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his phlale os Brass Qrlv uHaCov') to ftand a pretty way off s
and having drunk as much as he listed,with a sudden turne
of the hand (ajjw'xjw they call it, and thence Ker1<t€»t iy-
w!ahts<) to throw theremainder into the Scales; the re-
mainder thus thrown they called ^w>tu from \d-m^.3 the
k$at or the sound that it gave in the fall "Now he that could
doe this so well, as to make his scale sink, and ssrike the
image hardest on the head s «\dt ^uSm « owxjo that some
of the Wine leapt out upon him, saith the Scholiast) pre-
sumed presently upon the love of his Mistress, and had his
KotUGio* or his Gake (the ufiial reward of viftory in raost
of their playesj sor his Iabour,sometimes they ssung theli*
quor on the bare ground, and is it gave a good ssafli, it Was
counted as lucky for a Lover, as the crec^of theLeaf. Thus
to drink and play, they called KoTl&eity (as Kor^aCQ- was
the name of the cup and the play too^and seldora a drink-
ing match without ir,
'Ik M xtzfttyivcu.
Saiththe Poet. The invention of this larbaroui GamboII
they are ashamed to own themselves, and therefore turn it
off upon the people of Sicily. I might speak more of kSV/*-
(f©-,were it either fitter for the present di£course5or not spo-
ken of so largely, and by so many, as AlketeUsiRhodiginM ,
and others already.Let it suffice onely to have minded you
of the folly so ufaal among Lovers in those times accord*
ingtothatofC«W»"'-k«
V 5 CAP.,
1
his phlale os Brass Qrlv uHaCov') to ftand a pretty way off s
and having drunk as much as he listed,with a sudden turne
of the hand (ajjw'xjw they call it, and thence Ker1<t€»t iy-
w!ahts<) to throw theremainder into the Scales; the re-
mainder thus thrown they called ^w>tu from \d-m^.3 the
k$at or the sound that it gave in the fall "Now he that could
doe this so well, as to make his scale sink, and ssrike the
image hardest on the head s «\dt ^uSm « owxjo that some
of the Wine leapt out upon him, saith the Scholiast) pre-
sumed presently upon the love of his Mistress, and had his
KotUGio* or his Gake (the ufiial reward of viftory in raost
of their playesj sor his Iabour,sometimes they ssung theli*
quor on the bare ground, and is it gave a good ssafli, it Was
counted as lucky for a Lover, as the crec^of theLeaf. Thus
to drink and play, they called KoTl&eity (as Kor^aCQ- was
the name of the cup and the play too^and seldora a drink-
ing match without ir,
'Ik M xtzfttyivcu.
Saiththe Poet. The invention of this larbaroui GamboII
they are ashamed to own themselves, and therefore turn it
off upon the people of Sicily. I might speak more of kSV/*-
(f©-,were it either fitter for the present di£course5or not spo-
ken of so largely, and by so many, as AlketeUsiRhodiginM ,
and others already.Let it suffice onely to have minded you
of the folly so ufaal among Lovers in those times accord*
ingtothatofC«W»"'-k«
V 5 CAP.,
1