The good house-wife made a doctor, or, Health's choice and sure friend being a plain way of nature's own prescribing to prevent and cure most diseases incident to men, women, and children by diet and kitchin-physick only : with some remarks on the practice of physick and chymistry / by Thomas Tryon.
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           THE
           Good
           House-wife
           MADE
           A
           Doctor
           ,
           Or
           ,
           
             Health's
             Choice
             and
             〈◊〉
             Friend
          
           Being
           a
           Plain
           Way
           of
           Nature's
           own
           prescribing
           ,
           to
           Prevent
           and
           Cure
           Most
           Diseases
           incident
           to
           
             Men
             ,
             Women
          
           and
           Children
           ,
           by
           Diet
           and
           Kitchin-Physick
           only
           .
        
         
           With
           some
           Remarks
           on
           the
           Practice
           of
           Physick
           and
           Chymistry
           .
        
         
           By
           Thomas
           Tryon
           ,
           
             Student
             in
             Physick
             ;
             And
             Author
             of
          
           The
           Way
           to
           Health
           ,
           Long
           Life
           and
           Happiness
           .
           Country-mans
           Companion
           .
           The
           New
           Art
           of
           Brewing
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           The
           Second
           Edition
           .
           To
           which
           is
           added
           some
           Observations
           on
           the
           Tedious
           Methods
           of
           Unskilful
           Chyrurgions
           ;
           with
           Cheep
           and
           Easie
           Remedies
           .
           By
           the
           same
           Author
           .
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             H.
             N.
          
           and
           
             T.
             S.
          
           And
           are
           to
           be
           Sold
           by
           
             Randal
             Taylor
          
           ,
           near
           Stationers-Hall
           ,
           1692.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           PREFACE
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           HEalth
           is
           the
           greatest
           temporal
           Blessing
           we
           can
           enjoy
           in
           this
           Mortal
           state
           :
           Without
           it
           the
           choicest
           Beauty
           vanishes
           in
           a
           Moment
           ,
           like
           a
           withered
           Flower
           ;
           the
           stoutest
           Strength
           dwindles
           into
           a
           
             childish
             Weakness
          
           ,
           scarce
           able
           to
           support
           the
           tottering
           Carkass
           ;
           Riches
           become
           insignificant
           Lumber
           ;
           Honour
           an
           empty
           Bubble
           ,
           or
           extrinsick
           Shadow
           ,
           yielding
           no
           delight
           ;
           Nay
           Wit
           and
           Parts
           grow
           Vseless
           ,
           and
           Life
           it self
           but
           an
           unwelcome
           load
           and
           continual
           Torture
           .
           For
           how
           often
           may
           we
           see
           Lords
           and
           Aldermen
           ,
           the
           Rich
           and
           
           the
           Great
           ,
           swell'd
           with
           Dropsies
           ,
           or
           wasted
           with
           Consumptions
           ,
           or
           rack't
           with
           the
           Stone
           ,
           or
           laid
           up
           with
           the
           Gout
           ,
           or
           crippled
           with
           Sciatica's
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           ,
           heartily
           envying
           those
           
             Jolley
             Swains
          
           ,
           who
           feed
           only
           ▪
           with
           Bread
           and
           Cheese
           ,
           and
           trotting
           up
           to
           the
           Knees
           in
           Dirt
           ,
           do
           yet
           with
           
             lusty
             Limbs
          
           ,
           and
           
             vigorous
             Stomachs
          
           ,
           and
           
             merry
             Hearts
          
           ,
           and
           
             undisturbed
             Heads
             ,
             whistle
          
           out
           more
           
             sollid
             Joys
          
           than
           the
           others
           ,
           with
           all
           their
           Wealth
           and
           State
           can
           purchase
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           't
           is
           undeniably
           one
           of
           the
           most
           important
           Businesses
           of
           this
           Life
           ,
           to
           preserve
           our selves
           in
           Health
           .
           And
           this
           all
           People
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           actually
           groaning
           under
           the
           smart
           of
           Sickness
           ,
           will
           readily
           acknowledge
           .
           Oh!
           then
           they
           would
           give
           all
           they
           have
           in
           the
           World
           for
           Ease
           and
           Remedy
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           but
           an
           Ague
           ,
           or
           a
           fit
           of
           the
           Tooth-Ach
           !
           
           but
           as
           soon
           as
           the
           Pain
           is
           over
           ,
           and
           whilst
           Nature
           is
           yet
           pretty
           sturdy
           ,
           and
           as
           long
           as
           ever
           she
           can
           bear
           up
           ,
           they
           care
           not
           how
           they
           use
           her
           ,
           and
           seem
           to
           value
           this
           precious
           Iewel
           
             [
             Health
          
           ]
           no
           more
           than
           the
           silly
           Indians
           of
           old
           did
           their
           Wealth
           ,
           when
           they
           contentedly
           parted
           with
           Gold
           and
           Pearl
           ,
           for
           Toys
           ,
           and
           Baubles
           ,
           and
           Knives
           ,
           and
           Beaugles
           ,
           and
           Looking-Glasses
           .
           Most
           men
           will
           moil
           and
           toil
           like
           Horses
           ,
           and
           rise
           early
           and
           lie
           down
           late
           ,
           and
           eat
           the
           Bread
           of
           Carefulness
           ,
           to
           get
           Money
           and
           Land
           ,
           though
           they
           neither
           make
           good
           use
           thereof
           themselves
           whilst
           they
           live
           ,
           nor
           know
           who
           shall
           enjoy
           it
           after
           they
           are
           dead
           ▪
           And
           how
           diligent
           are
           others
           by
           fawning
           and
           flattering
           ,
           and
           courting
           those
           whom
           in
           their
           hearts
           they
           hate
           and
           scorn
           ,
           and
           by
           servile
           Offices
           and
           irksome
           Attendances
           ,
           and
           a
           thousand
           other
           pittiful
           Arts
           ,
           to
           acquire
           a
           Rattle
           to
           
           their
           Name
           ,
           and
           get
           a
           Title
           of
           Honour
           ,
           or
           some
           Place
           of
           Preferment
           that
           may
           give
           them
           an
           opportunity
           ▪
           to
           domineer
           over
           their
           Inferiors
           ,
           but
           there
           is
           scarce
           one
           Man
           or
           Woman
           of
           a
           thousand
           that
           does
           in
           earnest
           consider
           and
           pursue
           the
           means
           of
           preserving
           their
           Health
           ,
           but
           either
           lives
           at
           Random
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           takes
           up
           with
           the
           pernicious
           Notions
           of
           
             Custom
             ,
             Tradition
          
           and
           
             Blind
             Guides
          
           ,
           whose
           Prescriptions
           of
           Diet
           are
           most
           improper
           and
           prejudicial
           ,
           their
           Medicines
           Nauseates
           to
           Nature
           ,
           and
           their
           Physick
           a
           close
           Confederate
           with
           the
           inva●ing
           Disease
           .
        
