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subject
In
a
far
superior
manner
than
the
preceding
poet,
the
refrain
of
his
song
being-
of
a
higher
type.
"And
I
wish
in
Heaven
his
Soul
may
dwell,
That
first
devised
the
Leather
BotteL"
The
uses of
the
Bottel
were
so
manifest,
and
its
material
so
superior
to
any
other,
that
it
occupied
a
higher
position.
It
was
better
than
wood,
for
it
would
not
run,
and
was
unbreakable.
When
a
man
and
his
w^ife
fell
out,
as
will
occasionally
happen
even
in
the
best
matrimonial
existence,
the
bottel
could
be
thrown
at
each
other,
without
great
injury
either
to
human,
or
the
bottel.
It
held
no
temptation
to
steal,
as
if
it
were
of
silver;
nor
could
it
be
broken,
as
if
It
were
of
glass
—
because,
as
the
song
justly
says,
"Then
what
do
you
say
to
these
Glasses
fine?
Yes,
they
shall
have
no
Praise
of
mine
For
when
a
Company
there
are
sat,
For
to
be
merry,
as
we
are
met
Then,
if
you
chance
to
touch
the
Brim,
Down
falls
your
Liquor,
and
all
therein
;
If
your
Table
Cloath
be
never
so
fine,
There
lies
your
Beer,
your
Ale
or
Wine
;
It
may
be
for
a
small
Abuse,
A
young
Man
may
his
Service
lose
;
But
had
it
been
in
a
Leather
Bottel,
And
the
Stopple
in,
then
all
had
been
well."