...but lytle meate, My ftomacke is not goode ; But fure I thinke that I can drynke With him that weares a hood. Though I go bare, take ye no care, I am nothing a colde ; I fluff my fkyn fo full within, Of jolly good ale and olde. Backe and fide go bare, go bare,...

...containing a drinking-song of perennial reputation. The bishop, it would seem, was dyspeptic — ' I cannot eat but little meat, My stomach is not good; But sure I think that I can drink With any that wears a hood. Tho' I go bare, take ye no care, I nothing am a-cold ; I stuff my skin so full...

...verse: "/ cannot eate but lytle meate, My stomacke is not good, But sure I thinke that I can drinke With him that wears a hood. Though I go bare, take ye no care, I nothing am a colde, I stuff my skyn so full within. Of July good ale and oide. Chorus Backe and syde...