         
           Nay
           ,
           so
           prodigal
           are
           the
           generality
           of
           this
           
             in●steeamble
             Blessing
          
           ,
           that
           they
           use
           it
           not
           only
           with
           Neglect
           ,
           but
           Contempt
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           exposed
           it
           to
           sale
           by
           
             I●ch
             of
             Candle
          
           ,
           and
           he
           that
           bid
           least
           should
           have
           it
           .
           Rather
           than
           ●ot
           gratifie
           a
           
             liquorish
             Palate
          
           ,
           the
           Stomach
           shall
           be
           overcharg'd
           ;
           
           and
           rather
           than
           break
           up
           a
           foolish
           lewd
           Company
           ,
           or
           refuse
           to
           comply
           with
           a
           wicked
           Drunken
           Custom
           ,
           the
           Brain
           shall
           be
           set
           a-float
           ,
           and
           Reason
           turn'd
           a-drift
           ,
           and
           Nature
           exposed
           to
           a
           general
           Inundation
           of
           violent
           strong
           Liquor
           ,
           and
           left
           to
           shift
           for
           her self
           ,
           without
           either
           Pilot
           or
           Rudder
           .
           I
           am
           confident
           most
           People
           are
           more
           careful
           to
           provide
           wholsom
           proper
           Food
           for
           their
           Cattel
           ,
           and
           Gentle●en
           are
           more
           curious
           in
           ordering
           and
           dieting
           their
           Race-Horses
           (
           though
           therein
           too
           they
           are
           generally
           mistaken
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           demonstrated
           in
           a
           little
           Treat●se
           ,
           entituled
           ,
           
             The
             Country-man's
             Companion
          
           )
           than
           in
           the
           Food
           which
           they
           take
           themselves
           ,
           or
           about
           the
           course
           of
           their
           own
           Eating
           ,
           Drinking
           and
           Exercises
           ,
           whereon
           not
           only
           their
           own
           Health
           and
           Lives
           ,
           but
           the
           strength
           and
           vigour
           of
           their
           Posterity
           ,
           does
           in
           so
           great
           a
           measure
           depend
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Meats
           and
           Drinks
           commonly
           used
           are
           for
           the
           most
           part
           improper
           ,
           and
           detrimental
           in
           their
           Nature
           and
           Composition
           ,
           more
           in
           their
           unskilful
           ways
           of
           Preparation
           ,
           and
           most
           of
           all
           by
           the
           Heterogenious
           Mixtures
           ,
           and
           
             excessive
             Quantities
          
           .
           And
           this
           more
           especially
           to
           those
           that
           are
           already
           sick
           and
           languishing
           .
           Having
           therefore
           in
           this
           
             small
             Treatise
          
           resolved
           to
           detect
           those
           Errors
           in
           all
           three
           respects
           ,
           and
           the
           Reasons
           thereof
           :
           And
           on
           the
           other
           si●e
           ,
           to
           shew
           the
           true
           Method
           of
           Diet
           fit
           for
           the
           Prevention
           or
           Cure
           of
           most
           Diseases
           ,
           intermixing
           therewith
           several
           most
           useful
           and
           necessary
           Remarques
           touching
           the
           Nature
           ,
           and
           right
           ways
           of
           preparing
           of
           divers
           sorts
           of
           the
           most
           beneficial
           Foods
           ,
           I
           shall
           begin
           with
           those
           that
           best
           serve
           for
           the
           Assisting
           and
           Restoring
           of
           
             decay'd
             Nature
          
           ,
           because
           I
           have
           therein
           observed
           both
           
           the
           most
           common
           and
           the
           most
           dangerous
           and
           irretreivable
           Errors
           to
           be
           committed
           ;
           as
           also
           because
           from
           what
           we
           shall
           deliver
           on
           that
           subject
           ,
           every
           one
           that
           has
           the
           Wit
           to
           know
           by
           a
           Penny
           how
           a
           Shilling
           is
           coyned
           ,
           may
           learn
           what
           Diet
           is
           proper
           to
           b●
           used
           both
           for
           the
           Preventing
           and
           Curing
           of
           most
           other
           Distempers
           .
           For
           Nature
           ,
           like
           Truth
           ,
           is
           always
           intire
           ,
           uniform
           and
           agreeable
           to
           its
           self
           ,
           so
           that
           whoeve●
           has
           the
           right
           Key
           ,
           may
           therewith
           unlock
           her
           whole
           Cabinet
           ;
           whereas
           the
           blind
           Paths
           of
           
             Tradition
             ,
             Ignorance
             ,
             Custo●
          
           and
           Error
           ,
           are
           not
           only
           various
           and
           interferring
           ,
           but
           many
           times
           opposite
           and
           contradictory
           to
           each
           other
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           The
           Contents
           .
        
         
           
             
               Chap.
               I.
            
             OF
             the
             several
             Causes
             of
             
               Consumptions
               ,
               page
            
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             The
             absurd
             Course
             of
             Diet
             usually
             oraer●d
             in
             those
             cases
             ,
             p.
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             7.
             
          
           
             And
             the
             proper
             Remedies
             for
             prevention
             and
             Cure
             of
             those
             decays
             of
             Nature
             ,
             p.
             8
             ,
             9.
             
