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Miles Redux.
by Jacob BigelowWho comes here?
A Grenadier.
What do you want?
A pot of beer.
Where's your money?
I've forgot.
Get you gone,
You drunken sot.
Heus! Quis illic?
Ductor militi'.
Quid petis hic?
Cantharum cervisi'.
Ubi moneta?
Loqueris oblito.
O, ebriose,
In malum abito.