Digital facsimile of the Bodleian First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, Arch. G c.7
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Macd. That you doe lye so late?
Port. Port.
Port. Faith Sir, we were carowsing till the second Cock:
Port. And Drinke, Sir, is a great prouoker of three things.
Macd. Macd.
Macd. What three things does Drinke especially
Macd. prouoke?
Port. Marry, Sir, Nose‑painting, Sleepe, and Vrine.
Port. Lecherie, Sir, it prouokes, and vnprouokes: it prouokes
Port. the desire, but it takes away the performance. Therefore
Port. much Drinke may be said to be an Equiuocator with Le
Port. cherie: it makes him, and it marres him; it sets him on,
Port. and it takes him off; it perswades him, and dis‑heartens
Port. him; makes him stand too, and not stand too: in conclu
Port. sion, equiuocates him in a sleepe, and giuing him the Lye,
Port. leaues him.
Macd. I beleeue, Drinke gaue thee the Lye last Night.