The Ex-Ale-tation of ALE.
Not drunken, nor sober, but neighbour to both,
I met with a friend in Ales-bury Vale;
He saw by my Face, that I was in the Case
To speak no great harm of a Pot of good Ale.
Then did he me greet, and said, since we meet
(And he put me in mind of the name of the Dale)
For Ales-burys sake some pains I would take,
And not bury the praise of a Pot of good Ale.
The more to procure me, then he did adjure me