KING.
But you're not drinking, Prince. You're expected to drink here. [Aside.] Eversmann, keep his glass well filled—
HOTHAM (aside).
They want to make you drunk. Push your tankard nearer my place.
KING.
You know the old Dessauer, Prince?
PRINCE (surprised).
Why, Your Majesty—
KING.
But do you know for what great invention mankind is indebted to the old
Dessauer?