They loue not porke, nor ſwynes fleſh, but doth vituperate and abhore it, yet for all this, they will eate Adders, which is a kind of Serpentes, as well as any other Chriſtyan man dwelling in Roome, and other highe countreys, for Adders fleſhe there, is called fyſhe of the mountayne, this notwithſtanding Phiſicke doeth approbate adders fleſh good to be eaten, […]

It makes perfect sense, if you are a hypocritical far right wing Talibangelical. Having a totally heterosexual military is far more important than keeping the troops alive.

They'll stand to be saddled and, long as nobody does anything ignorant, they're not likely to throw. Aren't any of them gunbroke, but we can get them that way.

Nothing, I think, in nature, can be supposed more terrible, than such a Rencounter,--so imprompt! so ill prepared to stand the shock of it as Dr. Slop was!