          
           
             Other
             preposterous
             Courses
             prescribed
             by
             learned
             Doctors
             ,
             Chymists
             ,
             &c.
             for
             Cure
             of
             
               Consumptions
               ,
               p.
            
             20
             ,
             21
             ,
             22.
             
          
           
             
               Chap.
               II.
            
             The
             Nature
             of
             Milk
             ,
             and
             the
             best
             ways
             of
             preparing
             and
             Cooking
             it
             ,
             p.
             25.
             
          
           
             How
             Milk
             ought
             to
             be
             eaten
             entire
             ,
             p.
             26
             ,
             27.
             
          
           
             An
             Excellent
             way
             of
             prep●ring
             Milk
             with
             Wheat-Flower
             ,
             p.
             28.
             
          
           
             Another
             way
             of
             preparing
             Milk
             with
             Water
             ,
             Oatmeal
             and
             Eggs
             ,
             p.
             29
             ,
             30.
             
          
           
             Of
             Furmety
             ,
             p.
             33.
             
          
           
             Of
             Boniclapper
             ,
             its
             nature
             and
             operation
             ,
             p.
             34.
             
          
           
             
               Chap.
               III.
            
             Of
             Water-Gruel
             ,
             p.
             39
             ,
             40.
             
          
           
             What
             it
             is
             that
             causes
             Butter
             made
             in
             Winter
             to
             have
             a
             bitter
             Taste
             ,
             p.
             42
             ,
             43.
             
          
           
             Another
             excellent
             healthy
             Food
             for
             all
             sorts
             of
             People
             ,
             p.
             45
             ,
             46.
             
          
           
             
               Chap.
               IV.
            
             Of
             Flesh
             Broths
             ,
             p.
             49.
             
          
           
             
               Chap.
               V.
            
             Of
             F●umery
             .
             p.
             56.
             
          
           
             
               Chap.
               VI.
            
             Of
             the
             sev●●al
             sorts
             of
             Bread
             ,
             and
             which
             is
             best
             ,
             especially
             for
             sickly
             People
             ,
             p.
             61.
             
          
           
             
               Chap.
               VII
            
             .
             Of
             Butter
             ,
             its
             Nature
             ,
             and
             how
             best
             to
             be
             eaten
             ,
             p.
             68.
             
          
           
             
             
               Chap.
               VIII
            
             .
             Of
             Cheese
             ,
             p.
             71.
             
          
           
             
               Chap.
               IX
            
             .
             Of
             the
             best
             sort
             of
             Puddens
             ,
             and
             the
             contrary
             ,
             p.
             74.
             
          
           
             
               Chap.
               X.
            
             Of
             Eggs
             ,
             their
             Nature
             ,
             and
             the
             best
             way
             of
             dressing
             and
             eating
             them
             ,
             p.
             80.
             
          
           
             
               Chap.
               XI
            
             .
             Of
             Pyes
             ,
             &c.
             p.
             83.
             
          
           
             
               Chap.
               XII
            
             .
             Of
             Rai●ins
             of
             the
             Sun
             ,
             p.
             93.
             
          
           
             
               Chap.
               XIII
            
             .
             Of
             Currants
             ,
             p.
             96.
             
          
           
             
               Chap.
               XIV
            
             .
             Of
             Spices
             ,
             viz.
             Cloves
             ,
             Mace
             ,
             Nutmegs
             ,
             Cinnamon
             ,
             Ginger
             ,
             Pomento
             ,
             &c.
             their
             Nature
             and
             Operation
             ,
             p.
             101.
             
          
           
             
               Chap.
               XV.
            
             Of
             Oyl
             ,
             and
             its
             Nature
             ,
             p.
             115.
             
          
           
             
               Chap.
               XVI
            
             .
             Of
             Honey
             ,
             its
             Nature
             and
             Operation
             ,
             with
             some
             Notes
             on
             the
             Practice
             of
             Chymistry
             ,
             p.
             118.
             
          
           
             
               Chap.
               XVII
            
             .
             Of
             
               Sugar
               Sugar-Candy
            
             and
             Pan-Sugar
             ,
             their
             Nature
             and
             Operation
             ,
             p.
             137.
             
          
           
             To
             prevent
             and
             Cure
             Colds
             certainly
             ,
             p.
             148.
             
          
           
             
               Chap.
               XVIII
            
             .
             Of
             the
             four
             principal
             Tastes
             ,
             or
             th●
             Bitter
             ,
             the
             Saltish
             ,
             the
             Sour
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Sweet
               Qualities
            
             ,
             and
             their
             respective
             Natures
             ,
             p.
             157.
             
          
           
             
               Chap.
               XIX
            
             .
             Of
             Drinks
             ,
             and
             first
             of
             
               Canary
               ,
               p.
            
             170.
             
          
           
             
               Chap.
               XX.
            
             Of
             Sherry
             ,
             p.
             179.
             
          
           
             
               Chap.
               XXI
            
             .
             Of
             White-Wine
             ,
             p.
             180.
             
          
           
             
               Chap.
               XXII
            
             .
             Of
             Rhe●is●-Wine
             ,
             p.
             185.
             
          
           
             
               Chap.
               XXIII
            
             .
             Of
             Claret
             ,
             p.
             188.
             
          
           
             
               Chap.
               XXIV
            
             .
             Of
             Cyder
             ,
             its
             Nature
             and
             Operation
             ;
             and
             several
             new
             ways
             prescribed
             how
             〈◊〉
             make
             good
             Syder
             ,
             p.
             195.
             
          
           
             
               Chap.
               XXV
            
             .
             Of
             Mum
             ,
             its
             Nature
             ,
             p.
             205.
             
          
           
             
               Chap.
               XXVI
            
             .
             Of
             
               Coffee
               ,
               p.
            
             207.
             
          
           
             
               Chap.
               XXVII
            
             .
             Of
             
               Tea
               ,
               p.
            
             215.
             
          
           
             
             
               Chap.
               XXVIII
            
             .
             Of
             Herbs
             and
             Sallads
             ,
             both
             boyled
             and
             raw
             ,
             p.
             217.
             
