"Sæpe mero caluisse virtus."
"His virtue oft with wine to warm."
The circumstance was recorded by the following inscription:
"Petrus Alexowitz, Czar Moscoviæ, magnus dux, margini hujus fontis
insidiens, illius aquam nobilitavit libato vino hora post meridiam
tertia, die 16 Aprilis, 1717."
"That renowned General P.A., Czar of Moscovy, having poured forth
ample libations of wine, whilst sitting on the brink of this
fountain fell into, and ennobled its waters about three o'clock in