since I have been here I have followed the laudable custom of getting drunk twice a day . You see I am improved by my travels , and fancy you will find me very much altered for the better . There is nothing that accomplishes a man . so much as travelling ; you shall judge
I generally rise at eleven o ' clock , my lungs very much inflamed with the wine I drank the night before ; I take a large dose of tea , dress myself ^ and then go to make my compliments to the bishop . The Baron de Pechtelsbeim , the marshal . of the court , invites me to dine with the prince : he promises , nay , and swears too , that I shall -not drink more than I please . At noon we sit down to table ; the bishop does me the honour to propose two or three healths to me ;
the Baron de Pechtelsbeim toasts the same number , and I am under a necessity of drinking to no less than fourteen persons at the table , so that I am drownedjn liquor before I have eat three mouthfuls . When
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Humorous Account Of The Tipplers In Germany.
drinkers in Europe ; and I , on . the other hand , being but a milksop , thought that Fulde was not a place for me to pitch my-tent in . I dined with the prince , went home quite drunk to my quarters , slept sound for ten hours , and next day set out for Wurtzbourg , where I am happily arrived , after having gone through such horrible bad ways , and met with such dismal lodingthat I wish my enemies no greater
g , curse than to be obliged to travel this road four times a year . Speaking of the castle of Wurtzbourg he says , there are two things well worth seeing here , the arsenal and the vault ; the first full of all the stores invented by Mars and Bellona for the destruction of mankind- ; to satiate tne
and the second turnished with eveiy species ot wine thirst of an army of drunkards . If ever you come hither , and should have the curiosity to visit these magazines of Mars and Bacchus , I advise you to begin with the arsenal , especially if you can get some courtier or other to go with you ; for these very civil gentlemen think that the least thing which a stranger ought to do for them is to forfeit his reason to them in the vault . I am sure I speak from
dearbought experience . Three days ago I told the bishop , without thinking any harm , that I should be glad to see the castle ; the prince was so complaisant as to order one of his gentlemen to go with me . My honest companion , fearing that a tete-a-tete conversation would be too melancholy , chose two topers to bear us company , whom Silenus would not have disowned for his children . Being a stranger to the virtues for which those gentlemen were eminent , I put myself
entirely under their direction , without the least apprehension of any harm . When they had shewed me the apartments , arsenal , fortifications , and every thing worth seeing , they , to conclude , carried me into the vault , which I found illuminated like a chapel wherein I was to lie in state ; and , indeed , my funeral obsequies were performed in pomp , for the glasses served instead of bells , ancl torrents of wine gushed out instead of tears . At length , after the service was over ,,
two of the prince ' s Heydukes carried me to -a coach , and from thence to bed ; that was my tomb . —Yesterday I rose again , but scarce know at this moment whether 1 am really alive or not . It is true , I am not much concerned about it , for , ever since I have been here I have followed the laudable custom of getting drunk twice a day . You see I am improved by my travels , and fancy you will find me very much altered for the better . There is nothing that accomplishes a man . so much as travelling ; you shall judge
I generally rise at eleven o ' clock , my lungs very much inflamed with the wine I drank the night before ; I take a large dose of tea , dress myself ^ and then go to make my compliments to the bishop . The Baron de Pechtelsbeim , the marshal . of the court , invites me to dine with the prince : he promises , nay , and swears too , that I shall -not drink more than I please . At noon we sit down to table ; the bishop does me the honour to propose two or three healths to me ;
the Baron de Pechtelsbeim toasts the same number , and I am under a necessity of drinking to no less than fourteen persons at the table , so that I am drownedjn liquor before I have eat three mouthfuls . When