          
           
             What
             Herbs
             may
             properly
             be
             mixed
             in
             a
             Salad
             ,
             as
             also
             how
             to
             season
             and
             eat
             them
             to
             best
             advantage
             ,
             p.
             219.
             
          
           
             Sallads
             for
             the
             Winter
             ,
             p.
             223.
             
          
           
             Of
             the
             most
             proper
             times
             for
             eating
             of
             Sallads
             ,
             p.
             225
             ▪
          
           
             ●ow
             to
             supply
             the
             want
             of
             Oyl
             in
             Sallads
             where
             Persons
             do
             not
             love
             it
             ,
             or
             can't
             have
             it
             ,
             p.
             227.
             
          
           
             
               Chap
               XXIX
            
             .
             The
             best
             way
             to
             make
             Herb-Pottage
             ,
             not
             only
             in
             the
             Spring
             ,
             but
             also
             at
             all
             times
             of
             the
             year
             ,
             p.
             229.
             
          
           
             
               Chap.
               XXX
            
             .
             The
             best
             way
             to
             make
             Diet-Drink
             with
             Herbs
             ,
             Grains
             ,
             Seeds
             ,
             &c.
             or
             the
             proper
             methods
             of
             Infusion
             of
             Herbs
             in
             Beer
             ,
             Ale
             ,
             or
             other
             Drinks
             ,
             p.
             235.
             
          
           
             
               Chap.
               XXXI
            
             .
             Of
             Salt
             ,
             its
             Nature
             and
             Vperation
             ,
             p.
             241
             :
          
           
             
               Chap.
               XXXII
            
             .
             Of
             the
             Scurvey
             ,
             and
             its
             Generation
             ,
             p.
             253.
             
          
           
             Rules
             and
             Derections
             to
             prevent
             th●
             Scurvey
             ,
             p.
             260.
             
          
           
             An
             Excellent
             Poul●●●●
             which
             cures
             Burns
             ,
             Scalded
             Limbs
             ,
             Boyls
             ,
             Fellons
             ,
             Tumors
             ,
             &c.
             p.
             271.
             
          
           
             Another
             ,
             &c.
             ibid
             ▪
          
           
             Another
             ,
             &c.
             p.
             272.
             
          
           
             Another
             ,
             &c.
             ibid.
             
          
           
             Another
             ,
             &c.
             ibid.
             
          
           
             Another
             ,
             &c.
             ibid.
             
          
           
             Observations
             on
             the
             tedious
             ●ethods
             of
             unskilful
             Chyrurgions
             ,
             
               &c.
               p.
            
             274.
             
          
           
             The
             Co●clusion
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           EVERY
           Good
           House-wife
           MADE
           A
           Doctor
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             I.
             
          
           
             Of
             the
             several
             Causes
             of
             Consumptions
             :
             The
             absurd
             course
             of
             Diet
             usually
             ordered
             in
             those
             c●ses
             .
             Together
             with
             the
             proper
             Re●●dies
             for
             Prevention
             and
             Cure
             thereof
             .
          
           
             OF
             all
             Diseases
             ,
             Cons●mptions
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             wasting
             Dist●mp●rs
             ,
             are
             those
             which
             hitherto
             ●ave
             been
             most
             attempted
             to
             be
             cured
             by
             Diet
             ,
             but
             after
             such
             an
             u●natural
             and
             
             preposterous
             Method
             ,
             that
             those
             very
             Rich
             and
             chargeable
             Foods
             which
             generally
             are
             by
             the
             learned
             prescribed
             in
             such
             cases
             ,
             are
             apt
             ,
             instead
             of
             bringing
             Relief
             ,
             to
             encrease
             the
             Disease
             ,
             more
             impare
             the
             Powers
             of
             Nature
             ,
             and
             hasten
             on
             Death
             ,
             rather
             than
             a
             Cure
             :
             This
             ,
             I
             doubt
             not
             ,
             will
             appear
             to
             every
             considerate
             Reader
             ,
             from
             the
             following
             Discourse
             ,
             wherein
             I
             shall
             first
             give
             an
             account
             of
             the
             common
             Causes
             (
             or
             occasions
             )
             of
             those
             Diseases
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             next
             place
             inform
             my
             Country-People
             of
             the
             proper
             Remedies
             for
             the
             same
             ,
             by
             Foods
             fitly
             prepared
             and
             adapted
             for
             the
             supply
             and
             assistance
             of
             Nature
             in
             all
             such
             Languishments
             ;
             withal
             ,
             shewing
             how
             improper
             and
             mischievous
             those
             things
             are
             which
             be
             commonly
             used
             and
             prescribed
             for
             that
             purpose
             .
          
           
             Those
             Diseases
             called
             Consumptions
             are
             Decays
             of
             the
             
               Radical
               Moisture
            
             or
             
               Essential
               Oyl
            
             ,
             whereby
             the
             Natural
             Heat
             of
             the
             Stomach
             is
             so
             weakned
             that
             it
             cannot
             make
             any
             perfect
             or
             due
             separation
             of
             the
             Meats
             and
             Drinks
             received
             ,
             from
             whence
             arises
             abundance
             of
             evil
             Juices
             and
             Phlegm
             ,
             so
             that
             no
             good
             
             Nourishment
             is
             bred
             ,
             though
             the
             Food
             be
             never
             so
             Rich
             ,
             and
             the
             Drinks
             never
             so
             Cordial
             ,
             as
             most
             that
             are
             afflicted
             in
             this
             kind
             ,
             may
             find
             by
             Experience
             .
          
           
             But
             though
             this
             be
             th●
             general
             Nature
             of
             these
             Diseases
             ,
             yet
             they
             proceed
             from
             various
             Causes
             and
             Intemperances
             ;
             As
             ,
          
           
             1.
             
