In which there is of wisdom none arrest;] 2354 And drunkenness is eke a foul record Of any man, and namely 2355 of a lord. There is full many an eye and many an ear Awaiting on 2356 a lord, he knows not where. For Goddë’s love, drink more attemperly: 2357 Wine maketh man to losë wretchedly His mind, and eke his limbës every one.’ ‘The réverse shalt thou see,’ quoth he, ‘anon, And prove it by thine own experience, That winë doth to folk no such offence. There is no wine bereaveth me my might Of hand, nor foot, nor of mine eyen sight.’ And for despite he drankë muchë more A hundred part 2358 than he had done before, And right anon this cursed irous wretch
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