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             Tryon, Thomas, 1634-1703.
          
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           Miscellania
           .
           OR
           ,
           A
           Collection
           OF
           Necessary
           ,
           Useful
           ,
           and
           Profitable
           TRACTS
           ON
           Variety
           of
           Subjects
           ,
        
         
           Which
           for
           their
           Excellency
           ,
           and
           Benefit
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           are
           Compiled
           in
           one
           Volume
           .
        
         
           By
           THOMAS
           TRYON
           Physiologus
           .
        
         
           London
           :
           Printed
           and
           Sold
           by
           
             T.
             Sowle
             ▪
          
           in
           White-Hart-Court
           in
           Grace-Church-street
           ,
           1696.
           
        
         
         
         
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           CONTENTS
           .
        
         
           
             THe
             true
             and
             Natural
             Methods
             how
             to
             Cure
             all
             sorts
             of
             Cuts
             ,
             Bruises
             ,
             Pricks
             of
             Thorns
             ,
             Weapons
             ,
             or
             any
             kind
             of
             Wounds
             ,
             also
             Old
             Vlcers
             ,
             and
             to
             prevent
             Gangreens
             ,
             and
             other
             Evils
             whatsoever
             .
             p.
             3.
             
          
           
             How
             to
             Cure
             Pricks
             in
             any
             Member
             of
             the
             Body
             p.
             4.
             
          
           
             To
             Cure
             Old
             Vlcers
             ,
             5.
             
          
           
             To
             Cure
             Gauls
             ,
             or
             the
             skin
             being
             rubbed
             off
             by
             any
             accident
             ,
             5.
             61.
             
          
           
             An
             Excellent
             Poultis
             to
             Cure
             sore
             Breasts
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             A
             rare
             Poultis
             to
             ●llay
             all
             Swellings
             ,
             or
             Contusions
             in
             any
             part
             of
             the
             Body
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             Another
             Excellent
             Poul●is
             to
             dissolve
             ,
             ripen
             and
             Cure
             any
             Rising
             ,
             Swelling
             ,
             or
             Boyls
             in
             the
             Flesh
             ,
             7.
             
          
           
             The
             best
             Spirit
             of
             Scurvy-grass
             is
             made
             thus
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             How
             you
             may
             make
             this
             plain
             Spirit
             of
             Scurvy-grass
             into
             a
             Purging
             Spirit
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             An
             Excellent
             Drink
             against
             the
             Stone
             Gravel
             and
             other
             Obstructions
             ,
             9.
             
          
           
             How
             to
             Purgo
             by
             Herbs
             and
             Foods
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             Another
             Way
             to
             Purg●
             by
             Foods
             and
             Drinks
             ,
             11.
             
          
           
             An
             Excellent
             Poultis
             against
             the
             Headach
             ,
             pain
             in
             the
             side
             ,
             also
             a
             rare
             Remedy
             against
             the
             Disease
             called
             St.
             Anthony's
             Fire
             ,
             11.
             
          
           
             An
             Excellent
             remedy
             against
             any
             Wound
             ,
             Stab
             ,
             Prick
             or
             Cut
             with
             a
             Sword
             ,
             or
             other
             Weapon
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             Pythagoras's
             method
             and
             advice
             to
             his
             Disciples
             ,
             13.
             
          
           
             An
             Excellent
             remedy
             against
             all
             Old
             〈…〉
             
             and
             Sores
             Occasion'd
             by
             the
             Disease
             called
             th●
             
               Kings
               Evil
               ,
               p.
            
             14
          
           
             An
             Vniversal
             F●mentation
             for
             all
             Tumors
             ,
             Bruises
             '
             Hard-Swelled
             Members
             or
             parts
             of
             the
             Body
             ,
             15
             ,
          
           
             A
             famous
             Poultis
             against
             Sprains
             ,
             16
          
           
             A
             good
             method
             to
             Cure
             Sprains
             ,
             if
             you
             can't
             have
             the
             forementioned
             Poultis
             
               (
               viz.
            
             )
             16
          
           
             An
             excellent
             Wash
             against
             all
             Old
             Aches
             ,
             and
             Sciatica's
             in
             any
             part
             or
             member
             of
             the
             Body
             ,
             17.
             
          
           
             An
             excellent
             Method
             to
             Cure
             the
             Sores
             occasion'd
             by
             the
             Kings
             Evil
             ,
             17.
             
          
           
             A
             rare
             Poultis
             against
             all
             Inflamations
             ,
             Rhumes
             ,
             and
             other
             Sores
             in
             the
             Eyes
             ,
             18.
             
          
           
             A
             rare
             Poultis
             against
             the
             Headach
             ,
             19.
             
          
           
             An
             excellent
             Poultis
             against
             all
             sorts
             of
             Sprains
             ,
             20.
             
          
           
             A
             brave
             Noble
             Poultis
             against
             all
             hot
             Tumors
             ,
             Bruises
             ,
             or
             Swellings
             ,
             or
             the
             like
             ,
             20.
             
          
           
             A
             method
             how
             any
             Person
             may
             s●●ply
             the
             place
             of
             Hop●
             with
             Wormwood
             to
             all
             extents
             and
             purposes
             ,
             and
             please
             the
             pallats
             of
             the
             Drinkers
             ▪
             for
             Wormwood
             is
             an
             excellent
             Herb
             ,
             and
             of
             far
             greater
             Strength
             ,
             Power
             ,
             and
             Vertue
             ,
             than
             Hops
             ,
             provided
             it
             be
             gathered
             in
             its
             pr●●er
             season
             ,
             and
             dried
             in
             the
             Sun
             ,
             and
             bagg'd
             up
             〈◊〉
             Hops
             are
             ,
             so
             keep
             them
             for
             use
             according
             to
             the
             Directions
             in
             our
             
               Way
               to
               Health
               ,
               Long
               Life
               and
               Happiness
               ,
            
             viz.
             21.
             
          
           
             Of
             Brandy
             ,
             Rum
             and
             Rack
             ,
             from
             Page
             1.
             to
             the
             12.
             
             What
             Powers
             Meats
             and
             Drinks
             have
             in
             the
             Body
             ,
             from
             p.
             12.
             to
             20.
             
          
           
             What
             Inconveniences
             and
             Evils
             the
             Drinking
             Brandy
             and
             other
             Spirits
             ,
             bring
             upon
             Women
             and
             their
             Children
             from
             p.
             20.
             to
             28.
             
          
           
             Of
             Eating
             of
             Flesh
             ,
             and
             its
             Operation
             on
             the
             Body
             and
             Senses
             ,
             from
             p.
             29.
             to
             53.
             
          
           
             Of
             Herbs
             ,
             Fruits
             and
             Grains
             ,
             and
             their
             inward
             Operation
             on
             the
             Body
             and
             Mind
             ,
             from
             p.
             53.
             to
             60.
             
          
           
             
             Of
             Cleanness
             in
             Houses
             ;
             and
             Beds
             ,
             and
             the
             great
             Evils
             of
             stale
             Feather-Beds
             ,
             from
             p.
             60.
             to
             66.
             
          
           
             How
             Buggs
             breed
             ,
             from
             60.
             to
             70.
             
          
           
             Other
             Inconveniences
             arising
             from
             the
             same
             Cause
             ,
             to
             p.
             73
          
           
             How
             to
             prevent
             the
             Generation
             of
             Vermin
             ,
             and
             preserve
             Health
             ,
             from
             p.
             73.
             to
             79.
             
          
           
             How
             the
             preservation
             of
             Mens
             Health
             resides
             in
             the
             Wisdom
             and
             Temperance
             of
             Women
             ,
             from
             p.
             79.
             to
             87.
             
          
           
             Of
             the
             pain
             in
             the
             Teeth
             ,
             also
             from
             what
             cause
             ,
             and
             how
             to
             prevent
             it
             ,
             from
             p.
             87.
             to
             97.
             
          
           
             Observations
             on
             the
             great
             Frost
             ,
             1683.
             from
             p.
             97.
             to
             111.
             
          
           
             Some
             Considerations
             on
             the
             keeping
             Christmas
             ,
             with
             remarks
             on
             the
             many
             Irregularities
             committed
             therein
             ,
             from
             p.
             111.
             to
             p.
             137.
             
          
           
             Good
             News
             for
             the
             Poor
             ,
             and
             better
             for
             the
             Rich
             ;
             wherein
             is
             shown
             how
             20
             or
             15000.
             l.
             might
             be
             Weekly
             raised
             for
             support
             of
             the
             Poor
             ,
             and
             no
             Body
             the
             worse
             ,
             from
             p.
             137.
             to
             p.
             151.
             
          
           
             A
             true
             and
             Natural
             Method
             of
             preparing
             Gruels
             and
             Paps
             made
             of
             Flower
             and
             Pease
             ,
             wherein
             is
             shown
             the
             great
             advantage
             and
             benefit
             the
             Poor
             may
             receive
             thereby
             ,
             from
             p.
             151.
             to
             156.
             
          
           
             A
             Proposal
             to
             Sr.
             
               T.
               Lane
            
             Lord-Mayor
             ,
             and
             the
             Court
             of
             Alderman
             ,
             and
             other
             Citizens
             of
             London
             ,
             for
             the
             Erection
             of
             20
             free
             Schools
             for
             poor
             Children
             ,
             from
             p.
             156.
             to
             164.
             
          
           
             An
             excellent
             way
             to
             make
             Water-gruel
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             Pottages
             ,
             from
             164.
             to
             the
             End.
             
          
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           PREFACE
           .
        
         
           OBserving
           the
           tedious
           methods
           of
           some
           unskilful
           Chyrurgeons
           ,
           together
           with
           their
           improper
           Compositions
           and
           unatural
           Applycations
           ,
           which
           do
           not
           only
           Ruin
           and
           Undo
           many
           poor
           necessitous
           People
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           losing
           of
           their
           Limbs
           and
           sometimes
           their
           Lives
           too
           ;
           therefore
           I
           think
           it
           no
           worthless
           Service
           to
           recommend
           unto
           the
           World
           ,
           especially
           to
           the
           Poor
           ,
           the
           use
           of
           the
           following
           Remedies
           ,
           which
           are
           not
           only
           cheap
           and
           easily
           Come-at-able
           ,
           but
           certain
           in
           their
           Operation
           ,
           far
           beyond
           any
           things
           hitherto
           known
           or
           published
           .
        
         
           These
           are
           noble
           Poultices
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Ingredients
           do
           cast
           a
           friendly
           aspect
           to
           each
           other
           ,
           being
           of
           a
           cleansing
           mild
           Balsamick
           Nature
           and
           Operation
           ,
           and
           therefore
           they
           do
           by
           their
           active
           penetrating
           Power
           ,
           strengthen
           and
           raise
           up
           the
           dismayed
           Oyl
           or
           wounded
           Spirits
           ,
           by
           meliorating
           and
           asswaging
           the
           irritated
           or
           awakened
           fierce
           poysonous
           Humors
           ,
           by
           which
           this
           doth
           as
           far
           exceed
           
           the
           common
           and
           usual
           methods
           and
           practices
           of
           Chyrurgeons
           ,
           and
           other
           Practitioners
           ,
           as
           that
           Light
           doth
           Darkness
           .
        
         
           But
           here
           I
           shall
           meet
           with
           a
           swingeing
           Objection
           ,
           viz.
           Why
           do
           you
           leave
           out
           of
           your
           Poultices
           the
           great
           Ingredient
           ,
           viz.
           The
           fulsom
           Grease
           of
           Swine
           and
           other
           Fat
           's
           ?
           Which
           all
           skilled
           in
           the
           Art
           of
           Curing
           ,
           have
           for
           the
           most
           part
           advised
           ,
           and
           for
           〈◊〉
           other
           reason
           as
           I
           know
           ,
           then
           that
           their
           Poultices
           should
           not
           offend
           the
           patient
           by
           sticking
           to
           the
           Sore
           or
           wounded
           part
           ,
           for
           their
           long
           lying
           on
           the
           grieved
           par●
           ,
           if
           there
           were
           not
           some
           Fat
           's
           or
           Oyles
           ,
           the
           Poultices
           would
           occasion
           them
           to
           become
           hard
           and
           stiff
           ,
           and
           so
           stick
           to
           the
           Sore
           ,
           which
           we
           prevent
           by
           our
           often
           repetition
           ;
           for
           the
           Spitituous
           Vertues
           and
           Qualities
           of
           Fat
           's
           ,
           are
           so
           hid
           and
           lookt
           up
           in
           the
           oyly
           Body
           ,
           that
           Nature
           cannot
           separate
           no●
           draw
           forth
           their
           fine
           sweet
           Spirituous
           Vertues
           to
           that
           degree
           ,
           as
           she
           can
           from
           Vegetations
           ,
           as
           all
           men
           skilled
           in
           Nature
           and
           Chymistry
           do
           know
           ,
           they
           being
           of
           a
           heavy
           dull
           flat
           Nature
           and
           Operation
           ,
           very
           offensive
           to
           the
           tender
           
           Spirits
           and
           Blood
           ,
           by
           which
           they
           im●ede
           and
           hinder
           the
           Cure
           ,
           therefore
           those
           Poultices
           wherein
           Fat
           's
           are
           mixed
           ,
           the
           fine
           Spirits
           and
           Vertues
           thereof
           do
           not
           so
           easily
           nor
           powerfully
           penetrate
           the
           Wound
           as
           rich
           Vegetations
           ,
           whose
           Spirit
           and
           lively
           Vertues
           are
           as
           it
           were
           on
           the
           Wing
           ,
           and
           therefore
           Poultices
           aptly
           compounded
           thereof
           ,
           their
           Vertues
           do
           in
           a
           moments
           time
           penetrate
           to
           the
           Center
           ,
           and
           incorporate
           with
           their
           similes
           ,
           by
           which
           they
           strengthen
           and
           raise
           up
           the
           wounded
           Spirits
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           do
           qualify
           the
           fierce
           raging
           Poysons
           ,
           more
           especially
           if
           our
           method
           be
           observed
           ;
           and
           do
           effect
           the
           Cure
           ,
           not
           only
           in
           shorter
           time
           ,
           but
           much
           safer
           ,
           and
           with
           greater
           ease
           to
           the
           Patient
           .
           For
           by
           this
           Philosophical
           Operation
           ,
           of
           repeating
           it
           so
           often
           ,
           it
           doth
           mightily
           advance
           and
           forward
           the
           Cure
           :
           And
           Note
           ,
           that
           every
           fresh
           Application
           of
           this
           Homogenial-Poultice
           to
           the
           grieved
           part
           ,
           do
           add
           new
           and
           fresh
           Supplies
           of
           Vertue
           ,
           for
           in
           all
           Operations
           of
           this
           Nature
           ,
           the
           fine
           healing
           Spirituous
           Qualities
           thereof
           ,
           do
           first
           impart
           and
           give
           themselves
           forth
           ,
           which
           by
           a
           secret
           
           simpathetical
           Power
           ,
           do
           penetrate
           the
           whole
           ,
           and
           incorporate
           with
           their
           similes
           ,
           administring
           their
           sweet
           Vertues
           ,
           which
           gives
           a
           new
           Life
           to
           th●
           wounded
           Spirits
           ,
           and
           dismayed
           Oyles
           ,
           and
           do
           at
           the
           same
           time
           withstand
           and
           allay
           the
           fierce
           raging
           awakned
           or
           irritated
           poysonous
           Humours
           ;
           it
           being
           the
           way
           of
           Nature
           for
           all
           homogenial
           Bodies
           ,
           that
           have
           passed
           through
           any
           Preparation
           ,
           Digestion
           ,
           or
           Fermentation
           ,
           when
           aptly
           applied
           or
           joyned
           to
           any
           Proper
           Subject
           or
           thing
           .
           For
           the
           fine
           cleansing
           healing
           Qualities
           and
           good
           Vertues
           ,
           do
           give
           themselves
           forth
           and
           joyn
           or
           incorporate
           with
           their
           Similes
           ;
           even
           as
           the
           fine
           sweet
           Spirituous
           Qualities
           of
           〈◊〉
           do
           imbibe
           or
           give
           themselves
           forth
           and
           incorporate
           with
           the
           hot
           Water
           in●
           our
           Mash-Tub
           ,
           in
           the
           method
           of
           Brewing
           ;
           therefore
           every
           Applycation
           does
           add
           new
           supplies
           of
           Vertue
           and
           strength
           to
           the
           wounded
           Spirits
           ,
           and
           draws
           forth
           and
           consumes
           the
           gross
           humidity
           ,
           and
           exalts
           the
           Essential
           Life
           of
           that
           part
           ,
           and
           are
           as
           refreshing
           to
           the
           wounded
           Spirits
           ,
           as
           the
           pleasant
           influences
           and
           salutiferous
           Breezes
           of
           
           Wind
           in
           a
           hot
           season
           :
           For
           Note
           ,
           that
           the
           Spirits
           and
           fine
           Qualities
           of
           each
           thing
           ,
           are
           light
           ,
           volatile
           ,
           ready
           ,
           quick
           and
           powerful
           in
           Operation
           ,
           that
           in
           a
           moments
           time
           they
           penetrate
           even
           to
           the
           Center
           ;
           for
           every
           particular
           Quality
           in
           Nature
           ,
           has
           a
           Key
           in
           it self
           to
           open
           the
           Gate
           of
           its
           own
           Principle
           ;
           what
           Man
           in
           the
           World
           would
           believe
           the
           attractive
           inclination
           which
           the
           Load-stone
           has
           upon
           Iron
           ,
           if
           it
           did
           not
           appear
           to
           his
           sight
           ;
           the
           very
           same
           simpathetical
           Power
           have
           all
           other
           things
           ,
           though
           in
           some
           it
           is
           more
           occult
           .
           And
           for
           this
           cause
           ,
           one
           Body
           works
           upon
           another
           ,
           by
           a
           certain
           natural
           attraction
           and
           simpathetical
           Inclination
           .
           Thus
           the
           wise
           and
           wonderful
           Creator
           ,
           has
           endued
           every
           thing
           with
           an
           attractive
           and
           influential
           Vertue
           ;
           it
           is
           not
           therefore
           the
           gross
           Body
           of
           your
           Poultice
           ,
           that
           will
           do
           your
           Business
           ,
           that
           is
           full
           of
           corrupt
           and
           poysonous
           Humours
           ,
           which
           are
           awakened
           by
           the
           long
           Continuation
           thereof
           ,
           for
           these
           Reasons
           ,
           the
           long
           lying
           of
           Poultices
           and
           Plalsters
           ,
           on
           Wounds
           and
           Sores
           ,
           have
           no
           better
           Effects
           ,
           then
           the
           long
           Continuation
           or
           
           standing
           of
           the
           Liquor
           on
           the
           Mault
           in
           your
           Mash-Tub
           ,
           which
           if
           it
           continue
           more
           then
           two
           ,
           three
           or
           four
           Hours
           ,
           it
           will
           spoil
           and
           corrupt
           the
           whole
           ,
           for
           First
           ,
           (
           as
           I
           said
           before
           )
           the
           fine
           sweet
           Volatile
           Spirituous
           Vertues
           ,
           imbibes
           or
           incorporates
           themselves
           with
           the
           hot
           Liquor
           ,
           and
           then
           if
           there
           be
           not
           a
           separation
           made
           in
           two
           ,
           three
           or
           four
           Hours
           ,
           by
           drawing
           it
           off
           ,
           but
           the
           applycation
           continued
           ,
           then
           there
           will
           soon
           awaken
           another
           Quality
           of
           a
           gross
           harsh
           sour
           ●een
           Nature
           ,
           which
           with
           a
           rapid
           motion
           ,
           tinges
           or
           transmutes
           all
           the
           fine
           sweet
           healing
           Vertues
           into
           their
           own
           Qualities
           ,
           which
           all
           Brewers
           and
           good
           House-Wifes
           are
           sensible
           of
           ;
           the
           like
           is
           to
           be
           understood
           in
           the
           applycations
           of
           Poultices
           and
           Plaisters
           ,
           do
           not
           their
           long
           lying
           of
           them
           on
           the
           wounded
           or
           sore
           part
           ,
           cause
           them
           to
           smell
           four
           and
           stink
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           been
           continued
           on
           for
           twelve
           or
           twenty
           four
           Hours
           ,
           which
           do
           not
           only
           indanger
           the
           part
           ,
           and
           prolongs
           the
           Cure
           ,
           but
           it
           puts
           the
           patient
           to
           great
           Pain
           and
           Torment
           ,
           and
           often
           the
           Limb
           is
           cut
           off
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           the
           Life
           too
           ,
           
           which
           by
           this
           forementioned
           method
           might
           have
           been
           prevented
           ;
           for
           if
           Physitions
           and
           Chyrurgeons
           do
           not
           understand
           Nature
           ,
           then
           there
           can
           be
           no
           certainty
           in
           their
           Operations
           or
           Cures
           .
        
         
           Also
           Note
           ,
           that
           during
           the
           time
           your
           Poutices
           ,
           Plaisters
           ,
           Ointments
           ,
           or
           Salves
           ,
           are
           making
           on
           the
           Fire
           ,
           that
           you
           keep
           them
           stirring
           ,
           by
           which
           you
           keep
           the
           fine
           Spirits
           and
           Qualities
           Living
           ,
           for
           by
           this
           stirring
           ,
           the
           friendly
           Powers
           and
           thin
           Spirits
           of
           the
           Air
           do
           penitrate
           the
           whole
           Mass
           or
           Body
           ,
           which
           incorporate
           and
           assist
           the
           Spirits
           and
           good
           Vertues
           ,
           and
           keep
           them
           from
           being
           Stagnated
           and
           Suffocated
           ,
           the
           Air
           being
           the
           Life
           of
           all
           things
           and
           where
           its
           Friendly
           influences
           and
           circulations
           are
           prevented
           ,
           the
           Life
           and
           Spirits
           becomes
           heavy
           ,
           dull
           and
           gross
           ;
           for
           these
           Reasons
           ,
           all
           Spoon-Meats
           made
           thin
           ,
           are
           sweeter
           and
           of
           a
           more
           quick
           penetrating
           Operation
           and
           Digection
           ,
           then
           those
           made
           thick
           ,
           therefore
           despise
           not
           our
           method
           ,
           nor
           our
           plain
           home
           bread
           Poultices
           ,
           I
           could
           produce
           many
           living
           Testimonies
           of
           its
           Success
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           needless
           ,
           since
           every
           
           Man's
           Experience
           that
           tries
           it
           ,
           will
           soon
           confirm
           the
           Truth
           of
           what
           is
           here
           delivered
           ,
           nor
           I
           am
           not
           much
           Solicitous
           whether
           I
           am
           credited
           or
           not
           ;
           it
           is
           the
           consideration
           of
           the
           publick
           good
           it
           may
           do
           to
           many
           poor
           People
           ,
           pomps
           me
           to
           publish
           it
           ,
           whether
           you
           will
           follow
           the
           forementioned
           Rules
           or
           not
           ,
           I
           have
           done
           my
           Duty
           in
           offering
           it
           ,
           and
           therefore
           am
           satisfied
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           True
           and
           Natural
           Methods
           ,
           how
           to
           Cure
           all
           sorts
           of
           Cuts
           ,
           Bruises
           ,
           Pricks
           of
           Thornes
           ,
           Weapon's
           ,
           or
           any
           kind
           of
           Wounds
           .
           Also
           Old
           Vlcers
           ,
           and
           to
           prevent
           Gangreans
           and
           other
           Evils
           whatsoever
           ,
           viz.
           
        
         
           
             To
             Cure
             Cutts
             ,
          
           
             TAke
             Spirit
             of
             Wine
             ,
             one
             Pint
             ,
             put
             in
             three
             Ounces
             of
             double
             refined
             Suger
             ,
             shake
             it
             together
             ,
             —
             With
             this
             wash
             your
             Wound
             ,
             or
             Cut
             very
             well
             ,
             then
             take
             some
             of
             the
             same
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             mix
             so
             much
             Sugar
             as
             will
             make
             it
             as
             thick
             as
             a
             Salve
             ;
             clap
             this
             into
             the
             Wound
             ,
             then
             bind
             it
             up
             for
             Ten
             or
             Twelve
             hours
             ;
             after
             this
             open
             it
             ,
             wash
             it
             again
             with
             your
             Sugared
             Spirits
             very
             well
             ,
             then
             sow
             it
             up
             with
             a
             small
             Needle
             and
             Silk
             ;
             then
             temper
             a
             little
             Water
             ,
             Bread
             and
             Sugar
             together
             ,
             and
             lay
             a
             little
             on
             a
             Linnen
             Cloth
             ,
             and
             bind
             it
             on
             .
             Repeat
             this
             every
             five
             Hours
             ,
             always
             washing
             the
             outside
             of
             
             your
             Wound
             ,
             with
             your
             forementioned
             Spirits
             :
             This
             will
             Effect
             the
             Cure
             in
             a
             few
             Days
             ,
             provided
             the
             Humours
             be
             not
             too
             Venemous
             ,
             and
             the
             Parties
             keep
             themselves
             Temperate
             .
          
        
         
           
             How
             to
             Cure
             Pricks
             ,
             in
             any
             Member
             of
             the
             Body
             .
          
           
             Take
             one
             Pint
             of
             double
             Spirit
             of
             Wine
             ,
             three
             Ounces
             of
             double
             refined
             Sugar
             ,
             one
             Ounce
             of
             Camphir
             ;
             mix
             them
             well-together
             ,
             and
             if
             your
             Prick
             or
             Wound
             be
             deep
             ,
             then
             take
             ths
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             good
             Serringefrce
             it
             into
             the
             Wound
             ,
             then
             Temper
             some
             of
             this
             Camfired
             Spirit
             with
             Sugar
             as
             thick
             as
             a
             Salve
             ;
             clap
             this
             on
             the
             mouth
             of
             the
             Wound
             ,
             then
             bind
             it
             up
             with
             a
             Cloath
             ,
             that
             the
             Air
             may
             not
             penetrate
             the
             Wound
             ;
             repeat
             this
             every
             seven
             Hours
             ,
             for
             five
             or
             seven
             times
             ,
             every
             time
             Cleansing
             the
             Wound
             with
             your
             Serringe
             ,
             then
             ●ew
             it
             up
             ,
             laying
             the
             forementioned
             Poultis
             to
             it
             ,
             repeat
             it
             as
             you
             did
             the
             former
             ,
             and
             wash
             it
             every
             time
             you
             lay
             your
             Poultis
             on
             with
             said
             Spirits
             :
             —
             This
             doth
             likewise
             Cure
             with
             great
             ease
             and
             safety
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             To
             Cure
             Old
             Vlcers
             .
          
           
             Take
             one
             Pint
             of
             the
             best
             double
             Spirits
             of
             Wine
             ,
             half
             an
             Ounce
             of
             Aloes
             beaten
             ,
             three
             Ounces
             of
             double
             refined
             Sugar
             ,
             half
             an
             Ounce
             of
             Mirrh
             ,
             and
             mix
             them
             well
             together
             .
             Use
             it
             thus
             ,
             First
             wash
             your
             Ulcer
             with
             Rain
             Water
             very
             clean
             ,
             dropping
             some
             of
             the
             forementioned
             Spirits
             into
             your
             Ulcer
             ,
             then
             apply
             this
             Poultis
             following
             .
             Take
             one
             Quart
             of
             Rain
             Water
             ,
             Parsley
             ,
             Mint
             and
             Balm
             of
             each
             a
             like
             Quantity
             cut
             small
             ,
             two
             Ounces
             of
             good
             Sugar
             ,
             as
             much
             Bread
             as
             will
             make
             it
             of
             a
             fit
             Consistency
             for
             a
             Poultis
             ,
             make
             it
             boyilng
             hot
             ,
             stirring
             it
             all
             the
             time
             ,
             then
             put
             a
             Glass
             of
             Wine
             ,
             Sider
             ,
             Ale
             ,
             or
             good
             Beer
             into
             it
             ,
             lay
             this
             Poultis
             on
             every
             three
             Hours
             ,
             always
             washing
             it
             with
             the
             Rain
             Water
             and
             Spirits
             :
             If
             this
             Method
             be
             observed
             ,
             it
             will
             Cure
             almost
             to
             a
             Miracle
             .
          
        
         
           
             To
             Cure
             Gaul's
             ,
             or
             the
             Skin
             being
             rubbed
             off
             by
             any
             accident
             .
          
           
             Take
             Spirit
             of
             Wine
             and
             Vinegar
             ,
             mix
             it
             well
             together
             ,
             wash
             your
             Sore
             
             every
             Hour
             ,
             for
             a
             Day
             or
             two
             ,
             laying
             on
             it
             a
             Diaculum
             Plaister
             :
             This
             will
             heal
             and
             Cure
             the
             most
             inveterate
             Gaul
             in
             a
             few
             Days
             time
             .
          
        
         
           
             An
             Excellent
             Poultis
             to
             Cure
             Sore
             Breast's
          
           
             Take
             one
             Quart
             of
             Rain
             or
             River
             Water
             ,
             some
             Sorrel
             cut
             small
             ,
             half
             an
             Ounce
             of
             Coriander
             Seed
             beaten
             to
             Powder
             ,
             two
             Ounces
             of
             good
             brown
             Sugar
             ,
             as
             much
             Bread
             as
             will
             make
             it
             into
             a
             Poultis
             ,
             make
             it
             Boyling
             hot
             ,
             stirring
             it
             all
             the
             time
             ,
             then
             it
             is
             done
             ,
             —
             Apply
             this
             every
             Hour
             ,
             or
             every
             two
             Hours
             as
             warm
             as
             your
             Blood
             on
             a
             Linnen
             Cloath
             for
             two
             or
             three
             Days
             more
             or
             less
             ,
             as
             you
             see
             occasion
             ,
             and
             remember
             to
             wash
             your
             Breast
             with
             good
             Water
             and
             fresh
             Butter
             beaten
             together
             ,
             every
             time
             you
             apply
             the
             Poultis
             ,
             and
             you
             need
             not
             doubt
             but
             with
             God's
             Blessing
             the
             Cure
             will
             be
             Effected
             in
             a
             short
             time
             .
          
        
         
           
             A
             rare
             Poultis
             to
             allay
             all
             Swellings
             or
             Contusions
             ,
             in
             any
             part
             of
             the
             Body
             .
          
           
             Take
             one
             quart
             of
             Rain
             or
             River
             Water
             ,
             Rosemary
             and
             Balm
             cut
             small
             ,
             two
             Ounces
             of
             Sugar
             ,
             a
             Glass
             of
             Wine
             ,
             
             Sider
             ,
             Ale
             ,
             or
             good
             Beer
             ,
             as
             much
             good
             Bread
             as
             will
             make
             it
             into
             a
             Poultis
             ,
             make
             it
             boyling
             hot
             ,
             stirring
             of
             it
             all
             the
             while
             ,
             then
             it
             is
             done
             ,
             —
             Lay
             this
             pretty
             thick
             on
             a
             Linnen
             Cloath
             ,
             as
             warm
             as
             your
             Blood
             every
             Hour
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             every
             two
             Hours
             ,
             for
             a
             Day
             two
             or
             three
             according
             to
             the
             occasion
             ,
             washing
             of
             it
             well
             with
             Spirit
             of
             Wine
             ,
             wherein
             Sugar
             is
             disolved
             ,
             This
             is
             a
             safe
             and
             secure
             remedy
             .
          
        
         
           
             Another
             excellent
             Poultis
             to
             Disolve
             ,
             Ripen
             and
             Cure
             any
             Rising
             ,
             Swelling
             ,
             or
             Boyl
             in
             the
             Flesh
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             Take
             white
             Lilly
             Roots
             ,
             good
             Figgs
             ▪
             boyl
             them
             soft
             in
             River
             or
             Rain
             Water
             ,
             then
             Temper
             them
             together
             ,
             add
             as
             much
             Bread
             as
             will
             make
             it
             thick
             enough
             for
             a
             Poultis
             ;
             add
             to
             this
             one
             Ounce
             of
             white
             Sugar
             ,
             and
             half
             an
             Ounce
             of
             Carr●way
             Seeds
             beaten
             to
             Powder
             ,
             stir
             them
             all
             together
             on
             the
             Fire
             ,
             till
             they
             are
             boyling
             hot
             ,
             then
             it
             is
             done
             .
             Apply
             this
             Poultis
             every
             Hour
             ,
             washing
             the
             Grieved
             part
             with
             Ale
             and
             Sugar
             every
             time
             you
             lay
             the
             Poultis
             on
             ,
             this
             is
             a
             Noble
             Poultis
             ,
             and
             is
             likewise
             
             good
             to
             cure
             sore
             Breasts
             ,
             applyed
             as
             abovesaid
             ,
          
        
         
           
             The
             best
             Spirit
             of
             Scurvygrass
             is
             made
             Thus.
             
          
           
             Take
             the
             Leaves
             of
             Scurvygrass
             ,
             some
             Horse-Redish-Roots
             Scrapt
             small
             ,
             put
             this
             into
             a
             Glass
             ,
             or
             Earthen
             Vessel
             ,
             put
             to
             it
             as
             much
             strong
             double
             Spirit
             of
             Wine
             as
             will
             cover
             it
             ,
             stop
             this
             Vessel
             close
             ,
             and
             let
             it
             stand
             three
             Days
             and
             three
             Nights
             ,
             then
             Pour
             it
             off
             into
             Glass
             Bottles
             ;
             when
             settled
             ,
             you
             may
             put
             it
             into
             other
             Bottles
             ,
             and
             then
             it
             is
             fit
             for
             use
             .
             This
             is
             called
             The
             plain
             Spirit
             of
             Scurvygrass
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             the
             best
             that
             is
             made
             ;
             you
             may
             take
             in
             a
             Morning
             ,
             of
             this
             Spirit
             from
             60
             to
             80.
             or
             90.
             
             Drops
             in
             good
             Water
             ,
             Beer
             ,
             Ale
             or
             Wine
             ,
             fasting
             two
             or
             three
             Hours
             after
             it
             ,
             then
             eat
             some
             of
             our
             Gruel
             with
             Bread.
             
          
        
         
           
             How
             you
             may
             make
             this
             plain
             Spirit
             of
             Scurvygrass
             into
             a
             purging
             Spirit
             .
          
           
             Take
             one
             Quart
             of
             this
             plain
             Spirit
             ,
             put
             into
             it
             ,
             one
             Ounce
             of
             Rozin
             of
             Scamony
             ,
             and
             half
             an
             Ounce
             of
             Rozin
             of
             Jallop
             ,
             both
             beaten
             to
             Powder
             ;
             let
             
             it
             stand
             one
             week
             ,
             and●
             then
             it
             will
             be
             fit
             for
             your
             use
             .
             Take
             50
             ,
             60.
             or
             80.
             
             Drops
             of
             this
             in
             a
             Glass
             of
             Ale
             ,
             Beer
             or
             Wine
             ,
             Drink
             plentifully
             of
             our
             thin
             Gruel
             after
             it
             ,
             staying
             within
             ,
             it
             will
             purge
             you
             very
             well
             ,
             and
             not
             gripe
             ,
             or
             but
             very
             little
             .
          
        
         
           
             An
             Excellent
             Drink
             against
             the
             Stone
             ,
             Gravel
             ,
             and
             other
             Obstructions
             .
          
           
             Take
             Scurvygrass
             Leaves
             ,
             the
             Seeds
             of
             Dorcas
             ,
             some
             Horse-Redish-Scrapt
             ,
             put
             them
             in
             an
             Earthen
             Vessel
             ,
             and
             then
             add
             as
             much
             White-wine
             as
             will
             cover
             the
             Herbs
             ,
             Seed
             and
             Roots
             ,
             let
             them
             stand
             five
             Days
             and
             Nights
             ,
             then
             pour
             it
             off
             and
             keep
             it
             in
             Glass
             Bottles
             ;
             it
             will
             continue
             good
             four
             or
             five
             weeks
             .
             Take
             a
             Sack
             Glass
             of
             this
             ,
             and
             a
             like
             quantity
             of
             Water
             every
             Morning
             ,
             fast
             two
             Hours
             ,
             and
             then
             Drink
             at
             least
             a
             Quart
             of
             our
             thin
             Water-Gruel
             ,
             either
             of
             the
             cold
             or
             hot
             .
             The
             constant
             use
             of
             this
             ,
             is
             not
             only
             a
             prevention
             and
             Cure
             ,
             but
             it
             moves
             most
             sorts
             of
             obstructions
             of
             the
             Stomack
             ,
             begets
             appetite
             ,
             Generates
             good
             Blood
             ,
             causing
             it
             to
             circulate
             freely
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             How
             to
             purge
             by
             Herbs
             and
             Foods
             .
          
           
             When
             you
             are
             minded
             to
             purge
             your self
             with
             both
             ease
             and
             safety
             ,
             and
             to
             preserve
             your
             Health
             ,
             then
             observe
             the
             following
             Method
             ,
             viz.
             In
             the
             Morning
             ,
             drink
             a
             Quart
             of
             our
             thin
             Water-gruel
             ,
             either
             the
             cold
             or
             the
             hot
             ,
             Eat
             a
             small
             piece
             of
             Bread
             with
             it
             ,
             at
             dinner
             take
             Spinnage
             ,
             Lettis
             ,
             Onions
             ,
             parsley
             and
             Sage
             ;
             wash
             them
             and
             Eat
             plentifully
             of
             them
             with
             your
             Food
             ,
             be
             it
             what
             it
             will
             ,
             at
             night
             Drink
             a
             like
             quantity
             of
             Gruel
             and
             Eat
             some
             good
             Bread
             as
             you
             did
             in
             the
             Morning
             ;
             this
             you
             must
             do
             for
             four
             or
             five
             or
             six
             Days
             together
             more
             or
             less
             ,
             as
             you
             see
             Occasion
             ;
             the
             like
             Method
             you
             are
             to
             observe
             ,
             If
             you
             would
             purge
             your self
             with
             Carrots
             ,
             Turnips
             and
             Parsnips
             ,
             as
             you
             did
             with
             Herbs
             ,
             with
             this
             Variation
             ,
             viz.
             Drink
             your
             Gruel
             and
             Eat
             your
             Bread
             Mornings
             and
             Nights
             ,
             and
             at
             Dinner
             ,
             Eat
             only
             Carrots
             ;
             Parsnips
             or
             Turnips
             ,
             boyled
             only
             in
             good
             Water
             ,
             and
             Eat
             them
             freely
             with
             no
             other
             thing
             but
             a
             little
             Salt
             and
             Bread
             ,
             during
             these
             several
             Days
             ,
             you
             
             may
             Purge
             your self
             to
             what
             degree
             you
             please
             .
          
        
         
           
             Another
             way
             to
             Purge
             by
             Food
             's
             and
             Drinks
             .
          
           
             Drink
             in
             the
             Morning
             at
             several
             times
             ,
             three
             Pints
             or
             two
             Quarts
             of
             thin
             Watergruel
             ,
             at
             Dinner
             drink
             a
             Pint
             or
             a
             Quart
             ,
             at
             Night
             drink
             a
             Quart
             more
             ,
             and
             Eat
             some
             Bread.
             This
             Method
             will
             Purge
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             will
             keep
             your
             Body
             open
             ,
             let
             your
             Foods
             at
             Dinner
             be
             what
             it
             will
             ,
             the
             Body
             being
             kept
             open
             and
             cool
             doth
             prevent
             and
             Cure
             Various
             Diseases
             in
             hot
             costive
             constitutions
             .
          
        
         
           
             An
             excellent
             Poultis
             against
             the
             Headach
             Pain
             in
             the
             Side
             ,
             also
             a
             rare
             Remedy
             against
             the
             disease
             called
             St.
             Anthonies
             Fire
             .
          
           
             Take
             Sage
             ,
             Parsley
             and
             Balm
             ,
             of
             each
             a
             like
             quantity
             cut
             small
             ,
             one
             Quart
             of
             Rain
             or
             River
             Water
             ,
             one
             Pint
             of
             Whitewine
             ,
             three
             Ounces
             of
             white
             Sugar
             ,
             two
             Ounces
             of
             Coriander
             Seed
             beaten
             ,
             as
             much
             good
             Bread
             as
             will
             make
             it
             fit
             for
             a
             Poultis
             ;
             mix
             them
             and
             stir
             
             them
             over
             the
             Fire
             till
             they
             are
             boyling
             hot
             ,
             then
             it
             is
             done
             .
             Spread
             this
             Poultis
             on
             a
             Linnen
             Cloath
             indifferent
             thick
             ,
             apply
             to
             the
             grieved
             part
             every
             Hour
             or
             two
             at
             most
             ,
             and
             by
             God's
             assistance
             it
             will
             effect
             the
             Cure
             to
             your
             Heart's
             desire
             .
          
        
         
           
             An
             excellent
             Remedy
             against
             any
             Wound
             ,
             Stab
             ,
             Prick
             ,
             or
             Cut
             with
             a
             Sword
             ,
             or
             other
             Weapon
             .
          
           
             Take
             Spirits
             of
             Wine
             ,
             with
             some
             double
             refined
             Sugar
             ,
             or
             other
             Sugar
             mixed
             with
             it
             ;
             Wash
             or
             Serringe
             your
             Wound
             with
             this
             Sugared
             Spirit
             very
             well
             ,
             then
             take
             a
             small
             quantity
             of
             the
             fine
             Powder
             of
             Refined
             Sugar
             ,
             and
             put
             into
             the
             said
             Wound
             ,
             and
             presently
             sow
             it
             up
             with
             a
             fine
             Needle
             and
             Silk
             ,
             the
             quicker
             you
             do
             it
             ,
             the
             better
             will
             the
             Cure
             be
             performed
             ,
             for
             the
             more
             the
             Air
             is
             kept
             out
             of
             it
             the
             better
             :
             If
             this
             Method
             be
             observed
             ,
             it
             will
             do
             wonders
             ;
             the
             way
             of
             tenting
             is
             generally
             pernicious
             and
             prolongs
             the
             Cures
             of
             the
             above
             mentioned
             hurts
             ,
             keeping
             the
             Parts
             from
             closing
             or
             cementing
             ,
             for
             this
             prevents
             the
             flowing
             of
             the
             Humors
             ,
             
             and
             putrefaction
             and
             Nature
             does
             her
             own
             work
             without
             trouble
             cost
             or
             pain
             .
          
        
         
           
             Pithagoras's
             Method
             and
             Advice
             to
             his
             Disciples
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             Whenever
             they
             had
             Occasion
             to
             make
             any
             Medicine
             ,
             Poultis
             ,
             Plaisters
             ,
             Decoctions
             of
             Herbs
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             thing
             ,
             they
             were
             always
             to
             be
             mindful
             to
             take
             of
             those
             things
             that
             their
             Genius
             did
             first
             dictate
             to
             them
             ,
             and
             not
             only
             the
             Herbs
             or
             Seeds
             grains
             or
             other
             things
             ,
             but
             likewise
             the
             number
             of
             their
             Composition
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             how
             many
             ingredients
             they
             were
             to
             mix
             together
             ,
             the
             manner
             form
             and
             postures
             they
             were
             to
             observe
             in
             gathering
             of
             them
             ,
             also
             what
             Words
             ,
             Invocations
             and
             Prayers
             they
             use
             ,
             also
             naming
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Person
             they
             operate
             for
             ,
             expressing
             in
             words
             for
             whom
             they
             do
             it
             ,
             for
             to
             Cure
             such
             ,
             or
             such
             a
             Disease
             .
             And
             if
             you
             would
             know
             more
             of
             this
             ,
             Read
             
             Pythagoras's
             ,
             Letters
             (
             lately
             Printed
             by
             
               T.
               Sowle
            
             ,
             in
             White-Hârt-Court
             )
             and
             observe
             th●
             Methods
             and
             Numbers
             there
             treated
             off
             at
             large
             ,
             and
             your
             understanding
             will
             be
             enlightened
             ,
             if
             you
             are
             in
             good
             earnest
             ,
             and
             live
             in
             the
             Fear
             and
             under
             the
             Dominion
             of
             the
             Fountain
             of
             Benignity
             
             whose
             Signal
             Character
             is
             plainness
             ,
             Simplicity
             and
             Innocency
             .
          
        
         
           
             An
             excellent
             remedy
             against
             all
             Old
             Inveterate
             Vlcer's
             and
             Sores
             occasioned
             by
             the
             Disease
             ,
             called
             The
             Kings
             Evil
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             First
             take
             Rain
             or
             River
             Water
             ,
             with
             which
             wash
             the
             Grieved
             part
             very
             clean
             ,
             then
             take
             strong
             Spirits
             mixed
             with
             white
             Sugar
             ,
             and
             wash
             it
             several
             times
             ,
             and
             fill
             up
             the
             Mouth
             ,
             or
             cover
             the
             Sore
             with
             Sugar
             and
             Spirits
             mixed
             thick
             ,
             then
             apply
             this
             following
             Poultis
             ,
             viz.
             Take
             two
             Quarts
             of
             Rain
             or
             River
             Water
             ,
             as
             much
             dried
             Wormwood
             as
             the
             Water
             will
             cover
             ,
             let
             it
             lie
             and
             infuse
             two
             Hours
             ,
             then
             strain
             it
             off
             ,
             and
             add
             as
             much
             good
             Bread
             as
             will
             make
             it
             thick
             ,
             add
             to
             it
             two
             or
             three
             Ounces
             of
             white
             Sugar
             ,
             with
             half
             or
             a
             Pint
             of
             good
             strong
             Beer
             ,
             or
             Wine
             ,
             then
             make
             it
             boyling
             hot
             ,
             stirring
             it
             all
             the
             time
             ,
             then
             it
             is
             done
             .
             Apply
             this
             every
             two
             Hours
             as
             warm
             as
             your
             Blood
             ,
             washing
             the
             Sore
             every
             time
             with
             water
             ,
             and
             then
             with
             the
             Sugared
             Spirits
             as
             is
             mentioned
             before
             .
             —
             Remember
             that
             the
             Water
             wherein
             the
             Wormwood
             is
             infused
             two
             Hours
             ,
             must
             
             be
             cold
             ,
             and
             after
             the
             Ingredients
             are
             put
             in
             ,
             made
             boyling
             hot
             ,
             as
             in
             other
             Poulises
             .
          
        
         
           
             An
             Vniversal
             fomentation
             for
             all
             Tumors
             ,
             Bruises
             ,
             Hard
             Swelled
             Members
             or
             parts
             of
             the
             Body
             .
          
           
             Take
             a
             good
             quantity
             of
             dried
             Wormwood
             ,
             put
             it
             into
             two
             ,
             three
             ,
             four
             or
             five
             Quarts
             of
             Rain
             or
             River
             Water
             ,
             make
             it
             boyling
             hot
             ,
             then
             take
             it
             off
             the
             Fire
             ,
             and
             let
             it
             lie
             in
             the
             Water
             one
             Hour
             ,
             then
             add
             to
             every
             Quart
             of
             this
             Wormwood
             Liquor
             ,
             half
             a
             Pint
             of
             old
             Wines
             ,
             three
             Spoonfuls
             of
             good
             Spirit
             of
             Wine
             ,
             two
             Ounces
             of
             double
             refined
             Sugar
             ,
             and
             one
             Ounce
             of
             Salt
             of
             Tartar
             ,
             with
             this
             wash
             or
             foment
             the
             part
             very
             well
             for
             half
             an
             Hour
             together
             ,
             or
             more
             ,
             resting
             one
             Hour
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Interim
             apply
             this
             following
             Poultis
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             Take
             two
             or
             three
             Handfuls
             of
             the
             Green
             Leaves
             of
             Sorrel
             ,
             infuse
             them
             in
             two
             Quarts
             of
             boyling
             Water
             one
             Hour
             ,
             Strain
             it
             off
             ,
             and
             add
             to
             this
             Water
             as
             much
             good
             Mault
             Flower
             as
             will
             make
             it
             thick
             ;
             to
             every
             Quart
             put
             half
             a
             Pint
             of
             Ale
             ,
             and
             two
             Ounces
             of
             double
             
             refined
             Sugar
             ,
             apply
             it
             warm
             every
             Hour
             fomenting
             the
             part
             as
             you
             are
             taught
             before
             ,
             and
             you
             need
             not
             doubt
             but
             it
             will
             have
             a
             good
             Effect
             and
             Cure
             to
             Admiration
             .
          
        
         
           
             A
             Famous
             Poultis
             against
             Sprains
             .
          
