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The king is glad about their wickedness; the princes laugh about their lies. They are all adulterers; as a baker’s oven is constantly aflame—except after he kneads the dough and waits for it to rise again—so are these people constantly aflame with lust.

“On the king’s birthday, the princes get him drunk; he makes a fool of himself and drinks with those who mock him.

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