Since then that all kinde of Gaming serues but as gulphes to deuoure the substances of men, and to swallow them vp in beggerie, my counsell is vtterly either to refraine such pastimes, or if men are of such spirits that they must needes venture their money, then to be very prouident how they play, and to be choise of their company.

I think you said something concerning the manner in which yonder ship has anchored, and of the condition they keep things alow and aloft?

A Stonewall? That's a man's drink, ma'am. It's hard cider—cider wine at about six-and-one-half percent alcohol with rum added. Quite powerful.

The second way Novalis seeks to repotentize his thought is by striving to evoke feelings conducive to liminality.