           
             Take
             two
             or
             three
             Quarts
             of
             good
             Water
             ,
             and
             a
             Quart
             of
             good
             strong
             Beer
             ,
             four
             Ounces
             of
             refined
             Sugar
             ,
             make
             this
             just
             boyle
             ,
             then
             put
             in
             it
             as
             much
             fresh
             gathered
             Thyme
             as
             the
             Liquor
             will
             cover
             ,
             make
             it
             ready
             to
             boil
             again
             ,
             and
             then
             Strain
             it
             from
             the
             Herbs
             ,
             and
             add
             to
             it
             as
             much
             Brown
             Bread
             as
             will
             make
             it
             thick
             ,
             stir
             this
             over
             the
             Fire
             till
             it
             be
             boiling
             hot
             ,
             then
             it
             is
             done
             .
             Add
             to
             this
             three
             Ounces
             of
             Spirits
             of
             Wine
             ;
             stirring
             it
             all
             well
             together
             ,
             spread
             this
             thick
             on
             a
             Linnen
             Cloath
             and
             apply
             it
             every
             three
             Hours
             as
             warm
             as
             your
             Blood.
             
          
        
         
           
             A
             good
             Method
             to
             Cure
             Sprains
             ,
             if
             you
             cannot
             have
             the
             Forementioned
             Poultis
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             So
             soon
             as
             you
             have
             Sprained
             any
             Member
             of
             your
             Body
             ,
             then
             presently
             put
             that
             part
             into
             cold
             Water
             ,
             wherein
             
             some
             Wood-Ashes
             are
             put
             ,
             continue
             the
             grieved
             part
             one
             Hour
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             half
             an
             Hour
             ,
             this
             will
             give
             you
             ease
             ,
             and
             have
             a
             good
             Effect
             .
          
        
         
           
             An
             Excellent
             Wash
             against
             all
             old
             Aches
             ,
             and
             Sciatica's
             in
             any
             part
             or
             Member
             of
             the
             Body
             .
          
           
             Take
             Rain
             Water
             in
             
               March
               ,
               April
               ,
               May
               ,
               Iune
               ,
            
             or
             Iuly
             ,
             and
             keep
             it
             in
             Glass
             Bottles
             open
             ,
             standing
             either
             without
             Doors
             or
             in
             Airy
             Rooms
             ,
             wash
             your
             infirm
             part
             three
             times
             a
             Day
             Very
             well
             ,
             the
             Water
             must
             be
             cold
             ,
             and
             the
             Part
             or
             Member
             must
             not
             be
             kept
             warmer
             then
             is
             usual
             ,
             This
             do
             for
             two
             three
             or
             four
             weeks
             if
             you
             have
             occasion
             ,
             but
             in
             many
             this
             Method
             will
             effect
             the
             Cure
             much
             sooner
             .
          
        
         
           
             An
             Excellent
             Method
             to
             Cure
             the
             Sores
             occasioned
             by
             the
             Disease
             called
             The
             King
             's
             Evil.
             
          
           
             Fist
             take
             Water
             wherein
             Wormwood
             is
             infused
             ,
             wash
             the
             Sore
             part
             very
             well
             ,
             then
             take
             Spirits
             of
             Wine
             ,
             Mault
             or
             Sider
             mixed
             with
             Sugar
             ,
             and
             wash
             it
             again
             ,
             then
             apply
             this
             following
             Poultis
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
           
             Take
             three
             Pints
             or
             two
             Quarts
             of
             Rain
             or
             River
             Water
             ▪
             make
             it
             boil
             ,
             then
             put
             into
             it
             as
             much
             Hyssop
             as
             the
             Water
             will
             just
             cover
             ,
             continue
             it
             on
             the
             Fire
             till
             it
             boil
             ,
             then
             take
             it
             off
             and
             Strain
             it
             ,
             add
             to
             this
             Liquor
             as
             much
             Bread
             as
             will
             make
             it
             thick
             ,
             to
             every
             Quart
             put
             two
             Ounces
             of
             Refined
             Sugar
             ,
             and
             half
             a
             Pint
             of
             Ale
             ,
             spread
             this
             pretty
             thick
             on
             a
             Linnen
             Cloath
             ,
             and
             repeat
             the
             application
             every
             Hour
             ,
             two
             or
             three
             ,
             the
             oftner
             the
             better
             ,
             the
             like
             is
             to
             be
             understood
             in
             all
             applications
             ,
             of
             this
             Nature
             ,
             as
             we
             have
             demonstrated
             in
             our
             Book
             Entituled
             
               The
               Good
               Hous-wife
               made
               a
               Doctor
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             A
             rare
             Poultis
             against
             all
             Inflamation●
             Rhumes
             and
             other
             Sores
             in
             the
             Eyes
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             First
             wash
             your
             Eyes
             with
             Rain
             or
             other
             good
             Water
             ,
             then
             apply
             this
             following
             Poultis
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             Take
             one
             Quart
             of
             Water
             ,
             the
             whites
             of
             three
             Eggs
             beaten
             well
             together
             ,
             with
             three
             Ounces
             of
             double
             refined
             Sugar
             ,
             as
             much
             white
             Bread
             as
             will
             make
             it
             into
             a
             Poultis
             ,
             then
             make
             it
             boiling
             
             hot
             ,
             stirring
             it
             all
             the
             time
             ,
             then
             it
             is
             done
             .
             Spread
             this
             thick
             on
             a
             Linnen
             Cloath
             ,
             apply
             it
             to
             your
             Eye
             every
             Hour
             fresh
             ,
             and
             you
             will
             have
             your
             desire
             ,
             but
             this
             course
             and
             repeated
             application
             must
             be
             continued
             for
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             or
             6.
             
             Days
             as
             you
             see
             occasion
             .
          
           
             Observe
             that
             you
             never
             apply
             your
             Poultis
             hotter
             then
             your
             Blood
             ,
             nor
             bind
             the
             Grieved
             part
             hard
             ,
             both
             are
             great
             Evils
             ,
             but
             more
             especially
             the
             last
             .
          
        
         
           
             A
             rare
             Poultis
             against
             the
             Head-Ach
             .
          
           
             Take
             one
             Quart
             of
             Rain
             or
             River
             Water
             ,
             one
             Ounce
             of
             white
             Sugar
             ,
             as
             much
             Mault
             Flower
             new
             Ground
             as
             will
             make
             it
             thick
             enough
             ,
             add
             to
             it
             half
             a
             Pint
             of
             good
             Ale
             ,
             making
             it
             boyling
             hot
             ,
             and
             stirring
             it
             all
             the
             tim●
             ,
             then
             it
             is
             done
             .
             Spread
             this
             on
             a
             Linnen
             Cloath
             pretty
             thick
             ,
             apply
             it
             as
             warm
             as
             Milk
             from
             the
             Cow
             ,
             every
             Hour
             ,
             or
             every
             two
             Hours
             ,
             continue
             the
             application
             one
             ,
             two
             or
             three
             Days
             ,
             more
             or
             less
             ,
             as
             occasion
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             An
             Excellent
             Poultis
             against
             all
             Sorts
             of
             Sprains
             .
          
           
             Take
             two
             Quarts
             of
             Rain
             or
             River
             Water
             ,
             make
             it
             boiling
             hot
             ,
             or
             boil
             up
             ,
             put
             to
             it
             as
             much
             good
             Green
             Sage
             as
             the
             Water
             will
             cover
             ,
             then
             make
             it
             just
             boil
             ,
             take
             it
             off
             the
             Fire
             ,
             and
             let
             it
             stand
             one
             quarter
             of
             an
             Hour
             ,
             Strain
             the
             Water
             off
             ,
             then
             add
             to
             this
             Sage
             Liquor
             as
             much
             Bread
             as
             will
             make
             it
             thick
             ,
             put
             to
             this
             three
             Ounces
             of
             double
             refined
             Sugar
             ,
             and
             a
             quarter
             of
             a
             Pint
             of
             Red
             Wine
             ,
             and
             five
             Spoonfuls
             of
             Spirit
             of
             Wine
             ,
             Sugar
             or
             Mault
             ,
             stir
             them
             well
             together
             ,
             and
             make
             them
             boiling
             hot
             ,
             stirring
             it
             all
             the
             time
             ,
             then
             it
             is
             done
             .
             Spread
             this
             likewise
             on
             a
             Linnen
             Cloath
             ,
             and
             apply
             it
             warm
             as
             your
             Blood
             ,
             every
             Hour
             or
             two
             ,
             for
             one
             Day
             or
             two
             resting
             all
             the
             time
             .
          
        
         
           
             A
             brave
             Noble
             Poultis
             against
             all
             hot
             Tumors
             ,
             Bruises
             or
             Swellings
             or
             the
             like
             .
          
           
             Take
             two
             or
             three
             Quarts
             of
             Rain
             or
             River
             Water
             ,
             as
             much
             Spinnage
             as
             the
             Water
             will
             cover
             .
             But
             first
             let
             
             the
             Water
             be
             boiling
             hot
             ,
             then
             make
             it
             boil
             ,
             take
             it
             off
             the
             Fire
             ,
             and
             let
             it
             stand
             one
             quarter
             of
             an
             Hour
             ,
             the
             Vessel
             uncovered
             ,
             Strain
             it
             off
             ,
             add
             to
             it
             as
             much
             House-hold
             Bread
             as
             will
             make
             it
             thick
             ,
             with
             two
             Ounces
             of
             course
             Sugar
             ,
             make
             it
             boiling
             hot
             ,
             then
             it
             is
             done
             .
             Spread
             this
             on
             a
             Linnen
             Cloath
             ,
             apply
             it
             every
             two
             Hours
             as
             warm
             as
             your
             Blood
             for
             two
             ,
             three
             ,
             four
             or
             five
             Days
             ,
             and
             you
             will
             find
             good
             Effects
             thereof
             ;
             always
             observe
             and
             be
             careful
             that
             you
             do
             not
             bind
             the
             Grieved
             part
             too
             hard
             ,
             but
             very
             Gently
             ,
             there
             being
             nothing
             worse
             then
             hard
             binding
             ,
             it
             often
             occasions
             great
             Evils
             ,
             even
             to
             Mortification
             .
          
           
             Wormwood
             Smokt
             in
             Pipes
             ,
             being
             well
             dryed
             in
             the
             Sun
             ,
             and
             Bagg'd
             in
             Paper
             close
             ,
             is
             far
             better
             and
             more
             a
             vail●ble
             for
             the
             help
             and
             Cure
             of
             all
             ,
             or
             most
             of
             the
             Diseases
             ,
             Tobacco
             is
             taken
             in
             Pipes
             for
             .
          
        
         
           
             A
             method
             how
             any
             Person
             may
             supply
             the
             place
             of
             Hops
             with
             Wormwood
             to
             all
             intents
             and
             purposes
             ,
             and
             please
             the
             pallats
             of
             the
             Drinkers
             ,
             for
             Wormwood
             is
             an
             Excellent
             Herb
             ,
             and
             of
             far
             greater
             Strength
             ,
             Power
             and
             Vertue
             then
             Hops
             ,
             provided
             it
             be
             gathered
             in
             it's
             proper
             Season
             and
             dried
             in
             the
             Sun
             ,
             and
             bagg'd
             up
             as
             Hops
             are
             ,
             so
             keep
             them
             for
             use
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Directions
             in
             our
             way
             to
             Health
             long
             Life
             and
             Hppiness
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
           
             Take
             what
             quantity
             you
             think
             fit
             of
             dryed
             Wormwood
             ,
             as
             you
             have
             occasion
             to
             keep
             your
             Drink
             a
             longer
             or
             a
             shorter
             time
             ,
             and
             put
             it
             into
             your
             hot
             Water
             ,
             in
             your
             Mash-Tub
             or
             Vessel
             ,
             and
             then
             presently
             put
             your
             Mault
             in
             ,
             and
             stir
             it
             together
             as
             is
             usual
             ,
             and
             when
             it
             has
             stood
             the
             common
             time
             ,
             draw
             it
             off
             ,
             then
             you
             must
             take
             the
             Wormwood
             out
             ,
             and
             add
             some
             fresh
             to
             your
             Liquor
             that
             you
             put
             up
             the
             second
             time
             ,
             and
             do
             the
             like
             when
             you
             put
             up
             your
             third
             Liquor
             ,
             if
             you
             mash
             more
             than
             twice
             ;
             by
             this
             Method
             or
             way
             you
             will
             only
             extract
             the
             thin
             fine
             saline
             Vertues
             of
             the
             Herb
             ,
             and
             leave
             the
             Gross
             Churlish
             bitter
             behind
             ,
             and
             Drink
             thus
             made
             ,
             doth
             not
             only
             Drink
             pleasant
             and
             keep
             well
             but
             i●
             far
             more
             wholsome
             ,
             and
             healthy
             than
             
             the
             best
             Hopped
             Drink
             and
             if
             your
             Wormwood
             is
             well
             preserved
             ,
             it
             will
             keep
             three
             ,
             four
             or
             five
             Years
             good
             ,
             and
             the
             second
             and
             third
             Year
             ,
             it
             is
             better
             than
             the
             first
             .
             The
             very
             same
             Method
             is
             to
             be
             observed
             in
             useing
             all
             other
             Herbs
             .
          
           
             But
             if
             the
             forementioned
             way
             should
             make
             the
             Grains
             so
             bitter
             ,
             that
             Cattel
             will
             not
             eat
             them
             .
             Then
             observe
             the
             following
             Method
             ,
             viz.
             Make
             of
             fine
             thin
             Canvas
             Baggs
             ,
             both
             for
             your
             strong
             Beer
             ,
             Ale
             and
             small
             Beer
             ,
             and
             put
             such
             a
             quantity
             of
             your
             Wormwood
             as
             you
             think
             fit
             into
             them
             ,
             and
             when
             your
             several
             sorts
             of
             Drink
             is
             Working
             in
             the
             Tun
             ,
             then
             hang
             these
             Baggs
             in
             your
             Working
             Drink
             for
             three
             Hours
             ,
             and
             then
             take
             them
             out
             ;
             this
             being
             an
             approved
             way
             ,
             which
             do
             impregnate
             or
             imbibe
             the
             fine
             airy
             Spirituous
             Vertues
             of
             the
             Wormwood
             into
             the
             Drink
             .
             The
             natural
             and
             common
             vertues
             of
             this
             Drink
             is
             ,
             it
             warms
             and
             strengthens
             the
             Stomack
             ,
             fines
             the
             Blood
             ,
             purgeth
             by
             Urine
             ,
             Generates
             like
             pure
             Spirits
             ,
             and
             Drink
             thus
             made
             ,
             if
             not
             too
             strong
             nor
             too
             great
             a
             quantity
             Drank
             ,
             then
             it
             will
             prove
             a
             Friend
             both
             to
             the
             Eyes
             &
             Head.
             —
             as
             well
             as
             to
             the
             Stomach
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
         
           Healths
           Grand
           Preservative
           ,
           OR
           THE
           Womens
           best
           Doctor
           .
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             I.
             
          
           
             Of
             the
             Nature
             and
             Operation
             of
             Bandy
             ,
             Rumm
             ,
             and
             Rack
             ,
             which
             of
             late
             years
             are
             become
             as
             common
             Drinks
             amongst
             many
             ,
             as
             Beer
             and
             Ale
             ,
             not
             only
             in
             England
             ,
             but
             also
             in
             all
             the
             West-Indies
             where
             the
             English
             inhabit
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             evil
             consequences
             that
             do
             attend
             the
             Drinkers
             thereof
             .
          
           
             
               BRandy
               ,
               Rumm
               ,
               Rack
            
             ,
             and
             other
             distilled
             Spirits
             are
             all
             very
             pernicious
             and
             hurtful
             to
             the
             Health
             of
             the
             Body
             ,
             if
             not
             sparingly
             taken
             on
             extraordinary
             occasions
             in
             a
             Physical
             way
             ;
             for
             the
             Intention
             of
             all
             such
             Chymical
             Preparations
             ,
             when
             first
             
             Invented
             ,
             was
             for
             Medi●inal
             uses
             ,
             and
             not
             be
             used
             as
             
               Common
               Drink
            
             ,
             as
             of
             late
             years
             indiscreetly
             they
             are
             ,
             to
             the
             Destruction
             of
             many
             thousands
             ,
             the
             frequent
             use
             of
             them
             contracting
             such
             grievous
             and
             stubborn
             Diseases
             ,
             as
             for
             the
             most
             part
             are
             incurable
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             All
             such
             Spirits
             as
             are
             drawn
             by
             common
             Distillation
             ,
             though
             those
             cruel
             Sulphurous
             Fires
             ,
             where
             the
             Air
             hath
             not
             its
             free
             egress
             and
             regress
             ,
             atheir
             Volatile
             Spirit
             and
             
               Balsamick
               Body
            
             ,
             is
             as
             it
             were
             totally
             destroy'd
             :
             As
             for
             Example
             ,
             take
             the
             best
             Sack
             (
             which
             is
             the
             Richest
             and
             most
             Cordial
             of
             all
             Wines
             ,
             and
             hath
             the
             greatest
             Body
             )
             put
             it
             into
             a
             Limbeck
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             Furnace
             of
             the
             like
             nature
             ,
             and
             draw
             it
             off
             ,
             and
             you
             shall
             have
             nothing
             but
             a
             strong
             harsh
             fiery
             Spirit
             or
             Brandy
             .
             The
             same
             you
             shall
             have
             if
             you
             distill
             Sugar
             ,
             only
             it
             yields
             a
             stronger
             Spirit
             ,
             for
             the
             more
             Balsamick
             the
             Body
             of
             any
             thing
             is
             ,
             the
             stronger
             and
             fiercer
             is
             its
             Spirit
             ,
             when
             that
             Balsamick
             Body
             ,
             and
             the
             pure
             Volatile
             Spirits
             are
             destroyed
             or
             separated
             from
             it
             .
             Now
             here
             you
             will
             see
             ,
             that
             the
             Volatile
             Spirit
             and
             sweet
             Cordial
             Qualities
             or
             Body
             ,
             both
             in
             the
             Sack
             and
             
             also
             in
             the
             Sugar
             ,
             are
             destroved
             ,
             and
             there
             doth
             remain
             ,
             as
             is
             said
             before
             ,
             only
             a
             fierce
             harsh
             
               Brimstony
               Spirit
            
             ,
             void
             of
             all
             the
             wholsome
             Qualities
             Sack
             and
             Sugar
             did
             contain
             ;
             for
             the
             Volatile
             Spirit
             or
             Tincture
             ,
             is
             the
             
               Essential
               Life
            
             of
             every
             thing
             ,
             and
             its
             the
             maintainer
             of
             its
             
               Colour
               ,
               Smell
            
             and
             Taste
             .
             Now
             these
             pure
             Spirits
             will
             not
             endure
             any
             
               violent
               Heat
            
             or
             
               harsh
               Fire
            
             ,
             but
             through
             the
             fiery
             heat
             ,
             and
             want
             of
             the
             free
             Egress
             and
             Regre
             is
             of
             the
             Air
             ,
             they
             presently
             become
             Suffocated
             ,
             and
             then
             the
             sweet
             Balsamick
             Body
             is
             turned
             sour
             ;
             for
             this
             sweet
             Balsamick
             Body
             is
             the
             pleasant
             Hab
             tation
             of
             the
             
               Volatile
               Spirit
            
             ,
             and
             this
             pure
             Spirit
             is
             the
             true
             Life
             of
             that
             Balsamick
             Body
             ;
             they
             are
             inseparable
             Companions
             ,
             the
             one
             cannot
             subsist
             without
             the
             other
             ;
             destroy
             either
             ,
             and
             both
             die
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             all
             such
             Spirits
             so
             drawn
             ,
             do
             lose
             their
             Balsamick
             Body
             with
             all
             their
             Cordial
             Virtues
             and
             Tinctures
             ,
             put
             what
             Herbs
             or
             Liquors
             you
             will
             into
             such
             Furnaces
             ,
             they
             are
             presently
             Plundered
             of
             their
             natural
             Colour
             ,
             and
             run
             off
             white
             ,
             whereby
             it
             appears
             ,
             that
             this
             
               common
               way
               of
               Distillation
            
             destroys
             
             the
             pure
             Natural
             Virtues
             and
             Tincture
             ,
             for
             from
             the
             Tincture
             proceeds
             all
             the
             Variety
             of
             Colours
             ,
             both
             in
             
               Vegetables
               ,
               Minerals
            
             ,
             and
             Animals
             ,
             so
             that
             such
             Spirits
             do
             only
             contain
             a
             harsh
             fierce
             fiery
             Nature
             ,
             and
             for
             that
             Reason
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             frequently
             Drunk
             ,
             do
             Prey
             upon
             the
             Natural
             Heat
             ,
             and
             by
             degrees
             weaken
             it
             ,
             destroying
             the
             very
             Life
             of
             Nature
             ,
             by
             way
             of
             Simile
             :
             for
             every
             
               Like
               works
               upon
               its
               likeness
            
             ,
             whence
             it
             comes
             to
             pass
             ,
             that
             in
             those
             who
             addict
             themselves
             to
             the
             drinking
             of
             these
             high
             Fiery
             or
             Brimstony
             Spirit
             ,
             their
             Natural
             Heat
             grows
             cold
             and
             feeble
             ,
             and
             their
             App●tites
             are
             weakened
             ,
             they
             destoying
             the
             Power
             of
             the
             Digestive
             Faculty
             of
             the
             Stomach
             ,
             so
             that
             many
             such
             People
             after
             Eating
             ,
             are
             forced
             to
             Drink
             a
             Dram
             to
             help
             Concoction
             ;
             all
             other
             Drinks
             proving
             too
             cold
             for
             them
             ,
             which
             constrains
             them
             to
             continue
             Seoping
             of
             such
             Liquor
             ;
             a
             sad
             Remedy
             ,
             when
             we
             go
             about
             to
             help
             a
             mischief
             by
             encreasing
             the
             application
             of
             the
             same
             ill
             means
             which
             first
             occacsioned
             it
             ;
             for
             these
             wrathful
             Spirit
             ,
             have
             awakened
             the
             
               Central
               Heat
            
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             Root
             of
             Nature
             ,
             that
             ought
             not
             to
             have
             been
             awakened
             
             or
             kindled
             ,
             for
             if
             the
             
               Central
               Heat
            
             be
             stirred
             up
             by
             any
             unnatural
             Meats
             or
             Drinks
             ,
             or
             other
             violence
             done
             to
             Nature
             ,
             then
             presently
             follows
             the
             Consumption
             of
             the
             
               Radical
               Moisture
            
             ,
             and
             the
             pure
             Spirits
             and
             lively
             Tinctures
             become
             Suffocated
             ,
             wherein
             consists
             the
             Essential
             Life
             of
             Nature
             .
             And
             as
             in
             the
             before-mentioned
             Example
             ,
             the
             pure
             Spirit
             and
             Balsamick
             Body
             in
             Sack
             will
             not
             endure
             these
             cruel
             harsh
             Sulphurous
             Fires
             ,
             where
             the
             Air
             hath
             not
             its
             sree
             Influence
             ,
             but
             presently
             becomes
             suffocated
             ,
             or
             destroy'd
             ,
             &
             the
             most
             
               pleasant
               sweetness
            
             thereof
             turned
             into
             a
             Stink
             ,
             so
             neither
             will
             the
             Radical
             Spirits
             and
             pure
             Oyl
             in
             the
             Body
             ,
             endure
             those
             Sulphurous
             Flames
             ,
             and
             fierce
             Spirits
             ,
             without
             sustaining
             the
             like
             prejudice
             ;
             for
             that
             pure
             Vertue
             or
             Essential
             Principle
             ,
             which
             the
             Lord
             in
             the
             Creation
             endued
             every
             thing
             with
             (
             which
             is
             the
             true
             Life
             thereof
             ,
             )
             will
             not
             endure
             any
             violent
             Motion
             or
             harsh
             Fire
             to
             touch
             them
             ;
             especially
             if
             the
             circulation
             of
             the
             Air
             be
             wanting
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             in
             all
             such
             Distillations
             ,
             for
             these
             Spirits
             are
             are
             so
             pure
             and
             subtle
             ,
             that
             when
             any
             Injury
             is
             offered
             to
             them
             ,
             they
             either
             evaporate
             or
             become
             
             suffocated
             ;
             for
             this
             Essential
             Powder
             or
             pure
             Life
             ,
             is
             the
             Moderator
             or
             Friendly
             Quality
             in
             all
             Minerals
             ,
             Vegetables
             and
             Animals
             ,
             which
             doth
             mix
             and
             qualifie
             the
             harsh
             Fiery
             
               dark
               Principal
            
             ,
             and
             does
             allay
             and
             moderate
             the
             cruel
             harsh
             Nature
             of
             the
             
               dark
               Fire
            
             ,
             as
             does
             plainly
             appear
             in
             all
             the
             fore-mentioned
             Liquors
             ,
             and
             also
             in
             Charcoal
             ,
             for
             before
             the
             Sack
             ,
             or
             any
             Balsamick
             Liquor
             ,
             was
             put
             in
             the
             Still
             and
             drawn
             off
             ,
             those
             very
             same
             fiery
             harsh
             Sulphurous
             Spirits
             were
             essentially
             in
             the
             Wine
             ,
             or
             whatever
             else
             it
             be
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             the
             Root
             of
             Nature
             ,
             and
             the
             Original
             to
             every
             Life
             ,
             but
             being
             mixed
             or
             incorporated
             with
             the
             Balsamick
             Body
             and
             pure
             Spirit
             ,
             the
             fiery
             fierce
             Sulphurous
             Spirit
             is
             thereby
             swallowed
             up
             ,
             and
             as
             it
             were
             hid
             and
             moderated
             ;
             for
             in
             what
             thing
             soever
             the
             pure
             Balsamick
             Body
             is
             predominant
             ,
             there
             this
             dark
             furious
             Spirit
             is
             hid
             or
             captivated
             ;
             an
             Example
             whereof
             we
             have
             in
             Sugar
             ,
             where
             when
             the
             sweet
             Balsamick
             Body
             is
             potent
             ,
             there
             also
             this
             fiery
             Sulphurus
             Spirit
             is
             strong
             ,
             but
             not
             manifest
             ;
             but
             as
             soon
             as
             this
             Essential
             Spirit
             and
             Balsamick
             Body
             are
             separated
             or
             destroyed
             ,
             this
             dark
             fiery
             
             
               Brimstony
               Spirit
            
             appears
             in
             its
             own
             form
             ,
             and
             becomes
             like
             a
             mad
             furious
             Devil
             in
             Nature
             ,
             its
             cloathing
             being
             the
             
               dark
               Fire
            
             ;
             for
             this
             Spirit
             hath
             lost
             its
             
               Sweet
               Water
            
             or
             Friendly
             Life
             in
             its
             Separation
             ,
             which
             before
             did
             qualifie
             its
             harsh
             fierce
             Fire
             ,
             it
             also
             loseth
             its
             pure
             Colour
             ,
             or
             bright
             native
             Shine
             ,
             because
             the
             Essential
             Oyl
             is
             consumed
             ,
             in
             that
             Separation
             ,
             so
             that
             there
             doth
             remain
             no
             true
             Life
             nor
             Light
             in
             it
             ,
             but
             being
             set
             on
             Fire
             ,
             its
             Flame
             is
             of
             a
             
               dim
               Brimstony
               colour
            
             ,
             which
             demonstrates
             that
             the
             dark
             wrathful
             Properties
             of
             Saturn
             and
             Mars
             ,
             and
             their
             fierce
             Fires
             are
             predominate
             in
             all
             such
             Liquors
             or
             Spirits
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             further
             manifest
             in
             Charcoal
             (
             as
             war
             hinted
             before
             )
             which
             is
             made
             of
             Wood
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             making
             thereof
             the
             pure
             Oyl
             or
             sweet
             Water
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             Essential
             Life
             of
             the
             Wood
             ,
             is
             suffocated
             or
             destroyed
             ,
             for
             from
             that
             Friendly
             quality
             ,
             the
             Wood
             had
             its
             bright
             Shine
             or
             Flamo
             ,
             which
             is
             of
             a
             benevolent
             refreshing
             Operation
             :
             Now
             this
             pure
             Oyl
             or
             Balsamick
             Body
             ,
             the
             Essential
             Life
             and
             Moderator
             of
             all
             harsh
             fiery
             dark
             Fumes
             or
             Qualities
             in
             the
             Wood
             ,
             being
             suffocated
             or
             totally
             
             destroyed
             in
             the
             making
             it
             ,
             whereby
             the
             Original
             dark
             Sulphurous
             Fire
             becomes
             strong
             and
             raging
             ,
             giving
             greater
             and
             stronger
             Heat
             than
             the
             Fire
             of
             Wood
             ,
             but
             its
             Flame
             is
             not
             bright
             ,
             clear
             ,
             and
             refreshing
             as
             that
             of
             Wood
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             of
             dim
             Brimstony
             colour
             ,
             sending
             forth
             strong
             fulsome
             Fumes
             and
             Va●ours
             very
             offensive
             to
             the
             pure
             Spirits
             and
             Health
             of
             those
             that
             are
             near
             it
             ;
             for
             having
             lost
             its
             pure
             Spirits
             and
             Oyl
             of
             Life
             ,
             in
             its
             making
             into
             Charcoal
             ,
             there
             does
             only
             remain
             in
             it
             ,
             the
             fierce
             dark
             Original
             Fire
             ,
             an
             untamable
             devouring
             Spirit
             in
             Nature
             ;
             for
             every
             Quality
             in
             Nature
             hath
             power
             only
             to
             kindle
             and
             awaken
             its
             likeness
             ;
             therefore
             all
             such
             things
             as
             have
             lost
             their
             pure
             Spirits
             and
             Balsamick
             Body
             in
             the
             Separation
             or
             Preparation
             ,
             must
             needs
             endanger
             the
             Health
             ,
             because
             they
             do
             awaken
             by
             Simile
             their
             own
             ,
             or
             like
             Poysonous
             Properties
             in
             the
             Body
             ;
             and
             if
             it
             were
             not
             so
             ,
             a
             little
             Poyson
             taken
             into
             the
             Body
             ,
             would
             not
             destroy
             the
             Life
             ;
             but
             Poy●ons
             taken
             in
             ,
             do
             by
             Simile
             joyn
             or
             incorporate
             themselves
             with
             the
             Internal
             Poyson
             or
             Destructive
             Principle
             in
             the
             Body
             ,
             which
             before
             laid
             
             hid
             ,
             or
             as
             a
             Man
             may
             say
             ,
             was
             mode●●●ted
             or
             captivated
             by
             the
             sweet
             Body
             and
             pure
             Spirits
             ,
             even
             as
             the
             fiery
             Spirits
             of
             Brandy
             are
             in
             Sack
             or
             Sugar
             ;
             but
             so
             soon
             as
             the
             outward
             Poyson
             that
             is
             taken
             in
             ,
             Incorporates
             it self
             with
             the
             inward
             Poyson
             in
             the
             Body
             ,
             it
             does
             so
             powerfully
             strengthen
             and
             awaken
             it
             ,
             that
             in
             a
             moment
             it
             over
             comes
             the
             pure
             
               Oyl
               of
               Life
            
             ,
             and
             the
             pure
             Spirits
             become
             suffocated
             ,
             and
             then
             the
             Natural
             Life
             is
             at
             an
             end
             ,
             for
             every
             Property
             in
             Nature
             (
             both
             in
             the
             evil
             and
             also
             in
             the
             good
             )
             does
             with
             highest
             diligence
             seck
             out
             its
             likeness
             ,
             and
             wheresoever
             it
             findeth
             its
             Simile
             ,
             there
             it
             joyns
             forces
             ,
             and
             mightily
             stirreth
             up
             its
             own
             Quality
             ;
             which
             when
             it
             happens
             in
             the
             Evil
             Nature
             ,
             as
             it
             does
             in
             
               Brandy
               ,
               Rumm
               ,
               Rack
            
             ,
             and
             other
             
               Distilled
               Liquors
            
             ,
             then
             it
             endangers
             the
             Health
             and
             Wellfare
             of
             the
             Body
             .
          
           
             Nor
             is
             it
             otherwise
             in
             all
             sorts
             of
             Food
             and
             other
             Drinks
             ,
             if
             the
             pure
             Vertue
             thereof
             be
             separated
             or
             any
             way
             destroyed
             ,
             for
             then
             forth
             with
             the
             dar●
             Brimstony
             Spirit
             is
             set
             at
             l●berty
             ,
             which
             before
             the
             Separation
             ,
             the
             Balsamick
             Body
             and
             pure
             Spirits
             did
             qualifie
             and
             
             hold
             Captive
             ,
             that
             it
             could
             not
             manifest
             its
             self
             in
             its
             own
             Nature
             ,
             but
             being
             separated
             from
             the
             good
             Properties
             and
             Friendly
             Principle
             ,
             this
             dark
             fiery
             sulphurous
             Spirit
             ,
             becomes
             of
             a
             furious
             Nature
             and
             Operation
             ,
             endeavouring
             to
             bring
             all
             in
             Subjection
             to
             it self
             ;
             therefore
             such
             Liquors
             or
             Spirits
             frequently
             taken
             ,
             burn
             up
             the
             Radical
             Moisture
             and
             Natural
             Heat
             ,
             and
             are
             grreedy
             devourers
             of
             the
             
               sweet
               Oyl
            
             in
             the
             Body
             ,
             whence
             proceeds
             
               General
               Obstructions
               ,
               Crude
               Windy
               Humours
               ,
               Consumptions
               ,
               unnatural
               Heats
            
             and
             
               Flushings
               ,
               loss
               of
               Appetite
               ,
               Reachings
               to
               Vomit
               ,
            
             and
             many
             other
             Disorders
             ;
             and
             if
             those
             of
             the
             
               Female
               Sex
            
             take
             to
             drink
             such
             Spirits
             ,
             as
             of
             late
             years
             they
             do
             too
             frequently
             ,
             the
             Evils
             are
             doubled
             unto
             them
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             In
             all
             the
             before-mentioned
             Spirits
             that
             have
             passed
             through
             those
             cruel
             harsh
             Fires
             where
             the
             Air
             hath
             not
             its
             free
             Egress
             and
             Regress
             ,
             the
             pure
             Spirit
             and
             sweet
             Body
             is
             totally
             destroyed
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             Root
             of
             Motion
             and
             Fermentation
             ;
             therefore
             such
             Spirits
             will
             not
             Work
             or
             Ferment
             as
             all
             other
             Drinks
             and
             Liquors
             will
             ,
             even
             water
             it self
             ;
             but
             you
             may
             put
             what
             quantity
             of
             
             Sugar
             you
             will
             to
             
               Brandy
               ,
               Ramm
            
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             Distilled
             Spirits
             ,
             they
             will
             continue
             a
             strong
             Fire
             ,
             void
             of
             Mo●ion
             or
             Fermentation
             ;
             this
             doth
             further
             declare
             that
             all
             the
             good
             Principles
             and
             Vertues
             are
             destroyed
             by
             the
             Preparation
             ,
             and
             that
             there
             remains
             only
             a
             strong
             fixed
             Fire
             ,
             which
             has
             its
             Uses
             in
             Physick
             ,
             as
             is
             mentioned
             before
             ,
             but
             not
             otherwise
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Such
             Spirits
             being
             frequently
             drunk
             ,
             do
             generate
             various
             Diseases
             ,
             according
             to
             each
             Mans
             Nature
             and
             Constitution
             ,
             and
             the
             Climate
             whether
             hot
             or
             cold
             ,
             for
             they
             do
             powerfully
             Prey
             upon
             the
             Natural
             Heat
             ,
             consuming
             the
             sweet
             Oyl
             and
             pure
             Spirits
             ,
             for
             the
             Balsamick
             Body
             and
             pure
             Spirits
             of
             all
             such
             Liquors
             being
             destroyed
             ,
             in
             the
             Preparation
             ,
             they
             become
             an
             Extream
             ,
             which
             Nature
             in
             her
             simplicity
             hates
             ,
             and
             for
             this
             Cause
             such
             Liquors
             cannot
             Administer
             any
             Proper
             or
             Agreeable
             Nourishment
             to
             the
             Body
             ,
             or
             to
             the
             pure
             Spirits
             ;
             it
             cannot
             give
             what
             it
             hath
             not
             ,
             it
             hath
             only
             Power
             to
             awaken
             the
             
               Central
               Heat
            
             or
             Fire
             ,
             which
             ought
             not
             to
             have
             been
             kindled
             ;
             and
             this
             it
             doth
             by
             a
             Sympathetical
             Operation
             ,
             for
             all
             
             Meats
             and
             Drinks
             have
             power
             in
             the
             Body
             to
             awaken
             and
             strengthen
             their
             likeness
             ;
             for
             this
             reason
             all
             Wise
             Men
             Skilled
             in
             the
             Mysteries
             of
             Nature
             ,
             have
             commended
             simple
             Meats
             and
             Drinks
             ,
             because
             most
             such
             things
             are
             as
             it
             were
             equal
             in
             their
             Parts
             ,
             having
             no
             manifest
             Quality
             that
             does
             predominate
             violently
             over
             the
             other
             ,
             but
             yet
             contains
             a
             sufficient
             Noarishment
             for
             the
             Body
             ,
             and
             also
             for
             the
             Spirit
             ;
             for
             Meats
             and
             Drinks
             ought
             to
             be
             equal
             in
             their
             parts
             ,
             the
             Spirit
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             separated
             from
             the
             Body
             ,
             nor
             the
             Body
             from
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             but
             both
             ought
             to
             be
             Administred
             together
             ;
             for
             the
             Body
             without
             the
             Spirit
             is
             of
             a
             gross
             heavy
             dull
             or
             dead
             Nature
             ,
             and
             the
             Spirit
             without
             the
             Body
             is
             too
             violent
             and
             fiery
             ,
             but
             the
             Health
             of
             Mans
             Body
             and
             Mind
             ,
             doth
             chiefly
             consist
             in
             the
             equality
             of
             both
             ;
             do
             not
             all
             Meats
             and
             Drinks
             wherein
             any
             Quality
             or
             Property
             of
             Nature
             is
             ●xtream
             (
             whether
             it
             be
             in
             Vertue
             ,
             or
             Harmfulness
             )
             if
             not
             sparingly
             taken
             ,
             certainly
             discompose
             the
             Harmony
             both
             of
             the
             Body
             and
             Mind
             ?
             For
             every
             Quality
             begets
             its
             likeness
             ,
             and
             so
             on
             the
             contrary
             ▪
             Concord
             and
             Harmony
             are
             
             tain'd
             by
             their
             likenesses
             ;
             if
             there
             be
             not
             a
             Sympathetical
             agreement
             between
             the
             Stomach
             and
             the
             Meats
             and
             Drinks
             ,
             both
             in
             Quality
             and
             Quantity
             ,
             the
             Unity
             and
             Concord
             of
             the
             Properties
             of
             Nature
             are
             immediately
             broken
             ,
             whence
             proceeds
             various
             Diseases
             according
             to
             the
             degrees
             of
             the
             Disorder
             .
          
           
             This
             every
             one
             ought
             to
             understand
             ,
             or
             else
             they
             may
             unadvisedly
             lay
             heavier
             Burdens
             than
             Nature
             can
             bear
             ;
             for
             most
             Diseases
             are
             generated
             through
             surplusage
             of
             Nourishment
             .
             For
             unto
             weak
             Heats
             there
             ought
             to
             be
             Administred
             a
             proportionable
             Food
             ,
             but
             stronger
             Heats
             will
             admit
             of
             stronger
             Foods
             and
             greater
             quantity
             ,
             which
             all
             Persons
             might
             know
             ,
             if
             they
             would
             but
             observe
             the
             Operation
             of
             their
             own
             Natures
             ;
             for
             no
             Health
             nor
             Harmony
             can
             be
             continued
             where
             the
             parts
             do
             disagree
             aniong
             themselves
             .
             What
             Harmony
             can
             the
             most
             skilful
             Master
             of
             Musick
             make
             ,
             if
             the
             strings
             of
             his
             Instruments
             be
             some
             too
             sharp
             ,
             and
             others
             too
             flat
             ;
             even
             so
             it
             is
             in
             the
             Elements
             of
             the
             Body
             ,
             and
             also
             in
             the
             Mind
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             For
             Man
             is
             the
             most
             Beautiful
             and
             Perfectest
             of
             all
             God's
             Creation
             ,
             and
             ●is
             
             Image
             ,
             called
             by
             the
             Antients
             ,
             the
             lesser
             World
             ;
             for
             in
             him
             is
             contained
             the
             true
             Nature
             and
             Properties
             of
             all
             Elements
             ;
             Numbers
             ,
             Weights
             ,
             and
             Measures
             ,
             therefore
             Man
             is
             both
             capable
             of
             and
             and
             ●lable
             to
             receive
             all
             all
             Impressions
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             influenced
             by
             all
             things
             he
             communicates
             with
             ,
             or
             joyns
             himself
             unto
             ,
             as
             all
             sorts
             of
             Meats
             ,
             Drinks
             ,
             Imployments
             ,
             Communications
             ,
             and
             whatever
             else
             he
             suffers
             his
             Will
             or
             Desires
             to
             enter
             into
             ,
             the
             same
             things
             have
             power
             respectively
             to
             awaken
             their
             Similes
             ,
             therefore
             all
             extreams
             are
             perilous
             to
             the
             Health
             :
             If
             Men
             and
             women
             were
             but
             sensible
             of
             the
             danger
             ,
             and
             terrible
             Diseases
             that
             are
             contracted
             by
             the
             frequent
             eating
             and
             drinking
             of
             those
             things
             that
             are
             unequal
             in
             themselves
             ,
             as
             
               Brandy
               ,
               Rumm
            
             and
             other
             Spirituous
             Drinks
             and
             high
             prepared
             Foods
             ,
             they
             would
             not
             so
             eagerly
             desire
             them
             .
             Do
             not
             all
             or
             most
             that
             do
             accustome
             themselves
             to
             such
             things
             ,
             quickly
             spoil
             their
             their
             Healths
             ?
             Nature
             is
             Simple
             and
             Innocent
             ,
             and
             the
             Simplicity
             thereof
             cannot
             be
             continued
             ,
             but
             by
             Sobriety
             and
             Temperance
             in
             Meats
             and
             Drinks
             that
             are
             simple
             and
             harmless
             ,
             which
             will
             
             not
             only
             gratifie
             Nature
             ,
             but
             contribute
             both
             due
             and
             moist
             Nourishment
             ,
             for
             beyond
             all
             lushious
             fat
             ,
             compounded
             Dishes
             of
             the
             Richest
             Food
             ,
             and
             Spirituous
             Drinks
             ,
             as
             it
             appears
             by
             many
             hundreds
             of
             poor
             People
             ,
             who
             are
             constrained
             by
             pure
             necessity
             ,
             not
             by
             Wisdom
             ,
             to
             live
             for
             the
             most
             part
             on
             simple
             Food
             and
             mean
             Drinks
             ,
             their
             Labour
             hard
             ,
             Cloathing
             thin
             ,
             open
             Air
             ,
             cold
             Houses
             ,
             small
             Fires
             ,
             hard
             Beds
             ,
             standing
             on
             Earthen
             Floors
             ;
             by
             all
             which
             means
             ,
             they
             are
             not
             only
             preserv'd
             in
             better
             Health
             ,
             but
             also
             enabled
             to
             endure
             Labour
             with
             more
             ease
             and
             pleasure
             ,
             than
             the
             Intemperately
             Supet
             fl●ous
             can
             lie
             a
             Bed
             ,
             or
             sit
             by
             the
             Fire
             .
             O
             then
             how
             excellent
             are
             the
             ways
             of
             Temperance
             and
             Sobriety
             !
             They
             free
             the
             Body
             from
             pain
             ,
             and
             the
             Mind
             from
             perturbations
             ,
             sweetening
             all
             God's
             Blessings
             ,
             and
             giving
             the
             opportunity
             of
             time
             ,
             which
             being
             well
             employ'd
             ,
             affords
             many
             benefits
             both
             to
             the
             Body
             and
             Mind
             ;
             for
             what
             advantage
             is
             it
             if
             a
             Man
             possess
             the
             whole
             World
             ,
             if
             his
             Body
             be
             full
             of
             pain
             through
             Intemperance
             ,
             which
             for
             the
             most
             part
             ,
             no
             less
             affecteth
             and
             indisposeth
             the
             Mind
             .
          
           
           
             5.
             
