A Short History of Social Life in England — Chapter 17

"Sweepings from butchers' stalls, dung, guts, and blood,Drown'd puppies, stinking sprats, all drench'd in mud.Dead cats and turnip tops, came tumbling down the flood."

"'As I remember,' said the sober Mouse,'I've heard much talk of the Wits' coffee-house';'Thither,' says Brindle, 'thou shalt go and seePriests sipping coffee. Sparks and Poets tea.'"