Would’st thou hit a lofty strain,

With this Liquor warm thy brain,

And thou Swain shalt sing as sweet as Sidney;

Or would’st thou laugh and be fat,

Ther’s not any like to that

To make Jack Sprat a man of kidney.

[It] Is the soul of mirth

To poor Mortals upon Earth;

It would make a coward bold as Hector,

Nay I wager durst a Peece,