...Came into England all in one year." Another diftich of our writers, under the year 1546, runs thus : " Hops, reformation, bays and beer " Came into England all in one year." (1.) Turkies, or guinea cocks, as then called by fome, and by others Indian fowls, were faid to have...

...to hopgrounds ; and the introduction of hops is dated about 1524, and thus noticed by an old writer: Hops, reformation, bays, and beer", Came into England all in one year. From this line it has been inferred that the use of hops first gave the drink the name of beer, to...

...Hops were not introduced into' the manufacture of beer till about the year 1524, when it was said, " Hops, reformation, bays, and beer, Came into England all in one year." * Domestic Life in England, p. 197. London, 1835. The Anglo Saxons did honour to beer by drink ing...

...consumed in London. The metropolis has ever been famous for the production of this popular beverage, f Hops, reformation, bays and beer Came into England all in one year. The addition of this popular herb appears to have formed the distinction between beer and ale. " The general...

...composition of beer in the sixteenth century. This circumstance is thus noticed by an old author : — Haps, reformation, bays and beer Came into England all in one year. The addition of this popular herb appears to have * In the fairs held at Camberwell, it is stated, that...

...used in the composition of malt liquor, thus franking the truth of an old English distich, that — " Hops, Reformation, Bays, and Beer, Came into England all in one year." It had not become a favourite with the people for many years after that period ; for Walter Blith records,...

...not the old Rhymer, in 1546, a little nearer the mark in his parody of a well known distich, — " Hops, Reformation, Bays, and Beer, Came into England all in one year"? According to the most credible accounts, the English were taught the cultivation of hops by some native...

...introduced. This is alluded to in the passage already quoted from Parkinson, and in the two old lines — " Hops, reformation, bays and beer Came into England all in one year." The words of Gerard, also, show the original meaning of the two words. " The manifold virtues in hops do...

...Colchester. The old, and not entirely accurate distich refers to a period somewhat earlier : — " Hops, Reformation, Bays, and Beer Came into England all in one year." An example of one of these cloth marks (temp. Eliz.) is given in the subjoined cut. No. ГГ1. LEADEN...

...composition of beer in the sixteenth century. This circumstance is thus noticed by an old author : — • Hops, reformation, bays and beer Came into England all in one year. The addition of this popular herb appears to have * In the fairs held at Camberwell, it is stated, that...