[…]But one time it use' to been so cold right first of the winter.

Now there are several enjoyments in themselves very lawful , and yet such as , upon a free unwary use of them , will by degrees certainly indispose and unspiritualize the mind , dulling its appetite[…]

By this little digression into Gascony, the Duke had an opportunity... to re-inforce himself with some particular Servants of his.

He was drunk and made some very unseemly comments.