“It sloweth age, it strengthen youth, it help digestion,
it abandoneth melancholie, it relisheth the heart,
it lighteneth the mind, it quickeneth the spirits,
it keepeth and preserveth the head from whirling,
the eyes from dazzling, the tongue from lisping,
the mouth from snaffling, the teeth from chattering
and the throat from rattling;
it keepeth the stomache from wambling,
the heart from swelling, the hands from shivering,
the sinews from sinking, the veins from crumbling,
the bones from aching, and the marrow from soaking.”
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