             
               Brandy
               ,
               Rumm
            
             ,
             and
             all
             strong
             Spirituous
             Drinks
             are
             far
             more
             dangerous
             in
             hot
             Climates
             and
             Countries
             than
             they
             are
             in
             cold
             ,
             and
             do
             sooner
             there
             destroy
             the
             Health
             ,
             though
             they
             be
             bad
             in
             both
             ,
             except
             taken
             in
             a
             Physical
             way
             ;
             I
             know
             this
             is
             contrary
             to
             the
             Vulgar
             Notion
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             agreeable
             to
             Truth
             ,
             Experience
             and
             Reason
             ;
             for
             in
             hot
             Climates
             the
             Natural
             Heat
             is
             not
             so
             strong
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             forcible
             Influences
             of
             the
             Sun
             ,
             which
             do
             powerfully
             exhale
             the
             Radical
             Moistrue
             ,
             open
             the
             Pores
             ,
             and
             too
             violently
             evaporate
             the
             Spirits
             by
             continual
             Sweatings
             ,
             which
             dulls
             the
             edge
             of
             the
             Appetite
             ,
             weakening
             the
             Digestive
             Faculty
             of
             th●●tomach
             ,
             whereby
             the
             inclination
             to
             drink
             is
             increased
             ,
             for
             which
             reason
             many
             desire
             hot
             Spiritual
             Drinks
             ,
             because
             they
             find
             a
             present
             Refreshment
             ,
             for
             all
             such
             Drinks
             do
             powerfully
             awaken
             the
             Internal
             Spirit
             by
             simile
             ,
             and
             make
             Men
             quick
             ,
             lively
             and
             brisk
             ,
             during
             the
             time
             of
             their
             Operation
             ;
             which
             is
             but
             for
             a
             moment
             ,
             but
             after
             wards
             they
             find
             themselves
             heavy
             ,
             dull
             ,
             and
             indispesed
             ,
             and
             their
             Stomach
             seeble
             ,
             cold
             ,
             and
             raw
             ,
             which
             does
             in●●ce
             ●●dd
             that
             do
             acc●sto●●
             
             themselves
             to
             such
             Drinks
             ,
             
               To
               take
               a
               Hare
               of
               the
               same
               Dog
               ,
            
             (
             as
             their
             Phrase
             is
             )
             and
             so
             they
             drink
             more
             ,
             and
             are
             continually
             the
             more
             weakened
             ,
             for
             all
             such
             fiery
             strong
             Drinks
             do
             not
             only
             Prey
             on
             the
             Natural
             Spirits
             ,
             but
             also
             too
             violently
             do
             evaporate
             them
             .
             The
             very
             same
             Operation
             have
             all
             strong
             Drinks
             ,
             as
             Wine
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             if
             Temperance
             be
             wanting
             ,
             but
             not
             so
             violently
             as
             the
             former
             .
             Therefore
             in
             hot
             Climates
             there
             ought
             to
             be
             double
             the
             Care
             and
             Temperance
             in
             Meats
             ,
             Drinks
             and
             Exercises
             ,
             as
             in
             Cold
             ,
             of
             which
             the
             Natives
             of
             most
             hot
             Countries
             might
             be
             our
             Examples
             ;
             for
             they
             do
             for
             the
             most
             part
             live
             very
             temperately
             ,
             their
             Drink
             being
             generally
             Water
             ,
             or
             Wineallay'd
             with
             Water
             ,
             their
             Food
             mean
             ,
             or
             more
             simple
             than
             ours
             ,
             whereby
             they
             are
             better
             preserv'd
             in
             Health
             ;
             for
             the
             Constitutions
             of
             all
             People
             in
             hot
             Climates
             are
             weaker
             ,
             or
             at
             leastwise
             not
             so
             able
             to
             endure
             great
             Meals
             of
             Food
             ,
             and
             superfluous
             drinking
             of
             strong
             Drinks
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             in
             cold
             .
             For
             cold
             Countries
             make
             Men
             hardy
             ,
             strong
             ,
             and
             able
             to
             endure
             Intemperance
             ,
             for
             which
             cause
             it
             is
             observed
             that
             most
             of
             the
             Northern
             
             Climates
             are
             very
             Intemperate
             in
             drinking
             and
             eating
             ,
             and
             in
             hot
             they
             are
             the
             contrary
             .
             And
             therefore
             our
             English
             are
             much
             Distemper'd
             ,
             and
             many
             die
             when
             they
             Travel
             into
             the
             West
             and
             
               East
               Indies
            
             ,
             because
             they
             take
             wrong
             measures
             ,
             continuing
             the
             same
             disorder
             and
             intemperance
             as
             they
             did
             in
             their
             own
             Country
             ,
             or
             rather
             encreasing
             it
             ,
             which
             Nature
             cannot
             bear
             without
             manisest
             prejudice
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             It
             is
             to
             be
             noted
             ,
             that
             those
             that
             do
             accustom
             themselves
             to
             the
             frequent
             drinking
             of
             the
             forementioned
             fiery
             Spiritual
             Drinks
             in
             all
             the
             Plantations
             in
             the
             
               West
               Indies
            
             ,
             and
             also
             the
             common-eating
             of
             Salt-Fish
             and
             Flesh
             ,
             which
             are
             all
             great
             Extr●ams
             ,
             do
             thereby
             become
             very
             obnoxious
             to
             the
             dry
             Belly-ach
             ,
             or
             
               Griping
               of
               the
               Guts
               ,
               Dropsies
            
             and
             the
             Gout
             ,
             for
             all
             such
             Food
             and
             Drink
             does
             violently
             stir
             up
             and
             consume
             the
             Natural
             Heat
             and
             Moisture
             ,
             wherethe
             digestive
             Faculty
             of
             the
             Stomach
             is
             rendered
             unable
             to
             Concoct
             or
             make
             any
             perfect
             Separation
             ,
             either
             of
             the
             Food
             or
             Drink
             ,
             which
             oppresses
             the
             whole
             Body
             ,
             whence
             are
             generated
             
               Evil
               Iui●es
            
             that
             fall
             into
             the
             Joynts
             ,
             infeebling
             and
             
             torturing
             them
             ,
             and
             this
             is
             the
             Original
             of
             the
             Gout
             in
             other
             Complexions
             ,
             these
             Disorders
             consume
             the
             Airy
             Flesh
             of
             the
             Bones
             ,
             taking
             away
             their
             Natural
             Strength
             and
             Vigour
             ,
             so
             that
             they
             languish
             away
             by
             degrees
             ,
             and
             these
             you
             call
             Consumptions
             ,
             in
             others
             for
             want
             of
             Heat
             and
             Moisture
             ,
             the
             Excrement
             in
             the
             Bowels
             is
             contracted
             into
             so
             hard
             a
             Substance
             ,
             that
             it
             cannot
             pass
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             hardly
             a
             Medicine
             found
             that
             will
             cure
             it
             ,
             this
             is
             that
             which
             the
             Learned
             call
             the
             
               Illiacal
               Passion
            
             ,
             and
             the
             Vulgar
             ,
             
               The
               Plague
               in
               the
               Guts
            
             ,
             being
             one
             of
             the
             most
             tormenting
             Diseases
             in
             the
             World.
             And
             in
             other
             Bodies
             the
             
               Central
               Heat
            
             being
             wasted
             by
             such
             unfit
             Meats
             and
             Drinks
             ,
             so
             that
             great
             part
             of
             the
             Food
             turns
             into
             a
             Flux
             of
             Humours
             ,
             both
             Windy
             and
             Watry
             ,
             which
             swell
             the
             lower
             parts
             of
             the
             Body
             ,
             and
             this
             is
             the
             Generation
             of
             your
             Dropsies
             ;
             but
             as
             God
             is
             always
             good
             ,
             and
             his
             Hand-Maid
             Nature
             ,
             an
             indulgent
             Mother
             ,
             so
             they
             have
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             chalk'd
             out
             the
             Means
             ,
             and
             prescribed
             a
             Diet
             whereby
             these
             Diseases
             may
             be
             prevented
             ,
             would
             Men
             but
             be
             so
             wise
             as
             to
             observe
             and
             follow
             it
             ;
             for
             all
             hot
             Climates
             do
             furnish
             
             the
             Natives
             with
             wonderful
             Variety
             and
             Plenty
             of
             Herbs
             and
             Fruits
             ,
             far
             exceeding
             cold
             Countries
             therein
             ,
             both
             in
             quantity
             and
             quality
             ;
             for
             in
             those
             hot
             Regions
             ,
             the
             Sun
             hath
             greater
             power
             to
             prepare
             all
             such
             things
             :
             And
             if
             our
             English
             would
             but
             accustom
             themselves
             to
             such
             harmless
             natural
             simple
             Foods
             and
             moderate
             Drinks
             ,
             the
             forementioned
             Distempers
             would
             hardly
             be
             known
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             It
             is
             also
             to
             be
             noted
             ,
             and
             much
             to
             be
             pitied
             ,
             that
             of
             late
             years
             many
             English
             Women
             have
             betaken
             themselves
             to
             the
             drinking
             of
             Brandy
             and
             other
             Spirits
             ,
             and
             have
             invented
             the
             Black-Cherry-Brandy
             which
             is
             in
             great
             esteem
             ,
             so
             that
             she
             is
             no
             body
             that
             hath
             not
             a
             Bottle
             of
             it
             stand
             at
             her
             Elbow
             ,
             or
             if
             ever
             so
             little
             Qualm
             or
             Disorder
             be
             on
             the
             Stomach
             ,
             or
             perhaps
             meerly
             fancied
             ,
             then
             away
             to
             the
             Brandy-Bottle
             ;
             so
             that
             when
             such
             People
             come
             to
             be
             sick
             ,
             which
             most
             of
             them
             are
             very
             subject
             unto
             ,
             the
             Physiciaus
             do
             not
             know
             what
             to
             Adninister
             ,
             they
             having
             in
             their
             Health
             used
             themselves
             to
             such
             high
             fiery
             drinks
             ,
             that
             their
             Cordials
             seem
             like
             Water
             to
             them
             :
             Besides
             ,
             there
             are
             many
             fatal
             
             inconveniencies
             attend
             the
             Female
             Sex
             ,
             more
             than
             than
             the
             Male
             ,
             in
             drinking
             such
             Drinks
             ;
             most
             of
             which
             are
             not
             so
             proper
             to
             be
             publickly
             mentioned
             in
             this
             place
             ,
             and
             therefore
             I
             shall
             forbear
             ,
             but
             some
             I
             cannot
             but
             instance
             in
             ;
             and
             though
             perhaps
             some
             Women
             too
             much
             addicted
             to
             the
             
               Delights
               of
               the
               Bottle
            
             ,
             may
             be
             offended
             with
             me
             for
             telling
             them
             the
             Truth
             ,
             and
             endeavouring
             to
             wean
             them
             from
             the
             
               Beloved
               Dram
            
             ,
             yet
             to
             do
             them
             good
             ,
             I
             shall
             venter
             the
             Hail-shot
             of
             their
             Tongues
             ,
             and
             hope
             they
             will
             in
             time
             grow
             so
             wise
             ,
             as
             not
             to
             indulge
             a
             foolish
             sottish
             humour
             ,
             when
             it
             tends
             apparently
             to
             destroy
             ,
             not
             only
             their
             own
             Healths
             ,
             and
             shortning
             of
             their
             Lives
             ,
             but
             likewise
             entails
             Diseases
             and
             Destruction
             on
             their
             poor
             Innocent
             Children
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             not
             only
             against
             the
             Feminine
             Nature
             to
             drink
             strong
             Drinks
             ,
             but
             also
             Destructive
             to
             the
             Generation
             of
             Mankind
             ;
             it
             makes
             them
             Masculine
             and
             Robustick
             ,
             filling
             them
             with
             Fury
             and
             Madness
             ,
             and
             many
             other
             Indecencies
             ,
             which
             are
             no
             less
             pernicious
             than
             shameful
             in
             a
             Woman
             .
             lt
             also
             Distempers
             them
             by
             causing
             Fumes
             and
             Vapours
             to
             fly
             into
             the
             Head
             ,
             generating
             
             Wind
             in
             abundance
             .
             Therefore
             the
             Wise
             Antients
             did
             account
             it
             a
             Crime
             for
             Women
             to
             drink
             strong
             Drink
             or
             Wine
             ,
             tho'
             their
             Countries
             did
             afford
             Wine
             in
             abundance
             ;
             and
             good
             reason
             they
             had
             ,
             for
             the
             whole
             preservation
             of
             Mankind
             resides
             chiefly
             in
             the
             Temperance
             and
             Government
             of
             the
             Women
             ;
             if
             they
             are
             Intemperate
             ,
             the
             Radix
             of
             Men
             is
             corrupted
             ;
             are
             we
             not
             like
             to
             have
             very
             
               Fine
               ,
               Hopeful
               ,
               Healthy
               Children
               ,
            
             when
             the
             Mother
             by
             excessive
             Pampering
             her
             unweildy
             Carcass
             ,
             has
             contracted
             more
             Diseases
             than
             an
             Hospital
             ?
             Or
             when
             they
             are
             put
             out
             to
             some
             Drunken
             Nurse
             ,
             that
             instead
             of
             affording
             them
             wholsome
             Natural
             Milk
             ,
             Suckles
             them
             up
             with
             the
             unconcocted
             Dregs
             of
             that
             Brandy
             with
             which
             she
             daily
             overcharges
             her
             filthy
             Stomach
             ?
          
           
             The
             Nature
             of
             Women
             will
             not
             bear
             Excess
             in
             Meats
             and
             Drinks
             ,
             as
             Mens
             will
             ,
             without
             manifest
             danger
             to
             their
             Healths
             ,
             and
             also
             to
             the
             Health
             of
             their
             Children
             ;
             most
             Windy
             Diseases
             both
             in
             Women
             and
             Children
             ,
             being
             caused
             by
             their
             Intemperance
             both
             in
             quantity
             and
             quality
             ,
             They
             overcharging
             their
             Nature
             with
             Food
             containing
             too
             much
             Nourishment
             ,
             
             and
             Drinks
             that
             are
             too
             strong
             .
             This
             is
             chiefly
             observable
             amongst
             Wanton
             Citizens
             and
             the
             Richer
             sort
             of
             People
             ,
             who
             pay
             dearly
             for
             the
             Lickerishness
             of
             their
             Palats
             ,
             by
             the
             Diseases
             that
             thence
             arise
             ,
             they
             being
             much
             more
             Distempered
             than
             the
             Ordinary
             pains-taking
             People
             .
             I
             confess
             their
             are
             hardly
             any
             Women
             in
             the
             World
             so
             Intemperate
             and
             such
             great
             Lovers
             of
             there
             Bellies
             as
             the
             English
             ,
             nor
             is
             there
             any
             Nation
             more
             subject
             to
             Variety
             of
             Diseases
             ;
             and
             therefore
             they
             are
             afflicted
             with
             divers
             Distempers
             ,
             which
             Women
             in
             other
             Countries
             know
             nothing
             of
             .
             And
             as
             our
             Children
             are
             generally
             weak
             ,
             Peuling
             ,
             Rickety
             ,
             and
             Sickly
             ,
             so
             the
             occasion
             thereof
             is
             too
             evident
             ,
             since
             they
             are
             almost
             made
             Gluttons
             from
             the
             very
             Cradle
             ,
             their
             Mothers
             gorging
             and
             feeding
             them
             till
             they
             loath
             their
             Victuals
             ,
             and
             often
             cast
             it
             up
             again
             ;
             and
             when
             they
             have
             been
             Cramming
             all
             day
             ,
             the
             good
             Woman
             entertains
             her
             Gossips
             with
             Stories
             ,
             what
             a
             little
             Stomach
             her
             Child
             has
             ,
             and
             that
             she
             can
             get
             it
             to
             eat
             nothing
             ,
             and
             
               She
               wonders
               how
               it
               lives
            
             ,
             and
             indeed
             so
             she
             may
             ,
             but
             for
             a
             quite
             contrary
             reason
             ,
             for
             this
             oppressing
             
             Nature
             with
             Excess
             in
             Youth
             ,
             is
             not
             only
             the
             cause
             of
             the
             Death
             of
             many
             ,
             but
             in
             others
             it
             sows
             such
             Seeds
             ,
             and
             lays
             foundations
             for
             Distempers
             ,
             that
             they
             can
             scarce
             out-grow
             them
             ,
             also
             many
             Women
             out
             of
             the
             like
             foolish
             fondness
             ,
             give
             their
             Children
             strong
             Drink
             ,
             which
             is
             very
             destructive
             to
             their
             Health
             .
          
           
             Nor
             is
             it
             become
             unfrequent
             ,
             for
             Women
             not
             only
             to
             drink
             Brandy
             ,
             but
             also
             to
             smoak
             Tobacco
             ;
             which
             two
             things
             have
             a
             great
             affinity
             ,
             Tobacco
             being
             an
             Herb
             of
             Mars
             ,
             and
             its
             Poysonous
             fulsome
             attractive
             Nature
             from
             Saturn
             ;
             the
             common
             use
             of
             it
             in
             Pipes
             is
             very
             injurious
             to
             all
             sorts
             of
             People
             ,
             but
             more
             especially
             to
             the
             Female
             bex
             ,
             except
             it
             be
             taken
             very
             sparingly
             in
             a
             Physical
             way
             ,
             for
             some
             watery
             and
             windy
             Diseases
             ,
             but
             the
             usual
             taking
             of
             it
             destroys
             the
             Physical
             Vertues
             and
             Operation
             thereof
             ;
             only
             the
             daily
             Smoaking
             it
             may
             be
             profitable
             to
             Gluttons
             ,
             and
             those
             that
             Eat
             and
             Drink
             to
             Superfluity
             of
             Rich
             Food
             and
             strong
             Drink
             ,
             and
             live
             idle
             lives
             ,
             for
             such
             want
             Evacuations
             ,
             but
             Exercise
             and
             Temperance
             were
             much
             better
             for
             their
             Health
             .
          
           
           
             Tobacco
             and
             Brandy
             are
             certainly
             utter
             Enemies
             to
             Women
             ,
             and
             also
             to
             their
             Children
             ,
             for
             their
             Spirits
             and
             Balsamick
             Body
             ,
             whence
             their
             true
             Life
             shines
             ,
             is
             more
             volatile
             and
             tender
             than
             Mens
             ,
             and
             their
             Natural
             Heat
             is
             not
             so
             strong
             ,
             for
             this
             cause
             Women
             cannot
             bear
             or
             endure
             any
             extreams
             ,
             either
             in
             Meats
             ,
             Drinks
             ,
             or
             Exercises
             ,
             without
             manifest
             danger
             to
             their
             Healths
             ,
             they
             being
             generally
             more
             sanguine
             than
             Men
             ,
             and
             their
             Central
             Heat
             weaker
             ,
             therefare
             all
             kind
             of
             inequality
             makes
             deeper
             Impression
             on
             them
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             sooner
             moved
             to
             all
             kinds
             of
             Passions
             :
             for
             Women
             in
             their
             Radix
             are
             compounded
             more
             of
             the
             sweet
             Friendly
             Sanguine
             Nature
             ,
             their
             Dignifica●ion
             being
             chiefly
             from
             the
             Element
             of
             Water
             ,
             but
             the
             Root
             of
             Mens
             Nature
             is
             from
             the
             strong
             might
             of
             the
             Fire
             .
             And
             for
             the
             same
             cause
             Women
             are
             more
             Chaste
             than
             Men
             ,
             and
             of
             colder
             Natures
             ,
             tho'
             many
             Men
             do
             believe
             the
             contrary
             ,
             but
             they
             are
             greatly
             mistaken
             in
             this
             particular
             ,
             having
             no
             true
             understanding
             of
             Nature
             ;
             they
             have
             judged
             thus
             hardly
             of
             Women
             ,
             because
             many
             of
             them
             are
             
             so
             easily
             drawn
             into
             inconveniencies
             by
             the
             pretended
             Friendship
             of
             Men
             ,
             but
             I
             do
             affirm
             ,
             that
             their
             being
             so
             easily
             overcome
             ,
             is
             not
             from
             their
             unchaste
             desires
             ,
             but
             chiefly
             from
             their
             Friendly
             Courteous
             Efleminate
             Natures
             ,
             being
             of
             a
             yielding
             Temper
             ,
             which
             is
             essentially
             in
             the
             Root
             of
             their
             Lives
             ,
             and
             when
             a
             Man
             has
             once
             awakened
             in
             them
             the
             Love-string
             ,
             which
             is
             quickly
             done
             ,
             he
             may
             command
             them
             as
             he
             pleases
             ;
             now
             finding
             them
             comply
             ,
             they
             imagine
             that
             of
             them
             which
             they
             find
             in
             themselves
             :
             Not
             but
             that
             some
             Women
             are
             as
             unchaste
             as
             Men
             ;
             but
             then
             such
             ,
             through
             the
             Power
             of
             their
             depraved
             Free-Wills
             and
             Wanton
             Imaginations
             ,
             have
             forced
             Nature
             out
             of
             her
             simple
             Innocent
             ways
             ,
             compelling
             her
             often
             to
             do
             that
             which
             she
             perfectly
             loaths
             .
          
           
             The
             wise
             Antients
             understanding
             this
             Nature
             and
             Constitution
             of
             Women
             ,
             and
             considering
             that
             the
             whole
             welfare
             and
             health
             of
             Mankind
             depended
             chiefly
             on
             their
             Temperance
             and
             Discreet
             Conduct
             ,
             did
             therefore
             direct
             them
             to
             an
             higher
             degree
             of
             Temperance
             ,
             and
             
             thought
             it
             requisite
             ,
             and
             so
             absolutely
             necessary
             ,
             that
             both
             the
             drink
             alotted
             for
             Women
             in
             most
             Countries
             ,
             was
             ,
             and
             is
             to
             this
             day
             
               pure
               Water
            
             ,
             and
             their
             Food
             as
             Innocent
             and
             Natural
             ;
             they
             eat
             Flesh
             sparingly
             ,
             living
             much
             on
             raw
             and
             boiled
             Herbs
             ,
             Fruits
             and
             Greens
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             most
             sublime
             Diet.
             And
             by
             this
             means
             their
             Women
             and
             Children
             are
             not
             afflicted
             with
             such
             a
             number
             of
             cruel
             Diseases
             .
             There
             is
             no
             Country
             in
             the
             World
             where
             their
             Children
             and
             young
             People
             are
             so
             generally
             subject
             to
             the
             Small
             Pox
             ,
             Kings-Evil
             ,
             Joynt-Aches
             ,
             and
             many
             Leperous
             and
             languishing
             Diseases
             ;
             how
             many
             of
             them
             yearly
             die
             with
             Convulsions
             and
             Windy
             Distempers
             ,
             which
             generally
             they
             receive
             from
             their
             Mothers
             ?
             How
             many
             Miseries
             and
             aking
             Hearts
             do
             Women
             endure
             with
             their
             sickly
             Children
             ?
             And
             what
             Women
             are
             free
             from
             Vapors
             and
             Windy
             Diseases
             ,
             Fainting
             Fits
             ,
             weak
             Joynts
             and
             Backs
             ,
             their
             Blood
             corrupted
             ,
             breaking
             out
             in
             small
             spots
             in
             the
             Flesh
             of
             several
             colours
             ,
             their
             Stomach
             cold
             ,
             and
             their
             Natural
             heat
             not
             able
             to
             digest
             their
             Food
             without
             
             a
             Dram
             ,
             
               &
               c
            
             ?
             For
             all
             which
             Evils
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             Remedy
             so
             long
             as
             our
             Women
             do
             continue
             the
             frequent
             Eating
             of
             fat
             gross
             Flesh
             (
             without
             Herbs
             )
             and
             other
             sweet
             high
             prepared
             Food
             ,
             and
             drinking
             strong
             Liquors
             ,
             as
             Brandy
             ,
             &c.
             and
             taking
             Tobacco
             ;
             for
             these
             things
             do
             continually
             heat
             the
             whole
             Body
             ,
             thereby
             awakening
             the
             Central
             heat
             ,
             which
             is
             very
             injurious
             to
             Women
             ,
             for
             it
             presently
             sends
             Fumes
             and
             Vapours
             into
             the
             Head
             ,
             and
             the
             fierce
             Fires
             with
             venemous
             Particles
             do
             penetrate
             the
             whole
             Body
             ,
             drying
             up
             ,
             and
             consuming
             the
             pleasant
             ,
             moist
             ,
             cool
             ,
             airy
             Vapours
             ,
             suffocating
             the
             pure
             Spirits
             ,
             which
             otherwise
             would
             replenish
             the
             whole
             Body
             and
             sharpen
             the
             Appetite
             ;
             it
             also
             dulls
             the
             Senses
             ,
             and
             possesses
             the
             Blood
             with
             a
             sharp
             fretting
             humour
             ,
             and
             hinders
             its
             free
             Circulation
             ,
             causing
             the
             pure
             natural
             Spirits
             ,
             whose
             habitation
             is
             in
             the
             Blood
             ,
             to
             become
             impure
             ,
             whence
             arises
             a
             general
             indisposition
             over
             the
             whole
             Body
             .
             Therefore
             all
             that
             love
             their
             own
             Health
             ,
             or
             the
             good
             of
             their
             Children
             ,
             ought
             to
             refrain
             such
             hurtful
             Food
             ,
             and
             learn
             to
             know
             ,
             that
             
               Brandy
               ,
               Tobacco
            
             ,
             and
             all
             such
             things
             ,
             are
             to
             be
             taken
             
             sparingly
             ,
             and
             no
             otherwise
             than
             as
             People
             take
             Physick
             .
          
        
         
           
             CAAP.
             II.
             
          
           
             Of
             Flesh
             ,
             and
             its
             Operation
             in
             the
             Body
             ,
             and
             also
             on
             the
             Senses
             .
             That
             the
             continual
             eating
             thereof
             ,
             without
             the
             due
             distinction
             of
             proper
             Times
             and
             Seasons
             ,
             does
             darken
             the
             Spirits
             ,
             and
             distempers
             Nature
             .
             Likewise
             of
             the
             Exellency
             of
             Herbs
             ,
             Fruits
             ,
             and
             their
             inward
             Operation
             on
             the
             Body
             and
             Mind
             .
          
           
             THE
             eating
             of
             Flesh
             was
             not
             allowed
             or
             practised
             in
             the
             first
             and
             purer
             Ages
             ,
             when
             Men
             gave
             themselves
             to
             the
             Study
             of
             Wisdom
             ,
             viz.
             To
             the
             Knowledge
             of
             themselves
             ,
             and
             were
             partakers
             of
             God's
             Secrets
             in
             Divine
             and
             Humane
             things
             ,
             and
             enjoy'd
             Health
             and
             long
             Life
             ,
             drawn
             out
             to
             the
             Age
             of
             many
             hundred
             years
             .
             For
             thus
             
             the
             Holy
             Scripiure
             tells
             us
             ,
             
               Gen.
               1.
               
               The
               Lord
               said
               ,
               Behold
               !
               I
               have
               given
               to
               you
               every
               Herb
               bearing
               Seed
               ,
               which
               is
               upon
               the
               Face
               of
               all
               the
               Earth
               ,
               and
               every
               Tree
               in
               which
               it
               the
               Fruit
               of
               a
               Tree
               yielding
               Seed
               ,
               to
               you
               it
               shall
               be
               for
               Meat
               .
            
             And
             in
             another
             place
             it
             is
             said
             ,
             
               Flesh
               with
               the
               Blood
               thereof
               ,
               you
               shall
               not
               eat
               .
            
             It
             is
             not
             said
             ,
             That
             the
             Lord
             made
             all
             Creatures
             for
             Man
             to
             eat
             ,
             as
             I
             have
             heard
             many
             affirm
             ,
             but
             he
             made
             them
             for
             his
             own
             Glory
             and
             Eternal
             Honour
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             manifestation
             of
             his
             Wonders
             ,
             and
             that
             Men
             should
             have
             Dominion
             over
             all
             Creatures
             and
             Created
             things
             ,
             which
             Man
             hath
             lost
             by
             suffering
             his
             desires
             and
             imaginations
             to
             enter
             into
             the
             
               Bestial
               Nature
            
             ,
             which
             does
             by
             degrees
             captivate
             the
             Noble
             parts
             in
             Men.
             But
             the
             Wise
             Ancients
             for
             divers
             Ages
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             did
             know
             but
             little
             of
             the
             variety
             of
             Flesh
             and
             strong
             Drinks
             ,
             or
             of
             compounded
             Dishes
             of
             twenty
             sorts
             of
             things
             ,
             most
             of
             them
             of
             disagreeing
             Natures
             :
             No
             ,
             their
             Food
             was
             simple
             and
             natural
             ,
             easie
             to
             be
             procured
             without
             oppression
             to
             themselves
             ,
             or
             to
             any
             of
             God's
             Creatures
             ,
             as
             Herbs
             ,
             Fruits
             and
             Grains
             ,
             and
             pure
             Water
             for
             drink
             ,
             which
             things
             are
             
             endued
             with
             a
             most
             simple
             Nature
             and
             Operation
             ,
             which
             neither
             dulleth
             the
             Head
             by
             Fumes
             ,
             nor
             stupifies
             the
             Senses
             by
             Surplusage
             of
             Nourishment
             ,
             but
             being
             well
             prepared
             ,
             and
             eaten
             moderately
             ,
             do
             nourish
             by
             way
             of
             Simile
             its
             like
             qualities
             in
             the
             Body
             ,
             being
             of
             lighter
             digestion
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             more
             Airy
             Operation
             than
             Flesh
             ,
             being
             also
             void
             of
             all
             Inclinations
             ,
             Senses
             ,
             or
             Passions
             of
             Love
             or
             Hate
             ,
             whose
             Original
             is
             more
             clean
             and
             nearer
             the
             Unity
             in
             Nature
             ;
             therefore
             the
             Philosophical
             Antients
             in
             former
             Ages
             ,
             incouraged
             the
             eating
             of
             Herbs
             ,
             Fruits
             and
             Grains
             ,
             but
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             made
             Laws
             against
             the
             common
             eating
             of
             Flesh
             without
             distinction
             .
             The
             Great
             and
             most
             Illuminated
             Prophet
             Moses
             did
             not
             admit
             the
             
               Children
               of
               Israel
            
             to
             eat
             any
             Flesh
             during
             their
             forty
             years
             March
             through
             the
             Wilderness
             :
             'T
             is
             true
             ,
             when
             the
             People
             did
             Murmur
             ,
             the
             Lord
             being
             provoked
             ,
             gave
             them
             Flesh
             in
             his
             Wrath
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             when
             they
             were
             admitted
             to
             eat
             Flesh
             ,
             it
             was
             with
             such
             distinctions
             ,
             and
             with
             so
             many
             circumstances
             as
             could
             not
             be
             performed
             ,
             but
             by
             abundance
             of
             labour
             and
             trouble
             ,
             and
             other
             inconveniencies
             ,
             
             by
             which
             Laws
             and
             Observations
             many
             of
             God's
             Creatures
             became
             of
             little
             or
             no
             use
             in
             the
             Creation
             ,
             as
             Swine
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             if
             indeed
             they
             had
             only
             been
             made
             for
             Men
             to
             eat
             .
             But
             the
             Lord
             never
             commanded
             his
             People
             in
             any
             Age
             to
             abstain
             from
             any
             thing
             ,
             but
             it
             was
             always
             for
             their
             preservation
             ;
             for
             Abstinence
             ,
             Cleanness
             ,
             and
             Sobriety
             in
             Meats
             ,
             Drinks
             ,
             Exercises
             ,
             and
             Communications
             ,
             do
             work
             wonderful
             Effects
             ,
             and
             have
             a
             Sympathetical
             Operation
             both
             in
             the
             Body
             and
             Senses
             ,
             rendering
             the
             Observers
             thereof
             Healthful
             ,
             with
             brisk
             powerful
             Spirits
             ,
             watchful
             ,
             prndent
             ,
             of
             good
             forecast
             ,
             able
             to
             give
             Council
             ,
             and
             for
             matters
             of
             Learning
             ,
             they
             do
             easily
             grow
             to
             an
             Excellency
             in
             the
             knowledge
             of
             themselves
             ,
             and
             in
             all
             other
             things
             whereunto
             they
             do
             apply
             themselves
             .
             And
             as
             for
             Prayers
             ,
             Meditations
             and
             Contemplations
             ,
             they
             do
             perform
             them
             with
             great
             Facility
             ,
             Pleasure
             and
             Spiritual
             delight
             ,
             being
             always
             fresh
             in
             their
             Minds
             ,
             and
             free
             from
             Diseases
             in
             their
             Bodies
             .
          
           
             By
             this
             way
             of
             Sobriety
             ,
             Cleanness
             and
             Temeperance
             ,
             many
             of
             the
             Antients
             
             became
             admirable
             both
             in
             Divine
             and
             Humane
             Wisdom
             ;
             't
             is
             well
             known
             how
             Scrupulously
             the
             Pythagoreans
             (
             one
             of
             the
             most
             Learned
             and
             Mysterious
             of
             all
             the
             Sects
             of
             Gentile
             Philosophers
             )
             abstained
             from
             Flesh.
             The
             Divine
             Writer
             and
             great
             Prophet
             Moses
             ,
             testifies
             that
             God
             made
             Man
             in
             his
             own
             Image
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             should
             have
             Dominion
             over
             all
             things
             or
             Creatures
             ,
             not
             that
             he
             should
             eat
             all
             things
             ,
             or
             hurt
             himself
             by
             devouring
             them
             ,
             nor
             suffer
             his
             desires
             to
             enter
             into
             them
             ,
             nor
             theirs
             into
             him
             ,
             for
             Man
             is
             a
             Prince
             in
             this
             World
             ,
             and
             in
             him
             is
             contained
             the
             true
             Nature
             of
             all
             the
             inferior
             Creatures
             ;
             for
             it
             it
             were
             not
             so
             ,
             he
             could
             not
             be
             their
             Prince
             ,
             nor
             be
             sustained
             by
             them
             .
             And
             tho'
             Man
             was
             made
             greater
             than
             other
             Creature
             that
             is
             visible
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             Lord
             over
             all
             ,
             yet
             nevertheless
             he
             having
             a
             Simile
             with
             the
             Nature
             of
             all
             things
             ,
             is
             thereby
             rendered
             capable
             to
             be
             wrought
             on
             by
             every
             inferior
             thing
             he
             shall
             suffer
             his
             desires
             to
             enter
             into
             ,
             and
             by
             degrees
             he
             is
             liable
             to
             become
             captivated
             unto
             that
             thing
             ,
             be
             it
             either
             good
             or
             or
             evil
             ;
             for
             every
             like
             (
             as
             I
             told
             you
             before
             )
             works
             on
             and
             
             awakens
             its
             likeness
             ;
             This
             was
             the
             reason
             why
             Moses
             commanded
             that
             unclean
             Beasts
             should
             not
             be
             eaten
             ,
             that
             the
             Humane
             Nature
             might
             not
             mix
             or
             incorporate
             in
             it self
             the
             Beastial
             qualities
             ;
             for
             every
             indvidual
             Man
             has
             essentially
             in
             him
             the
             true
             Natures
             and
             Essences
             of
             all
             the
             Beasts
             of
             the
             Field
             ,
             and
             Fishes
             of
             the
             Sea
             ,
             as
             also
             of
             all
             Herbs
             and
             Fruits
             ,
             Stones
             and
             Minerals
             ,
             and
             whasoever
             else
             can
             be
             thought
             of
             ;
             for
             it
             this
             were
             not
             so
             ,
             then
             Man
             would
             not
             be
             subject
             to
             be
             wrought
             on
             by
             all
             ,
             neitheir
             would
             the
             various
             sorts
             of
             food
             agree
             with
             him
             or
             nourish
             him
             .
          
           
             The
             wise
             Antients
             understanding
             this
             ,
             and
             that
             every
             thing
             had
             power
             to
             attract
             unto
             it self
             such
             matter
             out
             of
             all
             things
             ,
             as
             is
             capable
             to
             nourish
             its
             own
             Body
             ,
             therefore
             in
             those
             days
             the
             eating
             of
             Flesh
             was
             not
             in
             such
             Reputation
             as
             of
             late
             years
             it
             hath
             been
             ;
             especially
             as
             it
             is
             in
             England
             ,
             who
             do
             make
             it
             their
             chief
             Food
             ;
             all
             Vegetables
             and
             Fruits
             being
             in
             themselves
             of
             a
             clean
             simple
             Nature
             and
             Operation
             ,
             which
             being
             well
             prepared
             and
             temperately
             eaten
             ,
             have
             only
             power
             to
             waken
             
             their
             Similies
             in
             the
             Body
             and
             Senses
             as
             foresaid
             .
             But
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             all
             Beasts
             ,
             especially
             unclean
             Beasts
             ,
             are
             endu●d
             with
             all
             kind
             of
             Beastial
             Passions
             ,
             as
             Anger
             ,
             Revenge
             ,
             Covetousness
             ,
             Love
             and
             Hate
             ,
             which
             Dispositions
             and
             Passions
             of
             the
             Flesh
             ,
             but
             especially
             the
             Blood
             ,
             doth
             retain
             after
             such
             Animals
             are
             killed
             ;
             and
             for
             that
             reason
             it
             was
             ,
             that
             the
             Blood
             of
             all
             sorts
             of
             Beasts
             was
             so
             strictly
             forbidden
             ,
             for
             the
             essential
             Spirits
             dwell
             in
             the
             Blood
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Blood
             and
             Spirits
             lie
             hid
             all
             the
             Dispositions
             and
             Inclinations
             the
             Creature
             was
             endued
             withal
             ,
             and
             therefore
             all
             sorts
             of
             Flesh
             that
             were
             permitted
             to
             be
             eaten
             ,
             were
             to
             be
             well
             purged
             from
             the
             Blood.
             And
             also
             this
             same
             Blood
             was
             either
             to
             be
             consumed
             by
             Fire
             ,
             or
             an
             hole
             made
             in
             the
             Earth
             and
             the
             Blood
             cast
             into
             it
             and
             covered
             ,
             that
             the
             wrathful
             Spirits
             and
             Vapours
             thereof
             might
             not
             defile
             the
             Air
             ,
             which
             is
             continually
             breathed
             into
             our
             Bodies
             ;
             for
             when
             any
             Creature
             is
             killed
             ,
             the
             great
             pain
             and
             agony
             they
             endure
             ,
             does
             so
             powerfully
             awaken
             the
             Center
             of
             the
             wrathful
             Fire
             ,
             and
             also
             the
             internal
             Poysons
             which
             are
             the
             Root
             of
             every
             Life
             ,
             that
             the
             said
             fierce
             
             Poysonous
             Spirits
             seize
             the
             Blood
             on
             their
             right
             Fountain
             of
             Preservation
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             Blood
             does
             not
             only
             contain
             all
             the
             Natural
             Dispositions
             ,
             Passions
             and
             Inclinations
             ,
             but
             also
             the
             awakened
             Poysons
             and
             irritated
             Spirits
             which
             were
             violently
             stirred
             up
             by
             Death's
             stroke
             .
             For
             when
             the
             Natural
             Life
             is
             in
             danger
             (
             the
             continuation
             of
             which
             is
             so
             sweet
             unto
             all
             Creatures
             ,
             and
             they
             do
             so
             unwillingly
             part
             with
             it
             ,
             especially
             when
             the
             Creature
             is
             in
             perfect
             health
             ,
             and
             strength
             )
             what
             a
             strange
             fear
             and
             dread
             must
             needs
             attend
             the
             Creature
             in
             this
             condition
             ?
             And
             how
             strongly
             and
             violently
             are
             all
             the
             Centers
             and
             Powers
             of
             Nature
             stirred
             up
             ?
             And
             then
             are
             awakened
             the
             revengful
             Spirits
             ,
             which
             do
             contain
             the
             Blood
             ,
             for
             that
             is
             their
             Habitation
             ,
             which
             in
             this
             Agonous
             condition
             does
             often
             spread
             it self
             through
             the
             whole
             Body
             ,
             and
             makes
             the
             Flesh
             look
             red
             ,
             but
             this
             is
             generally
             drawn
             back
             again
             by
             the
             drawing
             away
             of
             the
             Blood
             where
             the
             wound
             is
             made
             .
             Now
             if
             this
             Blood
             be
             exposed
             to
             the
             open
             Air
             ,
             these
             fiery
             dark
             wrathful
             Spirits
             do
             by
             degrees
             evaporate
             and
             incorporate
             themselves
             with
             the
             Air
             ,
             and
             so
             defiles
             it
             ,
             and
             renders
             it
             pernicious
             .
          
           
           
             The
             very
             same
             is
             to
             be
             understood
             in
             all
             other
             Uncleannesses
             ;
             and
             these
             are
             the
             chief
             Reasons
             why
             the
             Prophet
             Moses
             commanded
             the
             Blood
             either
             to
             be
             
               burnt
               on
               the
               Altar
            
             ,
             or
             
               buried
               in
               the
               Earth
            
             ,
             tho'
             there
             doth
             remain
             somewhat
             more
             to
             be
             said
             ,
             why
             he
             commanded
             the
             Blood
             to
             be
             consumed
             on
             the
             Altar
             by
             Fire
             ,
             which
             I
             shall
             forbear
             ,
             and
             speak
             of
             it
             in
             its
             proper
             place
             ;
             for
             those
             fiery
             wrathful
             Spirits
             that
             do
             evaporate
             themselves
             into
             the
             Air
             ,
             being
             continually
             breathed
             into
             the
             Body
             by
             such
             People
             as
             do
             communicate
             near
             such
             places
             ,
             as
             Slaughter-Houses
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             and
             more
             especially
             those
             that
             are
             of
             killing
             Imployments
             ,
             those
             awakened
             wrathful
             Spirits
             do
             enter
             them
             ,
             and
             powerfully
             incorporate
             themselves
             with
             their
             Similies
             ;
             for
             this
             cause
             all
             Butchers
             and
             others
             ,
             that
             do
             use
             such
             Trades
             ,
             are
             more
             fierce
             and
             cruel
             ,
             sooner
             moved
             to
             Wrath
             than
             others
             ;
             killing
             is
             as
             easie
             and
             familar
             to
             them
             as
             Plowing
             the
             Land
             is
             to
             the
             Husbandman
             ;
             and
             in
             a
             word
             ,
             they
             are
             far
             more
             inclined
             to
             violence
             than
             Men
             of
             other
             Imployments
             are
             .
          
           
           
             The
             same
             is
             to
             be
             understood
             in
             all
             other
             Trades
             ,
             and
             also
             in
             Communications
             ,
             as
             those
             that
             are
             brought
             up
             and
             have
             their
             Conversasions
             amongst
             Horses
             ,
             are
             not
             most
             of
             them
             Robustick
             ,
             Proud
             ,
             Bold
             and
             Surly
             ,
             like
             the
             Creatures
             they
             Communicate
             with
             ;
             the
             same
             is
             likewise
             to
             be
             understood
             in
             many
             other
             hard
             working
             rough
             Trades
             and
             Imployments
             ;
             are
             not
             most
             of
             them
             rash
             ,
             head-strong
             ,
             scarce
             endued
             with
             common
             Humanity
             ?
             There
             is
             nothing
             so
             good
             ,
             or
             so
             bad
             ,
             but
             Man
             is
             capable
             of
             being
             captivated
             to
             it
             ;
             from
             this
             ground
             it
             is
             that
             weak
             Inclinations
             ,
             that
             a
             Man
             in
             himself
             is
             hardly
             sensible
             of
             ,
             may
             either
             by
             Imployments
             or
             Communications
             be
             made
             strong
             ,
             which
             is
             one
             Reason
             why
             Mens
             Inclinations
             and
             their
             Love
             and
             Hate
             alters
             and
             changes
             ,
             according
             to
             time
             ,
             place
             ,
             business
             ,
             and
             communication
             ,
             as
             some
             Men
             have
             declared
             ,
             that
             they
             did
             not
             fear
             being
             overcome
             with
             Drink
             ,
             Women
             ,
             or
             the
             like
             Evils
             ,
             becaue
             at
             that
             time
             they
             found
             no
             Inclinations
             to
             such
             things
             ,
             nevertheless
             ,
             Time
             ,
             Opportunity
             ,
             Communications
             ,
             and
             other
             Circumstances
             concurring
             ,
             many
             of
             them
             
             have
             been
             overcome
             by
             those
             Vices
             they
             so
             little
             stood
             in
             fear
             of
             ,
             though
             also
             Astrologick
             Configurations
             ,
             and
             Influences
             have
             a
             share
             in
             altering
             and
             changing
             Mens
             Inclinations
             ,
             and
             more
             especially
             when
             other
             causes
             concur
             :
             For
             this
             cause
             the
             most
             prudent
             in
             all
             Ages
             have
             advised
             all
             Men
             to
             avoid
             evil
             occasions
             ,
             and
             the
             Apostle
             Paul
             saith
             ,
             
               That
               Evil
               Communication
               corrupts
               good
               Manners
               ,
            
             the
             truth
             of
             which
             no
             Man
             will
             or
             can
             deny
             .
             Now
             if
             Imployments
             ,
             Communications
             ,
             Labours
             ,
             Words
             ,
             and
             all
             kind
             of
             outward
             business
             ,
             have
             so
             great
             power
             of
             changing
             and
             altering
             Dispositions
             and
             Inclinations
             ,
             increasing
             them
             ,
             and
             the
             contrary
             ,
             how
             can
             we
             imagine
             but
             Meats
             and
             Drinks
             received
             into
             the
             Body
             ,
             will
             have
             the
             same
             or
             greater
             Power
             and
             Operation
             ,
             as
             those
             that
             feed
             much
             on
             unclean
             Elesh
             ,
             as
             on
             Swine
             ,
             and
             that
             have
             their
             Conversation
             amongst
             Animals
             ,
             are
             not
             many
             of
             them
             much
             like
             those
             Creatures
             ,
             of
             sottish
             ,
             dull
             ,
             heavy
             ,
             sordid
             Dispositions
             ,
             yet
             subtle
             and
             cunning
             in
             a
             Bestial
             way
             ?
             And
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             those
             that
             drink
             Wine
             ,
             and
             feed
             on
             the
             highest
             Food
             ,
             have
             not
             they
             
             Spirits
             accordingly
             ?
             Also
             those
             whose
             Conversation
             is
             amongst
             Men
             ,
             as
             Citizens
             and
             Merchants
             ;
             have
             they
             not
             higher
             and
             greater
             Spirits
             ,
             being
             more
             tractable
             and
             humane
             ,
             fair
             and
             ingenious
             in
             all
             their
             Dealings
             ,
             and
             Conversations
             ?
             For
             all
             things
             have
             sympatheticil
             Operation
             ,
             whether
             it
             be
             Imployments
             ,
             Meats
             ,
             Drinks
             or
             Communications
             ,
             every
             thing
             does
             secretly
             awaken
             its
             like
             property
             ,
             which
             do
             often
             captivate
             the
             Spirit
             of
             a
             Man
             before
             he
             is
             sensible
             of
             it
             ,
             being
             ignorant
             of
             the
             Nature
             and
             sympathetical
             Operation
             all
             things
             have
             with
             his
             own
             Nature
             .
             'T
             is
             true
             ,
             most
             Men
             believe
             that
             evil
             Company
             corrupts
             Manner
             ,
             and
             will
             acknowledge
             that
             some
             sorts
             of
             Imployments
             do
             by
             degrees
             dispose
             People
             to
             Inhumanity
             ,
             Violence
             and
             Cruelty
             ;
             but
             if
             you
             tell
             them
             there
             is
             the
             same
             possibility
             and
             greater
             in
             Meats
             ,
             to
             vary
             not
             only
             Mens
             Bodies
             ,
             but
             also
             their
             Inclinations
             and
             Minds
             ,
             they
             shall
             laugh
             at
             it
             as
             a
             ridiculous
             Dream
             ,
             though
             in
             Truth
             it
             is
             a
             most
             certain
             Truth
             ,
             and
             daily
             Experience
             (
             if
             we
             would
             but
             ●ear
             her
             Voice
             )
             bears
             Witness
             unto
             it
             .
             Why
             did
             Moses
             prohibit
             his
             People
             the
             
             eating
             of
             Swines
             Flesh
             ,
             seeing
             Swine
             are
             not
             serviceable
             unto
             Mankind
             any
             other
             way
             ,
             but
             by
             being
             killed
             and
             eaten
             ;
             and
             besides
             ,
             a
             Swine
             is
             a
             Creature
             ,
             that
             being
             well
             ordered
             ,
             becomes
             as
             wholesome
             Nourishment
             ,
             as
             some
             other
             Animals
             that
             are
             counted
             clean
             ,
             though
             there
             is
             somewhat
             to
             be
             said
             against
             the
             grossness
             of
             that
             sort
             of
             Flesh
             ;
             but
             the
             chief
             thing
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             in
             that
             great
             Prophet
             regarded
             ,
             was
             ,
             no
             doubt
             ,
             the
             Spirit
             of
             that
             Creature
             whose
             original
             and
             predominant
             quality
             stands
             in
             the
             dark
             wrath
             of
             Nature
             ,
             which
             is
             manisested
             by
             their
             shapes
             ,
             cri●s
             ,
             and
             tones
             ,
             which
             Spirit
             the
             humane
             Nature
             ought
             not
             to
             joyn
             it self
             unto
             ,
             lest
             it
             partakes
             of
             its
             Nature
             ,
             Every
             thing
             having
             power
             to
             joyn
             its
             self
             with
             its
             likeness
             ,
             and
             to
             strengthen
             its
             own
             property
             ,
             Doth
             not
             Wine
             and
             strong
             Drink
             precipitate
             Men
             into
             Fury
             and
             Madness
             by
             Simile
             ?
             That
             is
             ,
             the
             Spirits
             in
             Wine
             do
             incorporate
             themselves
             with
             the
             natural
             Spirits
             ,
             and
             violently
             awaken
             them
             ,
             making
             them
             burn
             too
             fierce
             ,
             which
             sets
             Nature
             into
             a
             Rage
             ,
             awakening
             the
             Central
             Spirits
             till
             all
             parts
             of
             the
             Body
             burn
             like
             Fire
             ,
             till
             the
             Oyl
             be
             
             consumed
             ,
             and
             Nature
             begins
             to
             languish
             ,
             becoming
             dull
             ,
             heavy
             ,
             and
             stupid
             .
             The
             very
             same
             Operation
             have
             all
             Food
             in
             the
             Body
             ,
             and
             on
             the
             Spirits
             and
             Senses
             ,
             but
             more
             slowly
             and
             hidden
             ;
             for
             great
             meals
             of
             Food
             makes
             dull
             when
             first
             eaten
             ,
             for
             all
             the
             time
             Nature
             is
             a
             digesting
             ,
             and
             making
             separation
             ,
             (
             which
             is
             four
             ,
             five
             ,
             or
             six
             hours
             a
             doing
             )
             and
             then
             Nature
             begins
             to
             be
             brisk
             and
             lightsome
             ;
             for
             what
             the
             Stomach
             and
             Natural
             Heat
             do
             perform
             ,
             as
             to
             Fermentation
             and
             Separation
             with
             the
             Food
             ,
             is
             done
             to
             Natures
             Hand
             by
             Art
             in
             all
             sorts
             of
             strong
             Drinks
             ;
             therefore
             all
             such
             fermented
             strong
             Drinks
             have
             a
             present
             Operation
             ,
             but
             let
             Drink
             be
             ever
             so
             strong
             ,
             if
             it
             have
             not
             passed
             through
             Fermentation
             and
             Separation
             ,
             it
             will
             lie
             heavy
             on
             the
             Stomach
             ,
             and
             send
             dark
             and
             dulling
             fumes
             into
             the
             Head
             ,
             if
             a
             quantity
             be
             drunk
             :
             Therefore
             great
             Meals
             of
             strong
             rich
             Food
             ,
             do
             endanger
             the
             Health
             more
             than
             proportionable
             drinking
             of
             strong
             Drinks
             ,
             especially
             in
             hot
             Countries
             ,
             and
             in
             Summer
             time
             in
             colder
             Climates
             .
             That
             Dispositions
             and
             Inclinations
             are
             chang'd
             and
             alter'd
             by
             
             Food
             ,
             may
             further
             appear
             in
             all
             or
             most
             unclean
             Creatures
             ,
             are
             they
             not
             made
             much
             fiercer
             ,
             if
             raw
             flesh
             and
             blood
             be
             given
             them
             ,
             their
             wrathful
             unclean
             Nature
             being
             thereby
             enraged
             and
             made
             stronger
             ?
             And
             is
             not
             the
             very
             flesh
             of
             those
             Creatures
             Men
             feed
             on
             ,
             altered
             either
             for
             the
             better
             or
             worse
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             nature
             of
             their
             Food
             ;
             what
             a
             vast
             difference
             shall
             there
             be
             as
             to
             the
             goodness
             or
             badness
             ,
             wholesomness
             ,
             or
             unwholesomeness
             of
             the
             Milk
             of
             the
             very
             same
             Cow
             ,
             when
             she
             feeds
             upon
             fresh
             delicate
             Grass
             ,
             Herbs
             ,
             and
             Flowers
             ,
             and
             when
             she
             is
             kept
             on
             course
             Brewers
             Grains
             ,
             or
             the
             like
             ?
             The
             Elements
             of
             Man's
             Body
             and
             natural
             Spirits
             are
             compounded
             of
             the
             same
             matter
             as
             other
             Creatures
             ,
             are
             ,
             and
             in
             respects
             ,
             subject
             to
             the
             same
             or
             like
             alterations
             ;
             only
             the
             Holy
             Light
             and
             Grace
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             enlighteneth
             every
             Man
             that
             cometh
             into
             the
             World
             ,
             if
             obeyed
             ,
             is
             sufficient
             to
             subdue
             most
             natural
             Inclinations
             ,
             and
             to
             keep
             them
             within
             the
             bounds
             of
             Temperance
             ;
             indeed
             this
             Gift
             is
             the
             only
             power
             by
             which
             a
             Man
             may
             overcome
             the
             Evil
             and
             deny
             himself
             .
          
