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DRINKS.
He
laughed
and
shouted,
He
roared
and
dinn'd,
That
the
children
of
men
might
hear
afar,
How
the
sturdy
one
Stormed
and
clamoured,
Animated
and
elate
with
wine
He
admonished
amply
Those
sitting
on
the
bench
That
they
should
bear
it
well.
So
was
the
wicked
one
all
day,
The
lord
and
his
men,
Drunk
with
wine
;
The
stern
dispenser
of
wealth
;
Till
that
they
swimming
lay
Over
drunk.
All
his
nobility
As
they
were
death
slain,
Their
property
poured
about.
So
commanded
the
lord
of
men.
To
fill
to
those
sitting
at
the
feast.
Till
the
dark
night
Approached
the
children
of
men."
Even
the
clergy
and
monks
drank
probably
more
than
was
good
for
them,
for
a
priest
was
forbidden
by
law
to
eat
or
drink
at
places
where
ale
was
sold.
But
that
did
not
prevent
their
drinking
at
home
;
their