19. it makes the mind of the king and of the fatherless child to be all one; of the bondman and of the freeman, of the poor man and of the rich:
20. it turns also every thought into jollity and mirth, so that a man remembers neither sorrow nor debt:
21. and it makes every heart rich, so that a man remembers neither king nor satrap; and it makes to speak all things by talents:
22. and when they are in their cups, they forget their love both to friends and brethren, and a little after draw their swords:
23. but when they awake from their wine, they remember not what they have done.
24. O sirs, is not wine the strongest, seeing that it enforces to do thus? And when he had so spoken, he held his peace.