           
           
             2.
             
             Flesh
             is
             not
             so
             clean
             a
             Food
             as
             Herbs
             ,
             Seeds
             and
             Fruits
             ,
             for
             all
             forts
             of
             Animals
             are
             subject
             to
             various
             Passions
             ,
             but
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             all
             or
             most
             Vegetables
             have
             a
             more
             simple
             and
             innocent
             Original
             ,
             therefore
             their
             Operation
             on
             the
             Body
             and
             Senses
             is
             as
             simple
             ,
             having
             no
             power
             to
             awaken
             any
             property
             in
             the
             Body
             ,
             but
             what
             is
             like
             themselves
             .
             Furthermore
             we
             see
             that
             no
             Creatures
             that
             are
             clean
             will
             eat
             Flesh
             ,
             except
             they
             be
             taught
             it
             ,
             and
             brought
             to
             it
             by
             degrees
             ;
             on
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             all
             such
             Animals
             as
             naturally
             will
             eat
             Flesh
             ,
             are
             by
             all
             means
             counted
             unclean
             ,
             as
             Dogs
             ,
             Cats
             ,
             Bears
             ,
             Wolves
             ,
             Foxes
             ,
             and
             many
             others
             ,
             both
             in
             the
             Sea
             and
             Land
             ,
             and
             most
             Men
             will
             avoid
             the
             eating
             of
             such
             Creatures
             ,
             as
             being
             unclean
             in
             the
             Root
             of
             their
             Natures
             .
             Therefore
             they
             desire
             such
             Food
             as
             hath
             affinity
             with
             them
             ,
             for
             every
             Creature
             rejoyceth
             in
             its
             likeness
             .
             The
             Prophet
             Moses
             well
             understood
             this
             ,
             when
             he
             commanded
             that
             unclean
             Creatures
             and
             Blood
             should
             not
             be
             eaten
             ,
             because
             the
             Blood
             (
             as
             is
             mentioned
             before
             )
             doth
             not
             only
             contain
             the
             Spirits
             ,
             but
             the
             very
             Humour
             ,
             Dispositions
             and
             Inclinations
             
             of
             the
             Creature
             ,
             therefore
             it
             was
             to
             be
             killed
             and
             dressed
             after
             such
             a
             manner
             ,
             by
             which
             the
             Blood
             and
             superfluous
             matter
             was
             extinguished
             ,
             and
             if
             Flesh
             should
             now
             be
             prepared
             after
             their
             way
             ,
             we
             should
             not
             account
             it
             to
             have
             half
             the
             Vertue
             as
             it
             hath
             in
             our
             way
             of
             preparation
             .
             Indeed
             the
             way
             of
             killing
             and
             preparing
             of
             Flesh
             and
             Fish
             ,
             that
             the
             Law-giver
             prescribed
             to
             his
             People
             ,
             was
             to
             cleanse
             the
             Flesh
             from
             all
             Blood
             in
             which
             stand
             the
             Spirits
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Dispositions
             and
             Inclinations
             of
             the
             Creature
             lie
             hid
             .
             By
             this
             means
             the
             Uniting
             of
             the
             Bestial
             Nature
             with
             the
             Human
             ,
             was
             in
             a
             great
             measure
             prevented
             ;
             and
             for
             no
             other
             reason
             all
             unclean
             Beasts
             ,
             Fowls
             and
             Fishes
             were
             so
             severely
             forbidden
             .
             All
             Created
             things
             have
             but
             one
             only
             Ground
             and
             Original
             .
             Every
             particular
             Creature
             contains
             the
             true
             Nature
             and
             Properties
             of
             the
             whole
             ,
             only
             the
             qualities
             are
             in
             several
             degrees
             ,
             one
             having
             one
             quality
             strong
             ,
             and
             another
             the
             Center
             ,
             For
             in
             every
             Creature
             one
             of
             the
             forms
             or
             properties
             do
             carry
             the
             upward
             Dominion
             ,
             and
             other
             qualities
             lye
             as
             it
             were
             hid
             ,
             but
             some
             times
             do
             manifest
             themselves
             ,
             but
             that
             
             property
             which
             is
             weakest
             may
             be
             awakened
             and
             made
             strong
             by
             its
             Simile
             ,
             as
             often
             comes
             to
             pass
             .
          
           
             From
             this
             very
             ground
             proceeds
             all
             Sympathy
             and
             Antipathy
             ,
             Concord
             and
             Discord
             in
             this
             World.
             For
             all
             those
             whose
             predominate
             qualities
             stand
             nearest
             ,
             and
             have
             affinity
             to
             each
             other
             ,
             such
             are
             friendly
             one
             to
             another
             ,
             but
             those
             whose
             predominate
             Properties
             have
             Antipathy
             each
             to
             other
             ,
             such
             slight
             one
             another
             ,
             and
             if
             the
             Grace
             and
             Holy
             Light
             of
             God
             do
             not
             restrain
             them
             ,
             they
             are
             very
             apt
             to
             speak
             Evil
             and
             Backbite
             one
             another
             .
             The
             same
             is
             to
             be
             understood
             in
             the
             Divine
             Principle
             of
             God's
             Love
             ,
             those
             that
             through
             the
             Blessing
             and
             Favour
             of
             the
             Lord
             have
             ,
             obtained
             the
             Holy
             Gifts
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             be
             it
             more
             or
             less
             ,
             all
             such
             People
             have
             affinity
             and
             bear
             good
             will
             each
             to
             other
             ;
             except
             the
             false
             Prophet's
             Opinion
             get
             in
             amongst
             them
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             Ravening
             Wolf.
             Every
             thing
             rejoyceth
             in
             its
             likeness
             ,
             and
             the
             contrary
             in
             its
             death
             ,
             therefore
             it
             is
             highly
             convenient
             ,
             for
             every
             man
             to
             consider
             the
             Variety
             and
             the
             Possibility
             of
             its
             own
             Nature
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             himself
             is
             contained
             the
             true
             
             Nature
             of
             every
             thing
             in
             the
             visible
             and
             invisible
             World
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             bears
             a
             Simile
             with
             all
             things
             ,
             and
             is
             both
             capable
             and
             liable
             to
             be
             drawn
             either
             to
             Vice
             or
             Vertue
             by
             every
             thing
             he
             joyns
             himself
             to
             ,
             whether
             Meats
             ,
             Drinks
             ,
             Communications
             ,
             or
             whatever
             else
             a
             Man
             suffers
             his
             Will
             or
             Desires
             to
             run
             out
             after
             ,
             or
             enter
             into
             ,
             the
             same
             thing
             hath
             power
             to
             awaken
             its
             likeness
             ,
             and
             for
             this
             cause
             all
             the
             Wise
             Men
             and
             Prophets
             have
             advised
             to
             Cleanness
             and
             Sobriety
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             reading
             of
             Good
             Mens
             Books
             ,
             which
             do
             stir
             up
             the
             good
             Faculties
             in
             the
             Soul
             ,
             for
             all
             Books
             do
             bear
             the
             Image
             and
             Spirits
             of
             him
             that
             wrote
             them
             ,
             and
             so
             by
             Simile
             do
             awaken
             the
             like
             Spirit
             and
             Desire
             ;
             and
             so
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             if
             young
             or
             old
             give
             themselves
             to
             the
             reading
             of
             Plays
             or
             Books
             of
             Romances
             ,
             they
             will
             powerfully
             awaken
             by
             Simile
             the
             vain
             wanton
             Nature
             ,
             which
             before
             lay
             as
             it
             were
             hid
             :
             Therefore
             it
             was
             said
             in
             the
             
               Revelations
               ,
               Come
               out
               from
               amongst
               them
               ,
               and
               be
               ye
               separated
               ,
               lest
               you
               partake
               of
               their
               Evils
               .
            
          
           
             3.
             
             The
             Reason
             why
             most
             People
             love
             and
             so
             much
             desire
             Flesh
             more
             than
             either
             
             Herbs
             ,
             Fruits
             or
             Grains
             ,
             is
             not
             because
             it
             doth
             afford
             either
             better
             Nourishment
             ,
             or
             is
             pleasanter
             to
             the
             Pallate
             or
             Stomach
             ,
             but
             it
             chiefly
             is
             because
             Man
             is
             departed
             in
             his
             Mind
             and
             desires
             from
             the
             innocent
             ways
             of
             God
             and
             Nature
             ,
             and
             through
             his
             Free-will
             hath
             awakened
             the
             dark
             wrathful
             powers
             in
             himself
             ,
             which
             have
             more
             Affinity
             with
             the
             Beastial
             Nature
             ,
             than
             with
             Herbs
             or
             Fruits
             :
             For
             the
             Beasts
             are
             endued
             with
             the
             very
             same
             Passions
             in
             all
             respects
             as
             Men
             ;
             if
             it
             had
             not
             been
             so
             ,
             the
             Commandment
             had
             not
             been
             so
             strict
             against
             eating
             of
             Flesh
             ;
             for
             the
             Radix
             of
             Beasts
             and
             Men
             have
             a
             greater
             Affinity
             :
             And
             the
             more
             ignorant
             and
             sottish
             People
             are
             ,
             the
             more
             they
             desire
             to
             eat
             Flesh
             ,
             and
             the
             more
             Flesh
             they
             eat
             ,
             the
             more
             Sottish
             ,
             Ignorant
             ,
             and
             Brutish
             they
             become
             .
             Also
             ,
             the
             more
             the
             dark
             poysonous
             Wrath
             of
             God
             and
             Nature
             is
             stir●ed
             up
             ,
             and
             the
             more
             it
             does
             predominate
             in
             Man
             ,
             the
             more
             doth
             Man
             desire
             Food
             that
             hath
             a
             proportionable
             Nature
             .
             From
             this
             very
             ground
             it
             is
             that
             some
             sorts
             of
             Creatures
             esteem'd
             Unclean
             (
             whose
             predominant
             quality
             stands
             in
             the
             Wrath
             of
             Nature
             )
             do
             so
             
             much
             desire
             unclean
             Food
             ,
             because
             it
             hath
             unity
             with
             their
             Natures
             ;
             the
             very
             same
             is
             to
             be
             understood
             of
             those
             Creatures
             which
             we
             call
             clean
             ,
             they
             do
             as
             much
             on
             the
             contrary
             desire
             clean
             Food
             ,
             viz.
             Fruits
             and
             Herb
             ,
             because
             such
             things
             have
             the
             nearest
             Affinity
             with
             their
             Natures
             ;
             and
             if
             Men
             had
             not
             departed
             from
             the
             Innocent
             ways
             of
             God
             and
             Nature
             ,
             and
             suffer
             their
             Wills
             to
             enter
             into
             the
             Wrath
             and
             Beastial
             Nature
             ,
             they
             would
             not
             so
             much
             desire
             Flesh
             ;
             for
             Flesh
             cannot
             be
             eaten
             without
             violence
             done
             to
             Nature
             ,
             for
             the
             Lives
             of
             all
             Beasts
             are
             as
             sweet
             to
             them
             ,
             and
             they
             as
             much
             desire
             to
             continue
             them
             ,
             as
             Men
             do
             ,
             and
             as
             unwillingly
             part
             with
             them
             .
             And
             the
             Groanings
             of
             these
             Creatures
             that
             suffer
             Oppression
             and
             Pain
             ,
             do
             awaken
             the
             Wrath
             in
             them
             that
             do
             it
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             certain
             Retaliation
             or
             Reward
             ;
             for
             all
             kind
             of
             Cruelty
             does
             stir
             up
             and
             awaken
             the
             Wrath
             of
             God
             in
             Nature
             ,
             and
             so
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             all
             Love
             and
             Concord
             does
             powerfully
             beget
             its
             likeness
             .
          
           
             Doth
             not
             every
             evil
             word
             ,
             which
             does
             proceed
             and
             is
             formed
             from
             the
             
               Principle
               of
               Wrath
            
             and
             P●ssio●
             ,
             carry
             the
             power
             
             of
             its
             Principle
             with
             it
             ,
             and
             awaken
             its
             Simile
             in
             those
             to
             whom
             such
             words
             are
             directed
             ?
             On
             the
             contrary
             ,
             do
             not
             soft
             and
             pleasant
             words
             pacifie
             Wrath
             by
             awakening
             their
             Simile
             ?
             Every
             Principle
             and
             Property
             in
             Nature
             must
             have
             its
             own
             Food
             ,
             or
             else
             it
             loseth
             its
             Power
             and
             Strength
             .
             Mens
             coveting
             to
             eat
             so
             much
             Flesh
             ,
             is
             too
             plain
             a
             sign
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             departed
             from
             that
             Innocent
             and
             Simple
             Life
             for
             which
             they
             were
             made
             ,
             and
             entered
             into
             the
             contrary
             ;
             for
             if
             the
             Wrath
             of
             God
             in
             Nature
             were
             not
             awakened
             beyond
             its
             proper
             degree
             ,
             and
             did
             not
             predominate
             over
             the
             Simple
             Innocent
             Life
             ,
             then
             People
             would
             no
             more
             desire
             Flesh
             than
             our
             Holy
             Ancestors
             in
             the
             first
             Ages
             of
             the
             World.
             It
             is
             a
             token
             we
             are
             in
             AEgypt
             ,
             when
             we
             hanker
             so
             much
             after
             the
             
               Flesh
               pots
            
             .
             As
             long
             as
             Men
             were
             partakers
             of
             ,
             and
             followers
             of
             the
             true
             knowledge
             of
             God's
             Works
             ,
             and
             lived
             in
             the
             simple
             path
             of
             Nature
             ,
             which
             led
             to
             Health
             and
             long
             Life
             ,
             Herbs
             and
             Fruits
             were
             in
             as
             great
             esteem
             as
             Flesh
             is
             now
             :
             It
             was
             a
             shame
             in
             former
             Ages
             ;
             for
             a
             Man
             to
             be
             seen
             to
             buy
             Flesh
             ,
             or
             to
             have
             carried
             it
             openly
             
             in
             the
             Streets
             of
             Cities
             ,
             but
             now
             the
             best
             Citizens
             count
             it
             the
             contrary
             ,
             and
             make
             nothing
             to
             go
             openly
             to
             the
             Flesh-Markets
             in
             their
             Plush-Coats
             ,
             and
             load
             a
             Porter
             two
             or
             three
             time
             a
             Week
             ,
             with
             the
             Spoils
             of
             their
             Slaughtered
             Fellow-creatures
             ;
             and
             if
             a
             Man
             comes
             to
             their
             Houses
             after
             Dinner
             ,
             there
             he
             may
             behold
             a
             very
             unpleasant
             sight
             ,
             viz.
             Greasy-Platters
             ,
             Bloody-Bones
             ,
             and
             pieces
             of
             fat
             flesh
             lie
             up
             and
             down
             the
             Kitchin
             ,
             thereby
             rendered
             next
             door
             to
             a
             Slaughter-House
             .
             And
             this
             Trade
             is
             drove
             every
             day
             in
             the
             Week
             ,
             but
             more
             ●specially
             on
             the
             day
             they
             call
             their
             Sabbath
             ,
             tho'in
             truth
             they
             do
             not
             make
             it
             so
             ,
             but
             rather
             a
             day
             of
             Feasting
             ,
             a
             day
             wherein
             they
             bury
             the
             dead
             Bodies
             of
             Slaughtered
             Beasts
             ,
             and
             a
             day
             on
             which
             our
             English
             Belly-Slaves
             and
             Gluttons
             ,
             make
             their
             Servants
             do
             more
             work
             than
             any
             other
             day
             of
             the
             Week
             ,
             as
             to
             dressing
             of
             Food
             .
             And
             day
             likewise
             whereon
             most
             People
             Cloath
             themselves
             in
             all
             their
             Bravery
             ,
             and
             the
             Women
             go
             to
             Church
             to
             take
             notice
             who
             has
             the
             finest
             Cloathes
             and
             the
             newest
             fashions
             ,
             &c.
             but
             why
             do
             I
             blame
             the
             Women
             ,
             the
             Men
             have
             
             been
             the
             occasion
             of
             all
             this
             and
             much
             more
             .
          
           
             If
             those
             of
             each
             Sex
             did
             hearken
             to
             the
             Voice
             of
             God
             and
             Nature
             ,
             they
             would
             forsake
             such
             sinful
             Vanities
             ,
             and
             not
             thus
             seek
             
               Death
               in
               the
               Error
               of
               their
               Lives
            
             ;
             I
             have
             drawn
             the
             Curtain
             ,
             and
             given
             them
             a
             brief
             view
             of
             Natures
             School
             ,
             wherein
             the
             
               Sons
               of
               Wisdom
            
             learn
             to
             obey
             her
             Dictates
             ,
             and
             by
             their
             prudent
             Conduct
             and
             Temperance
             ,
             avoid
             those
             many
             torturing
             Diseases
             of
             Body
             ,
             and
             distracting
             perturbations
             of
             Mind
             ,
             to
             which
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             World
             necessarily
             enslave
             themselves
             〈◊〉
             their
             perverse
             folly
             .
             What
             I
             have
             delivered
             ,
             is
             the
             very
             Doctrine
             of
             Nature
             ,
             approved
             by
             Religion
             ,
             justified
             by
             Reason
             ,
             and
             confirmed
             by
             Experience
             :
             Those
             that
             wilfully
             slight
             so
             many
             Monitors
             ,
             will
             scarce
             deserve
             Pity
             in
             their
             Misery
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             III.
             
          
           
             I.
             Of
             Cleanness
             in
             Food
             .
          
           
             WHat
             is
             more
             profitable
             for
             all
             Lovers
             of
             Health
             and
             Wisdom
             ,
             than
             Food
             that
             is
             Radically
             Clean
             ?
             And
             as
             Bread
             hath
             deservedly
             the
             first
             place
             ,
             together
             with
             Herbs
             ,
             and
             various
             sorts
             of
             excellent
             Fruits
             ;
             so
             the
             next
             is
             Milk
             ,
             which
             of
             it self
             is
             a
             brave
             ,
             mild
             ,
             and
             most
             friendly
             Food
             to
             Nature
             ,
             very
             fit
             and
             profitable
             for
             all
             Ages
             and
             Complexions
             ;
             and
             if
             it
             do
             not
             agree
             with
             some
             People
             ,
             it
             is
             because
             their
             Stomachs
             are
             made
             sharp
             and
             sowred
             by
             superfluity
             of
             dainty
             Food
             ,
             and
             the
             continual
             use
             of
             strong
             Drink
             .
             Also
             Milk
             being
             altered
             ,
             it
             makes
             many
             sorts
             of
             wholesom
             healthy
             Food
             .
             Next
             to
             these
             ,
             are
             various
             sorts
             of
             Flesh
             ,
             which
             being
             killed
             in
             their
             proper
             Times
             and
             Seasons
             ,
             and
             when
             they
             are
             free
             from
             their
             Uncleannesses
             ,
             Surfeits
             ,
             and
             other
             Inconveniences
             ,
             which
             most
             Beasts
             are
             subject
             to
             ;
             and
             if
             care
             be
             taken
             also
             
             that
             they
             be
             well
             and
             moderately
             seasoned
             with
             Salt
             ,
             and
             boyled
             in
             plenty
             of
             River
             of
             Spring-water
             (
             which
             is
             the
             best
             of
             all
             Waters
             ,
             except
             Rain-water
             )
             they
             become
             wholesom
             Nourish●●nt
             .
             For
             ,
             River-water
             hath
             the
             advantage
             of
             running
             through
             various
             sorts
             of
             Earth
             ,
             by
             which
             it
             sucks
             into
             it self
             a
             fat
             ,
             oyly
             ,
             and
             saline
             Quality
             ,
             which
             the
             Surface
             of
             the
             Earth
             does
             plentifully
             afford
             ;
             which
             also
             is
             the
             cause
             of
             all
             Vegitation
             ,
             and
             the
             lovely
             Green
             Colour
             ,
             which
             all
             Vegetables
             are
             cloth'd
             with
             ,
             does
             arise
             from
             this
             Saline
             Quality
             .
             For
             these
             Reasons
             ,
             River-water
             will
             Brew
             ,
             Boil
             ,
             and
             Wash
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             more
             profitable
             in
             all
             Uses
             in
             Houswifery
             ,
             than
             Spring
             or
             Pump-water
             ,
             and
             far
             wholesomer
             for
             Men
             and
             Beasts
             to
             drink
             .
             Also
             your
             Vessel
             in
             which
             your
             Food
             is
             boiled
             ,
             ought
             to
             be
             uncovered
             all
             the
             time
             it
             boils
             ;
             for
             if
             the
             Air
             have
             not
             its
             free
             egress
             and
             regress
             ,
             the
             pure
             Spirits
             in
             the
             Food
             become
             as
             it
             were
             suffocated
             ,
             and
             then
             the
             Food
             so
             prepared
             becomes
             dull
             and
             heavy
             ;
             for
             the
             Air
             is
             the
             Essential
             Life
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ;
             and
             all
             Food
             that
             hath
             not
             plenty
             of
             Water
             ,
             and
             the
             free
             Influences
             of
             the
             Air
             ,
             in
             its
             Preparation
             ,
             
             does
             certainly
             lose
             its
             natural
             Colour
             ,
             with
             the
             pure
             Smell
             and
             Taste
             :
             For
             if
             those
             three
             Qualities
             be
             not
             preserved
             in
             all
             Preparations
             of
             Food
             ,
             then
             the
             genuine
             Vertue
             and
             lively
             Tinctutes
             are
             in
             part
             lost
             .
             The
             same
             is
             to
             be
             observed
             in
             all
             Physical
             Operations
             .
             And
             if
             the
             above-mentioned
             Order
             be
             not
             observed
             ,
             then
             the
             Food
             is
             not
             so
             pleasant
             to
             the
             Palate
             ,
             nor
             so
             easie
             of
             Concoction
             ;
             it
             lies
             heavy
             in
             the
             Stomach
             ,
             dulling
             and
             stupifying
             the
             Senses
             ;
             it
             generates
             a
             gross
             Nourishment
             ,
             and
             bad
             Blood
             ,
             whence
             does
             proceed
             many
             Diseases
             :
             Whereas
             if
             the
             above-mentioned
             Rules
             be
             observed
             ,
             and
             your
             Fire
             quick
             ,
             that
             your
             Food
             do
             not
             stand
             still
             ,
             or
             cease
             from
             boiling
             ,
             till
             it
             be
             sufficiently
             done
             ,
             the
             Effects
             are
             contrary
             .
             It
             is
             also
             much
             better
             the
             Food
             should
             be
             a
             little
             under-prepared
             ,
             than
             too
             much
             :
             For
             when
             the
             gross
             phlegmatick
             Body
             of
             any
             Food
             is
             by
             Preparation
             digested
             ,
             then
             presently
             the
             lively
             spirituous
             Quality
             is
             set
             at
             liberty
             ,
             whence
             does
             proceed
             a
             most
             pleasant
             Smell
             and
             Taste
             ;
             which
             pleasant
             Quality
             ,
             before
             the
             Preparation
             ,
             lay
             hid
             or
             captivated
             in
             the
             Body
             of
             Phlegm
             ;
             but
             so
             soon
             as
             this
             
             Phlegmatick
             Body
             is
             in
             part
             d●troye●
             ,
             the
             Spirit
             becomes
             Volatile
             ;
             and
             then
             ,
             if
             the
             Preparation
             be
             continued
             ,
             those
             pure
             Spirits
             do
             either
             become
             suffocated
             ,
             or
             evaporate
             ;
             and
             then
             the
             sweet
             Balsamick
             Body
             turns
             as
             it
             were
             sowr
             .
             For
             these
             Reasons
             ,
             all
             sorts
             of
             Food
             ,
             either
             over-prepared
             ,
             or
             twice
             prepared
             ,
             are
             of
             a
             strong
             fulsome
             taste
             and
             smell
             ;
             as
             all
             Meats
             heat
             again
             ,
             and
             also
             Pottages
             ,
             and
             all
             such
             things
             ,
             do
             obstruct
             Nature
             ,
             and
             generate
             many
             Diseases
             .
             But
             if
             the
             forementioned
             Rules
             be
             observed
             ,
             the
             Food
             so
             prepared
             is
             not
             only
             more
             pleasant
             to
             the
             Palate
             ,
             but
             far
             lighter
             of
             Digestion
             ,
             and
             breeds
             better
             Blood.
             For
             that
             Universal
             Distemper
             (
             the
             Scurvy
             )
             which
             reigns
             so
             much
             in
             England
             ,
             is
             chiefly
             caused
             by
             Food
             ill
             prepared
             ,
             and
             the
             eating
             of
             too
             much
             Flesh
             ,
             and
             Fat
             things
             ,
             especially
             in
             the
             improper
             Seasons
             of
             the
             Year
             ,
             viz.
             from
             Iuly
             to
             the
             last
             of
             November
             .
             In
             this
             Season
             the
             Sun
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             true
             Life
             and
             Power
             of
             all
             things
             ,
             declines
             ;
             and
             all
             sorts
             of
             Herbage
             ▪
             which
             is
             the
             Food
             of
             all
             Beasts
             that
             are
             generally
             eaten
             ,
             doth
             the
             same
             :
             The
             Grass
             all
             this
             Season
             is
             fraught
             with
             a
             gross
             
             Phlegmatick
             Matter
             ;
             besides
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             fainty
             hot
             time
             ;
             the
             Air
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             Cherishing
             Life
             of
             all
             things
             ,
             is
             more
             gross
             ,
             and
             full
             of
             Humidity
             ,
             than
             all
             other
             times
             of
             the
             Year
             ;
             the
             Spirits
             of
             all
             sorts
             of
             Creatures
             are
             also
             weak
             ,
             and
             on
             any
             Accidents
             are
             quickly
             wounded
             ,
             or
             evaporated
             ,
             more
             especially
             those
             Beasts
             that
             come
             from
             remote
             Parts
             to
             great
             Cities
             .
             Besides
             ,
             it
             is
             then
             the
             principal
             time
             of
             their
             Generating
             ,
             which
             renders
             them
             unclean
             .
             Are
             not
             the
             People
             tenfold
             as
             sickly
             in
             this
             Season
             ,
             and
             double
             the
             number
             die
             ,
             than
             they
             do
             at
             other
             times
             ?
             Also
             you
             may
             observe
             ,
             That
             the
             Rots
             amongst
             Sheep
             ,
             and
             Murrains
             that
             attend
             other
             Beasts
             ,
             are
             all
             or
             most
             of
             them
             in
             this
             Season
             :
             Therefore
             all
             sorts
             of
             People
             ought
             to
             be
             more
             careful
             of
             their
             Health
             ,
             both
             in
             Exercises
             ,
             Meats
             ,
             and
             Drink
             ,
             that
             they
             do
             not
             exceed
             either
             in
             quantity
             ,
             nor
             eat
             things
             that
             are
             improper
             in
             quality
             .
             This
             is
             the
             time
             that
             all
             Shepherds
             ,
             and
             also
             those
             that
             are
             Drivers
             of
             Horses
             ,
             and
             indeed
             all
             that
             have
             the
             Government
             of
             Cattel
             ,
             ought
             to
             have
             and
             use
             double
             the
             Prudence
             in
             the
             Management
             of
             them
             ,
             than
             at
             other
             Seasons
             
             of
             the
             Year
             ,
             as
             I
             have
             more
             largely
             discoursed
             in
             a
             small
             Treatise
             ,
             of
             the
             ●●●servation
             of
             Sheep
             from
             the
             Rot
             ,
             and
             Horses
             from
             Surfeits
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             three
             Marks
             by
             which
             every
             one
             may
             know
             whether
             the
             Flesh
             be
             good
             .
             The
             first
             is
             by
             its
             pure
             White
             and
             brisk
             Red
             Colour
             ,
             when
             Raw.
             The
             second
             is
             by
             its
             continuing
             its
             firmness
             ,
             being
             plump
             or
             swelled
             when
             boiled
             ,
             having
             a
             brisk
             and
             lively
             Taste
             ,
             and
             that
             after
             eating
             it
             feels
             easie
             and
             pleasant
             in
             the
             Stomach
             .
             The
             third
             is
             ,
             by
             its
             taking
             Salt
             well
             ;
             for
             if
             your
             Flesh
             be
             free
             from
             Heat
             and
             Surfeits
             ,
             and
             not
             over-fed
             ,
             which
             charge●
             the
             body
             with
             gross
             Phlegm
             ;
             as
             also
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             not
             kept
             longer
             after
             it
             is
             killed
             (
             as
             indeed
             it
             ought
             not
             )
             than
             it
             be
             thought
             to
             be
             cold
             ,
             before
             it
             is
             salted
             ;
             all
             such
             Flesh
             will
             take
             Salt
             greedily
             ,
             and
             it
             will
             not
             only
             keep
             longer
             from
             Putrifaction
             ,
             but
             it
             will
             eat
             much
             sweeter
             ,
             and
             breed
             better
             Nourishment
             .
             For
             ,
             if
             any
             sort
             of
             Cattel
             be
             over-fed
             ,
             surfeited
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             Inconveniency
             attends
             them
             ,
             and
             they
             be
             killed
             before
             they
             have
             recovered
             themselves
             of
             those
             Injuries
             ;
             or
             if
             it
             le
             in
             
               August
               ,
               September
            
             ,
             or
             October
             ,
             this
             
             Flesh
             will
             not
             take
             Salt
             so
             well
             as
             the
             former
             ,
             neither
             will
             the
             Saltpreserve
             it
             half
             so
             long
             from
             Corruption
             .
             Also
             as
             it
             is
             before-mentioned
             ,
             if
             Flesh
             〈◊〉
             kept
             too
             long
             after
             it
             be
             killed
             ,
             such
             Flesh
             will
             not
             receive
             Salt
             into
             it
             ,
             as
             other
             will
             ,
             which
             is
             salted
             as
             soon
             as
             it
             is
             cold
             :
             For
             by
             keeping
             it
             does
             certainly
             lose
             its
             pure
             Spirituous
             Quality
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             Body
             becomes
             heavy
             ,
             gross
             ,
             and
             dull
             .
             Does
             not
             the
             Life
             and
             Spirits
             of
             most
             sorts
             of
             Food
             waste
             and
             evapor●te
             by
             keeping
             ,
             if
             there
             be
             not
             a
             proper
             way
             of
             Preservation
             used
             ?
             If
             Flesh
             ,
             by
             any
             Inconveniences
             ,
             have
             lost
             its
             pure
             lively
             Spirits
             and
             Vertue
             ,
             Salt
             then
             hath
             no
             power
             to
             preserve
             such
             Flesh
             from
             Putrifaction
             :
             For
             Salt
             cannot
             preserve
             the
             Body
             from
             Corruption
             ,
             but
             by
             vertue
             of
             the
             pure
             subtil
             Spirits
             ,
             which
             are
             a
             pleasant
             Habitation
             for
             the
             Salt
             to
             incorporate
             it self
             with
             :
             For
             Salt
             will
             not
             preserve
             Flesh
             from
             Putrifaction
             ,
             any
             longer
             than
             the
             Vertue
             and
             Power
             of
             the
             Spirit
             does
             continue
             ,
             as
             it
             does
             appear
             by
             all
             salted
             Flesh
             and
             Fish
             :
             For
             through
             length
             of
             time
             the
             Spirits
             become
             either
             suffocated
             ,
             or
             evaporated
             ,
             and
             then
             it
             presently
             falls
             into
             Purtifaction
             :
             
             And
             yet
             this
             same
             Flesh
             does
             still
             contine
             Salt
             ;
             for
             Salt
             does
             not
             destroy
             and
             p●●ge
             the
             Flesh
             from
             its
             Corruption
             ,
             but
             incorporates
             it self
             with
             the
             Essential
             Spirits
             ,
             and
             those
             two
             do
             as
             it
             were
             tye
             or
             hold
             the
             corrupt
             part
             Captive
             ,
             till
             the
             Spirit
             and
             Life
             of
             the
             Flesh
             be
             spent
             or
             wasted
             ,
             and
             then
             the
             Flesh
             falls
             into
             Putrifaction
             ,
             which
             cannot
             be
             recovered
             ,
             either
             by
             salting
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             Art
             ,
             to
             its
             first
             state
             :
             But
             if
             the
             Salt
             had
             purged
             or
             destroyed
             the
             Humidity
             and
             gross
             part
             ,
             then
             there
             would
             have
             been
             no
             Room
             nor
             Matter
             for
             Putrifaction
             ,
             and
             then
             it
             would
             have
             continued
             firm
             and
             found
             ,
             as
             many
             other
             things
             do
             ,
             which
             are
             freed
             from
             that
             gross
             humid
             Matter
             from
             which
             Putrifaction
             does
             proceed
             .
             Therefore
             Flesh
             is
             naturally
             the
             most
             unclean
             of
             all
             Food
             ,
             is
             being
             of
             a
             gross
             Phlegmatick
             Nature
             ;
             and
             if
             Care
             be
             〈◊〉
             taken
             ,
             Order
             and
             Temperance
             observed
             in
             the
             Eater
             ,
             it
             generates
             ab●ndance
             of
             crude
             and
             noxious
             Humours
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Cleanness
             in
             Houses
             ,
             especially
             in
             Beds
             ,
             is
             a
             great
             Preserver
             of
             Health
             .
             
             Now
             Beds
             for
             the
             most
             part
             stand
             in
             Corners
             of
             Chambers
             ,
             and
             being
             ponderous
             close
             Substances
             ,
             the
             refreshing
             Influences
             of
             the
             Air
             have
             no
             power
             to
             penetrate
             or
             destroy
             the
             gross
             Humidity
             that
             all
             such
             Places
             contract
             ,
             where
             the
             Air
             hath
             not
             its
             free
             egress
             and
             regress
             .
             In
             these
             shady
             dull
             Places
             Beds
             are
             continued
             for
             many
             Years
             ,
             and
             hardly
             see
             the
             Sun
             or
             Elements
             .
             Besides
             ,
             Beds
             suck
             in
             and
             receive
             all
             sorts
             of
             pernicious
             Exc●ements
             that
             are
             breathed
             forth
             by
             the
             Sweating
             of
             various
             sorts
             of
             People
             ,
             which
             have
             Leprous
             and
             Languishing
             Diseases
             ,
             which
             lie
             and
             die
             on
             them
             :
             The
             Beds
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             receive
             all
             these
             several
             Vapours
             and
             Spirits
             ,
             and
             the
             same
             Beds
             are
             often
             continued
             for
             several
             Generations
             ,
             without
             changing
             the
             Feathers
             ,
             until
             the
             Ticks
             be
             rotten
             .
             Besides
             ,
             we
             have
             many
             Feathers
             that
             are
             Imported
             from
             several
             Countries
             ,
             which
             are
             the
             Drivings
             of
             old
             Beds
             ,
             the
             Uncleanness
             whereof
             is
             not
             considered
             .
             As
             to
             the
             Nature
             of
             Feathers
             ,
             they
             are
             of
             a
             strong
             ,
             hot
             ,
             fulsom
             Quality
             :
             For
             ,
             Fowls
             ,
             of
             all
             Creatures
             ,
             are
             for
             the
             most
             part
             the
             hottest
             ;
             and
             their
             Feathers
             contain
             the
             
             fame
             Nature
             :
             Therefore
             the
             constant
             lying
             on
             soft
             Feather-beds
             ,
             does
             not
             only
             over-heat
             the
             Back
             and
             Reins
             ,
             weakning
             the
             Joints
             and
             Nerves
             ;
             but
             they
             have
             power
             also
             not
             only
             to
             receive
             but
             retain
             all
             evil
             Vapours
             and
             Excrements
             that
             proceed
             from
             ,
             and
             are
             breathed
             forth
             by
             various
             Diseased
             People
             .
             Hence
             it
             comes
             to
             pass
             ,
             that
             sundry
             Distempers
             are
             transferred
             from
             one
             to
             another
             ,
             by
             lying
             upon
             or
             in
             such
             Beds
             ,
             which
             Distempers
             do
             secretly
             steal
             on
             a
             Man
             by
             Degrees
             ,
             so
             that
             he
             cannot
             imagine
             whence
             the
             disorder
             proceeds
             ,
             or
             what
             the
             Cause
             thereof
             should
             be
             .
             But
             I
             would
             not
             have
             the
             Reader
             mistake
             me
             ;
             all
             People
             are
             not
             subject
             to
             get
             Diseases
             this
             way
             ;
             There
             are
             some
             whose
             Constitutions
             are
             strong
             ,
             and
             their
             Natural
             Heat
             and
             Spirits
             are
             vigorous
             and
             lively
             ,
             by
             the
             Power
             and
             Vertue
             whereof
             they
             withstand
             and
             repel
             all
             such
             evil
             Vapours
             and
             Scents
             as
             do
             proceed
             from
             such
             Beds
             when
             a
             Man
             is
             hot
             and
             sweats
             in
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             have
             no
             power
             to
             seize
             the
             Spirit
             :
             But
             ,
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             when
             such
             People
             shall
             lie
             on
             such
             Beds
             ,
             whose
             Natural
             Heat
             is
             weak
             ,
             their
             Spirits
             few
             ,
             
             and
             whose
             Central
             Heat
             is
             not
             able
             to
             withstand
             or
             repel
             those
             Vapours
             and
             Scents
             which
             such
             Beds
             send
             forth
             when
             a
             Man
             is
             hot
             in
             them
             ,
             this
             last
             sort
             of
             People
             are
             subject
             to
             receive
             Injuries
             ,
             and
             contract
             Diseases
             :
             For
             those
             evil
             Vapours
             do
             powerfully
             penetrate
             the
             whole
             Body
             ;
             and
             if
             they
             are
             not
             withstood
             by
             the
             Central
             Heat
             and
             Power
             of
             the
             Spirits
             ,
             then
             these
             evil
             Vapours
             do
             seize
             the
             Spirits
             ,
             and
             incorporate
             themselves
             with
             their
             Likenesses
             :
             For
             every
             particular
             thing
             does
             sensibly
             and
             powerfully
             seek
             out
             its
             Likeness
             ,
             and
             wheresoever
             it
             find
             ,
             its
             Simile
             ,
             it
             hath
             power
             to
             incorporate
             ,
             and
             become
             essential
             .
             These
             are
             the
             chief
             Reasons
             why
             one
             Man
             gets
             Diseases
             by
             lying
             with
             Diseased
             Persons
             ,
             and
             in
             unclean
             Beds
             ,
             and
             others
             not
             .
             It
             is
             a
             general
             Custom
             ,
             when
             Men
             go
             abroad
             or
             travel
             ,
             to
             desire
             clean
             Sheets
             ,
             imagining
             them
             to
             be
             a
             sufficient
             Bulwark
             to
             defend
             them
             from
             the
             pernicious
             Fumes
             and
             Vapours
             of
             old
             stale
             Beds
             ;
             but
             it
             is
             too
             short
             .
             For
             ,
             it
             is
             certain
             ,
             that
             most
             or
             all
             Beds
             do
             perfectly
             stink
             ,
             not
             only
             those
             in
             Inns
             and
             Houses
             of
             Entertainment
             ,
             but
             others
             :
             Not
             but
             that
             every
             
             ones
             Bed
             does
             smell
             indifferent
             well
             to
             himself
             ;
             but
             when
             he
             lies
             in
             a
             strange
             Bed
             ,
             let
             a
             Man
             but
             put
             his
             Nose
             into
             the
             Bed
             when
             he
             is
             thoroughly
             hot
             ,
             and
             hardly
             any
             Common
             Vault
             is
             like
             it
             .
          
           
             Now
             this
             sort
             of
             Uncleanness
             ,
             which
             does
             proceed
             from
             old
             Beds
             ,
             is
             not
             only
             the
             greatest
             ,
             but
             also
             the
             most
             injurious
             to
             the
             Health
             and
             Preservation
             of
             Mankind
             ,
             and
             the
             least
             Care
             is
             taken
             to
             prevent
             it
             :
             Every
             one
             that
             can
             ,
             will
             have
             plentiful
             Changes
             both
             of
             Linne●
             and
             Woollen
             Garments
             ;
             for
             if
             they
             have
             not
             ,
             Experience
             does
             shaw
             ,
             that
             the
             Excrements
             and
             Breathings
             of
             the
             Body
             will
             generate
             Vermin
             .
             Also
             do
             not
             most
             People
             take
             Care
             that
             their
             Furnitures
             are
             daily
             br●shed
             and
             rubbed
             ,
             and
             their
             very
             Floors
             washed
             ,
             as
             though
             they
             were
             to
             eat
             their
             Food
             on
             them
             ▪
             But
             all
             this
             while
             they
             lie
             on
             Beds
             that
             have
             not
             been
             changed
             ,
             or
             hardly
             aired
             ,
             in
             several
             Years
             .
             Let
             any
             indifferent
             Person
             judge
             ,
             which
             is
             most
             pleasu●able
             and
             healthful
             ,
             to
             have
             a
             clean
             Floor
             to
             tread
             on
             ,
             which
             c●sts
             many
             hard
             days
             Labour
             to
             keep
             so
             ,
             and
             is
             dirtied
             in
             a
             Moments
             time
             ;
             or
             to
             have
             
             a
             clean
             sweet
             Bed
             to
             lie
             on
             .
             There
             is
             no
             Comparison
             to
             be
             made
             ,
             the
             difference
             is
             so
             great
             ;
             the
             one
             being
             essential
             either
             to
             Health
             or
             Sickness
             ,
             the
             other
             an
             indifferent
             thing
             .
             If
             there
             was
             but
             the
             tenth
             part
             of
             the
             Care
             taken
             to
             keep
             Beds
             clean
             and
             sweet
             ,
             as
             there
             is
             of
             Cloathing
             and
             Furniture
             ,
             then
             there
             would
             be
             no
             matter
             for
             the
             getting
             of
             Diseases
             ,
             nor
             for
             the
             Generation
             of
             Bugs
             .
             I
             would
             have
             all
             Housewifes
             ,
             and
             others
             ,
             consider
             the
             Reasons
             of
             these
             things
             .
             Are
             not
             Lice
             ,
             that
             troublesome
             Vermin
             ,
             bred
             from
             the
             breathings
             of
             the
             Body
             ,
             for
             want
             of
             often
             Change
             both
             of
             Linnen
             and
             Woolen
             ?
             and
             will
             not
             Fleas
             breed
             from
             the
             very
             Dust
             of
             Chambers
             where
             People
             lie
             ?
             Also
             any
             Woollen
             that
             hath
             been
             used
             about
             Beds
             ,
             although
             the
             cold
             Winter
             hath
             destroyed
             them
             ,
             yet
             if
             these
             Clothes
             lie
             in
             any
             close
             place
             ,
             where
             the
             Air
             hath
             not
             its
             free
             egress
             and
             regress
             ,
             these
             very
             Garments
             will
             generate
             Fleas
             the
             Summer
             following
             :
             But
             if
             these
             Clothes
             had
             been
             used
             about
             Men
             and
             Women
             ,
             they
             would
             never
             have
             bred
             Fleas
             :
             for
             there
             is
             no
             matter
             of
             Element
             in
             Wooll
             
             or
             Cloth
             for
             the
             Generation
             of
             such
             Creatures
             ;
             but
             Wooll
             ,
             Cloth
             ,
             Furs
             ,
             and
             Hair
             ,
             are
             chiefly
             the
             Element
             of
             Moths
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             of
             small
             Worms
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             if
             such
             things
             are
             kept
             in
             places
             where
             the
             refreshing
             Influences
             of
             the
             Air
             have
             not
             their
             free
             egress
             :
             For
             all
             such
             places
             do
             contract
             great
             store
             of
             Moisture
             ,
             which
             ,
             when
             hot
             Weather
             comes
             ,
             causeth
             Putrifaction
             ,
             whence
             all
             such
             Vermin
             do
             proceed
             .
             But
             if
             those
             things
             be
             in
             daily
             use
             ,
             and
             exposed
             to
             the
             open
             Element
             ,
             they
             never
             breed
             any
             Vermin
             :
             So
             that
             the
             Generation
             of
             those
             things
             are
             generally
             caused
             by
             Acciden●s
             ;
             not
             but
             that
             there
             is
             matter
             in
             the
             Radixes
             of
             such
             things
             for
             the
             Generation
             of
             such
             Vermin
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             From
             the
             pernicous
             Smells
             and
             putrified
             Vapours
             that
             do
             proceed
             from
             old
             Beds
             ,
             are
             generated
             the
             Vermin
             called
             Bugs
             ,
             (
             of
             which
             ,
             neither
             the
             Ancients
             ,
             nor
             the
             Modern
             Writers
             of
             this
             Age
             ,
             have
             taken
             any
             Notice
             )
             according
             to
             the
             Degrees
             of
             Uncleanness
             ,
             Nature
             of
             the
             Excrements
             ,
             and
             the
             Closeness
             of
             places
             where
             Beds
             stand
             :
             for
             some
             Peoples
             Excrements
             are
             not
             
             so
             unclean
             as
             others
             :
             Also
             in
             all
             close
             places
             ,
             especially
             in
             Cities
             and
             great
             Towns
             ,
             the
             Spirits
             and
             thin
             Vapours
             of
             the
             Air
             are
             suffocated
             ,
             which
             makes
             the
             same
             Air
             Sulphurous
             and
             Humid
             ,
             whence
             does
             pro●●ed
             Putrifaction
             .
             Therefore
             it
             is
             not
             to
             be
             thought
             a
             general
             Rule
             ,
             
               That
               all
               old
               Beds
               should
               breed
               Bugs
               ,
            
             as
             some
             (
             who
             are
             ignorant
             of
             the
             Operations
             of
             Nature
             )
             will
             be
             apt
             to
             say
             ,
             
               If
               one
               Bed
               do
               breed
               them
               ,
               why
               not
               all
               ?
            
