I did step into the cellarage to see what might be rescued there; for though a cup of burnt wine, with spice, be an evening's drought for an emperor, it were waste, methought, to let so much good liquor be mulled at once; and I had caught up one runlet of sack, and was coming to call more aid among these lazy knaves, who are ever to seek when a good deed is to be done, when I was avised of a strong door--Aha! thought I, here is the choicest juice of all in this secret crypt; and the knave butler, being disturbed in his vocation, hath left the key in the door--In therefore I went, and found just nought besides a commodity of rusted chains and this dog of a Jew, who presently rendered himself my prisoner, rescue or no rescue.
Mert nem vitás, hogy egy kupa égetett bor, jó fűszeresen, olyan esti ital, amely egy császárnak is megfelel; mégis azt gondoltam, kár lenne ennyi finom bort egyszerre felforralni. Így hát felkap­tam egy hordócska itókát, és felcihelődtem vele, hogy a többihez segítségül hívjak néhányat a lusta bitangok közül, akik soha sincsenek kéznél, ha valami okos dolgot kell csinálni.