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hostess,
called
in
his
defence,
thus
winds
up
her
evidence,
**
Nay,
I
beseech
you,
give
me
leave
to
speak
to
you
;
if
you
put
him
to
Death,
all
England
is
undone,
for
there
is
not
such
another
in
the
Land
that
can
do
as
he
can
do,
and
hath
done
;
for
he
can
make
a
Cripple
to
go,
he
can
make
a
Coward
to
fight
with a
valiant
Soldier,
nay,
he
can
make
a
good
Soldier
feel
neither
Hunger
or
Cold.
Besides,
for
Valour
in
him-
self,
there
are
few
that
can
encounter
with
him,
for
he
can
pull
down
the
strongest
Man
in
the
World,
and
lay
him
fast
asleep."
Of
course,
the
jury
found
a
verdict
of
Not
Guilty.
Beer
has a
large
literature
of
its
own,
principally
metrical,
but
this
has
pretty
well
been
collected
in
two
books
The
Curiosities
of
Ale
and
Beer,
by
John
Bickerdyke
;
and
In
Praise
of
Ale,
by
W.
T.
Marchant
—
either
of
which
would
be
a
valuable
ad-
dition
to
any
one's
library.
Yet
in
neither
of
them
have
I
met
with
Ned
Ward's
Dialogue
between
Claret
and
Darby
Ale''
published
1691,
in
which
each
of
the
drinks
speak
for
themselves
;
and,
of
course,
the
arguments
of
ale
are
all
potent
over
his
antagonist.
Space
will
only
allow
of
a
very
short
extract.
"
Darby.
—
I'm
glad
to
know
you,
High
and
Mighty
Sir
Think
you
your
pompous
empty
Name
could
stir
My
Choler
?
No,
your
Title
makes
me
fear
As
much
as
if
you'd
been
Six
Shilling
Beer.
Claret
—
Thou
Son
of
Earth,
thou
dull
insipid
thing,
To
level
me,
who
am
of
Liquors
King,