             In
             some
             Complexions
             ,
             from
             overcharging
             of
             Nature
             with
             
               Rich
               Food
            
             ,
             and
             too
             great
             Quantities
             ;
             or
             in
             others
             ,
             by
             much
             drinking
             of
             
               Wine
               ,
               Brandy
            
             and
             Strong-Drinks
             ,
             which
             weaken
             the
             Natural
             Heat
             ,
             and
             wash
             (
             as
             it
             were
             )
             Nature
             away
             by
             destroying
             the
             action
             of
             the
             Stomach
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             In
             others
             ,
             these
             general
             Decay●
             and
             Weaknesses
             are
             caused
             by
             a
             Sedentary
             and
             
               Idle
               course
               of
               Life
            
             ,
             for
             want
             of
             
               proper
               Labour
            
             and
             
               Exercises
               ,
               over-warm
               Clothings
               ,
               soft
               F●ather-Beds
            
             and
             
               excessive
               Lying
               in
               Bed
            
             ,
             which
             always
             proves
             pernicious
             to
             the
             Health
             both
             of
             Body
             and
             Mind
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             There
             are
             others
             that
             contract
             these
             consuming
             Diseases
             by
             their
             too
             much
             Dalliance
             ,
             and
             frequenting
             the
             
               Shades
               of
               Venus
            
             ,
             and
             that
             not
             only
             by
             
             eating
             and
             drinking
             such
             things
             as
             irritate
             and
             provoke
             Nature
             ,
             but
             also
             by
             their
             heightned
             Lusts
             and
             depraved
             Imaginations
             ,
             force
             her
             beyond
             her
             Power
             and
             Ability
             ,
             who
             oft
             times
             corrupts
             her
             in
             her
             very
             Radi●
             :
             Many
             are
             caught
             in
             this
             Snare
             ,
             as
             well
             
               Young-Marriea
               P●ople
            
             ,
             as
             the
             more
             Lewd
             and
             Lascivious
             ,
             which
             prostitute
             themselves
             to
             common
             Mixtures
             ;
             and
             many
             of
             these
             〈◊〉
             Incureable
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             Others
             fall
             into
             these
             Diseases
             by
             Surfeits
             of
             
               O●er-lab●ur
               ,
               exc●ssive
               Heats
            
             or
             Colds
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             Accidents
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             Some
             by
             great
             Feavers
             and
             long
             Fits
             of
             Sickness
             ,
             which
             frequently
             leave
             behind
             them
             such
             Seeds
             of
             Diseases
             as
             are
             not
             without
             great
             difficulty
             overcome
             or
             rooted
             out
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             To
             some
             they
             happen
             through
             Grief
             or
             
               Trouble
               of
               Mind
            
             ,
             a
             
               Melancholly
               Disposition
            
             ,
             (
             one
             of
             the
             worst
             Companions
             of
             Life
             )
             
               violent
               Passions
            
             ,
             as
             of
             
               Love
               ,
               Hatred
            
             and
             Envy
             ,
             or
             a
             
               Disp●ir
               of
               Gods
               Divine
               All-sufficient
            
             and
             always
             Liberal
             and
             
               Indulgent
               Hand
            
             of
             Providence
             ;
             and
             these
             by
             pining
             and
             fretting
             ,
             waste
             their
             Spirits
             ,
             and
             thence
             the
             
             Natural
             Heat
             being
             weakned
             ,
             is
             unable
             to
             generate
             a
             new
             Supply
             ;
             and
             so
             having
             first
             disorder'd
             their
             Minds
             ,
             the
             Body
             is
             destroy'd
             by
             Concomitancy●
             ▪
             for
             these
             two
             mutually
             operate
             upon
             ,
             and
             enfluence
             each
             other
             ,
             and
             you
             can
             hardly
             preserve
             either
             of
             them
             in
             its
             due
             state
             ,
             unless
             you
             take
             care
             of
             both
             .
          
           
             Lastly
             ,
             In
             not
             a
             few
             a
             Consumptive
             Constitution
             is
             Hered●tary
             ,
             and
             derived
             from
             one
             or
             both
             their
             Parents
             ;
             and
             Th●●
             of
             all
             other
             is
             the
             most
             hard
             to
             Remedy
             .
          
           
             
               Now
               let
               us
               see
               what
               are
               the
            
             Common
             Methods
             
               whereby
               not
               only
               the
            
             Vulgar
             ,
             
               but
               also
               the
            
             Learned
             
               many
               times
               ,
               do
               think
               to
               help
               these
            
             Decays
             ,
             
               and
               what
               are
               the
               usual
               things
               prescribed
               for
               the
               sick
               Party
               in
               this
               case
               ,
               to
               restore
               him
               to
               Health
               and
               Strength
               ?
               And
               that
               is
               ,
               when
               any
               one
               is
               in
               such
               a
               weak
               languishing
               state
               of
               Body
               ,
               every
               one
               ,
            
             Doctor
             ,
             Apothecary
             ,
             Nurse
             
               and
               all
               ,
               cry
               out
            
             ,
             
               You
               must
               take
               
                 Nourishing
                 Meats
              
               and
               Drinks
               ,
               sup
               goo●
               
                 Sack
                 ,
                 Old
                 Malago
                 ,
                 Tent
                 ,
              
               or
               the
               like
               ,
               with
               Yolks
               of
               Eggs
               in
               i●
               ;
               and
               get
               you
               good
               
                 Rich
                 Broths
              
               ,
               and
               Jellies
               ,
               and
               Pottages
               
               made
               of
               Knucles
               of
               Veal
               ,
               and
               the
               Flesh
               of
               an
               
                 old
                 Cock
              
               beat
               ,
               and
               bruised
               ,
               and
               battered
               ,
               and
               boyled
               all
               to
               pieces
               ;
               for
               you
               must
               boyl
               your
               Flesh
               till
               it
               fall
               off
               the
               Bones
               ,
               that
               all
               the
               goodness
               and
               virtue
               may
               diffuse
               it self
               into
               the
               Broth
               ;
               and
               be
               sure
               you
               boyl
               it
               in
               but
               little
               Water
               ,
               that
               it
               may
               be
               the
               Heartier
               ;
               and
               keep
               your
               Vessel
               or
               Pot
               close
               cover'd
               ,
               that
               the
               Virtue
               may
               not
               evaporate
               ,
               but
               your
               Broth
               may
               be
               thick
               ,
               and
               good
               ,
               and
               strong
               ;
               for
               you
               want
               Strength
               (
               poor
               Creature
               !
               )
               and
               Nourishment
               ,
               and
               this
               will
               cherish
               you
               bravely
               ;
               together
               with
               a
               Rich
               