             No
             ,
             it
             is
             according
             to
             the
             Nature
             of
             the
             Uncleanness
             ,
             and
             other
             Accidents
             that
             do
             happen
             ;
             for
             where
             (
             as
             is
             said
             before
             )
             the
             thin
             pure
             Air
             ,
             with
             the
             refreshing
             Influences
             of
             the
             Sun
             and
             Elements
             ,
             have
             their
             free
             egress
             and
             regress
             ,
             all
             such
             Matter
             is
             destroyed
             whence
             such
             Vermin
             is
             produced
             .
             The
             Original
             of
             these
             Creatures
             called
             Bugs
             is
             from
             Putrifaction
             ,
             occasioned
             by
             stinking
             Scents
             and
             Vapours
             which
             do
             proceed
             from
             the
             Bodies
             and
             Nature
             of
             Men
             and
             Women
             ,
             and
             the
             mixing
             or
             incorporating
             of
             these
             Vapours
             with
             moist
             and
             sulphurous
             Airs
             :
             For
             where
             there
             is
             no
             Heat
             nor
             Humidity
             ,
             there
             can
             begin
             no
             Putrifaction
             .
             Therefore
             all
             that
             have
             attributed
             the
             Generation
             
             of
             this
             Vermin
             to
             Wood
             ,
             as
             Bedsteads
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             are
             grosly
             mistaken
             in
             the
             Productions
             of
             Nature
             ;
             for
             there
             is
             no
             Matter
             in
             Wood
             that
             can
             generate
             such
             a
             Vermin
             ,
             it
             being
             productive
             only
             ,
             or
             chiefly
             of
             two
             Creatures
             in
             England
             ,
             viz.
             of
             Wood-Lice
             and
             a
             small
             Worm
             .
             These
             Wood-Lice
             ,
             are
             never
             generated
             but
             in
             places
             where
             the
             Sun
             and
             Air
             have
             not
             their
             free
             Influences
             ,
             so
             that
             there
             is
             store
             of
             Humidity
             contracted
             ;
             and
             when
             the
             Sun
             comes
             to
             such
             Degrees
             of
             the
             Zodiack
             ,
             this
             Creature
             is
             generated
             ,
             which
             is
             of
             as
             different
             a
             Nature
             from
             Bugs
             ,
             as
             sweet
             Wood
             is
             from
             a
             stinking
             Bed.
             Also
             Wood
             does
             breed
             a
             certain
             small
             Worm
             ,
             but
             never
             till
             ,
             the
             Salts
             Nature
             and
             Power
             is
             decayed
             through
             length
             of
             time
             ;
             then
             the
             Air
             enters
             it
             ,
             which
             does
             presently
             cause
             it
             to
             contract
             a
             h●mid
             Quality
             ,
             from
             whence
             proceeds
             Putrifaction
             ,
             whereof
             ,
             when
             the
             Sun
             is
             Powerful
             ,
             this
             Worm
             is
             bred
             ,
             But
             so
             long
             as
             Wood
             continues
             sound
             ,
             and
             is
             kept
             dry
             ,
             the
             Air
             having
             its
             free
             Influences
             on
             it
             ,
             I
             affirm
             ,
             That
             no
             sort
             of
             Wood
             ever
             breeds
             any
             kind
             of
             Vermin
             .
          
           
           
             4.
             
             There
             are
             many
             also
             that
             attribute
             the
             Generation
             of
             this
             Creature
             to
             Hogs
             Hair
             ,
             which
             being
             mixed
             with
             Lime
             ,
             and
             Houses
             Plaistered
             with
             it
             ,
             does
             occasion
             (
             say
             they
             )
             the
             Generation
             of
             Bugs
             .
             Now
             it
             is
             most
             certain
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             no
             possibility
             in
             Nature
             for
             this
             Production
             ;
             for
             no
             kind
             of
             Hair
             ever
             breeds
             any
             living
             Creature
             ,
             except
             it
             be
             put
             into
             Water
             or
             Mud
             when
             the
             Sun
             is
             powerful
             ,
             and
             then
             this
             Creature
             ,
             thus
             generated
             ,
             retains
             its
             first
             Species
             ,
             viz.
             a
             Hair
             ,
             with
             a
             live
             Head
             ,
             which
             was
             its
             Element
             from
             whence
             it
             proceeded
             ;
             but
             if
             you
             take
             it
             out
             of
             the
             Water
             ,
             it
             presently
             dies
             :
             so
             also
             it
             doth
             when
             the
             Sun
             declines
             in
             heat
             ,
             as
             most
             ●orts
             of
             Vermin
             that
             are
             bred
             through
             Heat
             and
             Moisture
             do
             .
             But
             Hair
             being
             mixed
             with
             Lime
             ,
             all
             Matter
             of
             Generation
             is
             thereby
             totally
             destroyed
             :
             For
             Lime
             does
             chiefly
             contain
             a
             harsh
             ,
             fiery
             ,
             keen
             ,
             sharp
             ,
             coroding
             quality
             ;
             it
             is
             so
             sharp
             ,
             that
             it
             does
             destroy
             all
             Life
             ,
             and
             is
             as
             contrary
             to
             it
             ,
             as
             Light
             is
             to
             Darkness
             ;
             the
             predominant
             quality
             in
             it
             is
             the
             Salts
             Nature
             ,
             from
             which
             no
             living
             Creature
             can
             be
             produced
             .
             Besides
             ,
             if
             there
             were
             never
             so
             much
             Mater
             in
             
             Hair
             for
             the
             Generation
             of
             such
             Vermin
             ,
             Lime
             would
             destroy
             it
             ;
             for
             in
             Lime
             there
             is
             only
             a
             Sal-nitral
             fiery
             Vertue
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             If
             the
             Reasons
             before-mentioned
             be
             not
             sufficient
             to
             convince
             the
             Ignorant
             of
             their
             erroneous
             Opinions
             in
             this
             particular
             ,
             then
             I
             hope
             the
             following
             one
             will
             ,
             which
             is
             more
             familiar
             to
             every
             one
             .
             It
             hath
             never
             been
             krown
             ,
             that
             this
             troublesome
             Vermin
             was
             ever
             seen
             in
             Ware-houses
             ,
             Kitchins
             ,
             Parlors
             ,
             Dining
             rooms
             ,
             or
             any
             places
             were
             Beds
             have
             never
             been
             ,
             except
             they
             have
             by
             accident
             been
             brought
             into
             such
             Rooms
             or
             Ware-houses
             ,
             by
             Furniture
             of
             Chambers
             that
             have
             been
             troubled
             with
             them
             ,
             though
             all
             such
             places
             have
             the
             same
             Funiture
             as
             Chambers
             ,
             except
             Beds
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             From
             the
             same
             Substance
             or
             Matter
             whence
             Bugs
             are
             bred
             ,
             is
             also
             occasioned
             the
             Generation
             of
             many
             nasty
             Diseases
             in
             the
             Blood
             ;
             so
             that
             the
             destruction
             of
             the
             Matter
             that
             breeds
             them
             ,
             is
             of
             greater
             consequence
             than
             most
             People
             are
             sensible
             of
             ;
             And
             if
             these
             following
             Rules
             be
             observed
             ,
             I
             
             dare
             affirm
             ,
             That
             the
             Generation
             of
             Bugs
             will
             cease
             ,
             and
             also
             many
             other
             Inconveniencies
             and
             Distempers
             ,
             that
             are
             got
             by
             this
             sort
             of
             Uncleanness
             ,
             will
             be
             avoided
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             You
             are
             to
             destroy
             all
             Press-Bedsteads
             which
             stand
             in
             corners
             of
             Rooms
             ,
             being
             made
             up
             with
             Boards
             so
             close
             ,
             that
             the
             Air
             cannot
             penctrate
             or
             dry
             up
             and
             consume
             the
             moist
             sulphurous
             Vapours
             that
             are
             contracted
             .
             These
             sorts
             of
             Beds
             that
             stand
             so
             ,
             are
             apt
             to
             have
             them
             more
             than
             others
             .
             Also
             you
             are
             to
             set
             your
             other
             sorts
             of
             Beds
             as
             near
             as
             you
             can
             in
             the
             most
             Airy
             places
             of
             your
             Rooms
             ,
             exposing
             them
             to
             the
             Air
             the
             most
             part
             of
             the
             day
             ,
             with
             your
             Chamber-Windows
             open
             ,
             that
             the
             Air
             may
             freely
             pass
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             most
             excellent
             Element
             ,
             that
             does
             sweeten
             all
             things
             ,
             and
             prevents
             Putrifaction
             .
             In
             the
             Night
             also
             you
             ought
             not
             to
             have
             your
             Window-Curtains
             drawn
             ,
             nor
             your
             Curtains
             that
             are
             about
             your
             Beds
             ;
             for
             it
             hinders
             the
             sweet
             refreshing
             Influences
             of
             the
             Air
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             Air
             of
             all
             close
             places
             becomes
             of
             a
             hot
             sulphurous
             Nature
             and
             Operation
             ;
             the
             thin
             pure
             Vapours
             ,
             
             which
             do
             wonderfully
             refesh
             Nature
             ,
             are
             as
             it
             were
             suffocated
             :
             And
             this
             preventing
             the
             Influences
             of
             the
             Air
             ,
             is
             in
             an
             especial
             manner
             observable
             ,
             when
             People
             are
             sick
             ,
             or
             out
             of
             order
             ;
             as
             though
             the
             sweet
             pleasant
             Air
             had
             been
             the
             cause
             of
             their
             Disease
             ;
             such
             Rooms
             being
             so
             very
             close
             ,
             with
             great
             fires
             in
             them
             ,
             that
             if
             a
             healthy
             Person
             do
             but
             continue
             three
             or
             four
             hours
             in
             them
             ,
             the
             fulsom
             Steams
             and
             thick
             Vapours
             will
             much
             disorder
             him
             ,
             and
             take
             away
             the
             edge
             of
             his
             Appetite
             :
             And
             if
             so
             ,
             what
             will
             the
             Operation
             be
             on
             those
             Spirits
             who
             are
             weak
             and
             disordered
             with
             Distempers
             .
          
           
             What
             is
             more
             pleasant
             and
             healthful
             than
             good
             Air
             ?
             It
             chears
             and
             comforts
             the
             Spirits
             ,
             it
             opens
             the
             Passages
             of
             the
             Joynts
             and
             Nerves
             ;
             it
             purifies
             the
             Blood
             ,
             creates
             an
             Appetite
             ,
             increasing
             Strength
             and
             Vigour
             :
             But
             ,
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             hot
             ,
             thick
             ,
             sulphurous
             Airs
             do
             not
             only
             obstruct
             the
             passages
             of
             the
             Spirits
             ,
             but
             suffocate
             them
             ,
             loading
             the
             Joynts
             and
             Nerves
             with
             evil
             Juices
             ,
             whereby
             the
             Limbs
             and
             Members
             become
             full
             of
             pain
             ,
             causing
             a
             general
             tenderness
             to
             possess
             the
             whole
             Body
             ,
             and
             destroying
             
             the
             Appetite
             ,
             and
             the
             power
             of
             the
             Digestive
             Faculty
             in
             the
             Stomach
             .
             Also
             ,
             do
             not
             all
             Houses
             and
             Places
             grow
             musty
             ,
             and
             contract
             too
             great
             store
             of
             Moisture
             ,
             if
             the
             Air
             be
             any
             way
             prevented
             ,
             by
             Window-shutters
             ,
             or
             the
             like
             ,
             that
             it
             cannot
             have
             its
             free
             egress
             and
             regress
             ?
             Therefore
             moderate
             Cloathing
             ,
             hard
             Beds
             ,
             Houses
             that
             stand
             so
             as
             that
             the
             pleasant
             B●iezes
             of
             Wind
             may
             air
             and
             refresh
             them
             ,
             and
             also
             Houses
             that
             are
             full
             of
             Windows
             ,
             are
             to
             be
             preferr'd
             ;
             for
             where
             the
             Air
             hath
             not
             its
             free
             Influences
             ,
             the
             Spirit
             becomes
             dull
             and
             heav●
             ,
             this
             being
             the
             true
             Life
             of
             the
             Spirit
             in
             everything
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             Now
             the
             certain
             Means
             and
             Way
             not
             only
             to
             prevent
             the
             Generation
             of
             this
             Vermin
             ,
             but
             also
             to
             preserve
             Health
             and
             Strength
             ,
             are
             Straw
             ,
             or
             rather
             Chaff-Beds
             ,
             with
             Ticks
             of
             Canvas
             ,
             and
             Quilts
             made
             of
             Wooll
             or
             Flocks
             ,
             to
             lay
             on
             them
             ;
             which
             certainly
             is
             the
             most
             easie
             and
             pleasant
             Lodging
             that
             can
             be
             invented
             :
             and
             a
             little
             Custom
             will
             make
             it
             appear
             friendly
             to
             Nature
             ,
             and
             in
             every
             respect
             far
             beyond
             the
             softest
             Feather-Beds
             ,
             on
             which
             ,
             when
             a
             Man
             lies
             down
             ,
             he
             sinks
             
             into
             them
             ,
             as
             into
             an
             hole
             ,
             with
             Banks
             rising
             on
             each
             side
             of
             him
             ;
             especially
             if
             two
             lie
             together
             ,
             when
             first
             they
             go
             to
             Bed
             they
             lie
             close
             ,
             and
             after
             a
             little
             time
             ,
             when
             they
             begin
             to
             be
             hot
             or
             sweat
             ,
             they
             are
             generally
             willing
             to
             lie
             a
             little
             further
             off
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             cool
             themselves
             ,
             but
             cannot
             do
             it
             without
             great
             difficulty
             and
             trouble
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             softness
             of
             the
             Bed
             ,
             and
             those
             Banks
             that
             rise
             on
             each
             side
             .
             Besides
             ,
             such
             soft
             Fea●her-Beds
             do
             over-heat
             the
             Reins
             and
             Back
             ,
             making
             all
             the
             parts
             tender
             ,
             and
             causing
             sweatings
             and
             many
             other
             Inconveniencies
             to
             attend
             the
             Body
             .
             Feather-Beds
             also
             are
             nothing
             so
             easie
             as
             Quil●s
             ,
             after
             a
             little
             time
             being
             accustomed
             to
             them
             ;
             they
             are
             also
             extream
             fulsom
             ,
             and
             by
             their
             heat
             they
             do
             powerfully
             dry
             up
             the
             Radical
             Moisture
             ,
             causing
             a
             general
             faintness
             to
             attend
             the
             whole
             Body
             .
             But
             ,
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             hard
             ,
             even
             Beds
             that
             lie
             smooth
             ,
             are
             not
             only
             easie
             through
             custom
             ,
             as
             is
             mentioned
             before
             ;
             but
             a
             Man
             may
             turn
             freely
             ,
             both
             sleeping
             and
             waking
             :
             They
             harden
             and
             strengthen
             the
             whole
             Body
             ,
             especially
             the
             Back
             and
             Reins
             ,
             make
             the
             Nerves
             and
             Sinews
             strong
             ,
             preventing
             
             the
             immoderate
             Evacuat●ons
             by
             Sweating
             ,
             and
             keeping
             the
             Body
             in
             a
             temperate
             Heat
             .
             B●sides
             ,
             such
             Beds
             may
             be
             often
             changed
             ,
             with
             but
             little
             Trouble
             ,
             and
             less
             Cost
             ,
             they
             send
             forth
             no
             stinking
             fumes
             or
             steams
             ,
             as
             Feather-Beds
             do
             ;
             but
             are
             sweet
             and
             clean
             .
             Certainly
             nothing
             is
             more
             healthy
             ,
             nex●
             to
             Temperance
             in
             Meat
             and
             Drink
             ,
             than
             clean
             hard
             Beds
             .
          
           
             8.
             
             All
             sorts
             of
             Beds
             ,
             especially
             Feather-Beds
             ,
             ought
             to
             be
             changed
             ,
             driven
             ,
             or
             washed
             ,
             at
             the
             least
             three
             or
             four
             times
             in
             a
             Year
             ;
             or
             else
             it
             is
             impossible
             to
             keep
             them
             sweet
             and
             clean
             ,
             and
             to
             prevent
             the
             Generation
             of
             Vermin
             ,
             or
             the
             other
             Inconveniences
             before
             mentioned
             .
             Would
             not
             every
             one
             condemn
             a
             Man
             ,
             if
             he
             should
             wear
             a
             Shirt
             a
             Year
             ,
             and
             lie
             in
             Sheets
             seven
             Years
             ?
             Which
             if
             any
             should
             do
             ,
             it
             would
             not
             either
             endanger
             his
             Heal●h
             ,
             or
             bring
             half
             the
             Inconveniencies
             on
             his
             Body
             ,
             as
             old
             stinking
             Feather-Beds
             do
             ;
             which
             possibly
             stunk
             before
             ever
             they
             were
             lain
             on
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             fulsom
             Excrements
             that
             the
             Quills
             of
             the
             Feathers
             co●●ain
             .
             Also
             Feathers
             do
             c●●tainly
             contain
             an
             
             unclean
             putrified
             Matter
             ,
             that
             hath
             a
             near
             Affinity
             with
             the
             Nature
             of
             Bugs
             ;
             and
             therefore
             Feather-Beds
             are
             more
             apt
             to
             bre●d
             them
             ,
             than
             Wool
             ,
             or
             Flocks
             ;
             though
             both
             will
             do
             it
             ,
             if
             the
             forementioned
             Rules
             be
             not
             observed
             .
             But
             if
             you
             are
             not
             willing
             ,
             or
             so
             lowly-minded
             ,
             to
             have
             Straw
             or
             Chaff-Beds
             under
             your
             Quilts
             ,
             then
             you
             may
             have
             Flock
             -
             Beds
             ,
             with
             Canvas-Tickings
             ,
             which
             may
             be
             both
             aired
             and
             washed
             as
             often
             as
             you
             please
             ,
             with
             little
             Trouble
             and
             Charge
             .
             If
             any
             shall
             question
             the
             Truth
             of
             what
             I
             have
             alledged
             concerning
             Beds
             ,
             I
             desire
             they
             would
             please
             but
             to
             try
             the
             Experiment
             ,
             by
             filling
             a
             Bed
             with
             the
             freshess
             and
             cleanest
             Straw
             or
             Chas●
             ,
             which
             will
             smell
             very
             pleasant
             ;
             and
             having
             so
             done
             ,
             let
             them
             lie
             on
             it
             half
             a
             year
             ,
             in
             a
             corner
             of
             a
             Room
             ,
             as
             Beds
             generally
             stand
             ,
             and
             then
             smell
             to
             it
             ;
             and
             instead
             of
             sending
             forth
             a
             pleasant
             ,
             Scent
             ,
             as
             it
             did
             at
             first
             ,
             it
             will
             send
             sorth
             a
             strong
             ,
             fulsom
             ,
             musty
             Steam
             or
             Fume
             .
             And
             if
             this
             will
             do
             so
             ,
             what
             will
             Feathers
             do
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             Root
             of
             Nature
             are
             unclean
             fulfom
             Excrements
             ,
             of
             a
             hot
             strong
             quality
             ?
             Therefore
             they
             have
             the
             greater
             power
             not
             only
             to
             attract
             
             and
             suck
             in
             to
             themselves
             the
             fulsom
             Excrements
             that
             are
             breathed
             forth
             of
             the
             Body
             by
             Sweatings
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ;
             but
             they
             have
             also
             power
             to
             retain
             such
             evil
             Vapours
             :
             And
             when
             others
             come
             to
             lie
             on
             them
             ,
             and
             are
             throughly
             hot
             ,
             it
             awakens
             those
             p●●●icious
             Steams
             ,
             which
             often
             b●ing
             many
             Inconveniencies
             on
             the
             Body
             .
             Besides
             ,
             it
             is
             very
             unpleasant
             to
             lie
             in
             such
             Beds
             ;
             a
             Man
             must
             always
             be
             forced
             to
             keep
             his
             Nose
             above-board
             .
             Indeed
             each
             Man
             's
             own
             Bed
             does
             not
             stink
             or
             smell
             strong
             to
             himself
             ,
             because
             he
             is
             accustomed
             to
             it
             ;
             neither
             does
             a
             Tallow-Chandler
             smell
             those
             horrible
             Scents
             and
             pernicious
             Fumes
             that
             old
             Tallow
             sends
             forth
             when
             it
             is
             melted
             :
             But
             let
             any
             other
             Person
             ,
             that
             is
             not
             accustomed
             to
             it
             ,
             be
             near
             such
             things
             ,
             and
             it
             will
             be
             very
             offensive
             to
             him
             .
             Even
             so
             it
             is
             in
             all
             other
             stinking
             Trades
             ,
             and
             things
             of
             this
             Nature
             :
             so
             that
             the
             greatest
             Slut
             in
             the
             World
             does
             hardly
             smell
             her
             own
             House
             or
             Bed
             stin●
             :
             For
             in
             Man
             is
             contained
             the
             true
             Nature
             and
             Property
             of
             all
             things
             ,
             both
             of
             Good
             and
             Evil
             ;
             therefore
             he
             is
             both
             liable
             and
             also
             apt
             to
             receive
             all
             Impressio●s
             ,
             
             and
             to
             be
             wrought
             on
             by
             all
             things
             he
             shall
             either
             communicate
             with
             ,
             or
             joyn
             himself
             to
             ,
             whether
             it
             be
             Cleanness
             ,
             or
             the
             contrary
             .
             Also
             by
             Meats
             ,
             Drinks
             ,
             and
             communication
             ,
             all
             things
             have
             power
             ,
             by
             a
             Sympathetical
             Operation
             ,
             to
             work
             on
             Man
             ,
             because
             he
             is
             like
             unto
             all
             ,
             bearing
             a
             proportionable
             Nature
             unto
             all
             things
             .
             If
             People
             did
             understand
             this
             ,
             they
             would
             prefer
             ,
             Sobriety
             and
             Temperance
             ,
             with
             Cleanness
             ,
             far
             beyond
             what
             they
             do
             ;
             and
             then
             Men
             would
             not
             be
             subject
             to
             so
             many
             Diseases
             as
             now
             they
             are
             .
          
           
             9.
             
             Heat
             and
             Moisture
             is
             the
             Root
             of
             all
             Putrifaction
             ;
             and
             therefore
             Bugs
             are
             bred
             in
             Summer
             ;
             but
             they
             live
             all
             the
             Winter
             ,
             though
             they
             are
             not
             then
             so
             troublesome
             .
             They
             harbour
             in
             Bedsteads
             ,
             Holes
             ,
             and
             Hangings
             ,
             Nitting
             and
             Breeding
             as
             Lice
             do
             in
             Clothes
             :
             But
             all
             Men
             know
             ,
             that
             Woollen
             and
             Linnen
             are
             not
             the
             Element
             of
             ●ice
             ,
             but
             they
             are
             bred
             from
             the
             fulsom
             Scents
             and
             Exrements
             that
             are
             breathed
             forth
             from
             the
             Body
             .
             The
             very
             same
             Radix
             have
             Bugs
             ;
             and
             if
             there
             be
             any
             difference
             ,
             they
             are
             from
             a
             higher
             Putrifaction
             ,
             
             and
             therefore
             they
             are
             a
             more
             noisom
             stinking
             Creature
             .
          
           
             10.
             
             The
             whole
             Preservation
             ,
             of
             Mens
             Health
             and
             Strength
             does
             chiefly
             reside
             in
             the
             Wisdom
             and
             Temperance
             of
             Women
             .
             Therefore
             the
             Ancient
             Wise
             Men
             in
             former
             Ages
             ,
             did
             direct
             and
             accustom
             their
             Women
             to
             a
             higher
             degree
             of
             Temperance
             than
             the
             Men.
             Which
             Customs
             of
             Sobriety
             the
             Women
             of
             several
             Countries
             do
             maintain
             to
             this
             day
             ,
             as
             in
             Spain
             ,
             great
             part
             of
             
               France
               ,
               Italy
            
             ,
             and
             many
             great
             Countries
             under
             the
             Dominion
             of
             the
             
               Grand
               Seignior
            
             .
             Their
             Women
             do
             always
             drink
             Water
             ,
             their
             Food
             being
             for
             the
             most
             part
             of
             a
             mean
             and
             simple
             quality
             ;
             and
             for
             this
             reason
             neither
             they
             nor
             their
             Children
             are
             subject
             to
             several
             Diseases
             ,
             which
             our
             Women
             and
             Children
             are
             .
             Wine
             and
             Strong
             Drink
             should
             be
             sparingly
             drunk
             by
             Women
             ,
             till
             they
             are
             past
             Child-bearing
             ;
             because
             the
             frequent
             and
             common
             drinking
             of
             strong
             Drinks
             ,
             does
             generate
             various
             Distempers
             in
             the
             Female
             Sex
             ,
             such
             as
             are
             notfit●o
             be
             discoursed
             of
             in
             
             this
             place
             ,
             which
             their
             Children
             often
             bring
             with
             them
             into
             the
             World.
             If
             the
             Seed
             be
             good
             ,
             yet
             if
             the
             Ground
             be
             bad
             ,
             it
             seldom
             brings
             forth
             good
             Fruit.
             Also
             Women
             are
             our
             Nurses
             for
             fifteen
             or
             sixteen
             years
             ;
             and
             they
             do
             not
             only
             suffer
             us
             to
             be
             Gluttons
             ,
             by
             letting
             us
             eat
             and
             drink
             often
             ,
             of
             their
             ill-prepared
             Food
             ,
             beyond
             the
             power
             of
             the
             Digestive
             Faculty
             ,
             and
             more
             than
             the
             Stomach
             can
             bear
             ;
             but
             many
             of
             them
             will
             intice
             us
             to
             Gluttony
             ,
             and
             some
             will
             force
             their
             Children
             to
             eat
             even
             against
             their
             Stomachs
             ,
             till
             they
             cast
             it
             up
             again
             .
             Now
             if
             it
             be
             a
             difficult
             point
             for
             a
             Man
             of
             Age
             and
             Experience
             to
             observe
             the
             necessary
             Rules
             of
             Temperance
             ,
             how
             careful
             then
             ought
             Mothers
             and
             Nurses
             to
             be
             in
             ordering
             their
             Children
             ?
             A
             great
             part
             of
             the
             Children
             that
             die
             ,
             especially
             in
             Towns
             and
             Cities
             ,
             is
             occasioned
             either
             by
             the
             Intemperance
             of
             their
             Mothers
             ,
             during
             the
             time
             they
             go
             with
             Child
             ,
             or
             afterwards
             by
             their
             unnatural
             and
             badly
             prepared
             Food
             ,
             and
             suffering
             them
             to
             eat
             to
             excess
             ;
             also
             by
             their
             keeping
             of
             them
             too
             warm
             ,
             and
             too
             close
             from
             the
             Air
             ,
             and
             lapping
             of
             them
             up
             in
             several
             Double
             
             Clothes
             and
             Swathes
             ,
             so
             tight
             ,
             that
             a
             Man
             may
             write
             on
             them
             ,
             and
             then
             puting
             them
             into
             warm
             Beds
             ,
             and
             covering
             them
             up
             close
             .
             If
             a
             strong
             Man
             was
             so
             bound
             up
             ,
             he
             could
             not
             endure
             it
             ,
             without
             great
             injury
             unto
             his
             Health
             .
             Besides
             ,
             the
             Window-Curtains
             are
             drawn
             ,
             and
             also
             the
             Curtains
             about
             the
             Bed
             ;
             by
             which
             means
             the
             Air
             becomes
             so
             hot
             ,
             and
             sulphurous
             ,
             that
             it
             causes
             great
             Disorders
             to
             attend
             both
             the
             Mothers
             and
             the
             Children
             .
             This
             ill
             Kind
             of
             Management
             does
             also
             cause
             such
             a
             Tenderness
             both
             in
             the
             Mother
             and
             the
             Child
             ,
             that
             on
             every
             small
             occasion
             they
             are
             liable
             and
             apt
             to
             get
             Colds
             ,
             and
             divers
             other
             Distempers
             .
          
           
             Also
             Women
             have
             the
             entire
             Management
             of
             all
             things
             that
             concern
             our
             Healths
             ,
             during
             the
             whole
             time
             of
             our
             Lives
             ;
             they
             prepare
             and
             dress
             our
             Food
             ,
             and
             order
             all
             things
             in
             our
             Houses
             ,
             both
             for
             Bed
             and
             Board
             .
             There
             is
             not
             one
             Man
             of
             a
             hundred
             that
             understands
             or
             takes
             any
             notice
             whether
             his
             Food
             be
             well
             prepared
             or
             not
             ;
             and
             if
             his
             Bed
             stinks
             ,
             he
             is
             used
             to
             it
             ,
             and
             so
             counts
             it
             all
             well
             .
             Mens
             Time
             and
             Study
             is
             chiefly
             taken
             up
             about
             getting
             a
             Livelihood
             ,
             
             and
             providing
             things
             necessary
             for
             themselves
             and
             Families
             ;
             so
             that
             there
             is
             not
             one
             among
             a
             thousand
             that
             understands
             any
             thing
             what
             belongs
             to
             the
             Preservation
             of
             his
             Health
             :
             Whatever
             the
             Women
             do
             and
             say
             touching
             the
             Preparation
             of
             Food
             ,
             and
             other
             ordering
             of
             Families
             for
             Health
             ,
             most
             Men
             believe
             ,
             not
             making
             the
             least
             scruple
             or
             question
             of
             the
             truth
             thereof
             .
             And
             well
             they
             may
             :
             For
             the
             chiefest
             Doctors
             of
             our
             Times
             do
             bow
             before
             them
             ,
             and
             are
             altogether
             as
             subject
             to
             the
             Rules
             and
             Directions
             of
             Women
             ,
             as
             other
             Men.
             Where
             are
             your
             Doctors
             that
             teach
             Men
             Sobriety
             in
             their
             Lives
             ,
             or
             the
             proper
             and
             natural
             way
             of
             preparing
             Meats
             fit
             for
             the
             Stomach
             ?
             Which
             of
             them
             adviseth
             against
             the
             evil
             Custom
             of
             keeping
             their
             Chambers
             so
             over
             hot
             ,
             when
             People
             are
             sick
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             time
             of
             Womens
             lying
             in
             Child-bed
             ?
             Why
             do
             they
             not
             advise
             them
             not
             to
             have
             their
             Curtains
             so
             close
             drawn
             ,
             both
             before
             their
             Windows
             an●
             Beds
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             they
             are
             often
             times
             in
             a
             manner
             suffocated
             for
             want
             of
             the
             fresh
             Air
             ?
             For
             ,
             I
             affirm
             ,
             That
             all
             sorts
             of
             People
             that
             do
             keep
             their
             Beds
             ,
             
             let
             the
             occasion
             be
             what
             it
             will
             ,
             have
             ten-fold
             more
             need
             of
             the
             refreshing
             Influences
             of
             the
             Air
             ,
             than
             others
             that
             are
             up
             :
             For
             ,
             the
             Bed
             being
             much
             hotter
             than
             a
             Man's
             Garments
             are
             when
             he
             is
             up
             ,
             the
             thin
             ,
             refreshing
             ,
             moist
             Vap●urs
             ,
             that
             do
             penetrate
             the
             whole
             Body
             more
             powerfully
             when
             a
             Man
             is
             up
             ,
             are
             thereby
             hindered
             .
             This
             is
             one
             chief
             Reason
             why
             a
             Man
             cannot
             digest
             a
             Supper
             so
             well
             in
             Bed
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             sits
             up
             .
             All
             Men
             know
             ,
             that
             the
             Bed
             destroys
             App●tice
             ,
             If
             a
             Man
             go
             to
             Bed
             a●
             Eight
             a
             Clock
             ,
             and
             lies
             till
             Eight
             in
             the
             Morning
             ,
             he
             shall
             not
             be
             hungry
             ;
             but
             it
             he
             goes
             to
             Bed
             at
             the
             same
             time
             ,
             and
             rises
             at
             Four
             in
             the
             Morning
             ,
             though
             he
             s●s
             still
             without
             Action
             ,
             yet
             by
             Eight
             he
             shall
             have
             a
             good
             Stomach
             to
             eat
             and
             drink
             ;
             so
             great
             is
             the
             power
             of
             the
             Air
             :
             For
             when
             a
             Man
             is
             up
             ,
             his
             Body
             is
             cool
             ,
             and
             the
             pure
             Spir●s
             and
             thin
             moist
             Vapours
             of
             the
             Air
             have
             power
             to
             penetrate
             the
             Body
             ;
             which
             Element
             the
             Body
             sucks
             in
             like
             a
             Spunge
             thorow
             the
             Pores
             ;
             and
             this
             doe
             not
             only
             cool
             and
             refresh
             ●he
             Spirits
             and
             the
             whole
             Body
             ,
             but
             also
             powerfully
             strengthens
             the
             Action
             of
             the
             Stomach
             .
          
           
           
             But
             I
             pity
             the
             young
             Children
             most
             ,
             who
             are
             so
             tender
             ,
             and
             of
             so
             delicate
             a
             Nature
             ,
             both
             in
             their
             Body
             and
             Spirits
             ,
             that
             every
             Disorder
             does
             wound
             them
             to
             the
             very
             Heart
             .
             Nothing
             is
             more
             grateful
             and
             refreshing
             to
             them
             ,
             than
             the
             pleasant
             Air
             :
             It
             comforts
             their
             Spirits
             ,
             and
             cau●eth
             a
             free
             Circulation
             of
             the
             Blood
             and
             Radical
             Moisture
             ,
             begets
             Appetite
             ,
             and
             makes
             them
             grow
             in
             Strength
             :
             But
             ,
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             hot
             sulphurous
             Airs
             ,
             with
             great
             Fires
             ,
             and
             warm
             Clothing
             ,
             do
             not
             only
             hinder
             the
             Circulation
             of
             the
             Blood
             ,
             but
             suffocate
             the
             Spirits
             ,
             and
             destroy
             the
             Appetite
             ,
             causing
             an
             unnatural
             Heat
             to
             possess
             the
             whole
             Body
             ;
             whence
             does
             proceed
             various
             Disorders
             and
             Diseases
             ,
             making
             them
             to
             cry
             ,
             and
             be
             very
             froward
             .
             Also
             close
             Bindings
             ,
             and
             over-warm
             Clothings
             ,
             and
             thick
             hot
             Airs
             ,
             do
             oft
             in
             weak-spirited
             Children
             cause
             Convulsions
             ,
             Vapours
             ,
             and
             Fumes
             to
             fly
             into
             the
             Head
             ,
             sometimes
             occasioning
             Vomitting
             ,
             which
             People
             call
             Windy
             Diseases
             .
          
           
             Again
             ,
             the
             Food
             of
             most
             Children
             ,
             of
             late
             years
             ,
             is
             so
             enriched
             with
             West
             and
             East-India
             Ingredients
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             
             with
             Sugar
             and
             Spices
             ,
             that
             thereby
             their
             Food
             becomes
             so
             hot
             in
             Operation
             ,
             that
             it
             does
             not
             only
             breed
             too
             much
             Nourishment
             ,
             which
             generates
             Obstructions
             and
             Stoppages
             ,
             but
             it
             heats
             the
             Body
             ,
             drying
             up
             and
             consuming
             the
             Radical
             Moisture
             ,
             and
             infecting
             the
             Blood
             with
             a
             sharp
             fretting
             Humour
             ,
             which
             in
             some
             Complexions
             and
             Constitutions
             causeth
             languishing
             Diseases
             ,
             contracting
             the
             Breast
             and
             Vessels
             of
             the
             Stomach
             ,
             and
             hindering
             the
             Passages
             of
             the
             Spirits
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             Joynts
             and
             Nerves
             become
             weak
             and
             feeble
             ;
             In
             others
             ,
             with
             the
             help
             of
             bad
             Diet
             ,
             and
             other
             Uncleanliness
             ,
             does
             cause
             Botches
             ,
             Boils
             ,
             and
             various
             sorts
             of
             Leprous
             Diseases
             .
             Also
             many
             that
             have
             wherewithal
             ,
             will
             frequently
             give
             their
             Children
             Sack
             ,
             strong
             Drinks
             ,
             and
             fat
             Meats
             ,
             as
             long
             as
             they
             will
             eat
             ,
             which
             is
             abominable
             ,
             and
             absolutely
             contrary
             to
             the
             Nature
             of
             Children
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             a
             hundred
             other
             Disorders
             and
             Intemperances
             that
             many
             Mothers
             and
             ignorant
             Nurses
             affect
             their
             Children
             with
             ,
             which
             I
             have
             no
             room
             in
             this
             place
             to
             discourse
             of
             :
             Therefore
             I
             commend
             unto
             the
             Women
             Milk
             that
             
             is
             raw
             ,
             only
             made
             so
             hot
             as
             the
             Mothers
             or
             Nurses
             Milk
             is
             when
             the
             Child
             socks
             it
             ;
             and
             sometimes
             Milk
             and
             Flower
             boyled
             together
             ,
             giving
             it
             the
             Ch●ld
             about
             t●e
             warmness
             of
             Breast-milk
             ;
             and
             indeed
             ,
             neither
             Children
             nor
             others
             others
             ought
             to
             eat
             any
             Food
             hotter
             .
             Also
             no
             Children
             ought
             to
             drink
             any
             kind
             of
             strong
             Drink
             :
             I
             could
             commend
             Water
             ,
             as
             the
             most
             wholesom
             ;
             but
             it
             being
             contrary
             to
             our
             Custom
             ,
             ordinary
             Beer
             may
             do
             well
             ,
             or
             rather
             small
             Ale.
             If
             Women
             did
             understand
             but
             the
             hundredth
             part
             of
             the
             Evils
             and
             Diseases
             those
             indulging
             and
             intemperate
             Ways
             do
             bring
             both
             to
             themselves
             and
             Children
             ,
             they
             would
             quickly
             be
             of
             my
             mind
             ;
             which
             I
             never
             expect
             ;
             
               They
               are
               too
               wise
            
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             III.
             
          
           
             A
             short
             Discourse
             of
             th●
             Pain
             in
             the
             TEETH
             ,
             Shewing
             from
             what
             Cause
             it
             does
             chiefly
             proceed
             ,
             and
             also
             how
             to
             pr●v●nt
             it
             .
          
           
             THE
             terrible
             Pains
             and
             Diseases
             of
             the
             Teeth
             do
             chiefly
             proceed
             from
             two
             Causes
             .
             The
             first
             is
             from
             certain
             filthy
             Phlegmy
             Matter
             which
             the
             Stomach
             and
             Vessels
             do
             continually
             breathe
             and
             send
             forth
             ,
             which
             does
             lodge
             or
             center
             in
             the
             Mouth
             ,
             especially
             b●tween
             the
             Teeth
             ,
             and
             on
             the
             Gums
             ,
             and
             some
             People
             having
             fouler
             Stomachs
             than
             others
             ,
             such
             do
             breathe
             forth
             very
             sowr
             ,
             stinky
             ,
             phlegmy
             Matter
             ,
             which
             does
             not
             only
             increase
             the
             Pain
             ,
             but
             causeth
             the
             Teeth
             to
             b●come
             loose
             and
             rotten
             :
             And
             for
             what
             of
             continual
             cleansing
             and
             washing
             ,
             those
             breathings
             and
             this
             phlegmy
             Matter
             turns
             to
             Purifaction
             ,
             which
             does
             eat
             away
             the
             Gums
             ,
             as
             though
             Worms
             had
             eaten
             them
             :
             And
             this
             De●ect
             is
             generally
             attributed
             to
             the
             Disease
             called
             the
             Scurvey
             :
             but
             it
             is
             
             a
             mistake
             :
             The
             Cause
             is
             chiefly
             ,
             as
             is
             mentioned
             before
             ,
             from
             the
             Stomach
             ,
             or
             for
             want
             of
             Cleansings
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             This
             Distemper
             of
             the
             Teeth
             and
             Gums
             does
             also
             proceed
             from
             the
             various
             sorts
             of
             Meats
             and
             Drinks
             ,
             and
             more
             especially
             from
             the
             continual
             eating
             of
             Flesh
             ,
             and
             fat
             sweet
             things
             ,
             compounded
             of
             various
             things
             of
             disagreeing
             Natures
             ,
             which
             do
             not
             only
             obstruct
             the
             Stomach
             ,
             but
             fur
             and
             fo●l
             the
             Mouth
             ,
             part
             thereof
             remaining
             upon
             the
             Gums
             ,
             and
             between
             the
             Teeth
             .
             For
             all
             such
             things
             do
             quickly
             turn
             to
             Putrifaction
             ,
             which
             does
             by
             degrees
             corrupt
             both
             the
             Teeth
             and
             Gums
             .
             Besides
             ,
             our
             Beds
             take
             up
             near
             half
             the
             time
             of
             our
             Lives
             ,
             which
             time
             the
             Body
             is
             not
             only
             without
             motion
             ,
             butt
             he
             Bed
             and
             Coverings
             do
             keep
             it
             much
             hotter
             than
             the
             Day-Garments
             ,
             especially
             of
             those
             that
             draw
             the
             Curtains
             of
             their
             Windows
             &
             Beds
             so
             close
             ,
             that
             the
             pure
             Spirits
             and
             thin
             refreshing
             Vapours
             of
             the
             Air
             ,
             are
             hindered
             of
             having
             their
             free
             egress
             and
             regress
             ,
             which
             does
             dull
             &
             flatten
             the
             action
             of
             the
             Stomach
             ;
             and
             this
             is
             the
             chief
             Cause
             why
             suppers
             lie
             hard
             in
             the
             
             Stomach
             ,
             and
             require
             more
             than
             double
             the
             time
             for
             perfect
             Concoction
             ,
             than
             the
             same
             Food
             does
             when
             a
             Man
             is
             up
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             open
             Air
             :
             For
             this
             Element
             ,
             if
             it
             hath
             its
             free
             Influences
             ,
             is
             sucked
             in
             ,
             as
             by
             Spunges
             ,
             through
             all
             the
             Pores
             of
             the
             Body
             ,
             and
             does
             wonderfully
             refresh
             ,
             comfort
             ,
             open
             ,
             and
             cleanse
             all
             the
             parts
             ,
             having
             power
             to
             assist
             and
             help
             Concoction
             :
             But
             hot
             ,
             dull
             ,
             thick
             Airs
             do
             destroy
             the
             Action
             of
             the
             Stomach
             ,
             and
             as
             it
             were
             suffocate
             the
             pure
             Spirits
             ,
             drying
             up
             and
             consuming
             the
             Radical
             Moisture
             .
             Therefore
             the
             Night
             does
             foul
             the
             Mouth
             more
             than
             the
             Day
             ,
             furring
             it
             with
             a
             gross
             slimy
             Matter
             ,
             especially
             those
             that
             have
             foul
             Stomachs
             ,
             are
             in
             Years
             ,
             which
             ought
             to
             be
             well
             cleansed
             every
             morning
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Whatsoever
             are
             the
             Disorders
             in
             the
             Body
             ,
             the
             Mouth
             doth
             always
             partake
             of
             them
             ,
             besides
             the
             Evils
             that
             the
             variety
             of
             Food
             ,
             and
             the
             improper
             mixtures
             of
             Flesh
             and
             Fish
             ,
             and
             many
             other
             things
             ,
             which
             do
             foul
             and
             hurt
             both
             the
             Teeth
             and
             Gums
             .
             When
             any
             Person
             is
             disordered
             with
             inward
             Diseases
             ,
             does
             not
             the
             Mouth
             quickly
             complain
             
             of
             the
             Evils
             thereof
             ?
             This
             very
             few
             do
             consider
             in
             time
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             It
             is
             to
             be
             noted
             ,
             that
             most
             People
             do
             attribute
             the
             Diseases
             of
             the
             Teeth
             to
             Colds
             ,
             and
             Rheumes
             ,
             and
             other
             outward
             Accidents
             .
             It
             is
             true
             ,
             outward
             Accidents
             will
             further
             thi●Disease
             ,
             but
             then
             there
             must
             be
             Matter
             before
             hand
             ,
             otherwise
             outward
             Colds
             can
             have
             no
             power
             to
             cause
             this
             pain
             .
             The
             same
             is
             to
             be
             understood
             in
             all
             Stoppages
             of
             the
             Breast
             ,
             and
             other
             Obstructions
             ,
             as
             Coughs
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             .
             For
             ,
             if
             any
             part
             be
             obstructed
             ,
             or
             there
             be
             Matter
             for
             Distemper
             ,
             then
             ,
             on
             every
             small
             occasion
             of
             outward
             Colds
             ,
             or
             the
             like
             Accidents
             ,
             Nature
             complains
             .
             If
             your
             Teeth
             and
             Gums
             be
             sound
             ,
             and
             free
             from
             this
             Ma●ter
             ,
             take
             what
             Colds
             you
             will
             ,
             and
             your
             Teeth
             will
             never
             complain
             ,
             as
             daily
             Experience
             doth
             shew
             .
             For
             all
             outward
             Colds
             ,
             and
             o●her
             Accidents
             of
             the
             like
             Nature
             ,
             have
             no
             power
             to
             seise
             any
             part
             of
             the
             Body
             ,
             except
             first
             there
             be
             some
             inward
             Defect
             or
             I●fi●mity
             :
             Suppose
             the
             Teeth
             be
             defective
             ,
             then
             the
             Disease
             falls
             on
             that
             part
             ;
             or
             if
             it
             be
             the
             Head
             ,
             Eyes
             ,
             
             Breast
             ,
             Back
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             Part
             or
             Member
             of
             the
             Body
             ,
             that
             is
             obstructed
             ,
             the
             Evil
             is
             felt
             in
             that
             Part.
             Therefore
             if
             the
             Mouth
             be
             kept
             clean
             by
             continual
             Washings
             ,
             it
             will
             prevent
             all
             Matter
             which
             may
             cause
             Putrifaction
             ;
             and
             then
             Colds
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             Accidents
             ,
             will
             have
             no
             power
             to
             seise
             this
             Part
             ,
             or
             cause
             this
             terrible
             pain
             .
             Even
             so
             it
             is
             in
             all
             other
             parts
             of
             the
             B●dy
             .
             If
             Temperance
             and
             Sobriety
             be
             observed
             in
             Meats
             ,
             Drinks
             ,
             and
             Exercises
             ,
             with
             other
             Circumstances
             belonging
             to
             Health
             ,
             then
             Stoppages
             ,
             Coughs
             ,
             Colds
             ,
             and
             other
             Obstructions
             ,
             would
             not
             be
             so
             frequent
             on
             every
             small
             occasion
             :
             For
             Temperance
             has
             an
             inward
             Power
             and
             Operation
             ,
             and
             does
             as
             it
             were
             cut
             off
             Diseases
             in
             the
             very
             Bud
             ,
             preventing
             the
             Generation
             of
             Matter
             whence
             Distempers
             do
             proceed
             ,
             increasing
             the
             Radical
             Moisture
             ,
             and
             making
             the
             Spirits
             lively
             ,
             brisk
             and
             powerful
             ,
             able
             to
             withstand
             all
             outward
             Colds
             ,
             and
             other
             Casualties
             of
             the
             like
             Nature
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             There
             are
             many
             various
             things
             ,
             of
             divers
             Natures
             ,
             prescribed
             by
             Physicians
             ,
             and
             others
             ,
             as
             Washes
             to
             preserve
             
             the
             Teeth
             and
             Gums
             ;
             but
             most
             of
             them
             ,
             if
             not
             all
             ,
             to
             little
             or
             no
             purpose
             ,
             as
             daily
             Experience
             teaches
             :
             For
             all
             high
             ,
             sharp
             Salts
             ,
             and
             things
             of
             a
             sowr
             or
             keen
             Nature
             ,
             do
             rather
             cause
             the
             Teeth
             to
             perish
             ,
             than
             the
             contrary
             ;
             as
             do
             all
             hot
             Spirits
             ,
             be
             they
             what
             they
             will
             :
             Many
             have
             destroyed
             their
             Teeth
             by
             the
             frequent
             use
             of
             such
             things
             ,
             and
             it
             hath
             hardly
             ever
             been
             known
             that
             any
             such
             things
             have
             ever
             cured
             or
             prevented
             the
             aking
             Pains
             of
             the
             Teeth
             ,
             but
             Water
             only
             .
             Many
             Examples
             I
             could
             mention
             ,
             if
             it
             were
             convenient
             .
             Physicians
             ,
             and
             other
             ,
             do
             daily
             prescribe
             such
             things
             for
             the
             Cure
             and
             Prevention
             of
             this
             Disease
             of
             the
             Teeth
             ,
             which
             most
             of
             them
             do
             know
             by
             Experience
             can
             do
             no
             good
             ,
             but
             rather
             the
             contrary
             :
             But
             when
             People
             come
             to
             them
             ,
             they
             must
             give
             them
             something
             for
             their
             Money
             ;
             for
             Interest
             and
             Ignorance
             have
             more
             affinity
             with
             this
             sort
             of
             People
             ,
             than
             Virtue
             and
             the
             true
             Knowledge
             of
             the
             Nature
             of
             things
             .
             Most
             certain
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             the
             Shepherd
             and
             Husbandman
             do
             know
             far
             better
             how
             to
             prepare
             their
             Meat
             for
             their
             Cattel
             ,
             and
             also
             how
             to
             preserve
             them
             
             from
             Disorders
             ,
             than
             many
             Physicians
             do
             their
             Food
             or
             Physick
             :
             and
             a
             Man
             shall
             understand
             more
             by
             conversing
             with
             some
             of
             this
             sort
             of
             People
             ,
             than
             with
             the
             Learned
             :
             For
             the
             Shepherd
             and
             Husbandman
             understand
             something
             of
             Nature
             ;
             but
             most
             of
             the
             Learned
             are
             departed
             from
             the
             simple
             ways
             of
             God
             in
             Nature
             ,
             putting
             out
             their
             own
             Eyes
             ,
             and
             then
             boasting
             what
             Wonders
             they
             can
             see
             with
             other
             Mens
             :
             They
             have
             invented
             many
             words
             to
             hide
             the
             Truth
             for
             the
             Unearned
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             get
             the
             greater
             esteem
             .
             This
             has
             chiefly
             been
             done
             to
             advance
             Pride
             and
             Interest
             ;
             so
             that
             the
             Divine
             Eye
             is
             departed
             from
             many
             of
             them
             ,
             who
             never
             make
             any
             Inspection
             into
             the
             true
             Nature
             of
             things
             ,
             being
             contented
             to
             take
             other
             Mens
             words
             ,
             let
             it
             be
             right
             or
             wrong
             ,
             as
             long
             as
             they
             have
             Authority
             and
             Law
             on
             their
             sides
             ,
             wherefore
             should
             they
             trouble
             their
             weak
             Heads
             ?
          
