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a_o tun_n and_o yet_o he_o be_v clear_v by_o romulus_n and_o acquit_v of_o the_o murder_n fabius_n pictor_n in_o his_o annal_n report_n that_o a_o certain_a roman_a dame_n a_o woman_n of_o good_a worship_n be_v by_o she_o own_o kinsfolk_n famish_v and_o pine_v to_o death_n for_o open_v a_o cupboard_n wherein_o the_o key_n of_o the_o wine-cellar_n lay_v and_o cato_n do_v record_v that_o hereupon_o arise_v the_o manner_n and_o custom_n that_o kisfolk_n shall_v kiss_v woman_n when_o they_o meet_v they_o to_o know_v by_o their_o breath_n whether_o they_o smell_v of_o temetum_fw-la for_o so_o they_o use_v in_o those_o day_n to_o term_v wine_n and_o thereof_o drunkenness_n be_v call_v in_o latin_a temulentia_fw-la cn._n domitius_n a_o judge_n in_o rome_n in_o the_o like_a case_n pronounce_v sentence_n judicial_o against_o a_o woman_n defendant_n in_o this_o form_n that_o it_o seem_v she_o have_v drink_v more_o wine_n without_o her_o husband_n knowledge_n than_o be_v needful_a for_o the_o 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