An antidote against melancholy: made up in pills. Compounded of witty ballads, jovial songs, and merry catches.

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Title: An antidote against melancholy: made up in pills. Compounded of witty ballads, jovial songs, and merry catches.
Author: J. P.
Publication: London :: printed for John Playford at his shop in the Temple,; 1669.
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Subject terms: English wit and humor
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23 Catch.

If any so wise is, that Sack he despises,
Let him drink his small beer and be sober,
VVhilest we drink Sack and sing, as if it were spring,
He shall droop like the Trees in October.
But be sure over night, if this dog do you bite,
You take it henceforth for a warning,
Soon as out of your bed, to settle your head
Take a hair of his tayle in the Morning:
And be not so silly, to follow old Lilly,
For there's nothing but Sack that can tune us,
Le his Ne-assuescas be put in his cap-case
And sing bi-bi-to vinum Jejunus.