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This they will repeat, too, a second and even a third time, just as though they had only been begotten for the purpose of wasting wine, and as if that liquor could not be thrown away without having first passed through the human body. THIS THEY WILL REPEAT TO A SECOND AND EVEN A THIRD TIME JUST AS THOUGH THEY HAD ONLY BEEN BEGOTTEN FOR THE PURPOSE OF WASTING WINE AND AS IF THAT LIQUOR COULD NOT BE THROWN AWAY WITHOUT HAVING FIRST PASSED THROUGH THE HUMAN BODY
 put him on his legs again. 59 Though practised by those who wished to drink largely, this was con- sidered to diminish the flavour of delicate wines. eo See B. xxii. c. 23, and B. xxv. c. 95 ; also c. 7 of the present Book. Wine is no longer considered an antidote to cicuta or hemlock. 6i See B. xxxvi. c. 42. Chap. 28.] DEUNKENKESS. 271 same purpose, and various other mixtures, "which I should feel quite ashamed any further to enlarge upon. We see the more prudent among those who are given to this habit have themselves parboiled in hot-baths, from whence they are carried away half dead. Others there are, again, who can- not wait till they have got to the banqueting couch,62 no, not so much as till they have got their shirt on,63 but all naked and panting as they are, the instant they leave the bath they seize hold of large vessels filled with wine, to show off, as it were, their mighty powers, and so gulp down the whole of the contents only to vomit them up again the very next moment. ILTERS OF CLOTH AND HAVE DEVISED NUMEROUS INVENTIONS WHEREBY TO CREATE AN ARTIFICIAL THIRST TO PROMOTE DRINKING WE FIND THAT EVEN POISONOUS MIXTURES HAVE BEEN INVENTED AND SOME MEN ARE KNOWN TO TAKE A DOSE OF HEMLOCK BEFORE THEY BEGIN TO DRINK THAT THEY MAY HAVE THE FEAR OF DEATH BEFORE THEM TO MAKE THEM TAKE THEIR WINE OTHERS AGAIN TAKE POWDERED PUMICE FOR THE SAME PURPOSE AND VARIOUS OTHER MIXTURES WHICH I SHOULD FEEL QUITE ASHAMED ANY FURTHER TO ENLARGE UPON WE SEE THE MORE PRUDENT AMONG THOSE WHO ARE GIVEN TO THIS HABIT HAVE THEMSELVES PARBOILED IN HOT BATS FROM WHENCE THEY ARE CARRIED AWAY HALF DEAD OTHERS THERE ARE AGAIN WHO CANNOT WAIT TILL THEY HAVE GOT TO THE BANQUETING COUCH NO NOT SO MUCH AS TILL THEY HAVE GOT THEIR SHIRT ON BUT ALL NAKED AND PANTING AS THEY ARE THE INSTANT THEY LEAVE THE BATH THEY SEIZE HOLD OF LARGE VESSELS FILLED WITH WINE TO SHOW OFF AS IT WERE THEIR MIGHTY POWERS AND SO GULP DOWN THE WHOLE OF THE CONTENTS ONLY TO VOMIT THEM UP AGAIN THE VERY NEXT MOMENT
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