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master_n care_n nor_o pilot_n skill_n nor_o the_o help_n of_o all_o the_o people_n in_o the_o ship_n can_v save_v such_o â—â—_o ship_n from_o sink_v unless_o they_o unlade_v she_o such_o be_v the_o case_n of_o all_o theâ—_n that_o be_v surcharge_v with_o drink_n nothing_o can_v do_v they_o any_o good_a so_o lonâ—_n as_o they_o be_v drink_v no_o good_a thought_n take_v place_n in_o they_o no_o inspiration_n no_o good_a counsel_n no_o instruction_n can_v be_v give_v they_o to_o any_o effect_n neither_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n nor_o the_o fear_n of_o what_o will_v come_v on_o they_o at_o last_o work_v aught_o or_o prevail_v with_o they_o to_o cease_v their_o drink_v all_o mean_v use_v to_o this_o prove_v vain_a and_o ineffectual_a as_o woeful_a and_o almost_o daily_a experience_n show_v if_o you_o will_v hear_v more_o of_o this_o subject_a viz._n what_o agitation_n and_o toss_n of_o mind_n no_o less_o than_o of_o body_n drunkard_n do_v suffer_v in_o the_o stormy_a tempest_n of_o their_o 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v._n 39_o ebrietatis_fw-la animositas_fw-la imprudentis_fw-la offensio_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o animosity_n that_o come_v by_o drunkenness_n make_v the_o fool_n to_o offend_v or_o do_v something_o which_o he_o shall_v not_o do_v it_o abate_v valour_n and_o procure_v he_o wound_n the_o discourse_n of_o drunken_a man_n what_o be_v it_o for_o the_o most_o part_n but_o vaunt_v or_o ribaldry_n lewd_a or_o detract_n speech_n rash_a judgement_n hard_a censure_n sin_z all_z the_o wise_a man_n say_v in_o multiloquio_fw-la non_fw-la deest_fw-la peccatum_fw-la in_o much_o talk_n there_o want_v not_o sin_n and_o who_o more_o talkative_a than_o man_n in_o drink_n insomuch_o as_o it_o be_v take_v for_o a_o prodigy_n almost_o or_o at_o least_o for_o a_o disease_n to_o observe_v any_o of_o they_o to_o be_v deep_a in_o drink_n and_o deep_a in_o silence_n at_o the_o same_o time_n if_o they_o be_v awake_a saint_n ambrose_n touch_v some_o of_o these_o people_n to_o the_o quick_a say_v when_o drunkard_n 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