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So not only were the champagne and the Burgundy put on table , -- and of the which there was put behind a screen a demiflask of the same true vintage for my own private drinking . -LRB- `` And the Squire will be pleased , when he comes to Audit the score , to find that you have been content with Half a bottle . ` Twill seem like something saved out of the Fire , '' whispers the Chaplain to me , as I helped to lay the cloth -RRB- , -- not only were Strong Waters and sweet Liquors and cordials provided , especially that renowned stomachic the Maraschyno , of which the Hollanders and Flemings are so outrageously fond , and which is made to such perfection in the Batavian settlements in Asia , but a substantial Repast likewise made its appearance , comprising Fowl , both wild and tame , and hot and cold , a mighty pasty of veal and eggs , baked in a Standing Crust , some curious fresh sallets , and one of potatoes and salted herrings flavoured with garlic -- to me most villanously nasty , but much affected in these amphibious Low Countries . So , the little Squire being brought to with a copious draught of champagne , -- and he was the most weazened little Bacchus I ever knew , moistening his ever-dry throttle from morn until night , -- he and the chaplain sate down to supper , and remained feasting until long past midnight . So far as the Parson 's part went , it might have been called a Carouse as well as a Feast , for his Reverence took his Liquor , and plenty of it , with a joviality of Countenance the which it would have done your Heart good to see , drinking `` Church and King , '' and then `` King and Church , '' so that neither Institution should have cause to grumble , and then giving the Army , the Navy , the Courts of Quarter Sessions throughout England , Newmarket and the horses , not forgetting the Jockeys , the pious memory of Dr. Sacheverell , at which the Squire winced somewhat , for he was a bitter Whig , with many other elegant and appropriate sentiments . In fact , it was easy to see that his reverence had known the very best of company , and when at one of the clock he called for a Bowl of Punch , which he had taught the Woman of the House very well how to brew , I put him down as one who had sate with Lords , -- ay and of the Council too , over their Potations . But the Behaviour of Bartholomew Pinchin , Esquire , was , from the beginning unto the end of the Regale , of a piece with his former extraordinary and Grotesque conduct .