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 Manners : Therefore, M, masters, A, all of you, L, listen, T, to my text. The Allegorigal is, when one thing is spoken and another king is meant. Take the thing spoken, Malt; the thing meant is the juice of the malt; which you Cantabs make M, your master, A, your apparel, L, your liberty, T, your trust. The literal is according to the letter : M, much, A,, L, little, T, trust. The Theological is according to the effects it produces ; and these I find to be of two kinds ; first, in this world ; secondly, in the world to come. The effects it works in this world are :—In some, M, murder, in others A, adultery, in all, L, looseness of life, and in some, T, treason. The effects in the world to come are;—M, misery, A, anguish, L, lamentation, and T, torment. And so much for this time and text.

“ I shall improve this first by way of exhortation : M, masters—A, all of you—L, leave —T, tippling; or secondly, by way of excommunication ; M, masters—A, all of you—L, look for—T. torment. Thirdly, by way of, take this ;—a Drunkard is the annoyance of modesty—the spoil of civility—the destruction of reason—the brewer’s agent—the alehouse’s benefactor—his wife’s sorrow—his children’s trouble—his own shame—his neighbour’s scoff—a walking swill-bowl—the picture of a beast, and the monster of a man.