5709. 'And they drank' means the application of the truths beneath good. This is clear from the meaning of 'drinking' as the communication of truth and making it one's own, dealt with in 3168, 3772, 4017, 4018, and therefore an application of it also. The reason beneath good is meant is that whenever there is any application of truth, this takes place beneath good, see above in 5704.