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the_o silent_a night_n only_o be_v guilty_a of_o these_o unchaste_a action_n and_o secret_a chamber_n be_v only_o privy_a unto_o these_o work_n of_o darkness_n this_o sin_n be_v more_o suspect_v then_o know_v and_o yet_o know_v too_o well_o to_o be_v too_o too_o general_a drunkenness_n may_v be_v the_o three_o head_n of_o this_o monstrous_a hellhound_n and_o cerberus_n of_o sin_n how_o general_a be_v this_o shameless_a swinish_a idle_a base_a beastly_a sin_n grow_v it_o be_v once_o but_o one_o man_n sin_n and_o of_o infirmity_n too_o as_o not_o know_v the_o virtue_n of_o the_o grape_n chrysost_n chrysost_n nor_o the_o quality_n of_o that_o liquor_n and_o long_o since_o it_o have_v be_v scorn_v as_o the_o beggar_n fault_n hence_o come_v the_o proverb_n as_o drink_v as_o the_o beggar_n but_o now_o adays_o it_o be_v repute_v not_o only_o the_o servingman_n complement_n but_o the_o gentleman_n grace_n seneca_n speak_v well_o of_o these_o time_n habebitur_fw-la aliquando_fw-la 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