           
             6.
             
             The
             best
             and
             most
             sure
             way
             to
             prevent
             the
             Diseases
             and
             Pains
             in
             the
             Teeth
             and
             Gums
             ,
             is
             every
             Morning
             to
             wash
             your
             Mouth
             with
             a●
             the
             least
             ten
             
             or
             twelve
             Mouthfuls
             of
             pure
             Water
             ,
             cold
             from
             the
             Spring
             or
             River
             ,
             and
             so
             again
             after
             Dinner
             and
             Supper
             ,
             swallowing
             down
             a
             Mouthful
             of
             Water
             after
             each
             Washing
             :
             for
             there
             is
             no
             sort
             of
             Liquor
             in
             the
             World
             to
             pure
             &
             clean
             as
             Water
             ;
             and
             nothing
             doth
             cleanse
             and
             free
             the
             Teeth
             and
             Gums
             from
             that
             foul
             Matter
             which
             does
             proceed
             from
             the
             Breathings
             and
             Purgings
             of
             the
             Stomach
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             various
             sorts
             of
             Food
             ,
             so
             well
             as
             Water
             :
             The
             use
             of
             other
             Washes
             is
             to
             little
             or
             no
             purpose
             ;
             but
             whosoever
             do
             constantly
             wash
             their
             Mouths
             wi●h
             Water
             ,
             as
             is
             before
             mentioned
             ,
             shall
             find
             an
             essential
             Remedy
             .
             All
             hard
             Rubbing
             and
             Picking
             of
             the
             Teeth
             ought
             by
             any
             means
             to
             be
             avoided
             ,
             for
             that
             is
             injurious
             to
             them
             .
             Also
             whensoever
             you
             find
             your
             Mouth
             foul
             ,
             or
             subject
             to
             be
             slimy
             ,
             as
             sometimes
             it
             will
             more
             than
             an
             at
             others
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             good
             or
             evil
             state
             of
             the
             Stomach
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             not
             after
             eating
             ;
             at
             all
             such
             times
             you
             ought
             to
             wash
             your
             Mouth
             .
             This
             Rule
             all
             Mothers
             and
             Nurses
             ought
             to
             observe
             ,
             washing
             the
             Mouths
             of
             their
             C●ildren
             two
             or
             three
             times
             a
             day
             ;
             and
             also
             to
             
             cause
             their
             Children
             to
             swallow
             down
             a
             little
             Water
             ,
             which
             will
             be
             very
             refreshing
             to
             their
             Stomachs
             :
             For
             Milk
             does
             Naturally
             foul
             and
             ●ur
             the
             Mouth
             and
             Teeth
             ;
             and
             if
             they
             be
             not
             kept
             clean
             by
             continual
             Washing
             ,
             it
             causes
             the
             breeding
             of
             Childrens
             Teeth
             to
             be
             the
             more
             painful
             to
             t●em
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             To
             keep
             your
             Teeth
             white
             ,
             one
             of
             the
             best
             things
             is
             a
             iece
             of
             a
             China
             Dish
             ,
             or
             a
             piece
             of
             a
             fine
             Dutch
             Earthen
             Dish
             ,
             made
             into
             fine
             Power
             ,
             and
             the
             Teeth
             rubbed
             with
             it
             .
          
           
             8.
             
             Few
             there
             be
             that
             understand
             or
             consider
             the
             excellent
             Vertues
             of
             Water
             ,
             it
             being
             an
             E●ement
             of
             a
             mild
             and
             cleansing
             Nature
             and
             Operation
             Friendly
             unto
             all
             things
             ,
             and
             of
             Universal
             Use
             :
             But
             because
             it
             is
             so
             common
             ,
             and
             so
             easily
             procured
             ,
             I
             am
             afraid
             that
             many
             People
             will
             be
             like
             Naaman
             the
             Syrian
             ,
             when
             the
             Prophet
             Elisha
             advised
             him
             to
             
               wash
               seven
               times
               in
               the
               River
               of
            
             Jordan
             
               to
               cure
               his
               Leprosie
            
             ;
             it
             being
             the
             Ignorance
             and
             folly
             of
             most
             People
             ,
             to
             admire
             those
             things
             they
             do
             not
             know
             ;
             and
             ,
             on
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             to
             despise
             and
             
             trample
             under
             foot
             thos●
             Things
             and
             Mysteries
             they
             do
             know
             ;
             which
             the
             Learned
             in
             all
             Ages
             have
             taken
             notice
             of
             :
             For
             ,
             should
             some
             People
             know
             what
             Apothecaries
             and
             other
             give
             them
             ,
             they
             would
             depise
             the
             Physick
             ,
             and
             have
             but
             little
             respect
             for
             their
             Doctor
             .
          
           
             All
             Housewives
             do
             know
             ,
             that
             no
             sort
             of
             Liquor
             ,
             be
             it
             what
             it
             will
             ,
             will
             cleanse
             and
             sweeten
             their
             Vessels
             ,
             but
             only
             Water
             ;
             all
             other
             Liquors
             leaving
             a
             sowr
             stinking
             Quality
             bekind
             them
             ,
             which
             will
             quickly
             cause
             Putrifaction
             :
             But
             Water
             in
             its
             own
             Nature
             is
             clean
             and
             pure
             ,
             not
             only
             for
             all
             Uses
             in
             Housewifery
             ,
             and
             the
             Preservation
             of
             Health
             ;
             but
             the
             Saints
             and
             Holy
             Men
             of
             God
             have
             highly
             esteemed
             this
             Element
             ,
             by
             using
             it
             in
             the
             Exterior
             Acts
             of
             Divine
             Worship
             ,
             as
             having
             a
             Simile
             with
             the
             Eternal
             Water
             of
             Life
             ,
             that
             does
             puri●i●s
             and
             cleanse
             the
             Soul
             from
             sin
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             IV.
             
          
           
             Observations
             on
             the
             Frost
             ,
             An.
             1683.
             
          
           
             THE
             present
             Wonderful
             Frost
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             General
             Theme
             of
             Discourse
             ,
             and
             under
             the
             ●ad
             Effects
             whereof
             so
             many
             Thousands
             of
             Poor
             Creatures
             Shiver
             and
             Pine
             ,
             and
             ●anguish
             ;
             began
             about
             the
             midst
             of
             
               December
               ,
               1683.
            
             at
             first
             by
             mean
             and
             ordinary
             Degrees
             ,
             but
             towards
             Christmas
             became
             very
             sharp
             ;
             The
             Week
             of
             Ianuary
             ,
             the
             River
             of
             Thames
             was
             so
             frozen
             ,
             that
             People
             began
             to
             Walk
             over
             ;
             On
             
               Monday
               Ianuary
            
             the
             7th
             ,
             on
             the
             Change
             of
             the
             Moon
             in
             Aquary
             ,
             there
             were
             Expectations
             ,
             and
             some
             likelihood
             of
             a
             Thaw
             ;
             but
             presently
             after
             it
             Froze
             more
             violently
             ,
             and
             on
             the
             10th
             and
             11th
             in
             the
             Morning
             ,
             a
             Coach
             Plyed
             between
             the
             Temple
             and
             the
             
               Old
               Barge-House
            
             ;
             yet
             towards
             Night
             the
             11th
             (
             the
             Moon
             having
             been
             in
             Opposition
             to
             Iupiter
             )
             it
             Thaw'd
             a
             little
             ;
             and
             the
             12th
             and
             13th
             was
             fine
             Gentle
             Weather
             ,
             yet
             not
             much
             Thawing
             ;
             the
             Wind
             continuing
             still
             at
             
               North
               East
            
             :
             On
             the
             
             13th
             it
             Froze
             again
             briskly
             ,
             till
             the
             17th
             ,
             when
             a
             great
             Snow
             fell
             ;
             the
             18th
             high
             ,
             most
             sharp
             ,
             and
             piercing
             Winds
             ,
             and
             on
             23d
             the
             Air
             was
             more
             severely
             piercing
             than
             ever
             ,
             and
             more
             Snow
             fell
             ;
             and
             being
             the
             first
             day
             of
             the
             
               Term
               ,
               Coaches
            
             ply'd
             at
             the
             Temple-stairs
             ,
             and
             carry'd
             the
             Lawyers
             to
             Westminster
             on
             the
             Ice
             ;
             and
             thence
             forwards
             the
             same
             continued
             ,
             and
             whole
             Streets
             of
             Sheds
             every
             where
             built
             on
             the
             Thames
             ,
             Thousands
             Passing
             ,
             Buying
             ,
             Selling
             ,
             Drinking
             ,
             and
             Revelling
             ,
             (
             I
             wish
             I
             could
             not
             say
             on
             the
             
               Lord's
               Day
            
             too
             )
             and
             most
             sorts
             of
             Trades-shops
             on
             the
             Ice
             ,
             (
             and
             amongst
             the
             rest
             a
             Printing-House
             there
             Erected
             )
             Balls
             Baited
             ,
             and
             Thousands
             of
             Spectators
             ;
             all
             which
             still
             continues
             at
             the
             Writing
             hereof
             ,
             being
             Ianuary
             the
             29th
             168
             ●●
             .
          
           
             Nay
             ,
             below
             the
             Bridge
             ,
             Hundreds
             dal●y
             pass
             ;
             The
             River
             Humber
             (
             as
             I
             am
             credibly
             informed
             )
             where
             't
             is
             several
             Miles
             broad
             ,
             is
             Frozen
             over
             ,
             and
             vast
             Flakes
             of
             Ice
             are
             seen
             floating
             in
             the
             Downs
             ,
             of
             divers
             Miles
             in
             length
             ,
             and
             proportionable
             breadth
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             
               Coelestial
               Causes
            
             of
             this
             Unusual
             Coldness
             ,
             though
             undoubtedly
             
             they
             were
             not
             wanting
             (
             for
             God
             generally
             Governs
             Inferiors
             by
             Superiors
             )
             yet
             I
             find
             not
             that
             any
             of
             our
             
               Common
               Pretenders
            
             had
             the
             least
             Apprehension
             ,
             or
             gave
             any
             Hints
             thereof
             .
             Not
             that
             I
             wholly
             Explode
             Astrology
             ;
             I
             b●lieve
             there
             is
             something
             in
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             may
             not
             be
             unfit
             for
             a
             Wi●e
             and
             Modest.
             Man
             to
             S●udy
             :
             But
             our
             
               Annual
               Prognosticators
            
             are
             generally
             Men
             of
             little
             Learning
             ,
             and
             less
             Philosophy
             ,
             and
             (
             what
             is
             worse
             )
             many
             times
             very
             irregular
             in
             their
             Lives
             ;
             the
             God
             of
             Purity
             ,
             who
             Communicates
             his
             Secrets
             to
             those
             that
             fear
             him
             ,
             Illuminates
             not
             Debauchees
             ,
             Sordid
             Flatterers
             ,
             and
             Time-servers
             ,
             (
             whose
             whole
             end
             is
             to
             make
             a
             Noise
             ,
             and
             Cheat
             People
             of
             their
             Money
             )
             with
             the
             knowledge
             of
             Supernal
             Mysteries
             ;
             nor
             can
             it
             be
             expected
             ,
             That
             those
             who
             neither
             know
             things
             past
             ,
             by
             History
             ,
             nor
             take
             notice
             of
             things
             Present
             ,
             by
             any
             steady
             Judicious
             Observation
             ,
             should
             yet
             fore●ee
             
               things
               to
               come
            
             .
          
           
             Whether
             from
             any
             of
             the
             late
             Tripple
             Conjunctions
             of
             the
             two
             Superior
             
               Planets
               ,
               Saturn
               and
               Iupiter
            
             ,
             or
             from
             some
             of
             the
             late
             unusual
             frequent
             Comets
             ,
             particularly
             the
             last
             in
             August
             ,
             
             1682.
             which
             in
             twenty
             days
             with
             a
             Rapid
             motion
             ,
             making
             its
             appearance
             in
             Leo
             ,
             hurried
             through
             all
             the
             Signs
             Virgo
             and
             Libra
             ,
             and
             disappear'd
             in
             Scorpio
             .
             A
             Sagacious
             Artist
             might
             not
             have
             given
             some
             Items
             of
             this
             strange
             Weather
             ,
             I
             will
             not
             determine
             :
             But
             if
             Comets
             be
             only
             (
             according
             to
             Aristotles
             Notion
             ,
             which
             I
             question
             )
             hot
             and
             dry
             Exhalations
             drawn
             up
             from
             the
             Earth
             ,
             it
             would
             not
             be
             difficult
             to
             Judge
             that
             severe
             Colds
             should
             ensue
             here
             below
             :
             For
             Extreams
             in
             Nature
             ,
             if
             they
             are
             not
             Causes
             ,
             are
             at
             least
             Fore-Runners
             of
             their
             Contraries
             ;
             Nor
             have
             there
             wanted
             grand
             Configurations
             of
             the
             
               Superior
               Bodies
            
             ;
             during
             the
             time
             of
             this
             violent
             Frost
             ,
             as
             a
             Trine
             of
             the
             Sun
             and
             Iupiter
             ,
             an
             Opposition
             of
             Saturn
             and
             Mars
             .
             But
             leaving
             the
             Disquisition
             of
             these
             to
             the
             Curious
             ,
             having
             not
             room
             to
             inlarge
             here
             ,
             upon
             them
             ;
             I
             hasten
             to
             satisfie
             the
             
               Common
               Reader
            
             with
             an
             Historical
             Review
             of
             former
             Occurrences
             of
             this
             kind
             ;
             which
             may
             check
             that
             Vulgar
             Cry
             of
             Ignorance
             ,
             That
             
               Never
               ,
               O
               never
               was
               known
               the
               like
               .
            
          
           
             Livy
             in
             his
             fifth
             Book
             tells
             us
             of
             a
             Winter
             so
             hard
             ,
             That
             the
             River
             Tyber
             
             was
             frozen
             over
             ,
             a
             matter
             very
             strange
             in
             such
             a
             Climate
             as
             Italy
             .
             In
             the
             Year
             1234.
             the
             Adriatick
             Sea
             was
             so
             frozen
             ,
             that
             the
             Venetians
             went
             over
             the
             Ice
             thereof
             with
             Carts
             .
             Zon●rus
             assures
             us
             that
             in
             the
             Reign
             of
             that
             Emperor
             Constantine
             (
             who
             for
             a
             nasty
             Reason
             in
             his
             Christning
             ,
             was
             called
             Copronimus
             )
             about
             the
             Year
             750.
             the
             Pontick
             Sea
             was
             so
             Congealed
             ,
             that
             People
             for
             many
             Miles
             travelled
             it
             on
             foot
             :
             And
             Horses
             and
             Carts
             loaden
             ,
             passed
             over
             the
             Fretum
             ,
             or
             narrow
             part
             of
             it
             ;
             but
             withal
             he
             adds
             ,
             that
             the
             Summer
             following
             was
             so
             excessive
             hot
             and
             dry
             ,
             that
             great
             Rivers
             and
             most
             Fountains
             were
             wholly
             dry'd
             up
             ,
             and
             People
             and
             Cattel
             perished
             for
             want
             of
             Water
             .
             In
             the
             Year
             821.
             the
             greatest
             Rivers
             of
             Europe
             ,
             as
             the
             Rhine
             ,
             the
             Danubius
             ,
             the
             Elb
             ,
             and
             the
             Sein
             ,
             were
             so
             incrusted
             with
             Ice
             ,
             that
             for
             the
             space
             of
             above
             30
             days
             ,
             Carriages
             freely
             passed
             along
             on
             them
             ,
             as
             on
             the
             Land.
             
          
           
             But
             to
             look
             nearer
             home
             —
             In
             the
             Year
             of
             our
             Lord
             1365.
             and
             49th
             year
             of
             K.
             Edward
             the
             3d
             ,
             A
             Frost
             lasted
             from
             the
             midst
             of
             September
             to
             the
             Month
             of
             April
             ;
             but
             though
             so
             tedious
             ,
             the
             Cold
             was
             nothing
             so
             intense
             or
             violent
             as
             
             now
             .
             In
             the
             15th
             Year
             of
             the
             Reign
             of
             K.
             Henry
             the
             Eighth
             ,
             after
             great
             Rains
             and
             Winds
             ,
             there
             followed
             so
             sore
             a
             Frost
             ,
             that
             many
             
               died
               for
               cold
            
             ,
             and
             some
             lost
             Fingers
             ,
             some
             Toes
             ,
             and
             many
             their
             
               Nails
               :
               (
               I
               follow
               the
               very
               words
               of
               Sir
            
             R.
             Baker
             ,
             fol.
             297.
             )
             The
             same
             Author
             tells
             us
             .
             That
             in
             the
             Seventh
             Year
             of
             Q.
             Elizabeth
             ,
             on
             the
             21.
             of
             December
             ,
             began
             a
             Frost
             so
             extream
             ,
             that
             on
             New-Years-Day
             Even
             ,
             People
             passed
             over
             the
             Thames
             on
             foot
             ,
             some
             plaid
             at
             Foot-Ball
             ,
             some
             shot
             at
             Pricks
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             had
             been
             firm
             ground
             ;
             yet
             this
             great
             Frost
             ,
             the
             third
             of
             Ianuary
             at
             Night
             ,
             began
             to
             Thaw
             ;
             and
             by
             the
             fifth
             day
             ,
             there
             was
             no
             Ice
             to
             be
             seen
             ,
             but
             great
             Inundations
             followed
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             Year
             1609.
             (
             which
             't
             is
             not
             impossible
             ,
             but
             some
             living
             might
             remember
             ,
             being
             but
             74
             Years
             ago
             )
             a
             Frost
             began
             in
             December
             ,
             which
             continued
             till
             April
             following
             ,
             with
             such
             violence
             ,
             that
             the
             Thames
             was
             so
             frozen
             ,
             that
             Carts
             loaden
             were
             frequently
             driven
             over
             it
             ,
             most
             Fowls
             and
             Birds
             were
             destroyed
             .
             In
             the
             Year
             1637.
             was
             another
             Frost
             ,
             which
             rendred
             the
             Thames
             passable
             ;
             so
             in
             the
             Year
             1664.
             immediately
             followed
             by
             the
             
               Great
               Sickness
            
             ;
             
             and
             the
             like
             towards
             the
             latter
             end
             of
             the
             Year
             ,
             1676.
             
          
           
             Some
             of
             the
             Consequences
             of
             these
             Extream
             Frosts
             ,
             I
             have
             mentioned
             ,
             more
             I
             might
             ,
             all
             are
             not
             convenient
             ;
             those
             that
             consult
             Chronology
             ,
             may
             ea●ily
             satisfie
             themselves
             ,
             ;
             a
             Man
             may
             soon
             err
             in
             assigning
             Effects
             to
             such
             or
             such
             particular
             Causes
             ,
             or
             adapting
             Events
             to
             Signnificators
             ;
             Modesty
             is
             the
             first
             Lesson
             in
             Wisdoms
             School
             .
             Therefore
             as
             we
             have
             been
             studious
             in
             matter
             of
             Fact
             ,
             past
             ;
             but
             sparing
             as
             to
             Sequels
             ;
             so
             we
             shall
             retain
             the
             same
             becoming
             tenderness
             as
             to
             Futures
             ;
             wherein
             we
             shall
             steer
             our
             Course
             rather
             by
             the
             Guidance
             of
             Nature
             in
             her
             usual
             Operations
             here
             below
             ,
             than
             by
             curious
             Researches
             into
             remoter
             Influential
             Causes
             above
             ;
             though
             not
             neglecting
             them
             neither
             ,
             for
             the
             Universe
             is
             
               Intire
               ,
               Harmonical
            
             ,
             and
             Sympath●tical
             ;
             and
             he
             that
             does
             not
             competently
             understand
             the
             right
             Tone
             of
             the
             whole
             ,
             and
             the
             true
             Key
             of
             every
             part
             ,
             will
             make
             but
             bad
             Musick
             wherever
             he
             lays
             his
             Clumsy
             Fingers
             .
          
           
             First
             then
             I
             say
             ,
             This
             Extremity
             of
             Cold
             Presages
             many
             Calamities
             and
             Evils
             to
             attend
             Mankind
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             
             of
             their
             Fellow-Creatures
             ;
             for
             as
             the
             Innocent
             Inhabitants
             of
             the
             Air
             ,
             or
             expanded
             Suburbs
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             viz.
             Birds
             and
             Fowls
             ,
             are
             endangered
             by
             the
             Elements
             denying
             their
             usual
             Benefits
             and
             Provisions
             (
             wherein
             another
             fourth
             part
             of
             the
             Creation
             ,
             viz.
             Fishes
             ,
             are
             somewhat
             concern'd
             )
             so
             degraded
             Man
             ,
             taking
             advantage
             of
             this
             Cruel
             Weather
             ,
             does
             for
             Profit
             ,
             or
             Pleasure
             ,
             or
             Vanity
             ,
             destroy
             many
             thousands
             of
             them
             :
             Now
             this
             great
             Destruction
             of
             them
             ,
             is
             but
             a
             Forerunner
             of
             Mortality
             amongst
             Creatures
             of
             greater
             value
             ,
             and
             even
             of
             Men
             themselves
             .
             Would
             you
             know
             the
             reason
             ?
             I
             told
             you
             but
             now
             ,
             Universal
             Nature
             is
             Sympathetical
             .
          
           
             2dly
             .
             This
             Immoderate
             Cold
             locks
             up
             the
             Pores
             of
             Mens
             Bodies
             ,
             and
             drives
             the
             Natural
             Heat
             more
             Central
             ,
             which
             occasions
             great
             Appetite
             and
             Draught
             ,
             whence
             follows
             much
             and
             excessive
             Eating
             and
             Drinking
             of
             Gross
             ,
             Fat
             ,
             Succulent
             Foods
             ,
             and
             strong
             Drinks
             ;
             in
             all
             that
             have
             wherewithal
             to
             procure
             them
             ;
             which
             the
             voracious
             desires
             do
             at
             present
             seem
             able
             to
             bear
             and
             digest
             ,
             yet
             really
             Nature
             is
             not
             able
             to
             do
             it
             ,
             and
             so
             by
             degrees
             there
             are
             Seeds
             sown
             and
             Foundations
             laid
             for
             Diseases
             .
             On
             the
             
             other
             hand
             ,
             amongst
             the
             Poor
             ,
             necessity
             of
             Feeding
             on
             unfit
             and
             unusual
             Viands
             ,
             for
             their
             support
             at
             present
             ,
             or
             defect
             of
             due
             Nourishment
             ,
             must
             to
             them
             do
             as
             much
             mischief
             ;
             For
             want
             is
             as
             great
             (
             though
             I
             think
             not
             so
             common
             )
             an
             Enemy
             to
             Nature
             ,
             as
             Superfluity
             ;
             the
             way
             to
             prevent
             these
             mischiefs
             ,
             is
             ,
             for
             the
             Rich
             to
             observe
             Sobriety
             and
             Temperance
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             Poor
             to
             use
             Discretion
             in
             their
             Diet
             ,
             for
             a
             pint
             of
             Milk
             with
             a
             quarter
             of
             a
             pint
             of
             Water
             ,
             thickened
             with
             one
             Spoonful
             of
             Flower
             ,
             and
             heated
             just
             to
             Boyling
             ,
             and
             then
             putting
             into
             it
             a
             few
             Crums
             of
             Bread
             ,
             (
             all
             which
             will
             not
             cost
             above
             a
             Penny
             )
             shall
             give
             any
             Person
             as
             Nourishing
             a
             Meal
             as
             the
             best
             Surloyn
             of
             Beef
             or
             Capon
             .
             I
             mention
             not
             this
             to
             prevent
             Benevolences
             towards
             the
             Poor
             ,
             which
             all
             that
             are
             able
             are
             bound
             to
             afford
             ,
             but
             only
             to
             Advise
             them
             how
             to
             supply
             themselves
             when
             they
             meet
             not
             with
             other
             Accomodations
             ,
             but
             find
             Rich
             Mens
             Charity
             more
             frozen
             than
             the
             Thames
             .
          
           
             3dly
             .
             This
             Excessive
             Frost
             condenses
             the
             Air
             ,
             and
             renders
             it
             Sulphurous
             and
             Unhealthy
             ,
             especially
             in
             such
             Cities
             as
             London
             ,
             where
             Sea-Coals
             are
             generally
             
             used
             for
             Firing
             ,
             and
             most
             People
             (
             especially
             Women
             )
             creep
             close
             to
             those
             fulsom
             Fires
             ,
             without
             using
             themselves
             to
             proper
             Exercises
             ,
             whereby
             their
             Blood
             stagnates
             ,
             and
             becomes
             thick
             and
             foul
             ,
             whence
             are
             Generated
             the
             Scurvey
             ,
             stoppages
             of
             the
             Breast
             ,
             Coughs
             and
             Shortness
             of
             Breath
             ;
             the
             ill
             effects
             whereof
             will
             more
             manifest
             themselves
             next
             Spring
             and
             Summer
             .
          
           
             4thly
             .
             This
             Disharmony
             and
             Inequality
             of
             the
             Elements
             ,
             portends
             a
             dry
             hot
             Summer
             to
             ensue
             ,
             for
             all
             Extreams
             (
             as
             before
             observed
             )
             produce
             their
             Contraries
             ,
             which
             will
             not
             only
             encrease
             Distempers
             ,
             but
             I
             fear
             some
             Epidemical
             Disease
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             also
             a
             Forerunner
             of
             Dearth
             and
             Scarcity
             ,
             and
             the
             latter
             ,
             is
             the
             more
             to
             be
             apprehended
             ,
             because
             we
             have
             had
             several
             Plentiful
             and
             Fruit.
             ful
             Years
             ,
             and
             very
             few
             of
             us
             (
             scarce
             any
             )
             have
             improved
             them
             to
             that
             end
             ,
             for
             which
             they
             were
             given
             us
             by
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             his
             Hand-Maid
             Nature
             ;
             but
             most
             that
             abound
             in
             Plenty
             ,
             have
             gratified
             their
             Lusts
             and
             Passions
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             have
             not
             had
             wherewith
             to
             commit
             the
             same
             Intemperances
             in
             Act
             ,
             have
             done
             it
             in
             their
             Wills
             and
             Desires
             ;
             and
             
             shall
             not
             our
             God
             visit
             us
             for
             these
             and
             other
             crying
             Abominations
             ,
             daily
             exhaled
             from
             our
             polluted
             Streets
             and
             Dwellings
             ?
             I
             will
             not
             take
             upon
             me
             to
             aver
             a
             Plague
             or
             Scarcity
             shall
             be
             the
             next
             Year
             ,
             Iehov●h
             the
             All-Wise
             ,
             is
             the
             Limiter
             of
             Times
             and
             Seasons
             for
             extraordinary
             Judgments
             :
             But
             I
             may
             say
             ,
             that
             probably
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Prospect
             of
             Natural
             Causes
             ,
             such
             Calamities
             seem
             not
             far
             off
             ,
             and
             't
             will
             concern
             every
             Man
             living
             to
             prepare
             for
             it
             .
          
           
             
               Qui
               sapit
               Ille
               animum
               Fortunae
               preparat
               omni
               ,
            
             
               —
               Praevisumque
               potest
               ,
               Arte
               ▪
            
             
               Levare
               malum
               Iuvare
               Bonum
               .
            
          
           
             
               A
               Wise
               Man
               sits
               his
               Mind
               for
               every
               Chance
               ,
            
             
               And
               whilst
               he
               doth
               in
               Virtues
               Paths
               Advance
               ,
            
             
               Each
               promis'd
               Good
               encreaseth
               by
               his
               Skill
               ,
            
             
               And
               kindly
               lessens
               every
               threatned
               Ill
               ,
            
          
           
           
             But
             to
             proceed
             .
             Great
             and
             no
             less
             Just
             are
             the
             Cries
             of
             the
             Poor
             ,
             in
             such
             a
             sharp
             and
             pinching
             Season
             as
             this
             ;
             for
             few
             of
             them
             have
             the
             Opportnity
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             the
             Prudence
             and
             Fore-sight
             ,
             to
             lay
             up
             any
             thing
             to
             support
             them
             in
             Necessitous
             Times
             ,
             How
             many
             thousands
             of
             very
             many
             Trades
             about
             this
             Populous
             Cities
             ,
             and
             elsewhere
             ,
             cannot
             now
             possibly
             follow
             their
             Callings
             ,
             or
             get
             any
             thing
             whereby
             to
             sustain
             themselves
             and
             Perishing
             Families
             with
             Bread
             ?
             And
             can
             you
             ,
             whom
             God
             has
             but
             intrusted
             with
             Plentiful
             Estates
             ,
             gorge
             your selves
             with
             over-charged
             Tables
             even
             to
             a
             Surfeit
             ,
             and
             Riot
             with
             Excessive
             Bottles
             of
             Wine
             ,
             whilst
             your
             Brethren
             thus
             languish
             and
             die
             for
             want
             of
             Necessaries
             ?
             Can
             you
             but
             think
             that
             God
             at
             such
             a
             Juncture
             calls
             upon
             you
             for
             his
             Quit-Rent
             ,
             out
             of
             those
             vast
             Revenu●s
             which
             you
             hold
             meerly
             by
             the
             Tenure
             of
             his
             free
             and
             undeserved
             Gift
             ?
          
           
             Great
             and
             truly
             Royal
             has
             our
             Gracious
             Soveraigns
             Bounty
             and
             Charity
             shew'd
             it self
             on
             this
             occasion
             ,
             as
             well
             by
             bestowing
             a
             Considerable
             Summ
             Himself
             ,
             as
             Commanding
             the
             Officers
             
             of
             every
             Parish
             to
             importune
             the
             Charity
             of
             all
             able
             Inhabitants
             .
          
           
             Pursuant
             to
             this
             Great
             and
             Generous
             Example
             ,
             Methinks
             all
             you
             that
             are
             Loyal
             Subjects
             ,
             and
             would
             be
             thought
             good
             Christians
             ,
             should
             be
             forward
             to
             Contribute
             to
             the
             Common
             Necessities
             ;
             and
             what
             if
             you
             should
             resolve
             for
             one
             Day
             in
             a
             Week
             ,
             (
             at
             least
             during
             such
             a
             hard
             time
             )
             to
             restrain
             your selves
             from
             large
             Eating
             and
             Set
             Meals
             ,
             and
             wholly
             on
             that
             Day
             forbear
             Bibbing
             of
             Wine
             and
             Strong
             Liquors
             (
             I
             dare
             promise
             you
             ,
             it
             shall
             be
             never
             the
             worse
             for
             your
             Health
             ,
             but
             the
             better
             ,
             as
             also
             for
             your
             Business
             )
             and
             Imploy
             what
             you
             so
             Save
             ,
             in
             Charitable
             Uses
             to
             the
             Relief
             of
             the
             Poor
             ?
             Such
             a
             thing
             has
             been
             done
             on
             a
             worse
             occasion
             within
             our
             Memory
             ,
             and
             therefore
             is
             not
             impracticable
             .
             By
             this
             only
             means
             within
             Londons
             Bills
             of
             Mortality
             ,
             might
             easily
             be
             raised
             
               Twenty
               Thousand
               Pounds
            
             a
             Week
             for
             the
             Poor
             ;
             and
             no
             Man
             a
             Farthing
             the
             worse
             ,
             but
             even
             in
             his
             Estate
             the
             better
             (
             and
             much
             more
             in
             his
             Health
             ,
             which
             is
             more
             Valuable
             than
             the
             greatest
             Estate
             in
             Christendom
             )
             for
             without
             dispute
             there
             are
             within
             that
             Circuit
             more
             than
             an
             Hundred
             
             Thousand
             Families
             ,
             whose
             Dinners
             each
             day
             cost
             them
             (
             one
             with
             another
             )
             more
             than
             Three
             Shillings
             each
             ,
             I
             mean
             E●tra●agantly
             ,
             in
             Flesh
             ,
             Fowls
             or
             Fish
             ,
             when
             a
             little
             Bread
             and
             Cheese
             ,
             Milk
             or
             the
             like
             ,
             might
             as
             well
             (
             nay
             I
             am
             sure
             would
             better
             )
             for
             once
             at
             least
             in
             a
             Week
             ,
             supply
             Nature
             :
             Now
             One
             Hundred
             Thousand
             Three
             Shillings
             is
             Fifteen
             Thousand
             Pound
             ;
             and
             then
             't
             is
             not
             to
             be
             doubted
             (
             since
             in
             this
             Age
             generally
             more
             is
             spent
             in
             Drink
             ,
             than
             Victuals
             )
             but
             that
             there
             are
             above
             One
             Hundred
             Thousand
             Persons
             that
             daily
             lavish
             away
             above
             Twelve
             Pence
             a
             day
             in
             Wine
             ,
             Brandy
             ,
             Ale
             ,
             or
             some
             strong
             Liquors
             ,
             which
             they
             forbearing
             but
             for
             one
             day
             in
             a
             week
             ,
             and
             bestowing
             as
             aforesaid
             ,
             thereby
             might
             be
             raised
             〈◊〉
             Thousand
             Pounds
             more
             ,
             and
             so
             in
             the
             whole
             Twenty
             Thousand
             Pounds
             a
             week
             ,
             which
             justly
             distributed
             ,
             would
             bravely
             supply
             Fourscore
             Thousand
             Families
             ,
             at
             Five
             Shillings
             a
             week
             a
             piece
             ,
             or
             afford
             an
             Hundred
             and
             Threescore
             Thousand
             Poor
             People
             Half
             a
             Crown
             a
             piece
             every
             week
             .
             And
             will
             you
             suffer
             such
             a
             number
             of
             Souls
             to
             Perish
             ,
             for
             want
             ,
             rather
             than
             abridge
             your
             
             Wanton
             Palates
             ,
             and
             Insatia●e
             Paunches
             of
             unnecessary
             ,
             nay
             pernicious
             Danties
             ,
             one
             only
             day
             in
             a
             week
             ?
             Look
             up
             ,
             thou
             
               So●tish
               Epicure
            
             ,
             that
             Denyest
             it
             ;
             and
             call
             thy self
             Christian
             hence
             forward
             ,
             if
             thou
             Darest
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             V.
             
          
           
             Christmas-Contemplations
             :
             Or
             ,
             some
             Considerations
             touching
             the
             due
             keeping
             of
             that
             Solemn
             Festival
             .
             As
             likewise
             of
             several
             Irregularities
             therein
             too
             frequently
             Practised
             .
          
           
             AT
             this
             time
             when
             most
             People
             supersede
             themselves
             from
             the
             common
             Drudgery
             of
             Business
             ;
             and
             yet
             too
             many
             are
             far
             worse
             imployed
             than
             in
             the
             ordinary
             Duties
             of
             their
             Callings
             ;
             I
             thought
             I
             could
             scarce
             better
             spend
             a
             few
             〈◊〉
             hours
             ,
             than
             in
             serious
             〈◊〉
             on
             that
             Subject
             ,
             and
             drawing
             up
             some
             〈◊〉
             Remarks
             that
             may
             〈…〉
             of
             such
             〈…〉
             them
             to
             
             Repentance
             and
             Amendment
             ,
             who
             have
             already
             (
             perhaps
             rather
             through
             Inadvertency
             ,
             and
             Compliance
             with
             vain
             Custom
             ,
             than
             any
             wilful
             depravity
             )
             been
             guilty
             thereof
             .
          
           
             In
             this
             Disquisition
             my
             thoughts
             have
             chiefly
             Centered
             on
             three
             Particulars
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             The
             Grounds
             and
             
               Proper
               End
            
             of
             keeping
             this
             Festival
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             Abuses
             and
             Prophanations
             thereof
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Some
             Directions
             how
             better
             to
             observe
             it
             for
             the
             future
             .
          
           
             Though
             I
             do
             not
             find
             any
             express
             Precept
             in
             the
             Evangelical
             or
             
               Apostol●●●l
               Writings
            
             ,
             for
             the
             Observation
             of
             this
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             stated
             Festivals
             ;
             yet
             since
             in
             the
             
               Old
               Testament
            
             ,
             the
             like
             were
             Instituted
             by
             God
             himself
             ,
             and
             since
             great
             Deliverances
             require
             expressions
             of
             more
             than
             ordinary
             Gratitude
             ,
             and
             signal
             Mercies
             deserve
             to
             be
             Celebrated
             with
             perpetual
             Commemorations
             ,
             I
             am
             far
             from
             that
             narrow
             morose
             humour
             of
             condemning
             simply
             ,
             the
             setting
             
             apart
             this
             time
             to
             the
             happy
             Remembrance
             of
             the
             most
             unspeakable
             Loving
             Kindness
             that
             God
             ever
             did
             ,
             or
             indeed
             could
             do
             the
             sinful
             World
             ;
             but
             since
             't
             is
             requir'd
             that
             all
             things
             be
             done
             to
             Edification
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             that
             keepeth
             
               a
               day
               ,
               should
               keep
               it
               to
               the
               Lord
               ,
            
             I
             would
             wish
             it
             might
             be
             kept
             in
             some
             Respect
             suitable
             to
             the
             Dignity
             of
             the
             Occasion
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             taken
             for
             granted
             by
             most
             professing
             the
             
               Christian
               Name
            
             ,
             that
             at
             ,
             or
             about
             this
             Season
             of
             the
             Year
             ,
             the
             ever
             Blessed
             Creator
             of
             all
             things
             ,
             of
             his
             Infinite
             Goodness
             and
             Clemency
             ,
             in
             pursuance
             of
             that
             Gracious
             Promise
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Seed
               of
               the
               Woman
               should●break
               the
               Serpents
               Head
               ,
            
             was
             Pleased
             to
             send
             his
             
               Well
               Beloved
               Son
            
             ,
             the
             Principle
             of
             Light
             and
             Love
             ,
             into
             the
             World
             ,
             to
             be
             manifested
             in
             the
             
               Humane
               Nature
            
             ;
             that
             thereby
             ,
             and
             by
             his
             Excellent
             Doctrine
             and
             Perfect
             Example
             ,
             and
             especially
             his
             most
             Meritorious
             Passion
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             put
             the
             Sons
             and
             Daughters
             of
             Men
             into
             a
             Capacity
             of
             escaping
             that
             fierce
             Wrath
             and
             Condemnation
             ,
             which
             they
             had
             justly
             rendred
             themselves
             obnoxious
             unto
             .
          
           
           
             Now
             if
             we
             would
             rightly
             Commemorate
             this
             mighty
             Mercy
             and
             glorious
             Work
             ,
             (
             so
             profound
             and
             abstruse
             ,
             that
             the
             very
             Angels
             are
             said
             to
             be
             
               desirous
               to
               pry
               and
               penetrate
               thereinto
               ,
            
             as
             a
             matter
             of
             the
             greatest
             Wisdom
             and
             Wonder
             ,
             how
             can
             it
             be
             more
             fitly
             done
             ,
             than
             by
             serious
             Reflections
             on
             the
             
               Woful
               D●genera●y
            
             of
             Man
             ,
             whereby
             he
             that
             was
             made
             
               little
               lower
               than
               the
               Angels
            
             ,
             had
             by
             Transgression
             depressed
             himself
             far
             below
             the
             
               Beasts
               that
               perish
            
             ?
             How
             better
             ,
             than
             by
             admiring
             
               Infinite
               Divine
               Love
            
             in
             sending
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             his
             exceeding
             readiness
             for
             the
             loss
             of
             Man
             ,
             to
             undertake
             that
             Blessed
             Work
             ;
             so
             as
             to
             descend
             from
             the
             Regions
             of
             Glory
             ,
             and
             Cloath
             himself
             in
             our
             vile
             Flesh
             ,
             and
             suffer
             all
             kind
             of
             Indignities
             ?
             And
             particularly
             should
             not
             we
             be
             affected
             with
             the
             mean
             and
             lowly
             manner
             of
             his
             Appearance
             ,
             the
             Meekness
             ,
             Temperance
             ,
             Purity
             ,
             and
             Patience
             of
             his
             whole
             Life
             and
             Death
             ;
             and
             heartily
             endeavour
             to
             imitate
             him
             therein
             .
             For
             ,
          
           
             Tho'
             he
             was
             the
             Maker
             ,
             and
             consequently
             the
             Owner
             and
             Sovereign
             Lord
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             yet
             he
             came
             into
             it
             in
             the
             
               form
               of
               a
               Servant
            
             .
             Not
             according
             
             to
             the
             vain
             Expectations
             of
             the
             Iews
             ,
             or
             Fashions
             of
             Haughty
             Princes
             .
             His
             Blessed
             Mother
             and
             Reputed
             Father
             were
             Persons
             but
             of
             
               mean
               Condition
            
             ,
             as
             to
             outward
             Splendor
             ;
             nor
             could
             they
             ,
             after
             a
             weary
             Journey
             ,
             get
             room
             in
             the
             Inn.
             The
             Grandeur
             of
             this
             Apostumated
             World
             did
             not
             agree
             with
             the
             Humble
             Regenerating
             Power
             and
             Son
             of
             God
             ;
             for
             Man
             had
             much
             more
             Estranged
             himself
             from
             his
             Ancient
             State
             ,
             than
             the
             Beasts
             had
             done
             from
             theirs
             ;
             for
             they
             continued
             still
             under
             the
             Guidance
             of
             their
             Original
             Law
             ,
             and
             therefore
             void
             of
             Offence
             ;
             but
             Man
             ,
             who
             was
             made
             to
             live
             in
             and
             under
             the
             Son
             's
             Holy
             Innocent
             Power
             ,
             entered
             with
             his
             harsh
             Will
             into
             
               Wrath
               ,
               Fierceness
               ,
               Oppression
               ,
               Cruelty
               ,
               Violence
               ,
            
             and
             all
             kinds
             of
             Intemperance
             and
             Devilishness
             ,
             far
             beyond
             any
             thing
             of
             Beastiality
             ;
             therefore
             Divine
             Goodness
             was
             pleased
             to
             be
             as
             it
             were
             at
             first
             an
             Inmate
             with
             ,
             or
             Companion
             to
             the
             Innocent
             Bruits
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             poor
             Carpenter's
             Spouse
             ,
             his
             Blessed
             
               Virgin
               Mother
            
             ,
             should
             be
             Delivered
             of
             the
             
               King
               of
               Glory
            
             in
             a
             Stall
             or
             Stable
             ,
             where
             she
             had
             no
             stately
             Rooms
             Hung
             with
             Arras
             ,
             or
             Cloth
             of
             Tissue
             ;
             
             No
             Damask
             Curtains
             ,
             nor
             Gaudy
             Quilts
             ,
             nor
             Down
             Beds
             ,
             nor
             Delicate
             Fine
             Linnen
             ;
             nor
             a
             Confectioners
             Shop
             of
             Variety
             of
             Sweet
             Meats
             ;
             nor
             was
             she
             Accommodated
             with
             a
             multitude
             of
             Nurses
             ,
             Rockers
             ,
             or
             Tenders
             ;
             or
             furnisht
             with
             Wines
             or
             costly
             Cordials
             ,
             the
             Inventions
             of
             
               Splendid
               Luxury
            
             ,
             rather
             than
             Assistants
             of
             
               Natural
               Necessity
            
             .
          
           
             This
             
               Blessed
               amongst
               Women
            
             ,
             had
             in
             all
             probability
             ,
             no
             better
             Bed
             than
             might
             be
             made
             of
             Hay
             or
             Straw
             ,
             since
             her
             
               Sacred
               Babe
            
             was
             contented
             with
             a
             Manger
             for
             his
             Cradle
             ;
             how
             mean
             and
             poor
             and
             despicable
             does
             this
             appear
             to
             Eyes
             meerly
             Humane
             ,
             when
             compar'd
             with
             the
             Gallantry
             ,
             Magnificence
             ,
             vast
             Preparations
             ,
             numerous
             Attendants
             ,
             and
             all
             kind
             of
             Excess
             ,
             now
             commonly
             practis'd
             on
             such
             occasions
             !
             Yet
             will
             all
             or
             most
             Men
             confess
             with
             their
             Mouths
             ,
             That
             this
             
               Meek
               and
               Humble
               President
            
             was
             used
             by
             the
             Lord
             to
             draw
             Man
             back
             out
             of
             Pride
             ,
             Wrath
             and
             Vanity
             ,
             into
             Regeneration
             ,
             Self
             denial
             ,
             and
             his
             Antient
             Innocent
             Estate
             ;
             But
             notwithstanding
             all
             such
             Verbal
             acknowledgments
             ,
             I
             must
             ,
             (
             if
             we
             may
             judge
             of
             Trees
             by
             their
             Fruits
             )
             take
             leave
             to
             
             tell
             them
             ,
             That
             they
             do
             utter
             
               Lyes
               in
               Hypocrisy
            
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             do
             not
             in
             their
             Hearts
             believe
             it
             ,
             because
             all
             their
             Practises
             are
             Diametrically
             opposite
             thereunto
             ;
             as
             was
             manifest
             by
             King
             Herod
             ,
             who
             was
             a
             Prince
             in
             the
             Wrath
             ,
             and
             all
             such
             ever
             did
             ,
             do
             ,
             and
             will
             use
             all
             their
             utmost
             Subtilty
             and
             Diligence
             to
             destroy
             and
             kill
             the
             Humble
             ,
             Lowly
             ,
             Meek
             
               Child
               of
               Love
               and
               Light
            
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             true
             Regenerating
             Power
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             Again
             ,
             The
             Declaration
             or
             Manifestation
             of
             this
             
               Blessed
               Birth
            
             was
             made
             by
             Troops
             of
             Angels
             to
             certain
             Shepherds
             ,
             as
             they
             were
             tending
             their
             Flocks
             in
             the
             Field
             ;
             who
             are
             a
             sort
             of
             People
             regarded
             by
             the
             Pride
             and
             Grandeur
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             as
             mean
             ,
             base
             and
             contemptible
             ,
             unmeet
             for
             the
             Conversation
             of
             Persons
             of
             Quality
             .
             And
             why
             to
             such
             is
             the
             happy
             News
             first
             Communicated
             ?
             Was
             it
             not
             because
             such
             Persons
             do
             live
             nearer
             to
             ,
             and
             more
             under
             the
             Government
             of
             the
             
               Holy
               Power
               and
               Divine
               Light
            
             ?
             For
             have
             not
             all
             the
             Great
             and
             Wonderful
             Overt
             res
             and
             gled
             Tidings
             of
             Salvation
             been
             principally
             made
             to
             ,
             and
             in
             poor
             lowly
             minded
             Men
             and
             Women
             ?
             Therefore
             
             our
             Lord
             gives
             his
             Father
             thanks
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             
               hid
               the
               Holy
               Mysteries
               from
               the
               High
               and
               the
               Learned
               ,
               and
               had
               revealed
               them
               unto
               Babes
               .
            
             And
             suitable
             to
             such
             Objects
             ,
             all
             the
             Manifestations
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             Teachings
             of
             good
             Men
             ,
             have
             been
             in
             an
             humble
             Child-like
             way
             ,
             both
             their
             Doctrine
             and
             Practice
             being
             to
             lead
             People
             into
             
               Humility
               ,
               Temperance
               ,
               Cleanness
               ,
               Self-denial
               ,
            
             and
             Resignation
             ,
             which
             are
             true
             Paths
             of
             Regeneration
             .
             Consider
             these
             things
             ,
             O
             all
             you
             that
             vainly
             live
             in
             the
             outward
             Observation
             of
             days
             and
             times
             ,
             and
             yet
             neglect
             and
             despite
             the
             
               true
               Ends
            
             and
             Offices
             of
             such
             Celebrations
             ,
             lest
             you
             be
             ●ound
             like
             those
             Hypocrites
             of
             old
             ,
             who
             pretended
             to
             honour
             the
             Sepulchres
             of
             the
             
               Holy
               Antients
            
             ,
             but
             were
             ready
             to
             stone
             all
             such
             as
             lived
             in
             the
             Spirit
             and
             Practise
             of
             their
             Virtues
             .
          
