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to_o pick_v and_o steal_v the_o wit_n to_o quarrel_v the_o strength_n to_o murder_v the_o foot_n which_o can_v scarce_o stand_v be_v swift_a to_o shed_v blood_n and_o the_o mouth_n to_o belch_v out_o blasphemy_n against_o their_o maker_n and_o thus_o i_o have_v show_v you_o what_o drunkenness_n be_v and_o that_o we_o may_v the_o better_o avoid_v it_o we_o will_v set_v down_o the_o fearfulness_n of_o the_o sin_n and_o that_o it_o be_v condemn_v in_o the_o high_a court_n of_o heaven_n &_o in_o the_o inferior_a court_n of_o man_n conscience_n as_o a_o capital_a cry_a sin_n against_o which_o the_o lord_n of_o heaven_n thunder_v out_o his_o sentence_n of_o eternal_a malediction_n against_o all_o those_o that_o be_v guilty_a of_o it_o be_v they_o of_o never_o so_o great_a quality_n and_o esteem_n in_o the_o world_n say_v woe_n unto_o they_o that_o rise_v up_o early_o to_o follow_v drunkenness_n 1._o isay_n 5._o 1._o and_o unto_o they_o that_o continue_v until_o night_n till_o the_o wine_n 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