How to Sober Up

1612

“That one shall not be drunke. Drink the iuice of Yarrow fasting, and ye shall not be drunke for no drinke, and if you were drunke, it will make you sober, or else eate the marrow of Porke, fasting, and ye shall not be drunke, and if ye be drunke annoint your priuie members in Vinegar, and ye shall waxe sober.”

The Booke of Pretty Conceits

Bonus: this remedy for drunkenness doubles as a hilarious party trick.