Wine and wassail," he added, gravely casting up his eyes--"all the fault of wine and wassail!--I told Allan-a-Dale, the northern minstrel, that he would damage the harp if he touched it after the seventh cup, but he would not be controlled--Friend, I drink to thy successful performance."
A bor meg a kupa az oka - tette hozzá elkomolyodva, és égnek emelte tekintetét -, igen, a bor meg a kupa! Hányszor mondtam annak az északi lantosnak, Allan-a-Dale-nek, hogy a hetedik kupa után ne nyúljon a hárfához, mert tönkreteszi!