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[Now, what do you say to the canns of wood?]
Now, what do you say to the canns of wood?Faith, they are nought, they cannot be good;
When a man for beer he doth therein send,
To have them filled, as he doth intend:
The bearer stumbleth by the way,
And on the ground his liquor doth lay;
Then straight the man begins to ban,
And swears it, 'twas long of the wooden can;
But had it been in a leathern bottle,
Although he stumbled, all had been well;
So safe therein it would remain,
Until the man got up again.
And I wish in heaven, &c.
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