"Nay, but prithee, with sprinkles 'pon it instead," I said solemnly, "and frosting of white."

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And that all seas are made calme and still with oile; and therefore the Divers under the water doe spirt and sprinkle it abroad with their mouthes because it dulceth and allaieth the unpleasant nature thereof, and carrieth a light with it.

— Pliny the Elder