He (Charlemange) was moderate in his eating and drinking, for
he hated to see drunkenness in any man. All the same, he could not go long
without food, and he often used complain that fasting made him ill. He rarely
gave banquets and these only on high feast days, but then he would invite a
great number of guests. His main meal of the day was served in four courses, in
addition to the roast meat which his hunters used to bring in on spits and
which he enjoyed more than any other food...... He was so sparing in his use of
wine that he rarely drank more than 3 times (i.e. three cups) in the course of
his dinner.
From The Story of Wine by Hugh Johnson
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