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 Malmesbury Monastery.Malt. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Malmsey Wine
 
is the wine of Malva’sia, in Candia.   1
       
“Thane spyces unsparyly thay spendyde thereaftyre,
Malvesye and muskadelle, thase mervelyous drynkes.”
       
Morte d’Arthure.
   (See DROWNED IN A BUTT OF …)   2
 


 Malmesbury Monastery.Malt. 

 
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