                 Cordial
                 of
                 Alchermes
              
               that
               I
               'll
               send
               you
               :
               But
               forget
               not
               to
               keep
               your self
               warm
               with
               a
               
                 Flannel
                 Shirt
              
               ,
               and
               a
               
                 Wastcoat
                 ,
                 Doublet
                 ,
                 Coat
              
               and
               Campaign
               ,
               a
               Gown
               over
               all
               lin'd
               ,
               and
               a
               
                 quilted
                 Stomacher
              
               for
               your
               Breast
               ;
               and
               have
               a
               care
               of
               Cold
               a
               Nights
               ,
               but
               bathe
               your
               tender
               Nerves
               in
               a
               Down
               or
               
                 soft
                 Feather-Bed
              
               ,
               and
               get
               a
               
                 quilted
                 Cap
              
               and
               a
               Napkin
               over
               it
               for
               your
               Head
               ,
               and
               draw
               your
               Curtains
               before
               your
               Windows
               and
               round
               your
               Bed
               ,
               and
               there
               lie
               as
               long
               as
               you
               can
               ;
               so
               Sleep
               is
               a
               great
               Refresher
               and
               Nourisher
               :
               And
               against
               you
               rise
               let
               
               there
               be
               a
               
                 Rouzing
                 Fire
              
               in
               your
               Chamber
               ,
               and
               a
               Quart
               of
               New-Milk
               boyl'd
               above
               half
               away
               ,
               with
               Snails
               in
               it
               ,
               and
               well
               sweetned
               with
               Sugar
               ,
               and
               then
               three
               or
               four
               hours
               after
               take
               a
               Mess
               ,
               as
               much
               as
               you
               can
               get
               down
               ,
               of
               the
               aforesaid
               Cock
               or
               Jelly-Broth
               ,
               with
               good
               Spice
               in
               it
               ;
               and
               after
               that
               you
               may
               eat
               a
               good
               Chicken
               ,
               or
               some
               other
               
                 nourishing
                 Flesh
              
               tenderly
               boyled
               ;
               and
               when
               you
               have
               done
               ,
               take
               a
               good
               piece
               of
               
                 fat
                 toasted
                 Cheese
              
               for
               Concoction
               ,
               and
               wash
               all
               down
               with
               three
               or
               four
               Glasses
               of
               
                 Racy
                 Canary
              
               or
               
                 stout
                 Old
                 Malago
              
               ,
               wherein
               there
               is
               stee●ed
               a
               Quantity
               of
               
                 Raisons
                 of
                 the
                 Son
              
               stoned
               ,
               and
               a
               lettle
               Saffron
               to
               cheer
               the
               Heart
               ;
               but
               if
               you
               do
               not
               so
               well
               like
               Snails
               ,
               then
               take
               only
               Milk
               hot
               from
               the
               Cow
               ,
               or
               Strokings
               ,
               and
               swee●ten
               it
               with
               Sugar
               or
               
                 Sugar
                 of
                 Roses
              
               .
               And
               be
               sure
               continue
               this
               course
               constantly
               ,
               and
               though
               you
               are
               now
               weak
               as
               Water
               and
               have
               no
               more
               Spirits
               than
               a
               
                 Dish●●
                 clout
              
               ,
               you
               shall
               shortly
               be
               as
               strong
               as
               Sampson
               ,
               and
               as
               lusty
               as
               Hercules
               ,
               who
               
                 (
                 they
                 say
              
               )
               got
               fifty
               Children
               in
               one
               Night
               .
               —
               
                 Probatum
                 est
              
               .
            
          
           
           
             This
             is
             the
             sum
             and
             substance
             of
             many
             a
             
               learned
               Lerry
            
             ,
             and
             passes
             with
             the
             Crowd
             for
             most
             
               Orthodox
               Doctor
               Croft
            
             ,
             though
             in
             truth
             the
             whole
             is
             altogether
             
               Ignorant
               Tattle
            
             ,
             contrary
             to
             
               Nature
               ,
               Reason
            
             and
             Experience
             .
          
           
             But
             lest
             I
             should
             seem
             (
             like
             those
             I
             oppose
             )
             to
             assert
             things
             without
             Proof
             or
             Demonstration
             ,
             I
             desire
             the
             Reader
             would
             with
             me
             ,
             impartially
             consider
             the
             unproperness
             and
             contrariety
             of
             these
             Prescriptions
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             intended
             :
             First
             ,
             In
             their
             Natur●
             and
             Composition
             ;
             and
             Next
             ,
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             
               undue
               Prepara●i●ns
            
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             When
             Nature
             languishes
             ,
             and
             is
             already
             weak
             and
             decay●d
             then
             they
             cry
             ,
             
               You
               must
               tak
               N●urish●ng
               things
            
             ;
             when
             ●tis
             probable
             most
             times
             ▪
             that
             the
             first
             occasion
             of
             the
             Disease
             was
             〈◊〉
             and
             up●rst●●ty
             in
             Meats
             and
             Drinks
             ,
             that
             did
             
               over
               charge
               Nature
            
             with
             two
             much
             Nou●ish●●●nt
             .
             But
             how●ver
             ,
             〈…〉
             be
             what
             it
             will
             ,
             Natu●e
             is
             no●
             we●k
             and
             indisposed
             ,
             the
             〈◊〉
             dull'd
             ,
             the
             Stomach●s
             Natural
             〈◊〉
             and
             digestive
             Faculty
             decay'd
             ,
             so
             that
             they
             cannot
             bear
             either
             
             with
             
               great
               Quantity
            
             ,
             nor
             Foods
             that
             are
             of
             a
             
               strong
               Quality
            
             which
             ought
             in
             the
             first
             place
             to
             be
             considered
             ;
             for
             Overcha●ging
             ,
             either
             in
             Quantity
             or
             Quality
             ,
             is
             generally
             very
             prejudicial
             to
             those
             that
             are
             in
             Competent
             Health
             ,
             but
             much
             more
             to
             such
             as
             are
             Sick
             ;
             This
             being
             a
             most
             certain
             Aphorism
             ,
             
