PUBLIC HOUSE PORT.
(Mr. Bernal Osborne’s Receipt).
Put in cider, five time nine
Gallons, brandy six; combine
Ditto two, strained broth of sloes,
Mix eight, real port, with those.
If the colour of the stuff
Is not bright and strong enough,
Add the tincture of red sanders,
To deceive the geese and ganders.
Every bottle, rogue, into,
Put one drachm of catechu,
That will give astringent savour,
And a crust as well as flavour.
Dye corks’ ends with Brazil wood:
Public-house Port thus is brewed!
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