CH. First see to it that from some perennial fount
Clean hands provide a pure drink-offering.
OED. And when I have gotten this unpolluted draught?
CH. You will find bowls, formed by a skilful hand,
Whose brims and handles you must duly wreathe.
OED. With leaves or flocks of wool, or in what way?
CH. With tender wool ta’en from a young ewe-lamb.
OED. Well, and what follows to complete the rite?
CH. Next, make libation toward the earliest dawn.
OED. Mean’st thou from those same urns whereof thou speakest?
CH. From those three vessels pour three several streams,
Filling the last to the brim.
OED. With what contents
Must this be filled? Instruct me.