               That
               Nature
               ought
               at
               all
               times
               to
               be
               stronger
               than
               the
               Food
               ,
            
             and
             not
             the
             
               Food
               too
               strong
               for
               Nature
            
             ,
             as
             in
             these
             cases
             is
             general
             ,
             but
             very
             absurdly
             practised
             ;
             for
             if
             there
             be
             not
             a
             proportionable
             agreement
             between
             the
             Food
             and
             the
             Stomach
             ,
             in
             vain
             do
             you
             expect
             Relief
             ,
             but
             rather
             thereby
             Nature
             is
             yet
             further
             oppressed
             ,
             and
             her
             whole
             Concord
             and
             Tranquility
             disordered
             and
             destroyed
             .
             For
             when-ever
             the
             Natural
             Heat
             is
             weak
             and
             impotent
             ,
             the
             Food
             ought
             to
             be
             suitable
             :
             And
             to
             do
             otherwise
             ,
             is
             just
             as
             if
             in
             very
             cold
             Weather
             ,
             when
             your
             Fire
             is
             almost
             quite
             out
             ,
             and
             not
             above
             a
             Spark
             or
             two
             left
             upon
             the
             Hearth
             ,
             you
             should
             cry
             out
             ,
             
               Throw
               〈◊〉
               an
               huge
               ●imber-Log
            
             ,
             or
             
               bring
               a
               B●sh●●
               or
               two
               of
               larg●
               round
               Coles
               ,
               for
               〈◊〉
               is
               〈◊〉
               best
               Fewel
               ●hat
               can
               be
               to
               make
               〈…〉
               Fire
            
             ;
             which
             is
             
             very
             true
             ;
             but
             yet
             ,
             in
             this
             case
             ,
             instead
             of
             encreasing
             your
             Fire
             ,
             it
             will
             ,
             by
             its
             weight
             and
             unsuitableness
             quite
             put
             it
             out
             ;
             whereas
             if
             you
             had
             fed
             it
             at
             first
             with
             a
             little
             
               Small-Cole
               ,
               Shavings
            
             or
             Chips
             ,
             you
             might
             have
             nursed
             it
             up
             into
             a
             competent
             Flame
             ,
             and
             then
             ,
             and
             not
             before
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             able
             to
             deal
             with
             your
             Coles
             and
             your
             Timber
             ,
             and
             turn
             them
             into
             Aliments
             for
             its
             self
             .
             The
             Application
             is
             easie
             ,
             Nothing
             does
             more
             hurt
             the
             Health
             than
             Disproportion
             ,
             and
             to
             heap
             together
             Superf●uity
             of
             Meats
             and
             Drinks
             ,
             beyond
             the
             Power
             of
             the
             Digestive
             Faculty
             ,
             especially
             when
             they
             are
             made
             strong
             and
             fulsom
             by
             
               bad
               Preparations
            
             ;
             and
             this
             respect
             the
             usual
             Prescriptions
             to
             
               Consumptive
               Persons
            
             are
             very
             much
             to
             be
             blamed
             .
             For
             ,
          
           
             2.
             
             Broths
             and
             Pottages
             made
             with
             any
             kind
             of
             Flesh
             ,
             be
             it
             what
             it
             will
             ,
             where
             't
             is
             boyled
             in
             small
             Quantities
             of
             Water
             ,
             and
             the
             Vessel
             or
             ●ot
             kept
             close
             cover'd
             ,
             and
             boyled
             so
             long
             till
             it
             becomes
             soft
             and
             a
             meer
             Mash
             ,
             so
             that
             it
             falls
             from
             the
             Bones
             ;
             such
             Broths
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             will
             become
             thick
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             
               blackish
               colour
            
             ,
             or
             a
             stron●
             unpleasing
             
             scent
             or
             smell
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             fulsom
             nauseating
             taste
             ,
             hard
             of
             Concoction
             ,
             and
             apt
             to
             cloy
             the
             Stomach
             ;
             for
             the
             much
             ,
             or
             over-boyling
             of
             any
             sort
             of
             Food
             (
             especially
             Fl●sh
             ,
             which
             is
             of
             its
             own
             Nature
             th●
             grossest
             of
             all
             Food
             ,
             and
             most
             subject
             to
             Putrifaction
             )
             does
             destroy
             all
             the
             good
             Virtues
             ,
             and
             so
             much
             the
             more
             speedily
             and
             certainly
             when
             it
             shall
             be
             boyled
             in
             small
             Quantities
             of
             Water
             ,
             and
             the
             Vessel
             kept
             cover'd
             ;
             for
             thereby
             the
             pure
             
               volatile
               Spirit
            
             is
             suffocated
             ,
             and
             then
             presently
             the
             
               sweet
               Oyl
            
             of
             such
             Food
             turns
             strong
             and
             ●our
             for
             want
             of
             the
             egress
             and
             regress
             of
             the
             Air
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             true
             Life
             and
             Preserver
             of
             the
             essential
             Spirit
             ,
             as
             the
             Spirit
             is
             the
             Life
             and
             Preserver
             of
             the
             sweet
             Body
             in
             every
             thing
             ,
             and
             in
             whatsoever
             the
             Spirit
             suffers
             violence
             ,
             the
             
