But drynke, styll drynke,
And let the cat wynke]
So in The Worlde and the Chylde, 1522;
“Manhode. Now let vs drynke at this comnaunt
For that is curtesy.
Folye. Mary mayster ye shall haue in hast
A ha syrs let the catte wyncke,” &c.
Sig. C ii.
See also three epigrams by Heywood Of the winking Cat,—Workes, sig. P 4. ed. 1598.
v. 307. gommes] i. e. gums.