In the last century the properties of this beverage were thus extolled:—

“Hops, Water, and Barley, are here of the best,

Your March and October can well stand the test;

The body is plump, and the visage ne’er pale,

That imbibes, or is painted, with _Shrewsbury Ale_.”

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