           
             For
             in
             the
             second
             place
             ,
             Let
             us
             consider
             after
             what
             sort
             this
             Solemnity
             is
             kept
             now
             a
             days
             by
             the
             generallity
             of
             those
             that
             profess
             themselves
             Christians
             :
             Is
             it
             not
             become
             a
             matter
             of
             meer
             Formality
             amongst
             such
             as
             would
             be
             countted
             the
             Best
             ,
             and
             of
             Debanchery
             amongst
             the
             most
             of
             them
             ?
             Rather
             as
             a
             Feast
             to
             B●●chus
             ,
             or
             some
             Gluttonous
             Pagan
             Idol
             ;
             
             than
             as
             a
             Sober
             Religious
             Commemoration
             of
             the
             Incarnation
             of
             the
             
               Holy
               and
               Blessed
               Iesus
            
             ?
             As
             if
             to
             Honour
             
             Christ's
             Birth
             ,
             were
             to
             Renounce
             all
             the
             Fundamental
             Rules
             of
             Christianity
             ?
             For
             what
             Exc●ss
             of
             Riot
             ,
             Un●leanness
             ,
             Prophaneness
             ,
             Intemperancies
             in
             Meats
             ,
             Drinks
             ,
             Words
             and
             Works
             ,
             with
             all
             kind
             of
             
               Superfluity
               of
               Naughtiness
            
             ,
             do
             the
             greater
             number
             of
             People
             not
             commit
             in
             these
             days
             ▪
             which
             yet
             they
             call
             Holy
             )
             to
             the
             Ruine
             of
             their
             Souls
             ,
             Bodies
             and
             Estates
             ,
             without
             so
             much
             as
             giving
             themselves
             the
             leisure
             once
             to
             think
             or
             consider
             why
             the
             Pious
             Ant●ents
             thought
             it
             convenient
             they
             should
             be
             Celebrated
             ?
             Since
             no
             doubt
             it
             was
             ,
             in
             the
             beginning
             ,
             performed
             with
             great
             
               Devotion
               ,
               Sobriety
               ,
               Prayer
            
             ,
             and
             Works
             of
             Mercy
             ,
             not
             of
             Riot
             and
             Superfluity
             .
             Whereas
             now
             how
             few
             are
             there
             amongst
             us
             ,
             who
             esteem
             our selves
             good
             Christians
             ,
             yet
             do
             not
             at
             this
             very
             Season
             ,
             more
             than
             any
             other
             time
             ,
             let
             loose
             the
             Reins
             to
             all
             Licentiousness
             ?
             Pampering
             our
             Bodies
             to
             the
             S●arving
             of
             our
             Souls
             ,
             ●ating
             to
             superfluity
             ,
             if
             not
             to
             Sur●eit
             ;
             and
             drinking
             to
             Ex●ess
             ,
             if
             not
             down-right
             Drunkenness
             ?
             Entaining
             
             our selves
             (
             like
             the
             rich
             Glutton
             in
             the
             Gospel
             )
             with
             Tables
             not
             only
             full-spread
             ,
             but
             over-charg'd
             with
             heaps
             of
             high
             rich
             compounded
             Foods
             ,
             and
             variety
             of
             strong
             Cordial
             Drinks
             ;
             whilst
             multitudes
             of
             our
             poor
             Neighbours
             want
             Bread
             ,
             and
             almost
             all
             the
             Necessaries
             of
             
               Humane
               Life
            
             .
          
           
             We
             may
             flatter
             our selves
             with
             Hospitality
             and
             Charity
             ,
             but
             generally
             it
             is
             either
             misplac'd
             or
             ill
             measur'd
             ;
             bestow'd
             on
             Objects
             that
             need
             it
             not
             ,
             or
             in
             such
             a
             vast
             Profusion
             at
             once
             ,
             as
             altogether
             abates
             its
             value
             ,
             and
             renders
             it
             much
             more
             a
             Crime
             than
             a
             Virtue
             ,
             and
             rather
             a
             Temptation
             than
             a
             Relief
             .
          
           
             Is
             it
             not
             a
             frequent
             Custom
             to
             Invite
             the
             Rich
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             can
             Invite
             you
             again
             ;
             which
             He
             for
             whose
             sake
             you
             keep
             this
             time
             ,
             does
             expresly
             forbid
             ?
             And
             if
             a
             Great
             Man
             ,
             or
             one
             you
             hope
             to
             get
             by
             ,
             comes
             to
             your
             House
             to
             trifle
             away
             precious
             time
             in
             vain
             Discourses
             ,
             Play
             ,
             or
             lewd
             Games
             ,
             will
             you
             not
             Treat
             him
             in
             a
             Courteous
             manner
             ,
             with
             the
             choifest
             Foods
             and
             Liquors
             you
             can
             get
             ,
             and
             think
             you
             have
             not
             made
             him
             Welcome
             ,
             or
             discharg'd
             the
             part
             of
             a
             free
             House●keeper
             ,
             if
             you
             do
             not
             persuade
             
             him
             to
             Eat
             and
             Drink
             beyond
             the
             Power
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             Necessities
             of
             Nature
             ?
             But
             when
             the
             Poor
             Neighbours
             ,
             (
             whom
             Christ
             came
             to
             save
             as
             well
             as
             the
             others
             )
             knock
             at
             the
             Door
             ,
             you
             either
             pretend
             you
             have
             
               nothing
               for
               them
            
             ,
             or
             else
             assign
             them
             the
             worst
             and
             coursest
             Fare
             ;
             (
             a
             sorry
             pittance
             of
             Bull-Beef
             ,
             or
             a
             little
             
               Parboil'd
               Meat
            
             ,
             out
             of
             which
             you
             have
             extracted
             all
             the
             
               Nutritive
               Virtue
            
             to
             inrich
             your
             
               Plum
               Pottage
            
             )
             even
             such
             as
             the
             Proud
             Wives
             and
             Miniking
             Daughters
             would
             scarce
             offer
             to
             their
             
               Negro
               Nos'd
               Dogs
            
             ,
             that
             are
             their
             Table
             and
             Lap
             Companions
             ,
             tho'
             one
             of
             the
             most
             Ravenous
             and
             Uncleanest
             Creatures
             in
             Nature
             .
             And
             indeed
             since
             Man's
             Degeneration
             ,
             he
             delights
             much
             in
             the
             Converse
             and
             Company
             of
             the
             worst
             and
             vilest
             of
             Animals
             ,
             especially
             of
             such
             as
             are
             capable
             of
             being
             made
             ,
             by
             his
             wicked
             Industry
             ,
             his
             Butchers
             to
             hunt
             ,
             tear
             ,
             worry
             and
             torment
             the
             other
             Creatures
             of
             greater
             Value
             and
             Innocency
             ;
             which
             is
             accasioned
             by
             Simile
             ,
             because
             himself
             is
             departed
             from
             Innocence
             into
             Wrath
             and
             Fierceness
             .
          
           
             For
             the
             same
             Reason
             ,
             the
             Rich
             and
             Proud
             cannot
             endure
             the
             Cries
             ,
             or
             
             Conversation
             of
             the
             Poor
             and
             Humble
             ,
             and
             therefore
             rarely
             Visit
             ,
             or
             willingly
             admit
             them
             into
             their
             Presence
             ;
             and
             when
             they
             crave
             an
             Alms
             ,
             will
             presently
             ,
             like
             Churlish
             Nabals
             ,
             reproach
             them
             as
             Idle
             Persons
             ,
             that
             spend
             their
             Money
             and
             time
             in
             Ale-Houses
             or
             drinking
             of
             Brandy
             ;
             when
             in
             truth
             this
             Reproof
             is
             not
             so
             much
             for
             Admonishment
             ,
             as
             to
             excuse
             your
             felves
             from
             giving
             them
             Relief
             ,
             and
             so
             at
             once
             
               saveboth
               your
               Mon●y
               and
               your
               Credit
               ,
            
             as
             the
             Proverb
             hath
             it
             ;
             tho'
             at
             the
             same
             time
             you
             your selves
             set
             them
             the
             worst
             Examples
             ,
             by
             wallowing
             in
             all
             kind
             of
             Excess
             ,
             Intemperance
             ,
             and
             waste
             of
             the
             good
             Creatures
             of
             God
             ;
             And
             what
             is
             all
             this
             but
             
               vile
               Hypocrisy
            
             ?
             If
             idle
             expence
             of
             time
             ,
             and
             unnecessary
             Tippling
             be
             so
             great
             a
             Crime
             as
             renders
             men
             unworthy
             of
             common
             Mercies
             ,
             why
             do
             you
             practice
             it
             ?
             If
             you
             Indulge
             your selves
             therein
             ,
             why
             do
             you
             upbraid
             these
             poor
             Creatures
             ,
             that
             have
             far
             greater
             Temptations
             thereunto
             ?
          
           
             It
             may
             reasonably
             be
             supposed
             ,
             That
             scarce
             less
             than
             an
             Hundred
             Thousand
             Pounds
             has
             excused
             the
             City
             of
             London
             and
             Suburhs
             ,
             in
             unjustifiable
             Expences
             and
             Superfluity
             this
             very
             Christmas
             ;
             
             and
             if
             so
             ,
             what
             vast
             Sums
             may
             have
             been
             consumed
             in
             the
             Nation
             ?
             How
             common
             is
             it
             at
             such
             times
             ,
             especially
             ,
             for
             a
             Man
             to
             be
             almost
             jostled
             down
             ,
             or
             otherwise
             abused
             by
             Drunken
             Men
             and
             Boys
             ,
             and
             to
             have
             his
             Ears
             bor'd
             ,
             and
             the
             Air
             infected
             ,
             and
             the
             Streets
             polluted
             ,
             with
             Vollies
             of
             horrid
             
               Oaths
               Curses
               ,
               Execrations
            
             and
             Blasphemies
             .
          
           
             O
             foolish
             People
             !
             Bethink
             your selves
             ,
             &
             turn
             from
             these
             and
             the
             like
             Ungodly
             Vanities
             and
             Abominations
             ,
             and
             observe
             
               this
               time
            
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             the
             short
             Moments
             of
             your
             fleeting
             Lives
             ,
             to
             the
             Ends
             for
             which
             the
             one
             was
             Instituted
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             lent
             you
             ;
             consider
             how
             uneasie
             and
             dreadfully
             prejudicial
             these
             courses
             will
             prove
             both
             to
             Soul
             and
             Body
             at
             the
             last
             Audit
             ;
             how
             incapable
             they
             render
             you
             of
             Answering
             the
             great
             Ends
             for
             which
             you
             were
             Created
             and
             sent
             into
             the
             World.
             Let
             every
             one
             remember
             that
             he
             is
             but
             a
             Steward
             here
             ,
             and
             if
             God
             has
             given
             him
             a
             
               Benjamin's
               Portion
            
             ,
             more
             than
             is
             needful
             for
             himself
             and
             Family
             (
             as
             many
             thousands
             have
             )
             then
             it
             is
             his
             Duty
             to
             Improve
             the
             same
             by
             shewing
             Mercy
             ●o
             all
             ,
             and
             to
             distribute
             to
             the
             Needy
             ,
             the
             Fatherless
             ,
             and
             the
             
             Widow
             in
             special
             manner
             ,
             for
             
               with
               such
               Sacrifices
               is
               our
               heavenly
               Father
               well
               pleased
            
             ;
             nothing
             being
             capable
             of
             rendring
             us
             so
             like
             our
             Maker
             as
             mercifulness
             ,
             and
             Deeds
             of
             Charity
             ;
             for
             he
             makes
             his
             Sun
             to
             shine
             on
             the
             Just
             and
             Unjust
             ,
             and
             the
             fructifying
             Dews
             of
             his
             upper
             Chambers
             to
             fall
             with
             equality
             ;
             and
             affords
             his
             great
             and
             noble
             Elements
             ,
             viz
             ,
             the
             Earth
             ,
             the
             Water
             ,
             and
             the
             Air
             ,
             with
             all
             their
             numberless
             productions
             ,
             to
             all
             Creatures
             ,
             without
             respect
             of
             Persons
             or
             Things
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             we
             are
             not
             to
             think
             our selves
             excused
             from
             doing
             good
             ,
             and
             relieving
             necessitous
             Persons
             ,
             though
             pehhaps
             they
             have
             not
             improved
             their
             Time
             and
             Talents
             to
             the
             best
             advantage
             ;
             but
             rather
             from
             thence
             reflect
             what
             vain
             and
             unprofitable
             Servants
             we
             have
             been
             our selves
             ,
             and
             how
             unworthy
             of
             any
             of
             those
             Mercies
             we
             enjoy
             .
          
           
             And
             the
             better
             to
             accomplish
             and
             render
             us
             capable
             of
             discharging
             these
             necessary
             Duties
             ,
             let
             all
             that
             would
             be
             good
             Christians
             in
             earnest
             ,
             betake
             themselves
             to
             the
             good
             and
             wholsome
             Rules
             of
             
               Sobri●ty
               ,
               Temperance
               ,
               Cleanness
            
             and
             Order
             ,
             in
             Meats
             and
             Drinks
             ,
             which
             will
             not
             only
             make
             them
             more
             able
             to
             
             contribute
             to
             the
             necessities
             of
             their
             Poor
             Neighbours
             ,
             but
             preserve
             their
             Bodies
             and
             Spirits
             sound
             ,
             vigorous
             ,
             healthful
             ,
             and
             prompt
             to
             all
             good
             actions
             ;
             a
             sober
             ,
             or
             irregular
             Diet
             ,
             having
             far
             greater
             power
             ,
             not
             only
             on
             the
             corporeal
             parts
             ,
             but
             also
             on
             the
             Mind
             it self
             ,
             to
             improve
             or
             weaken
             it
             ,
             than
             most
             in
             our
             days
             imagine
             .
             Did
             not
             our
             Fore-fathers
             live
             to
             wonderful
             Ages
             in
             perfect
             Health
             ,
             whilst
             their
             Foods
             were
             simple
             and
             innocent
             ,
             consisting
             chiefly
             (
             if
             not
             wholly
             ,
             as
             before
             the
             Flood
             )
             of
             
               Herbs
               ,
               Fruits
            
             and
             Grains
             ,
             with
             pure
             Water
             for
             Drink
             ,
             which
             of
             a●l
             other
             is
             most
             natural
             ;
             those
             Holy
             Patriarchs
             did
             not
             live
             by
             Slaughter
             and
             Violence
             ,
             nor
             make
             their
             Stomachs
             the
             
               Burial
               Places
            
             of
             dead
             Bodies
             ;
             nor
             did
             they
             ransack
             the
             furthest
             corners
             of
             the
             Earth
             for
             Dainties
             .
             Their
             Provision
             was
             Innocent
             and
             simple
             ,
             cheap
             and
             ready
             at
             hand
             ,
             whereby
             they
             became
             able
             (
             as
             fire
             is
             quencht
             by
             withdrawing
             of
             Fuel
             )
             to
             check
             and
             regulate
             the
             extravagant
             motions
             of
             the
             Mind
             and
             Insurrections
             of
             the
             Flesh.
             Hence
             some
             of
             the
             Antients
             have
             delivered
             it
             as
             a
             Maxime
             ,
             That
             none
             could
             understand
             
             God
             and
             his
             wonderful
             Works
             ,
             or
             enjoy
             Health
             and
             long
             Life
             ,
             but
             those
             that
             abstain
             from
             
               Flesh
               ,
               Wine
            
             ,
             and
             Vices
             ;
             bounding
             their
             desires
             according
             to
             the
             Ends
             and
             Necessities
             of
             Nature
             ;
             not
             for
             insatiate
             Appetite
             ,
             or
             vain
             Customs
             ;
             for
             were
             Uncleanness
             and
             Intemperance
             reigns
             ,
             the
             Soul
             is
             so
             subjected
             to
             a
             gross
             unweildy
             and
             polluted
             Body
             ,
             that
             it
             cannot
             discern
             things
             Coelestial
             ;
             but
             Sobriety
             and
             Purity
             renders
             it
             the
             
               Temple
               of
               God
            
             ,
             wherein
             his
             blessed
             Spirit
             delights
             to
             dwell
             and
             communicate
             his
             Gifts
             and
             Graces
             ,
             so
             that
             where
             we
             see
             Temperance
             and
             Abstinence
             ,
             we
             may
             justly
             expect
             a
             Concatenation
             of
             all
             other
             Virtues
             ;
             because
             there
             no
             Superfluous
             matter
             is
             bred
             that
             may
             clog
             the
             Organs
             of
             the
             Body
             ,
             or
             render
             them
             indisposed
             for
             the
             Operations
             of
             the
             Soul
             ;
             nor
             can
             the
             manifold
             Benefits
             and
             Advantages
             thereby
             acrewing
             ,
             be
             conceived
             or
             understood
             by
             any
             but
             those
             only
             ,
             that
             have
             abandon'd
             Riot
             and
             Superfluity
             ;
             for
             nothing
             but
             Personal
             Practise
             and
             Perseverance
             therein
             ,
             can
             make
             a
             Man
             a
             competent
             Judge
             in
             this
             matter
             ,
             which
             I
             seriously
             recommended
             to
             all
             that
             would
             enjoy
             Health
             of
             Body
             or
             Mind
             .
          
           
           
             For
             the
             Power
             of
             Temperance
             and
             Sobriety
             proceeds
             from
             an
             inward
             Principle
             ,
             and
             they
             endow
             their
             Observers
             with
             the
             Riches
             both
             of
             Time
             and
             Eternity
             ,
             making
             us
             truly
             sensible
             of
             God's
             Blessings
             .
             The
             
               full
               Stomach
               loaths
               Ho
            
             -
             (
             Figuratively
             put
             for
             the
             choicest
             and
             most
             delicate
             Foods
             )
             
               but
               to
               the
               hungry
               every
               bitter
               ▪
               thing
               is
               sweet
               ,
            
             saith
             the
             wise
             King.
             How
             pleasant
             ,
             how
             relishing
             ,
             how
             refreshing
             is
             every
             Man's
             dish
             of
             Food
             ,
             to
             the
             sober
             Mind
             ,
             and
             
               well
               prepared
               Stomach
            
             !
             And
             how
             ready
             are
             such
             Men
             to
             give
             the
             Lord
             thanks
             and
             humble
             acknowledgments
             for
             the
             least
             of
             his
             Mercies
             ,
             because
             they
             see
             ,
             feel
             ,
             and
             taste
             the
             most
             pleasant
             Operation
             of
             the
             Divine
             Hand
             in
             all
             things
             ;
             their
             Bodies
             are
             both
             sustained
             and
             delighted
             with
             the
             coursest
             Fare
             ,
             their
             Minds
             satisfied
             ,
             their
             Beds
             easie
             ,
             their
             Sleep
             sound
             ;
             they
             are
             not
             tortured
             with
             Gouts
             ,
             nor
             drowned
             with
             Dropsies
             ,
             nor
             burnt
             up
             with
             Feavers
             ;
             their
             Heads
             are
             not
             dulled
             with
             Fumes
             ,
             nor
             their
             Stomachs
             oppressed
             with
             fainting
             fits
             ,
             nor
             windy
             griping
             humours
             ;
             but
             they
             rise
             fresh
             as
             the
             Morning-Sun
             ,
             and
             chearful
             as
             the
             early
             Lark
             ,
             soaring
             aloft
             towards
             
             Heaven
             ;
             and
             on
             the
             Wings
             of
             Love
             and
             Gratitude
             ,
             chaunt
             forth
             Anthems
             of
             Praise
             to
             their
             adorable
             Creator
             .
          
           
             For
             they
             are
             equally
             fit
             for
             Exercises
             either
             Corporeal
             or
             Spiritual
             ;
             their
             Fountain
             of
             Life
             ,
             Natures
             
               Balsamick
               Oyl
            
             ,
             the
             
               Radical
               Moisture
            
             flows
             freely
             thro'
             every
             part
             ,
             like
             a
             pleasant
             breeze
             of
             Wind
             that
             moderates
             the
             
               Central
               Fires
            
             ,
             that
             they
             burn
             not
             too
             violently
             .
             For
             these
             reasons
             the
             Wise
             and
             Prudent
             in
             all
             Ages
             have
             zealously
             courted
             Temperance
             ,
             Abstinence
             ,
             and
             Cleanness
             ,
             as
             their
             best
             Guides
             and
             Companions
             ;
             they
             abate
             extravagant
             desires
             ,
             because
             a
             small
             matter
             will
             suffice
             a
             regular
             Appetite
             ;
             they
             resist
             Pride
             ,
             Covetousness
             ,
             and
             Vain-glory
             ,
             and
             are
             the
             only
             Friends
             or
             proper
             Nurses
             to
             Charity
             .
             They
             punish
             not
             the
             Body
             with
             excessive
             Labour
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             same
             time
             ease
             the
             Mind
             of
             distracting
             Cares
             ;
             for
             what
             need
             they
             scrape
             ,
             contend
             ,
             or
             take
             thought
             for
             much
             ,
             when
             they
             know
             how
             little
             will
             fully
             and
             comfortably
             supply
             all
             their
             real
             wants
             ?
          
           
             To
             
               do
               good
               and
               Communicate
            
             of
             those
             Gifts
             which
             God
             has
             intrusted
             us
             with
             ,
             is
             one
             of
             the
             most
             fundamental
             Precepts
             
             in
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             since
             nothing
             renders
             us
             more
             like
             our
             Maker
             ;
             for
             he
             gives
             all
             things
             freely
             ,
             and
             receives
             nothing
             ,
             And
             likewise
             the
             same
             does
             naturally
             and
             by
             simpathy
             attract
             the
             sweet
             Influences
             of
             the
             
               Coelestial
               Bodies
            
             ,
             the
             Vertues
             all
             Elements
             ,
             with
             the
             well-wishes
             and
             hearty
             Prayers
             not
             only
             of
             the
             Poor
             and
             Needy
             ,
             but
             of
             all
             good
             Men
             ;
             which
             have
             a
             Secret
             yet
             powerful
             Influence
             on
             the
             Souls
             and
             Spirits
             of
             People
             so
             well
             disposed
             ,
             and
             to
             obtain
             Blessing
             on
             their
             Persons
             and
             Families
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Therefore
             ,
             let
             all
             that
             would
             observe
             Solemn
             Times
             ,
             or
             Feasts
             ,
             
               observe
               them
               to
               the
               Lord
            
             ,
             viz.
             with
             serious
             pious
             Meditations
             ,
             Holy
             Conferences
             ,
             Humility
             ,
             Temperance
             ,
             and
             Alms-deeds
             ;
             and
             at
             such
             Seasons
             especially
             ,
             to
             avoid
             Gluttony
             ,
             Riot
             ,
             Drunkenness
             ,
             Excess
             ,
             Superfluity
             ,
             and
             Prophaneness
             ;
             and
             not
             to
             sacrifice
             so
             many
             thousands
             of
             innocent
             Creatures
             to
             their
             inordinate
             Lusts
             ,
             or
             ravenous
             Desires
             ,
             as
             now
             commonly
             they
             do
             ;
             which
             perhaps
             ought
             the
             rather
             to
             be
             regarded
             and
             avoided
             ,
             since
             God's
             Manifestation
             of
             his
             Holy
             Son
             of
             Light
             ,
             seems
             to
             have
             been
             in
             Love
             and
             Mercy
             to
             the
             whole
             
             World
             ;
             not
             only
             unto
             Man
             ,
             but
             likewise
             in
             some
             respects
             ,
             to
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             under-graduated
             Creatures
             ;
             for
             the
             
               Everlasting
               Gospel
            
             (
             or
             Divine
             Power
             of
             God
             in
             his
             Son
             )
             was
             and
             is
             
               to
               be
               Preached
               unto
               every
               Creature
               under
               Heaven
               ,
            
             as
             the
             Angel
             has
             it
             in
             the
             Revelations
             ;
             for
             this
             Act
             of
             Grace
             ,
             though
             some
             obtain
             greater
             Priviledges
             by
             it
             than
             others
             ,
             was
             Universal
             ;
             and
             though
             the
             Creatures
             were
             become
             
               subject
               unto
               Vanity
            
             by
             Man's
             Degeneration
             and
             Fall
             ,
             yet
             they
             shall
             again
             receive
             that
             State
             of
             Vnity
             and
             Pleasure
             ,
             which
             they
             should
             have
             enjoyed
             ,
             if
             Man
             had
             continued
             in
             his
             first
             Estate
             ;
             and
             therefore
             the
             Apostle
             aith
             ,
             
               The
               whole
               Creation
               groans
               to
               be
               delivered
               into
               the
               Glorious
               Liberty
               of
               the
               Sons
               of
               God.
            
             That
             is
             ,
             to
             be
             freed
             from
             those
             Oppressions
             ,
             Violences
             and
             Miseries
             ,
             they
             now
             suffer
             under
             Man's
             fierceness
             and
             Tyranny
             ;
             for
             so
             far
             as
             Man
             is
             truly
             Redeemed
             from
             the
             wrathful
             fierce
             Spirit
             ,
             so
             far
             he
             freeth
             all
             Creatures
             under
             his
             Government
             .
             And
             therefore
             the
             Scripture
             saith
             ,
             
               The
               Righterous
               Man
               is
               merciful
               to
               his
               Beast
               .
            
             And
             let
             us
             flatter
             our selves
             as
             we
             please
             ,
             these
             Extravagancies
             and
             Violences
             to
             
             innocent
             Creatures
             ▪
             the
             spilling
             of
             their
             Blood
             ,
             and
             eating
             so
             continually
             of
             their
             Carcasses
             ;
             does
             both
             awaken
             and
             strengthen
             the
             Fountain
             of
             Wrath
             within
             us
             ,
             and
             will
             certainly
             in
             due
             time
             draw
             down
             a
             Retaliation
             of
             Vengeance
             .
          
           
             This
             we
             see
             every
             day
             in
             part
             fulfilled
             ;
             for
             are
             not
             our
             
             Helioga●alus's
             ,
             our
             mighty
             Devourers
             ,
             that
             continually
             gorge
             their
             Paunches
             with
             the
             Flesh
             of
             their
             fellow
             Animals
             ,
             severely
             punisht
             for
             their
             Gluttony
             and
             Cruelty
             ,
             by
             a
             multitude
             of
             torturing
             Diseases
             ,
             as
             
               Gouts
               ,
               Dropsies
               ,
               Consumptions
            
             ,
             &c.
             
             And
             not
             only
             so
             ,
             but
             when
             the
             Evil
             grows
             generally
             predominant
             ,
             it
             is
             Chastized
             by
             some
             Epidemical
             Judgment
             ,
             or
             Pestilence
             .
             I
             pretend
             not
             to
             Prophecy
             ,
             nor
             would
             amuse
             People
             with
             vain
             Threats
             ;
             but
             this
             I
             may
             modestly
             say
             ,
             That
             if
             we
             look
             back
             into
             History
             ,
             we
             shall
             rarely
             find
             but
             the
             Plague
             hath
             visited
             the
             City
             of
             London
             ,
             more
             or
             less
             in
             the
             Circle
             of
             every
             twenty
             years
             .
             And
             if
             it
             hath
             now
             been
             free
             twenty
             two
             years
             ,
             we
             may
             perhaps
             assign
             the
             
               Nature
               Causs
            
             thereof
             to
             the
             great
             Fire
             ,
             which
             purged
             its
             stench
             and
             pollutions
             ,
             and
             that
             noble
             
             open
             way
             of
             Rebuilding
             ,
             whereby
             the
             whole
             City
             is
             become
             much
             more
             sweet
             and
             delightsome
             ,
             and
             the
             particular
             Houses
             more
             Airy
             and
             Pleasant
             ,
             rendring
             the
             whole
             much
             more
             wholsome
             to
             the
             Inhabitants
             ;
             this
             may
             defer
             ,
             but
             will
             not
             I
             fear
             ,
             be
             able
             altogether
             to
             prevent
             the
             returns
             of
             sweeping
             Sicknesses
             ;
             and
             if
             we
             regard
             the
             Course
             of
             Nature
             ,
             and
             especially
             the
             Sins
             and
             Provocations
             of
             People
             stirring
             up
             the
             Divine
             Wrath
             ,
             I
             am
             very
             apt
             to
             fear
             some
             such
             terrible
             Visitation
             within
             these
             two
             ,
             three
             ,
             or
             four
             years
             next
             at
             farthest
             ;
             but
             in
             this
             I
             am
             not
             positive
             ,
             for
             God
             draws
             his
             destroying
             Sword
             at
             his
             own
             appointed
             times
             ;
             however
             the
             Caution
             can
             do
             no
             hurt
             ,
             to
             admonish
             all
             Persons
             of
             each
             Sex
             ,
             Age
             ,
             and
             Condition
             ,
             to
             Repent
             and
             amend
             their
             Lives
             ,
             lest
             they
             be
             snatcht
             away
             suddenly
             ,
             and
             there
             be
             none
             to
             deliver
             .
          
           
             Which
             that
             they
             may
             do
             ,
             and
             lay
             up
             
               Treasures
               in
               Heaven
            
             ,
             by
             being
             liberal
             to
             the
             Poor
             on
             Earth
             ;
             I
             do
             again
             with
             all
             earnestness
             exhort
             them
             to
             Sobriety
             ,
             Temperance
             ,
             and
             Works
             of
             Mercy
             :
             And
             that
             this
             may
             be
             the
             more
             regularly
             performed
             ,
             I
             shall
             propose
             an
             easie
             
             Method
             ,
             which
             each
             Person
             may
             encrease
             or
             diminish
             as
             to
             the
             proportion
             of
             Alms
             set
             down
             ,
             according
             to
             their
             respective
             Circumstances
             ,
             provided
             they
             bestow
             freely
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             Presence
             of
             God
             ,
             what
             they
             can
             spare
             ,
             without
             any
             real
             Injury
             to
             their
             Family
             .
          
           
             Since
             't
             is
             a
             custom
             amongst
             most
             Men
             ,
             especially
             Traders
             in
             Cities
             and
             Towns
             ,
             at
             this
             time
             to
             
               cast
               up
               their
               Stocks
            
             ,
             to
             see
             how
             God
             has
             blessed
             them
             for
             the
             year
             past
             ,
             as
             to
             their
             Profits
             or
             Losses
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             highly
             convenient
             ,
             if
             for
             every
             Pound
             ,
             it
             shall
             upon
             the
             Ballance
             appear
             that
             they
             have
             gain'd
             ,
             to
             give
             at
             least
             Six
             Pence
             to
             the
             Poor
             ,
             or
             other
             good
             Uses
             (
             as
             towards
             the
             Education
             of
             poor
             Children
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             Foundation
             of
             good
             Government
             and
             Order
             )
             and
             as
             for
             Gentlemen
             and
             Persons
             of
             great
             Estates
             ,
             whose
             Revenues
             come
             in
             without
             Labour
             of
             their
             own
             ,
             to
             allow
             ,
             for
             every
             Hundred
             Pounds
             
               per
               Annum
            
             ,
             one
             Shilling
             in
             the
             Pound
             ;
             and
             Farmers
             or
             Renters
             of
             Land
             ,
             to
             give
             Three
             Pence
             for
             every
             Pound
             they
             have
             gained
             in
             the
             foregoing
             Year
             .
             And
             other
             Men
             of
             great
             Real
             or
             Personal
             Estates
             ,
             which
             have
             been
             partly
             gotten
             
             by
             Oppression
             or
             Violence
             ,
             or
             after
             great
             hazards
             at
             Sea
             ,
             where
             others
             have
             deeply
             suffered
             ,
             but
             more
             especially
             in
             cases
             of
             Estates
             acquir'd
             by
             Man-Slaughter
             (
             though
             priviledg'd
             by
             Worldly
             Custom
             and
             Laws
             )
             for
             every
             Hundred
             Pounds
             
               per
               Annum
            
             ,
             or
             its
             equivalent
             in
             Money
             or
             Goods
             ,
             to
             give
             Fifteen
             Pounds
             
               per
               Cent
            
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             Three
             Shillings
             in
             the
             Pound
             .
             For
             though
             I
             cannot
             allow
             that
             uncharitable
             Proverb
             ,
             
               That
               every
               very
               Rich
               Man
               is
               either
               an
               unjust
               Man
               himself
               ,
               or
               the
               Son
               of
               one
               .
            
             Yet
             I
             must
             joyn
             with
             that
             other
             ,
             
               
                 Estates
                 that
                 evil
                 gotten
                 are
                 ,
              
               
                 Seldom
                 Descends
                 to
                 the
                 third
                 Heir
                 .
              
            
          
           
             And
             I
             know
             no
             better
             Conveyance
             or
             Security
             to
             Intail
             them
             ,
             than
             by
             Works
             of
             Mercy
             ,
             and
             Alms●
             giving
             ,
             which
             are
             the
             likeliest
             Expedients
             to
             Antidote
             against
             the
             
               secret
               Canker
            
             ,
             and
             give
             your
             Posterity
             a
             lasting
             Title
             ,
             and
             obtain
             a
             Blessing
             thereon
             ,
             and
             upon
             all
             other
             your
             Lawful
             Endeavours
             ,
             for
             want
             of
             which
             ,
             how
             often
             do
             we
             see
             vast
             Estates
             blasted
             ,
             and
             suddenly
             transferred
             to
             new
             Owners
             ,
             and
             the
             most
             moyling
             Industry
             defeated
             .
          
           
           
             Nor
             would
             it
             be
             of
             small
             Advantage
             both
             to
             the
             Health
             of
             the
             Body
             ,
             and
             the
             good
             of
             the
             Soul
             ,
             for
             Persons
             of
             Estates
             ,
             at
             least
             such
             whose
             Callings
             are
             not
             Laborious
             ,
             to
             set
             apart
             a
             Fasting-Day
             once
             a
             Weeek
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             to
             eat
             meaner
             Foods
             then
             ,
             than
             ordinary
             ;
             and
             to
             appropriate
             the
             Expences
             thereby
             saved
             ,
             to
             Charitable
             uses
             ,
             viz.
             To
             the
             Relief
             of
             the
             Poor
             (
             to
             whom
             he
             that
             giveth
             ,
             
               lendeth
               to
               the
               Lord
            
             ,
             a
             Debtor
             that
             will
             never
             prove
             Bankrupt
             )
             as
             likewise
             towards
             the
             maintaining
             of
             useful●
             
               Schools
               ,
               Hospitals
            
             for
             the
             Aged
             ,
             Lame
             ,
             or
             Diseased
             ;
             for
             the
             amendment
             of
             publick
             Bridges
             ,
             or
             High-Ways
             ;
             or
             the
             Planting
             of
             Common
             Walks
             of
             Fruit
             ,
             or
             other
             Trees
             ;
             and
             many
             other
             Accommodations
             (
             especially
             in
             the
             Country
             )
             that
             would
             be
             both
             Ornamental
             ,
             Delightful
             ,
             and
             Profitable
             ;
             and
             of
             far
             more
             Advantage
             and
             Honour
             ,
             than
             what
             is
             now
             profusely
             squandred
             away
             in
             wanton
             superfluity
             ,
             that
             opposes
             all
             Christianity
             and
             Moral
             Vertue
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             somewhat
             of
             that
             which
             I
             thought
             fit
             to
             remind
             the
             stupid
             World
             of
             ,
             on
             this
             occasion
             ;
             wherein
             let
             my
             
             
               Good
               Will
            
             at
             least
             be
             accepted
             ,
             though
             some
             of
             my
             Notions
             should
             happen
             not
             to
             be
             approved
             ;
             for
             he
             that
             contradicts
             
               inveterate
               Customs
            
             ,
             though
             never
             so
             unreasonable
             or
             impious
             ,
             may
             justly
             expect
             to
             meet
             with
             Censure
             ,
             Opposition
             ,
             and
             perhaps
             Derision
             .
             But
             I
             am
             long
             since
             Arm'd
             against
             such
             rude
             Attacques
             ,
             being
             conscious
             of
             no
             other
             Aim
             than
             the
             discharge
             of
             my
             Duty
             ,
             and
             to
             persuade
             Men
             to
             be
             really
             ,
             what
             they
             nominally
             profess
             themselves
             ,
             viz.
             Disciples
             and
             Followers
             of
             
               IESVS
               CHRIST
            
             ;
             in
             whose
             Service
             I
             am
             ,
          
           
             
               Your
               well-wishing
               Friend
               ,
               T.
               T.
               
            
             
               
                 Ianuary
                 2
                 ,
                 1687
                 /
                 8.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             VI.
             
          
           
             Good
             News
             for
             the
             Poor
             ,
             and
             better
             for
             the
             Rich
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             WAR
             is
             ever
             at
             the
             best
             ,
             even
             to
             those
             that
             are
             most
             successful
             ,
             a
             very
             disastrous
             Calamity
             .
             And
             what
             through
             the
             Judgment
             of
             God
             ,
             the
             misfortune
             of
             our
             Publick
             Affairs
             ,
             and
             the
             present
             Discouragement
             of
             Trade
             ,
             the
             Cries
             of
             the
             Poor
             are
             exceedingly
             raised
             in
             this
             Nation
             ,
             and
             are
             like
             to
             be
             a
             great
             deal
             more
             ,
             without
             the
             the
             Interposition
             of
             some
             preventing
             Relief
             .
             I
             would
             not
             say
             any
             thing
             that
             should
             give
             Offence
             ;
             but
             it
             cannot
             be
             unknown
             that
             many
             hundred
             of
             Families
             in
             and
             about
             this
             City
             ,
             suffer
             extreamly
             upon
             that
             account
             .
             'T
             is
             therefore
             that
             I
             propose
             this
             easie
             and
             convenient
             Method
             of
             raising
             Fifteen
             or
             Twenty
             Thousand
             Pounds
             per
             Week
             towards
             the
             supplying
             those
             that
             really
             want
             :
             Retrenching
             the
             Luxurious
             Superstuities
             of
             those
             that
             abound
             :
             And
             teaching
             those
             whose
             Extravagance
             would
             carry
             
             their
             Inclinations
             beyond
             their
             Ability
             ,
             the
             Art
             of
             good
             Husbandry
             .
             Which
             things
             effectually
             pursued
             and
             practised
             ,
             would
             be
             unconceivably
             beneficial
             as
             well
             to
             the
             Rich
             as
             the
             Poor
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             great
             measure
             engage
             a
             Blessing
             from
             God
             Almighty
             upon
             our
             Publick
             and
             Private
             Undertakings
             .
             'T
             is
             the
             best
             use
             we
             can
             make
             of
             Heavens
             Liberality
             ,
             and
             will
             assuredly
             stand
             us
             instead
             ,
             if
             Providence
             should
             be
             pleas'd
             to
             turn
             up
             the
             Reverse
             of
             our
             Condition
             .
             'T
             is
             making
             the
             Lord
             of
             the
             whole
             Earth
             our
             Debtor
             ,
             and
             laying
             an
             Obligation
             upon
             him
             of
             seeing
             us
             repaid
             ,
             since
             he
             that
             gives
             to
             the
             Poor
             ,
             
               lends
               to
               the
               Lord.
            
             This
             indeed
             is
             laying
             up
             for
             a
             Wet
             Day
             ,
             and
             securing
             a
             Treasure
             that
             no
             Body
             can
             rob
             us
             of
             .
             No
             Man
             alive
             is
             exempt
             from
             accidents
             and
             Casualties
             ,
             whereby
             it
             becomes
             of
             important
             Concernment
             to
             be
             prepared
             for
             them
             .
          
           
             
               A
               Wise
               Man
               fits
               his
               Mind
               for
               every
               Chance
               ,
            
             
               And
               whilst
               he
               doth
               in
               Vertues
               paths
               advance
               ,
            
             
               Each
               promis'd
               Good
               increaseth
               by
               his
               Skill
               ,
            
             
               And
               kindly
               lessens
               every
               threatned
               Ill.
               
            
          
           
           
             There
             are
             at
             this
             time
             thousands
             of
             very
             many
             Trades
             in
             and
             about
             this
             Populous
             City
             ,
             that
             have
             little
             or
             no
             Work
             at
             their
             Callings
             ,
             whereby
             to
             support
             themselves
             ,
             and
             supply
             their
             perishing
             Families
             with
             Bread.
             And
             can
             those
             whom
             God
             hath
             intrusted
             with
             plentiful
             Estates
             ,
             gorge
             themselves
             with
             overcharged
             Tables
             ,
             even
             to
             a
             Surfeit
             ,
             and
             Riot
             in
             Excess
             of
             Wine
             ,
             forgetting
             the
             Afflictions
             of
             Ioseph
             ,
             whilst
             their
             Brethren
             languish
             ,
             and
             almost
             die
             for
             want
             of
             Necessaries
             ?
             Do
             they
             not
             think
             that
             God
             at
             such
             a
             time
             calls
             upon
             them
             for
             his
             Quit-Rent
             ,
             out
             of
             those
             vast
             Revenues
             that
             they
             hold
             meerly
             by
             the
             Tenure
             of
             his
             Bounty
             ?
             Shall
             the
             Heavenly
             Magnificence
             be
             so
             extensive
             towards
             them
             ,
             and
             theirs
             Contracted
             towards
             their
             Brethren
             ?
             His
             Majesty
             has
             already
             shewn
             us
             the
             way
             ,
             and
             as
             I
             am
             informed
             ,
             given
             large
             Demonstrations
             of
             his
             Charity
             and
             Compassion
             .
             How
             Honourable
             would
             it
             be
             then
             for
             such
             who
             would
             be
             esteemed
             good
             Christians
             and
             Loyal
             Subjects
             ,
             to
             follow
             a
             Generous
             and
             Royal
             Example
             ?
             One
             would
             think
             this
             should
             Encourage
             them
             to
             be
             willing
             to
             Contribute
             freely
             
             to
             the
             Relieving
             the
             Common
             Necessity
             ,
             and
             Succouring
             those
             who
             labour
             under
             the
             Burden
             of
             insupportable
             Distress
             and
             Want.
             Which
             they
             might
             do
             with
             the
             greatest
             Ease
             and
             least
             Dammage
             imaginable
             .
             As
             for
             Example
             ,
          
           
             Let
             us
             resolve
             ,
             one
             Day
             in
             the
             Week
             at
             least
             ,
             during
             the
             deadness
             of
             Trade
             ,
             and
             dearness
             of
             Corn
             ,
             to
             refrain
             from
             large
             Eating
             ,
             retrench
             the
             Superfluous
             Exorbitance
             of
             our
             Tables
             ,
             abstain
             from
             our
             Customary
             Excess
             ,
             of
             Wine
             and
             strong
             Drinks
             (
             I
             dare
             promise
             it
             would
             be
             never
             the
             worse
             for
             our
             Health
             ,
             but
             much
             the
             better
             ,
             and
             likewise
             for
             our
             Business
             )
             and
             what
             we
             so
             save
             ,
             Employ
             in
             Charitable
             Uses
             for
             the
             Service
             of
             the
             Poor
             .
             By
             this
             only
             means
             ,
             within
             the
             Bills
             of
             Mortality
             ,
             might
             easily
             be
             raised
             Twenty
             Thousand
             Pounds
             per
             Week
             ,
             and
             no
             Man
             a
             Farthing
             the
             worse
             ,
             but
             infinitely
             the
             better
             both
             in
             his
             Estate
             and
             his
             Health
             ,
             which
             is
             more
             valuable
             than
             the
             greatest
             Estate
             in
             Christendom
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             without
             Dispute
             ,
             within
             the
             above-mentioned
             Circuit
             ,
             near
             an
             Hundred
             Thousand
             Families
             ,
             whose
             
             Dinners
             one
             with
             another
             cost
             them
             Three
             Shillings
             a
             day
             ,
             I
             mean
             extravagantly
             in
             Fish
             ,
             Flesh
             ,
             Fowl
             ,
             strong
             Beer
             ,
             Ale
             ,
             Wine
             ,
             &c.
             when
             a
             little
             Pap
             ,
             Pulp
             or
             Grewel
             would
             do
             much
             better
             .
             Or
             if
             they
             like
             not
             that
             ,
             Bread
             ,
             Butter
             ,
             Cheese
             ,
             Milk
             ,
             &c.
             
             I
             am
             sure
             will
             supply
             Natures
             wants
             in
             all
             things
             needful
             ,
             if
             People
             would
             be
             so
             wise
             as
             not
             suffer
             false
             Opinion
             ,
             and
             that
             grand
             Tyrant
             Custom
             ,
             to
             Enslave
             both
             their
             Souls
             and
             Bodies
             .
          
           
             Now
             an
             Hundred
             Thousand
             Shillings
             is
             Fifteen
             Thousand
             Pounds
             :
             And
             then
             it
             is
             not
             to
             be
             doubted
             ,
             but
             generally
             more
             is
             spent
             in
             Drink
             than
             Victuals
             .
             There
             are
             more
             than
             an
             Hundred
             Thousand
             Persons
             that
             lavish
             away
             daily
             above
             Twelve
             Pence
             in
             Wine
             ,
             Brandy
             ,
             and
             other
             strong
             Liquors
             ;
             which
             Expence
             if
             forborn
             but
             one
             day
             in
             a
             Week
             ,
             and
             bestow'd
             as
             aforesaid
             ,
             would
             amount
             to
             Five
             Thousand
             Pounds
             more
             ,
             which
             makes
             in
             the
             whole
             ,
             Twenty
             Thousand
             Pounds
             per
             Week
             ,
             and
             this
             justly
             distributed
             ,
             would
             supply
             Eighty
             Thousand
             Families
             at
             Five
             Shillings
             per
             Week
             a
             piece
             .
          
           
           
             Or
             otherwise
             the
             one
             half
             might
             be
             imploy'd
             in
             the
             Maintenance
             of
             Threescore
             Thousand
             Families
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             half
             to
             build
             Schools
             and
             Hospitals
             for
             the
             Education
             of
             the
             poor
             Children
             and
             Orphans
             ,
             and
             other
             Miserable
             People
             ,
             Thousands
             being
             destroyed
             yearly
             for
             want
             of
             Food
             and
             other
             Conveniencies
             of
             Life
             .
          
           
             And
             can
             we
             now
             suffer
             such
             a
             number
             of
             poor
             Souls
             to
             perish
             for
             want
             ,
             rather
             than
             abridge
             and
             deny
             our
             Palates
             and
             insatiate
             Paunches
             ,
             some
             unnecessary
             ,
             nay
             pernicious
             Danties
             ,
             only
             one
             day
             in
             a
             Week
             ?
             Let
             us
             then
             no
             longer
             make
             a
             God
             of
             our
             Bellies
             ,
             but
             endeavour
             to
             deserve
             our
             Saviour's
             Eulogy
             ,
             
               I
               was
               an
               hungry
               ,
               and
               you
               gave
               me
               Meat
               .
            
          
           
             Now
             considering
             the
             great
             Scarcity
             and
             Dearness
             of
             Corn
             ,
             and
             other
             Provisions
             ,
             whereby
             the
             Families
             of
             Poor
             People
             ,
             especially
             those
             out
             of
             Imployment
             ,
             are
             become
             very
             pressing
             and
             deplorable
             :
             I
             count
             it
             no
             worthless
             Service
             to
             the
             Publick
             ,
             to
             inform
             the
             World
             of
             the
             Benefit
             and
             Cheapness
             of
             Dressing
             and
             Eating
             of
             Corn
             Food
             ,
             with
             the
             Variety
             of
             their
             Preparations
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             very
             wholsom
             and
             salutiferously
             
             used
             in
             many
             Countries
             ,
             where
             they
             they
             have
             very
             little
             of
             any
             sort
             of
             other
             Diet.
             
          
           
             For
             this
             is
             to
             be
             noted
             ,
             that
             the
             Flower
             of
             Wheat
             ,
             Bar●ey
             ,
             Oats
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             Grain
             ,
             made
             into
             Paps
             or
             Gruels
             ,
             by
             a
             little
             boyling
             ,
             doth
             not
             only
             advance
             them
             in
             quantity
             and
             strength
             ,
             but
             it
             renders
             them
             more
             agreeable
             to
             the
             Stomach
             ,
             their
             Digestion
             is
             more
             easie
             and
             more
             nutrimental
             .
             And
             a
             Man
             may
             live
             as
             well
             ,
             if
             not
             better
             ,
             with
             a
             half
             ,
             or
             third
             quantity
             of
             Flower
             so
             prepared
             ,
             than
             even
             with
             baked
             Bread
             :
             that
             is
             ,
             with
             half
             a
             Pound
             of
             Wheat
             or
             Oa●meal
             Flower
             made
             into
             Pap
             with
             Water
             ,
             than
             with
             a
             pound
             of
             like
             Flower
             made
             into
             Bread.
             And
             this
             Pap
             will
             support
             both
             Health
             and
             Strength
             to
             a
             higher
             degree
             ,
             making
             a
             Man
             more
             brisk
             and
             lively
             ,
             free
             from
             Drought
             and
             Heat
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             Obstructions
             ,
             eating
             a
             small
             quantity
             of
             Bread
             with
             the
             Pap
             ,
             or
             between
             whiles
             .
          
