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From the diary of Samuel Pepys (1663-1703)

... to end all, Mrs. Shippman did fill the pie full of white
wine (it holding at least a pint and a half) and did drink it
off for a health to Sir Wm. and my Lady, it being the greatest
draught that ever I did see a woman drink in my life.
		-- Pepys' Diary, 3 Feb. 1662

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