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EQUAL JUSTICE by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON

First Line: BY THE MANTUAN LAW, THE OLD CHRONICLE FAITH
Last Line: OUR HOST HAD BEEN HUNG WHEN HE SOLD HIS BORDEAUX.
Subject(s): DRINKS & DRINKING; HOSPITALITY; JOKES; JUSTICE; WINE;
BY the Mantuan law, the old chronicle faith,
The vendor of poison was sentenced to death;
Did the law now at Venice like justice bestow,
Our Host had been hung when he sold his Bordeaux.



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