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p o p in t h r o u g h th e R om a n p o r t a l s o f t h e W h i t e b u l l , b e c a u s e t h e b e e r is w o r t h s am p l in g . L a s t t im e 1 w a s t h e r e , t h e y w e r e s e r v i n g f l o w e r s I I ’A on h a n d p um p , w h i c h I w a s mo s t im p r e s s e d b y — a l o v e l y q u a f f a h l e b e e r w i t h a su c cu l e n t h o p p y f r a g r a n c e . W o n d e r w h a t " c h e e r s " is in L a t in ? □


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