MARCH 16
Are all our preachers merciful to their beasts? Perhaps not. Every one ought, not only to rise it moderately, but also to see with his own eyes, his horse rubbed, fed and bedded.
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What is it best to take just after preaching? Lemonade; candied orange peel or a little soft, warm ale. But egg and wine is downright poison.
Minutes of conversations, 1744
Let none of you preachers touch any spirituous liquors upon any account.
to Francis Wolfe, 1782
