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was called by the Romans, Vtiium ex corruptis frugibus. It was the 

 drink of the common people in Egypt, where wine was fcarce, the 

 ground being all employed in producing corn to maintain fuch 

 numbers of men. And thus it appears, that we owe to the Egyp- 

 tians, not only corn and ivine^ but alfo ale^ 



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