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UPON THIS PASSAGE IN THE SCALIGERIANA by MATTHEW PRIOR

First Line: WHEN YOU WITH HIGH-DUTCH HEEREN DINE
Last Line: THEY ALWAYS TALK, WHO NEVER THINK.
Subject(s): DRINKS & DRINKING; TRAVEL; WINE; JOURNEYS; TRIPS;
WHEN you with High-Dutch Heeren dine,
Expect false Latin, and stummed wine.
They never taste who always drink;
They always talk, who never think.



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