V: I shall. Observe,
Not water, but good beer may be purchased
At any theatre thou care’st to ‘tend,
And not mere dipperfuls; marry, no,
But in good goblets of Venetian glass.
Likewise at vendors’ stalls may thou imbibe.
And quarter-pound pasties, those offerings
That innkeepers may serve, be not so named.
J: What name, then, callest those?
V: Royale with Cheese.
J: A wondrous name, I ween. And the Big Mac?
V: That name doth stay the same, though language change,
And costers of France call it Le Big Mac.
J: And of the Whopper’s name?
V: I know it not;
But Hollanders may dine on good French fries,
And with them not a drop of ketchup eat.
But mayonnaise be served up withal.
J: Thou liest, whoreson knave!
V: Not so, I pledge!
Their tastes to mayonnaise are so deeply run
That nature shudders for profligacy.
J: ‘Tis passing strange, that such furnishings be
