The sign called River Po.
The banquerout to the World’s End,
The Fool to the Fortune Pie,
Unto the Mouth the oyster-wife,
The fiddler to the Pie.
The punk unto the Cockatrice,
The Drunkard to the Vine,
The Beggar to the Bush, then meet,
And with Duke Humphrey dine.”
It was the custom at Taverns to send presents of wine from one room to another with compliments.