Arch. I shall, sir.[Exit.
Aim. You're my landlord, I suppose?
Bon. Yes, sir, I'm old Will Boniface, pretty well known upon this road, as the saying is.
Aim. O, Mr. Boniface, your servant.
Bon. O, sir,——what will your honour please to drink, as the saying is?
Aim. I have heard your town of Litchfield much famed for ale, I think: I'll taste that.
Bon. Sir, I have now in my cellar ten tun of the best ale in Staffordshire; 'tis smooth as oil, sweet as milk, clear as amber, and strong as brandy, and will be just fourteen years old the fifth day of next March.
Aim. You are very exact, I find, in the age of your ale.
Bon. As punctual, sir, as I am in the age of my children: I'll show you such ale——Here, tapster, broach number 1792, as the saying is:——Sir, you shall taste my Anno Domini——I have lived in Litchfield, man and boy, above eight and fifty years, and I believe have not consumed eight and fifty ounces of meat.
Aim. At a meal, you mean, if one may guess your sense by your bulk.