‘But all for Plunder, all to get a Guzzle.’
‘Come, come,’ says John, ‘now that a mere pretence is,
‘Tho’ drunk the Foe, we Fight in sober senses.
‘For if a Drunkard Fights, they can’t do less to him—
‘First beat him, then get Drunk, Drinking success to him.’[36]
The Commandant now took up the debate:
‘Our Troops no doubt at first were in sad state;
‘All Ranks and all Departments were the same;
‘The Chief harsh censures was obliged to frame: