Found it!
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What at the mead man vows, when morning comes let him with deeds answer, or his drink vomit and a sot be shown.
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Drastic words, those! Spoken by Torhthelm to Tídwald in
The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, quoting what lays said. I like the accompanying words: "There are cravens at council that crow proudly with the hearts of hens."!
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'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth..
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