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V. Also, Larwood : History of Signboards. 274 NINETEEN CENTURIES OF DRINK. foolish Dorset, which was pleasant enough, but did not at all agree with me, for it made me very stupid all day. 1 Oxford Ale was the subject of a panegyric written by Warton in 1720 and a panegyric from such a man would be, in the opinion of many, a boon of immortality. The drinking at this time has already been spoken of as an epidemic. Wine was necessary on all occasions. The marriage ceremony was incomplete without i...t, as is abundantly evident from contemporary verse. More than one ridiculed the notion so prevalent, that Wine must seal the marriage-bands. But the Church had long since sanctioned a belief in its spell. The Sarum Missal had taught that the bridal cup must be blessed by the priest : Post missam, panis et vinum, vel aliud bonum potabile, in vasculo proferatur. And so the hallowing of wine and sops was usual from the court to the cottage. Burials were imperfect without the cup. M. Misson, ir his Observations, notes : Butler, the keeper of the Crown and Sceptre Tavern in St.
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