           
             For
             the
             first
             Invention
             of
             Bread
             was
             not
             intended
             to
             be
             ea●en
             alone
             ,
             but
             with
             fat
             Foods
             as
             a
             good
             Sauce
             or
             Ingredient
             to
             mix
             with
             ,
             drink
             up
             ,
             or
             allay
             the
             Oyliness
             of
             such
             things
             ,
             and
             
             to
             render
             them
             more
             apt
             for
             Separation
             and
             Digestion
             .
             For
             all
             Fat
             or
             Oyly
             Bodies
             furr
             the
             Passages
             ,
             and
             obstruct
             the
             Stomach
             ,
             and
             are
             extream
             heavy
             and
             hard
             to
             be
             divided
             .
             By
             which
             means
             ,
             in
             all
             Countries
             where
             People
             feed
             much
             on
             fat
             succulent
             Foods
             ,
             the
             common
             Distempers
             are
             
               Feavers
               ,
               Gout
               ,
               Stone
               ,
               Gravel
            
             and
             Wind
             ,
             all
             which
             are
             occasion'd
             by
             the
             Oyliness
             and
             Greasiness
             of
             their
             Foods
             ,
             and
             too
             great
             a
             quantity
             ,
             which
             naturally
             generates
             thick
             cloddy
             Blood
             ,
             dull
             and
             impure
             Spirits
             ,
             which
             hinder
             the
             Circulation
             of
             them
             both
             :
             And
             Experience
             teaches
             that
             in
             the
             Eastern
             Country
             ,
             where
             People
             live
             much
             on
             Corn
             Food
             ,
             those
             cruel
             Distempers
             are
             hardly
             known
             .
          
           
             Now
             it
             is
             to
             be
             observed
             ,
             that
             all
             Flowe●s
             in
             their
             own
             Nature
             ,
             if
             eaten
             ●ry
             are
             very
             stopping
             ,
             but
             when
             they
             are
             diluted
             and
             prepared
             with
             a
             proper
             quantity
             of
             Water
             ,
             they
             become
             of
             ano●ther
             Operation
             and
             Nature
             ,
             as
             is
             manifest
             in
             all
             Gruels
             ,
             Paps
             and
             Spoonmea●s
             made
             thereof
             .
          
           
             When
             the
             Flower
             of
             any
             Corn
             is
             made
             into
             a
             strong
             Paste
             or
             Dough
             ,
             wi●h
             a
             small
             quan●ity
             of
             Water
             ,
             and
             bak'd
             
             in
             the
             sulphurous
             fierce
             heat
             of
             the
             Oven
             ,
             the
             moisture
             being
             too
             small
             in
             quantity
             for
             the
             Sal-nitral
             Vertues
             or
             Oyly
             Spirituous
             qualities
             to
             soak
             or
             imbib●
             themselves
             in
             ,
             the
             strong
             nutritive
             Powers
             ,
             or
             gellius
             glewy
             qualities
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             band
             of
             Nature
             ,
             are
             by
             the
             predominancy
             of
             the
             Heat
             broken
             as
             a
             Man
             would
             break
             a
             Stick
             in
             sunder
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             Bread
             will
             not
             thicken
             when
             put
             into
             Milk
             ,
             Water
             ,
             &c.
             and
             boyled
             ,
             but
             easily
             separate
             ,
             and
             not
             at
             all
             incorporate
             and
             become
             one
             Body
             with
             the
             Water
             ,
             as
             Flower
             will
             ,
             before
             it
             is
             baked
             .
             So
             that
             the
             making
             Flower
             into
             Bread
             ,
             by
             baking
             of
             it
             ,
             doth
             not
             consume
             the
             quantity
             ,
             but
             the
             natural
             quality
             of
             Corn
             also
             :
             and
             too
             frequently
             eaten
             alone
             will
             obstruct
             the
             Stomach
             and
             all
             the
             subservient
             Vessels
             .
          
           
             'T
             is
             true
             indeed
             ,
             Bread
             as
             it
             is
             generally
             eaten
             ,
             is
             a
             very
             good
             thing
             ,
             and
             of
             great
             use
             ,
             tho'
             in
             it self
             but
             of
             little
             Nourishment
             ,
             however
             being
             eaten
             with
             fat
             Food
             it
             mightily
             helps
             Concoction
             :
             But
             Flower
             when
             dress'd
             after
             the
             forementioned
             method
             ,
             affords
             the
             most
             Nourishment
             ,
             especially
             if
             there
             be
             good
             Pot
             Herbs
             added
             .
             But
             if
             you
             would
             
             divert
             and
             gratifie
             the
             Stomach
             with
             a
             dryer
             and
             harder
             sort
             of
             Food
             ,
             which
             Nature
             sometimes
             loves
             ,
             make
             the
             Flower
             into
             small
             Dumplins
             ,
             so
             called
             ,
             but
             little
             bigger
             than
             Crown
             pieces
             ,
             put
             them
             into
             boyling
             Water
             ,
             and
             let
             them
             boyl
             quick
             ;
             they
             will
             presently
             be
             done
             .
          
           
             This
             sort
             of
             boyled
             Bread
             does
             not
             only
             afford
             more
             and
             better
             Nourishment
             ,
             but
             is
             pleasanter
             to
             the
             Palate
             ,
             and
             more
             satisfactory
             to
             the
             Stomach
             .
             This
             may
             be
             called
             boyled
             Bread
             ,
             and
             is
             best
             without
             Salt
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             Ingredient
             .
             Therefore
             Flower
             properly
             diluted
             and
             prepared
             ,
             best
             agrees
             with
             the
             Eaters
             ;
             if
             it
             be
             the
             most
             part
             of
             your
             Food
             ,
             then
             thick
             is
             best
             :
             However
             thin
             is
             very
             healthful
             between
             whiles
             .
             But
             such
             as
             live
             upon
             solid
             fat
             Food
             ,
             their
             Gruels
             ought
             to
             be
             thin
             ,
             which
             will
             better
             cleanse
             the
             Vessels
             of
             the
             Stomach
             and
             Ureters
             ,
             preserve
             Nature
             ,
             and
             prevent
             the
             Generation
             of
             the
             Stone
             ,
             &c.
             and
             Rickets
             in
             Children
             .
          
           
             Now
             Fish
             ,
             Flesh
             ,
             &c.
             are
             loaded
             with
             a
             gross
             Phlegmatick
             Body
             ,
             and
             the
             frequent
             eating
             thereof
             cannot
             but
             affect
             the
             Eater
             with
             the
             like
             Qualities
             .
             
             As
             is
             manifest
             from
             those
             Cattle
             that
             feed
             on
             green
             Food
             ,
             as
             Grass
             ,
             &c.
             
             Are
             not
             such
             Beasts
             less
             able
             to
             travel
             and
             labour
             ,
             and
             is
             not
             their
             Flesh
             more
             gross
             ,
             apter
             to
             putrifie
             ,
             and
             Salt
             it self
             will
             not
             preserve
             it
             from
             Corruption
             ?
             On
             the
             contrary
             ,
             such
             Beasts
             as
             feed
             on
             Corn
             ,
             Hay
             ,
             &c.
             which
             are
             dry
             ,
             they
             are
             not
             only
             strong
             and
             able
             to
             endure
             Labour
             and
             Travel
             ,
             but
             their
             Flesh
             is
             more
             firm
             and
             substantial
             ,
             and
             durable
             when
             salted
             ,
             than
             the
             former
             .
          
           
             We
             deceive
             our selves
             if
             we
             judge
             that
             Flesh
             hath
             much
             Nourishment
             ,
             because
             it
             hath
             much
             Juice
             or
             Matter
             :
             By
             the
             same
             reason
             ,
             Grass
             would
             have
             more
             good
             Nourishment
             and
             Strength
             in
             it
             than
             Corn
             :
             But
             the
             more
             gross
             Matter
             and
             Phlegmatick
             Juices
             any
             thing
             is
             loaded
             with
             ,
             the
             weaker
             and
             fainter
             that
             thing
             is
             ,
             and
             consequently
             more
             subject
             to
             decay
             ,
             and
             distemper
             the
             Spirits
             ,
             being
             but
             few
             ,
             and
             those
             that
             are
             dull
             ,
             Cloudy
             and
             impure
             .
             So
             that
             upon
             the
             whole
             matter
             ,
             Flesh
             ,
             Fish
             ,
             and
             Fowl
             ,
             &c.
             cannot
             have
             the
             Preheminence
             of
             Foods
             :
             Neither
             are
             they
             indued
             with
             so
             much
             ,
             nor
             so
             good
             Nourishment
             as
             Corn
             Foods
             .
             But
             
             here
             we
             must
             give
             way
             to
             the
             prevailing
             Tyrant
             Custom
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             Champion
             I
             am
             to
             make
             War
             against
             ;
             and
             as
             the
             Foods
             of
             Beasts
             are
             better
             or
             worse●
             clean
             or
             substantial
             ,
             their
             Health
             ,
             Strength
             and
             Ability
             are
             according
             .
             The
             like
             is
             to
             be
             understood
             of
             the
             Food
             Men
             live
             on
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             not
             ,
             as
             is
             said
             before
             ,
             the
             gross
             Juices
             that
             affords
             the
             true
             Nourishment
             ,
             but
             the
             fine
             ,
             light
             ,
             volatile
             Spirituous
             Vertues
             ;
             for
             this
             cause
             most
             are
             greatly
             mistaken
             ,
             that
             attribute
             so
             great
             and
             good
             Nourishment
             to
             Flesh
             and
             Fish.
             Indeed
             they
             are
             full
             of
             gross
             Matters
             and
             Juices
             ,
             which
             do
             serve
             chiefly
             to
             cloud
             the
             finer
             Vertues
             and
             true
             Life
             ,
             which
             do
             also
             add
             Weight
             and
             not
             Spirit
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             great
             Eaters
             thereof
             ,
             become
             dull
             and
             heavy
             ,
             loading
             Nature
             with
             too
             great
             quantities
             of
             Phlegmatick
             Juices
             and
             Humours
             ,
             which
             do
             not
             only
             oppress
             Nature
             in
             all
             her
             Operations
             ,
             but
             is
             the
             Root
             of
             many
             Diseases
             both
             of
             the
             Body
             and
             Mind
             .
             Green
             Corn
             and
             Grass
             are
             endued
             with
             more
             Substance
             and
             Juices
             than
             either
             Hay
             or
             Corn
             ;
             but
             it
             is
             Earthly
             and
             Gross
             ,
             and
             affords
             a
             Nourishment
             of
             a
             like
             Nature
             :
             The
             
             more
             any
             thing
             is
             loaded
             or
             endued
             with
             Gross
             or
             Corrupt
             Matter
             ,
             the
             sooner
             it
             falls
             into
             Putrifaction
             .
             But
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             the
             dryer
             ,
             firmer
             ,
             and
             more
             Spirituous
             any
             thing
             is
             ,
             the
             longer
             it
             will
             endure
             and
             be
             preserved
             from
             Corruption
             .
             But
             of
             all
             things
             Men
             eat
             ,
             Flesh
             and
             Fish
             do
             s●oner
             decay
             ,
             because
             of
             the
             abundance
             of
             gross
             Matter
             it
             does
             contain
             ,
             which
             does
             as
             it
             were
             in
             a
             moments
             time
             cloud
             and
             suffocate
             the
             fine
             Sal-nitral
             Vertues
             .
          
           
             I
             am
             sure
             that
             a
             Man
             may
             make
             a
             better
             Meal
             with
             half
             a
             Penny-worth
             of
             Wheat-Flower
             made
             into
             Pap
             ,
             and
             half
             a
             Penny-worth
             of
             Bread
             to
             eat
             with
             it
             ,
             and
             a
             little
             Salt
             ,
             and
             be
             as
             strong
             ,
             brisk
             ,
             and
             able
             to
             perform
             any
             Labour
             ,
             as
             he
             that
             makes
             the
             best
             Meal
             he
             can
             with
             either
             Flesh
             or
             Fish.
             So
             great
             is
             the
             Ignorance
             ,
             Folly
             ,
             Blindness
             ,
             false
             Opinion
             and
             Custom
             ,
             of
             those
             that
             call
             themselves
             the
             Learned
             .
             Pray
             tell
             me
             what
             kind
             of
             Ignorance
             and
             Madness
             does
             possess
             the
             Poor
             Labouring
             Man
             that
             hath
             but
             Six
             Pence
             ,
             or
             One
             Shilling
             to
             buy
             Food
             for
             his
             whole
             Family
             ,
             and
             to
             lay
             it
             out
             in
             a
             Sheeps
             Head
             and
             Gethers
             ,
             or
             an
             Oxes
             Liver
             ,
             which
             is
             
             his
             whole
             Stock
             ;
             and
             the
             best
             Food
             that
             can
             be
             expected
             from
             it
             ,
             is
             a
             little
             Corrupt
             Broth
             or
             Putrified
             Pottage
             ;
             when
             with
             five
             times
             less
             charge
             in
             Flower
             ,
             he
             might
             have
             procured
             a
             far
             better
             Meal
             ,
             being
             made
             into
             Pap
             or
             Gruel
             ,
             with
             a
             little
             Bread
             and
             Salt.
             
          
           
             It
             is
             also
             to
             be
             noted
             ,
             that
             those
             that
             live
             on
             Corn
             Food
             ,
             have
             not
             occasion
             to
             drink
             Strong
             or
             Cordial
             Drinks
             ,
             as
             those
             that
             eat
             Flesh
             and
             Fish
             ;
             the
             first
             being
             more
             spiri●uous
             and
             warming
             ,
             the
             last
             Cold
             ,
             Phlegmatick
             and
             Gross
             ,
             and
             harder
             of
             Concoction
             .
          
           
             'T
             is
             likewise
             observable
             ,
             that
             half
             the
             quantity
             of
             Wine
             or
             strong
             Drink
             will
             exhillerate
             a
             Man
             that
             lives
             on
             CornFood
             to
             as
             high
             a
             degree
             as
             double
             the
             quantity
             will
             those
             that
             feed
             on
             Flesh
             ,
             &c.
             which
             is
             a
             good
             Argument
             that
             Corn
             Food
             affords
             the
             cleanest
             and
             finest
             Nourishment
             ,
             and
             breeds
             the
             best
             Blood
             and
             Humours
             ,
             the
             Spirits
             being
             as
             it
             were
             always
             upon
             the
             Wing
             ,
             and
             consequently
             apter
             to
             be
             moved
             .
             The
             Complexion
             of
             Fish
             and
             Flesh
             is
             Cold
             and
             Phlegmatick
             ,
             (
             but
             whilst
             living
             )
             they
             are
             for
             the
             most
             part
             of
             a
             hot
             ,
             lively-brisk
             Temperament
             ,
             each
             according
             
             to
             its
             Nature
             and
             the
             Food
             they
             live
             on
             .
             But
             when
             the
             great
             Powers
             of
             Life
             are
             destroyed
             by
             the
             baneful
             stroak
             of
             the
             Butcher
             ,
             all
             the
             airy
             brisk
             Vertues
             bid
             the
             Corp●
             adue
             ,
             and
             the
             whole
             Mass
             becomes
             a
             lump
             of
             a
             sad
             Melancholick
             Nature
             and
             Operation
             ;
             what
             Notions
             soever
             some
             have
             to
             the
             contrary
             .
          
           
             
               The
               True
               and
               most
               Natural
               Method
               of
               Preparing
               the
               forementioned
               Pottage
               ,
               Gruels
               and
               Paps
               ,
               made
               of
               Flower
               ,
               Pease
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               TAke
               one
               Ounce
               of
               Wheat●
               flower
               ,
               which
               is
               a
               small
               Spoonful
               ,
               make
               a
               Point
               of
               Water
               near
               boyling
               hot
               ,
               temper
               your
               Flower
               with
               3
               or
               4
               Spoonfuls
               of
               cold
               Water
               ,
               then
               stir
               it
               into
               your
               hot
               Water
               ,
               keep
               it
               stirring
               on
               your
               Fire
               till
               it
               boyls
               up
               ,
               then
               it
               is
               at
               the
               thickest
               ,
               and
               is
               compleatly
               prepared
               ,
               add
               some
               Salt
               ,
               and
               a
               few
               crums
               of
               Bread
               ,
               letting
               it
               stand
               till
               it
               be
               almost
               cold
               ,
               this
               makes
               an
               excellent
               Meal
               for
               any
               Child
               ,
               from
               five
               or
               six
               years
               of
               Age
               to
               ten
               or
               twelve
               .
               Or
               you
               may
               make
               it
               thus
               ;
               Take
               an
               Onion
               ,
               cut
               it
               〈◊〉
               boyl
               it
               in
               your
               
               Water
               a
               few
               minutes
               ,
               then
               add
               your
               temper'd
               Flower
               as
               before
               ,
               seasoning
               it
               with
               Salt
               and
               some
               Crums
               of
               Bread
               ;
               this
               eats
               very
               pleasant
               ,
               and
               is
               very
               satisfactory
               to
               the
               Stomach
               .
               Onions
               are
               very
               wholsom
               in
               Pottages
               and
               Gruels
               ,
               they
               naturally
               warm
               and
               open
               the
               Obstructions
               of
               the
               Brest
               and
               Ureters
               ,
               and
               are
               not
               prejudicial
               to
               the
               Head
               nor
               Eyes
               ,
               when
               temperately
               used
               .
            
          
           
             
               Another
               .
            
             
               TAke
               two
               Ounces
               of
               Flower
               beaten
               or
               mixed
               with
               cold
               Water
               ,
               stir
               this
               into
               one
               Pint
               and
               a
               half
               of
               hot
               Water
               till
               it
               boyls
               up
               ,
               adding
               Salt
               and
               a
               little
               Bread
               ,
               and
               those
               that
               have
               no
               Bread
               may
               boyl
               an
               Onion
               ,
               in
               the
               Water
               before
               the
               Flower
               is
               put
               in
               ,
               this
               eaten
               ,
               makes
               a
               brave
               noble
               Exhillerating
               Meal
               for
               a
               Man
               ,
               which
               costs
               little
               more
               than
               one
               Farthing
               ,
               notwithstanding
               Corn
               is
               at
               such
               a
               high
               Price
               ;
               after
               this
               manner
               you
               may
               make
               what
               quantity
               you
               please
               thicker
               or
               thinner
               ,
               as
               it
               agrees
               best
               with
               you
               ,
               thick
               is
               best
               for
               strong
               Healthy
               People
               ,
               and
               for
               such
               as
               Labour
               ;
               thin
               is
               more
               advantagious
               
               for
               sick
               People
               ,
               or
               such
               as
               are
               troubled
               with
               foul
               Stomachs
               ,
               and
               obstructed
               Ureters
               ;
               a
               mean
               or
               middle
               sort
               is
               most
               proper
               for
               those
               that
               are
               of
               a
               soft
               Imployment
               ,
               or
               live
               a
               Sedentary
               Life
               .
            
          
           
             
               Oatmeal
               Pottage
               .
            
             
               TAke
               a
               Quart
               of
               Water
               ,
               make
               it
               boyling
               hot
               ,
               then
               take
               a
               large
               Spoonful
               of
               small
               ,
               or
               ground
               Oatmeal
               ,
               or
               somewhat
               better
               than
               a
               Spoonful
               ,
               temper
               it
               with
               cold
               Water
               ,
               then
               set
               it
               on
               your
               Fire
               till
               it
               begins
               to
               boyl
               up
               ,
               then
               brew
               it
               again
               and
               it
               is
               done
               ,
               add
               Salt
               and
               a
               little
               Bread
               ,
               letting
               of
               it
               stand
               till
               it
               be
               almost
               cold
               ;
               with
               this
               alone
               a
               Man
               may
               make
               as
               good
               a
               Meal
               as
               with
               all
               the
               Varities
               the
               four
               Elements
               afford
               ,
               for
               it
               renders
               the
               common
               Eater
               thereof
               strong
               ,
               lively
               and
               healthful
               .
               Or
               you
               make
               it
               thus
               ,
               if
               it
               be
               for
               a
               Meal
               without
               other
               things
               ,
               make
               your
               Water
               boyling
               hot
               ,
               then
               take
               an
               Onion
               and
               some
               Pot-Herbs
               ,
               let
               your
               Herbs
               and
               Onions
               boyl
               a
               little
               time
               in
               your
               Water
               before
               you
               brew
               or
               stir
               the
               tempered
               Oatmeal
               ,
               after
               which
               you
               
               must
               stir
               your
               Oatmeal
               in
               till
               it
               boyl
               up
               ,
               or
               begins
               to
               boyl
               ,
               then
               it
               is
               done
               ,
               adding
               Salt
               and
               Bread
               ;
               this
               a
               most
               pleasant
               and
               wholsome
               Pottage
               ,
               and
               very
               nourishing
               ;
               but
               such
               as
               loves
               it
               plain
               ,
               may
               have
               it
               so
               ,
               and
               others
               that
               will
               have
               it
               with
               Pot-Herbs
               ,
               without
               an
               Onion
               ,
               may
               please
               themselves
               ,
               it
               's
               a
               brave
               Food
               ,
               whether
               with
               or
               without
               Herbs
               .
               But
               give
               me
               leave
               to
               tell
               you
               ,
               that
               for
               such
               as
               live
               only
               on
               such
               Flowered
               or
               Corn
               Foods
               ,
               Onions
               and
               Pot-Herbs
               are
               best
               and
               most
               pleasing
               both
               to
               the
               Palate
               and
               Stomach
               ;
               for
               Variety
               of
               Preparations
               are
               most
               acceptable
               to
               Nature
               .
            
          
           
             
               Of
               Pease
               Pottage
               .
            
             
               TAke
               one
               Pint
               of
               Pease
               ,
               put
               them
               in
               three
               or
               four
               Quarts
               of
               Water
               ,
               on
               a
               very
               gentle
               Fire
               ,
               where
               they
               may
               heat
               gradually
               ,
               let
               them
               stand
               simpering
               or
               near
               a
               boyling
               heat
               for
               three
               or
               four
               hours
               ,
               then
               let
               them
               boyl
               very
               gently
               ,
               and
               when
               they
               are
               soft
               and
               incorporated
               into
               Pottage
               ,
               then
               take
               either
               dry'd
               Sage
               that
               is
               well
               preserved
               in
               its
               proper
               Season
               ,
               give
               it
               a
               little
               drying
               
               by
               the
               Fire
               ,
               and
               then
               rub
               it
               into
               Powder
               ,
               add
               this
               and
               an
               Onion
               ,
               let
               it
               boyl
               a
               little
               ,
               and
               then
               it
               is
               done
               :
               But
               if
               you
               have
               not
               dried
               Sage
               ,
               then
               take
               green
               and
               cut
               it
               small
               ,
               and
               use
               it
               as
               you
               would
               the
               dryed
               ,
               with
               an
               Onion
               or
               without
               .
               But
               it
               is
               further
               to
               be
               observed
               ,
               that
               after
               your
               Onion
               and
               Sage
               have
               boyled
               a
               little
               ,
               then
               you
               must
               take
               a
               large
               Spoonful
               of
               Wheat-Flower
               made
               into
               Batter
               with
               cold
               Water
               ,
               and
               stir
               it
               into
               your
               Pottage
               ,
               and
               so
               soon
               as
               it
               boyls
               up
               it
               is
               done
               .
               This
               Pint
               of
               Pease
               will
               make
               near
               two
               Quarts
               of
               brave
               pleasant
               Pottage
               ,
               which
               will
               serve
               a
               working
               Man
               a
               day
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               cost
               thereof
               will
               not
               be
               much
               more
               than
               one
               Penny.
               If
               the
               Poor
               were
               so
               Prudent
               to
               observe
               the
               forementioned
               Methods
               ,
               they
               might
               live
               most
               happy
               and
               healthful
               ,
               and
               would
               not
               be
               compelled
               to
               undergo
               so
               many
               troubles
               and
               great
               necessities
               as
               they
               are
               .
               Besides
               ,
               Want
               is
               the
               Mother
               of
               many
               great
               Evils
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             VI.
             
          
           
             A
             Humble
             Proposal
             to
             the
             Honourable
             Sir
             Thomas
             Lane
             ,
             Lord
             Major
             ,
             the
             Court
             of
             Aldermen
             ,
             Merchants
             ,
             Citizens
             ,
             &c.
             of
             the
             City
             of
             London
             ,
             for
             the
             Erecting
             of
             Twenty
             Free
             Schools
             in
             the
             Poor
             Parishes
             in
             and
             about
             the
             said
             City
             ,
             for
             the
             Education
             of
             Poor
             Children
             ,
             whose
             Parents
             are
             not
             able
             to
             pay
             for
             their
             Schooling
             .
          
           
             MAY
             it
             please
             your
             Lordship
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Honourable
             Gentlemen
             ,
             to
             whom
             this
             Proposal
             is
             Addressed
             ,
             to
             take
             into
             your
             Serious
             Consideration
             ,
             the
             Deplorable
             ▪
             Estate
             and
             Condition
             of
             many
             Poor
             Children
             ,
             that
             for
             want
             of
             Means
             to
             give
             them
             timely
             and
             proper
             Education
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             their
             being
             Instructed
             in
             the
             Methods
             of
             Vertue
             and
             true
             Religion
             ,
             are
             suffered
             to
             play
             away
             about
             the
             Streets
             the
             only
             Seasons
             of
             their
             Lives
             for
             Knowledge
             and
             Improvement
             ,
             in
             Idle
             ,
             Vain
             ,
             &
             
             Sinful
             Sports
             and
             Pastimes
             .
             In
             vain
             do
             your
             Lordship
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             Magistates
             ,
             so
             strenuously
             and
             commendably
             labour
             to
             Reform
             Mankind
             ,
             by
             suppressing
             and
             correcting
             grown
             and
             addult
             Wickedness
             ,
             while
             by
             the
             Connivance
             and
             Toleration
             of
             this
             ungodly
             Practise
             ,
             the
             Seeds
             of
             Vice
             ,
             like
             so
             many
             Hydra's
             Heads
             ,
             grow
             upon
             your
             Hands
             ,
             still
             furnishing
             you
             with
             new
             Matters
             of
             hopeless
             and
             unsuccessful
             Toyl
             and
             Vexation
             :
             For
             by
             this
             Idle
             squandering
             away
             their
             time
             ,
             they
             learn
             all
             kind
             of
             Lewdness
             ,
             Swearing
             ,
             Lying
             ,
             Stealing
             ,
             Impudence
             ,
             and
             Dissimulation
             ,
             which
             being
             then
             so
             timely
             and
             deeply
             Imprinted
             upon
             their
             Souls
             ,
             all
             the
             Punishment
             in
             the
             World
             can
             hardly
             ever
             return
             them
             afterwards
             :
             Good
             Manners
             ,
             Temperance
             ,
             Order
             ,
             and
             proper
             Learning
             ,
             are
             the
             Stays
             and
             Supports
             of
             all
             good
             Government
             ,
             which
             (
             if
             due
             care
             were
             taken
             )
             might
             as
             easily
             and
             cheaply
             be
             Planted
             ,
             as
             the
             forementioned
             Vices
             ;
             whereby
             in
             short
             time
             the
             World
             would
             be
             much
             better
             in
             general
             ,
             and
             the
             Magistracy
             in
             particular
             be
             discharged
             of
             abundance
             of
             ungratefulness
             and
             trouble
             .
             Now
             since
             
             the
             laying
             a
             sure
             and
             lasting
             Foundation
             of
             Vertue
             and
             Honesty
             is
             the
             Noblest
             and
             most
             Extensive
             Charity
             imaginable
             ,
             we
             cannot
             allow
             our selves
             to
             doubt
             of
             your
             Lordships
             Concurrence
             with
             the
             incouragement
             of
             so
             Lawful
             and
             Beneficial
             a
             Proposal
             :
             And
             we
             are
             bold
             to
             affirm
             ,
             that
             your
             Lordship
             cannot
             begin
             your
             Government
             ,
             from
             whence
             the
             whole
             City
             justly
             expects
             so
             much
             Happiness
             and
             Advantage
             ,
             under
             the
             Influences
             of
             a
             more
             Blessed
             and
             Auspicious
             Omen
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             therefore
             Humbly
             Proposed
             ,
             That
             Twenty
             Schools
             ,
             viz.
             Ten
             for
             Boys
             and
             Ten
             for
             Girls
             ,
             be
             erected
             ,
             which
             will
             require
             a
             Hundred
             and
             Twenty
             Pound
             
               per
               Annum
            
             one
             with
             another
             ,
             for
             their
             Maintenance
             ,
             with
             their
             proper
             Tutors
             ,
             Masters
             ,
             &c.
             each
             Parish
             or
             P●ecinct
             ,
             building
             their
             School-Houses
             at
             their
             own
             proper
             Charge
             ,
             low
             Houses
             ,
             all
             one
             Floor
             ,
             fifty
             Foot
             in
             length
             ,
             and
             twenty
             five
             in
             breadth
             ,
             with
             Chimneys
             ,
             and
             other
             necessary
             Convenienc●es
             .
             Now
             twenty
             Schools
             at
             a
             Hundred
             and
             Twenty
             Pound
             
               per
               Annum
            
             each
             ,
             must
             have
             a
             Settlement
             of
             
             Land
             of
             Two
             Thousand
             Five
             Hundred
             Pound
             
               per
               Annum
            
             ,
             which
             might
             easily
             be
             raised
             by
             a
             voluntary
             Contribution
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             not
             to
             be
             doubted
             ,
             but
             there
             are
             within
             the
             Circuit
             of
             the
             
               Bills
               of
               Mortality
            
             ,
             more
             than
             a
             Hundred
             Thousand
             Persons
             that
             are
             able
             ,
             without
             prejudice
             ,
             to
             give
             Ten
             Shillings
             each
             (
             that
             is
             )
             one
             with
             another
             ,
             which
             would
             amount
             to
             Fifty
             Thousand
             Pound
             Sterling
             ,
             which
             being
             well
             laid
             out
             ,
             would
             Purchase
             in
             Land
             Two
             Thousand
             Five
             Hundred
             Pound
             
               per
               Annum
            
             ,
             and
             better
             ;
             but
             if
             any
             alledge
             they
             cannot
             conveniently
             spare
             such
             a
             Sum
             as
             Ten
             Shillings
             it
             is
             proposed
             that
             there
             be
             a
             general
             Fasting
             Day
             for
             Six
             Weeks
             ,
             from
             all
             sorts
             of
             Costly
             Foods
             ,
             and
             strong
             Drinks
             ,
             one
             Day
             only
             in
             each
             Week
             ,
             which
             by
             a
             modest
             Computation
             ,
             would
             raise
             Ten
             Thousand
             Pound
             per
             Week
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             in
             the
             whole
             Sixty
             Thousand
             Pound
             ,
             and
             no
             particular
             Person
             or
             Family
             one
             Penny
             the
             worse
             ,
             which
             also
             without
             doubt
             would
             be
             mightily
             increased
             every
             Year
             by
             the
             Gifts
             and
             Liberality
             of
             Charitable
             People
             ,
             that
             d●op
             off
             the
             Stage
             of
             this
             World
             into
             Eternity
             .
          
           
           
             As
             an
             Enforcement
             of
             what
             is
             Proposed
             ,
             give
             me
             leave
             to
             tell
             you
             ,
             That
             this
             Charity
             is
             not
             given
             to
             Strangers
             ,
             but
             to
             preserve
             and
             maintain
             our
             own
             Posterity
             or
             Off
             spring
             ,
             even
             our
             own
             Children
             ,
             two
             thirds
             whereof
             ,
             if
             no●
             more
             ,
             within
             the
             Compass
             and
             Revolution
             of
             Thirty
             or
             Fourty
             Years
             ,
             by
             some
             private
             Misfortunes
             ,
             or
             publick
             Calamities
             and
             Alterations
             of
             State
             ,
             come
             to
             extream
             Poverty
             and
             Straits
             .
             For
             it
             is
             reasonably
             supposed
             ,
             That
             Thirty
             Years
             s●nce
             there
             were
             then
             in
             and
             about
             London
             ,
             Forty
             Thousand
             Gentlemen
             ,
             Merchants
             ,
             Shopkeepers
             and
             Tradesmen
             ,
             worth
             in
             Estates
             from
             Five
             Hundred
             to
             Ten
             Thousand
             Pounds
             ,
             and
             these
             might
             possibly
             have
             three
             Children
             each
             ,
             one
             with
             another
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             Hundred
             and
             Twenty
             Thousand
             ,
             so
             that
             at
             this
             time
             it
             is
             not
             to
             be
             questioned
             ,
             if
             an
             exact
             scrutiny
             be
             made
             ,
             and
             account
             given
             of
             each
             Man's
             Off-spring
             ,
             but
             that
             there
             are
             now
             half
             ,
             or
             two
             thirds
             of
             these
             that
             really
             want
             such
             a
             piece
             of
             Charity
             as
             is
             here
             preposed
             .
          
           
           
             Now
             if
             we
             will
             but
             look
             forward
             ,
             we
             may
             rationally
             conclude
             ,
             That
             Thirty
             or
             Forty
             Years
             hence
             ,
             our
             Children
             or
             Grand-Children
             may
             be
             in
             the
             like
             poor
             Condition
             ;
             so
             that
             Money
             thus
             disposed
             of
             ,
             as
             we
             have
             proposed
             ,
             is
             a
             far
             better
             Security
             to
             our
             Posterity
             than
             the
             Free
             Land
             of
             any
             particular
             Person
             can
             purchace
             for
             them
             :
             Besides
             ,
             you
             have
             the
             Great
             God's
             Word
             ,
             and
             our
             Saviour
             Christ's
             Promise
             ,
             to
             Indempnifie
             and
             save
             you
             harmless
             ;
             for
             
               he
               that
               gives
               to
               the
               poor
               ,
               lends
               to
               the
               Lord
               ,
            
             and
             there
             shall
             be
             manifold
             Restitutions
             made
             ,
             with
             the
             Blessings
             of
             this
             World
             ,
             and
             with
             Life
             Eternal
             in
             the
             World
             to
             come
             ,
             which
             is
             both
             personal
             and
             Real
             Security
             .
             Neither
             do
             I
             believe
             there
             is
             any
             firmer
             or
             better
             way
             of
             Conveying
             or
             Intailing
             Estates
             on
             our
             Children
             and
             Posterity
             ,
             than
             by
             Works
             of
             Mercy
             and
             Almsgiving
             ,
             being
             assured
             according
             to
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             the
             likeliest
             Expedients
             and
             Antidotes
             against
             the
             secret
             Canker
             ,
             and
             give
             our
             Children
             a
             sure
             and
             lasting
             Title
             to
             their
             Inheritance
             :
             For
             Retaliation
             of
             Rewards
             and
             Punishments
             is
             the
             Indispensible
             
             Law
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             will
             have
             its
             Execution
             either
             in
             this
             World
             or
             that
             which
             is
             to
             come
             .
             This
             our
             Saviour
             further
             exemplifies
             in
             the
             Parable
             between
             the
             Sheep
             and
             the
             Goats
             ,
             when
             he
             says
             to
             the
             Sheep
             on
             his
             Right
             Hand
             ,
             
               Come
               ,
               ye
               blessed
               ,
               into
               the
               Kingdom
               prepared
               for
               you
               ;
               for
               I
               was
               hungry
               ,
               and
               you
               fed
               me
               ;
               naked
               ,
               and
               ye
               cloathed
               me
               ;
               sick
               ,
               and
               in
               Prison
               ,
               and
               ye
               administred
               unto
               me
               :
            
             But
             to
             the
             Goats
             he
             says
             ,
             
               Go
               ye
               cursed
               into
               everlasting
               Darkness
               ,
               prepared
               for
               the
               Devil
               and
               his
               Angles
               ;
               for
               you
               have
               neither
               fed
               ,
               cloathed
               ,
               nor
               administred
               to
               me
               .
            
             And
             further
             ,
             when
             they
             expostulated
             with
             him
             ,
             saying
             ,
             
               Lord
               ,
               when
               did
               we
               see
               thee
               hungry
               ,
               naked
               ,
               sick
               ,
               or
               in
               Prison
               ?
            
             His
             Answer
             was
             ,
             
               Insomuch
               as
               ye
               did
               it
               not
               to
               one
               of
               these
               little
               ones
               ,
               ye
               did
               it
               not
               to
               me
               .
            
             Hence
             it
             is
             Evident
             ,
             in
             so
             many
             plain
             words
             ,
             what
             Christ's
             Sheep
             were
             justified
             for
             ;
             and
             for
             what
             the
             Goats
             were
             condemned
             ;
             the
             first
             had
             Charity
             ,
             the
             latter
             not
             ;
             therefore
             to
             do
             good
             ,
             and
             communicate
             those
             Gifts
             the
             Lord
             hath
             intrusted
             us
             with
             ,
             is
             one
             of
             the
             most
             Binding
             and
             Fundamental
             Precepts
             in
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             .
             Charity
             being
             therefore
             the
             
             first
             true
             step
             to
             all
             Vertue
             ;
             that
             we
             may
             obtain
             the
             Blessing
             of
             the
             Almighty
             upon
             the
             Publick
             Undertakings
             ,
             and
             all
             our
             Private
             Lawful
             Endeavours
             ,
             let
             us
             resolve
             to
             go
             on
             chearfully
             ,
             and
             lay
             up
             a
             Treasure
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             by
             being
             Liberal
             to
             the
             Poor
             and
             Needy
             upon
             Earth
             .
             And
             for
             the
             better
             and
             more
             singular
             performance
             of
             these
             Duties
             ,
             our
             Holy
             Religion
             and
             Interests
             obliges
             every
             one
             in
             his
             Station
             ,
             avoiding
             Covetousness
             and
             Expensive
             Sensuality
             ,
             to
             betake
             our selves
             to
             Sobriety
             and
             Temperance
             ,
             which
             are
             the
             great
             Promoters
             and
             Encouragers
             of
             Charity
             ,
             with
             proper
             and
             due
             Fasting
             ,
             which
             is
             none
             of
             the
             least
             Vertues
             ,
             for
             they
             all
             proceed
             from
             the
             Fountain
             of
             God's
             Grace
             ,
             and
             an
             inward
             Ground
             or
             Divine
             Principle
             in
             the
             Soul.
             
          
           
             This
             is
             what
             I
             have
             given
             my
             Mind
             to
             think
             of
             ,
             and
             do
             believe
             it
             my
             Duty
             to
             Recommend
             the
             same
             to
             my
             Fellow
             Citizens
             ,
             wherein
             I
             humbly
             Pray
             ,
             That
             my
             good
             Will
             ,
             at
             least
             ,
             may
             be
             accepted
             ,
             though
             it
             should
             happen
             that
             some
             of
             my
             Notions
             are
             not
             altogether
             approved
             of
             ;
             for
             I
             am
             conscious
             to
             my
             
             self
             of
             no
             other
             aim
             than
             the
             discharge
             of
             my
             Duty
             ,
             to
             persuade
             Men
             to
             be
             really
             what
             they
             profess
             themselves
             nominally
             ,
             viz.
             Disciples
             and
             Followers
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             in
             whose
             Service
             I
             am
             ,
          
           
             
               Gentlemen
               ,
            
             
               Your
               Well
               wishing
               Friend
               ,
               
                 Thomas
                 Tryon
              
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Vse
               and
               Vertues
               of
               several
               Sorts
               of
               Gruels
               and
               Pottages
               ;
               viz.
               
            
             
               Water-gruel
               and
               Milk-pottage
               ,
               have
               the
               first
               place
               ,
               not
               only
               for
               their
               Excellent
               Qualities
               ,
               and
               Friendly
               Agreement
               they
               have
               with
               the
               Stomach
               ,
               but
               also
               they
               are
               easy
               Come
               at
               able
               by
               the
               Poor
               and
               Meanest
               of
               People
               ;
               next
               in
               Rank
               do
               follow
               many
               other
               sorts
               of
               Brave
               Exhilerating
               Pottages
               ;
               viz.
               Pap
               ,
               made
               with
               Wheat-flower
               and
               Water
               ,
               or
               with
               Milk
               ,
               Water
               ,
               and
               Flower
               ;
               
               Barley-gruel
               ,
               Herb-pottage
               ,
               Pease-pottage
               ,
               Furmity
               ,
               Buttered
               Wheat
               ,
               Possets
               ,
               Bonny-clabber
               ,
               Flummery
               ,
               Caudles
               made
               of
               Beer
               ,
               Wine
               ,
               Cider
               ,
               or
               other
               Liquors
               ,
               with
               Oat-meal
               ,
               also
               with
               Eggs
               ,
               and
               Chocolate
               ;
               all
               which
               are
               the
               most
               agreeable
               ,
               friendly
               Foods
               to
               Nature
               ;
               being
               easie
               of
               Concoction
               ,
               and
               do
               afford
               greater
               Strength
               ,
               and
               generates
               better
               Blood
               and
               finer
               Spirits
               ,
               than
               most
               do
               imagine
               ,
               which
               are
               the
               Sinews
               of
               Health
               ;
               and
               they
               may
               be
               eaten
               freely
               ,
               without
               any
               danger
               of
               Surfeits
               ,
               either
               with
               Bread
               or
               without
               ;
               for
               these
               Liquid
               Regions
               ,
               do
               as
               it
               were
               contain
               the
               Sominary
               Vertues
               ,
               both
               of
               dry
               and
               moist
               Aliment
               ,
               contributing
               a
               more
               Sublime
               Nourishment
               than
               strong
               ,
               hard
               ,
               salt
               Foods
               ,
               being
               tempered
               with
               such
               equality
               of
               Parts
               ,
               whence
               do
               proceed
               such
               an
               Innocent
               Power
               ,
               and
               Ravishing
               Balsamick
               Vertue
               ,
               that
               the
               frequent
               Eating
               thereof
               ,
               do
               fortify
               ,
               strengthen
               ,
               and
               refresh
               Nature
               to
               the
               highest
               degree
               ,
               being
               endued
               with
               a
               certain
               innate
               Power
               and
               Vertue
               ,
               not
               only
               to
               help
               to
               digest
               harder
               Foods
               ,
               but
               they
               cleanse
               and
               open
               all
               the
               Passages
               ,
               and
               are
               a
               Powerful
               prevention
               of
               Obstructions
               ,
               
               and
               gross
               Phlegmy
               Humors
               ,
               and
               at
               the
               same
               time
               supplying
               Nature
               with
               a
               substantial
               ,
               brisk
               Nourishment
               ,
               and
               sweet
               ,
               friendly
               Moisture
               ,
               provided
               they
               are
               mixed
               and
               prepared
               with
               Judgment
               ;
               and
               all
               that
               Love
               their
               Health
               ,
               ought
               to
               Eat
               them
               ,
               at
               all
               times
               of
               the
               Year
               ,
               but
               more
               especially
               in
               Summer
               ,
               and
               hot
               Seasons
               ;
               they
               make
               no
               noise
               ,
               nor
               cause
               any
               insurrection
               in
               the
               Body
               ,
               so
               that
               after
               a
               Meal
               of
               such
               Foods
               ,
               there
               is
               felt
               no
               inequality
               or
               indisposition
               ,
               the
               Body
               doth
               not
               Burn
               with
               an
               unatural
               Flame
               ,
               nor
               the
               Crown
               is
               not
               pestered
               with
               Fumes
               and
               Vapours
               ;
               in
               a
               word
               ,
               they
               are
               endued
               with
               all
               the
               good
               united
               Vertues
               ,
               both
               of
               the
               Vegetable
               and
               Animals
               Kingdoms
               ;
               besides
               these
               Pottages
               have
               such
               a
               Sympathetical
               Agreement
               with
               the
               digesting
               Liquor
               of
               the
               Stomach
               ,
               called
               the
               Menstruum
               ,
               Whose
               Office
               is
               to
               fit
               ,
               qualifie
               ,
               and
               prepare
               the
               Food
               for
               separation
               and
               digestion
               ,
               being
               of
               a
               mild
               ,
               gentle
               Nature
               and
               Operation
               ,
               imitating
               the
               Dew
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               which
               doth
               bow
               ,
               apply
               ▪
               and
               incorporate
               ,
               its
               sweet
               Dews
               and
               moist
               Vapours
               to
               all
               its
               Off-spring
               ,
               whence
               all
               things
               become
               impregnated
               with
               
               Life
               ,
               Power
               and
               Vertue
               :
               For
               this
               cause
               all
               Pottages
               do
               not
               only
               strengthen
               the
               Appetite
               ,
               and
               the
               A●tractive
               Facultie●
               and
               Powers
               of
               Nature
               ,
               but
               they
               are
               easily
               melted
               into
               Chyle
               ,
               without
               any
               manifest
               trouble
               or
               molestation
               to
               the
               Stomach
               ;
               for
               the
               nearer
               affinity
               the
               Foods
               have
               to
               the
               Menstruum
               ,
               the
               easier
               they
               are
               digested
               ,
               and
               sharper
               is
               the
               Appetite
               ,
               because
               the
               sweet
               Vertues
               of
               such
               things
               are
               drawn
               forth
               into
               all
               the
               Members
               and
               Parts
               of
               the
               Body
               ,
               gently
               and
               mildly
               supplying
               them
               with
               a
               fit
               and
               proper
               Nourishment
               ,
               with
               far
               more
               ease
               and
               pleasure
               to
               Nature
               ,
               than
               from
               hard
               ,
               strong
               ,
               salt
               Foods
               ;
               neither
               doth
               our
               Friendly
               ,
               Homogenial
               Pottages
               heat
               ,
               consume
               ,
               or
               dry
               up
               the
               Menstruum
               ,
               or
               Radical
               Moisture
               ,
               as
               gross
               Flesh
               ,
               Fish
               ,
               and
               Cheese
               do
               ,
               from
               whence
               do
               proceed
               ,
               after
               the
               eating
               thereof
               ,
               Indisposition
               ,
               and
               an
               unatural
               Drought
               ,
               which
               renders
               the
               whole
               uneasie
               ,
               and
               unfit
               ,
               either
               for
               the
               Business
               of
               the
               Body
               or
               Mind
               ;
               therefore
               it
               is
               observable
               ,
               that
               in
               the
               Eastern
               and
               Southern
               Parts
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               where
               the
               Natives
               drink
               Water
               ,
               their
               Foods
               being
               most
               ,
               or
               all
               ,
               made
               into
               Pottages
               ,
               where
               they
               never
               ,
               or
               very
               
               seldom
               ,
               eat
               any
               Flesh
               ,
               Fish
               ,
               old
               Cheese
               ,
               salt
               Butter
               ,
               and
               but
               little
               Bread
               in
               gross
               ,
               as
               the
               Custom
               is
               in
               the
               Northern
               Parts
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               therefore
               the
               Gout
               ,
               Stone
               ,
               Scurvy
               ,
               and
               many
               other
               Cruel
               Diseases
               are
               not
               known
               ;
               which
               Distempers
               do
               for
               the
               most
               part
               proceed
               ,
               and
               are
               generated
               by
               the
               constant
               feeding
               on
               strong
               ,
               hard
               ,
               salt
               ,
               crude
               Foods
               ,
               and
               the
               drinking
               of
               strong
               ,
               harsh
               ,
               sharp
               Drinks
               ,
               being
               all
               of
               a
               disagreeing
               Nature
               to
               the
               Menstruum
               of
               the
               Stomach
               ;
               and
               therefore
               they
               do
               mightily
               obstruct
               Nature
               ,
               stop
               the
               Passages
               ,
               begetting
               sharp
               ,
               windy
               Humours
               ,
               thick
               Blood
               ,
               dull
               and
               heavy
               Spirits
               ,
               which
               are
               the
               Original
               Causes
               of
               the
               Gout
               ,
               Wind
               ,
               Stone
               ,
               Scurvy
               ,
               and
               many
               other
               Diseases
               :
               For
               this
               Cause
               when
               any
               Languish
               under
               those
               forementioned
               Distempers
               ,
               the
               Learned
               advise
               them
               to
               live
               on
               some
               of
               the
               above-mentioned
               Gruels
               and
               Pottages
               ;
               for
               if
               such
               Foods
               recover
               lost
               Health
               ,
               
                 pars
                 ratione
              
               ,
               consequently
               it
               must
               maintain
               and
               promote
               it
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Tryon
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .