5 And so it was that the doors of the taverns were closed against the people save only for five hours during the day; neither was it lawful for them to buy any strong drink from the publicans except at the time appointed.
6 In this wise did the water bibbers advantage their object, for they had rightly conceived that the war was an hefty lever wherewith to work their will.
7 And those that drank of the juice of the grape did become quick at the swallow, for the time that they did have, it was short.
8 And the preachers and all those that did meddle with the independence of the people were filled with pious joy, and they rejoiced in their tabernacles of stone and of tin, and in their habitations also, saying, Thus are the wicked punished and the thirsty sent empty away.
9 And because the publicans were the people to go for, and they did know it, therefore did they not complain; and the cocoa gulpers triumphed on that day.
10 ¶ Now there were many sojourning in the land of En that came of an hostile country. And because they were a danger unto the state, therefore did the rulers make new laws concerning them.
11 And to this end, whosoever did travel unto certain places was commanded to write him his name in a book that was at the inn where he did rest.
12 Now when a man and a woman did journey unto the sea and did sojourn there for a week-end, then would they say unto all and sundry, Behold, a priest has licensed us to do this thing, for we are wed.
13 And sometimes it was so: but there were some that did lie about it, hoping perchance to save them lodgment money, or fearing to offend the righteous.
14 Therefore was the new law a cause of vexation unto them, for to write in a book their true names, it was not wise; and to write them names that were false, it was a dangerous thing and costly withal.