               Balsa●ick
               Body
            
             and
             Oyl
             is
             turned
             into
             a
             strong
             fulsom
             substance
             as
             is
             manifested
             by
             all
             fermented
             Liquors
             ,
             which
             if
             exposed
             to
             the
             open
             Air
             ,
             the
             Spirits
             will
             evaporate
             ,
             and
             then
             the
             sweetness
             thereof
             turns
             sower
             ,
             and
             becomes
             of
             an
             heavy
             dull
             Nature
             and
             Operation
             .
             But
             in
             the
             preparation
             o●
             a●
             gross
             phlegmy
             Bodies
             ,
             
             especially
             Flesh
             ,
             the
             Vessel
             being
             open
             ,
             and
             having
             good
             Water
             ▪
             with
             the
             free
             Influences
             of
             the
             Air
             ,
             keeps
             the
             Spirits
             living
             ,
             till
             such
             Bodies
             be
             digested
             ,
             and
             the
             Spirits
             set
             at
             liberty
             ;
             and
             then
             such
             thing
             is
             said
             to
             be
             enough
             ,
             or
             rightly
             prepared
             :
             For
             if
             such
             Preparations
             or
             Digestions
             be
             afterwards
             continued
             ,
             the
             spirituous
             parts
             and
             brisk
             lively
             Tinctures
             become
             either
             suffocated
             or
             evaporated
             ,
             let
             the
             thing
             be
             of
             what
             Nature
             it
             will
             ;
             as
             is
             manifest
             in
             all
             Preparations
             ,
             especially
             in
             making
             of
             Hay
             ,
             for
             there
             ,
             when
             once
             the
             gross
             phlegmatick
             Body
             of
             the
             Grass
             is
             sufficiently
             digested
             or
             exhaled
             by
             the
             virtue
             and
             power
             of
             the
             Sun
             and
             Elements
             ,
             if
             the
             Hay
             be
             afterwards
             continued
             open
             abroad
             ,
             the
             Sun
             and
             Air
             would
             quickly
             exhale
             and
             destroy
             the
             essential
             Virtues
             and
             good
             Properties
             also
             ;
             the
             very
             same
             is
             to
             be
             understood
             in
             the
             Preparation
             of
             all
             sorts
             of
             Food
          
           
             Furthermore
             ,
             if
             the
             Vessel
             in
             which
             your
             Food
             is
             prepared
             ▪
             be
             close
             covered
             whilst
             it
             is
             boyling
             ,
             such
             Food
             is
             thereby
             made
             yet
             worse
             ;
             for
             then
             those
             ●●ery
             sulphurous
             Fumes
             ▪
             and
             Vapours
             
             which
             are
             raised
             by
             the
             Fire
             ,
             and
             would
             freely
             pass
             away
             ,
             as
             you
             see
             in
             a
             mighty
             continual
             Reek
             or
             Steem
             ,
             if
             the
             Vessel
             were
             uncovered
             ,
             are
             stopt
             and
             forced
             back
             into
             the
             Meat
             ,
             and
             being
             of
             a
             fiery
             sharp
             Nature
             ,
             and
             full
             of
             gross
             Humidity
             ,
             by
             this
             Repr●cussion
             or
             Con●inement
             ,
             they
             become
             gradually
             more
             intense
             and
             raging
             ,
             because
             of
             the
             want
             of
             the
             free
             Influence
             of
             the
             Air
             ,
             and
             so
             sinking
             down
             again
             upon
             the
             Meat
             ,
             do
             wound
             the
             pure
             
               volatile
               Spirits
            
             ,
             and
             not
             only
             destroy
             the
             natural
             Colour
             ,
             Smell
             and
             Taste
             ,
             but
             also
             make
             the
             Food
             Lumpish
             ,
             close
             ,
             heavy
             ,
             dull
             and
             gross
             on
             the
             Palate
             ,
             hard
             of
             Digestion
             in
             the
             Stomach
             ,
             generating
             thick
             Blood
             and
             unwholsom
             Nourishment
             ;
             from
             whence
             proceed
             dull
             Indispositions
             ,
             and
             noxious
             Fumes
             flying
             up
             into
             the
             Head.
             
          
           
             For
             all
             Cooks
             and
             H●usewives
             ought
             to
             note
             and
             understand
             ,
             that
             the
             digestive
             Faculty
             and
             true
             Virtue
             of
             all
             Food
             does
             consist
             in
             the
             pure
             spirituous
             parts
             ,
             and
             if
             any
             violence
             be
             offered
             or
             done
             unto
             them
             in
             the
             Preparation
             ,
             ●hen
             such
             Food
             becomes
             dull
             ,
             and
             as
             it
             were
             half
             dead
             of
             Taste
             ;
             
             for
             the
             Fumes
             or
             Vapours
             which
             Pots
             and
             Vessel
             ,
             surrounded
             with
             the
             heat
             of
             the
             Fire
             ,
             do
             send
             forth
             ,
             are
             of
             a
             poysonous
             pernicious
             Nature
             ,
             and
             contrary
             to
             the
             genuine
             heat
             of
             the
             Food
             ;
             as
             you
             may
             perceive
             ,
             if
             you
             take
             up
             any
             sort
             of
             Food
             ,
             when
             boyled
             ,
             and
             presently
             whilst
             it
             is
             hot
             ,
             cover
             it
             close
             ,
             which
             will
             force
             those
             fiery
             sharp
             Fumes
             back
             ,
             and
             cause
             them
             to
             re-enter
             the
             Food
             ,
             which
             will
             thereby
             presently
             become
             Pall'd
             ,
             and
             lose
             its
             natural
             briskness
             of
             Taste
             ,
             Smell
             and
             Colour
             ,
             because
             the
             pure
             Spirits
             are
             suffocated
             ,
             and
             so
             such
             Foods
             will
             not
             only
             be
             heavy
             ,
             and
             have
             a
             dull
             gross
             Taste
             and
             Smell
             ,
             but
             shall
             be
             unpleasing
             both
             to
             the
             Pallate
             and
             Stomach
             ,
             and
             harder
             of
             Concoction
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             nothing
             is
             more
             unnatural
             than
             for
             People
             to
             eat
             or
             drink
             any
             kind
             of
             Food
             ,
             whilst
             those
             fiery
             Steams
             and
             Fumes
             are
             in
             it
             ,
             especially
             such
             as
             are
             weakly
             
               Consumptive
               People
            
             ;
             for
             they
             
               Swell
               the
               Body
            
             ,
             and
             generate
             Wind
             in
             abundance
             ,
             send
             Fumes
             and
             
               Vapours
               into
               the
               He●d
            
             ,
             infect
             the
             ●hole
             Mass
             of
             Blood
             with
             hot
             sharp
             
               Itching
               Scorbutick
               Humors
            
             :
             And
             indeed
             no
             sort
             
             of
             Food
             or
             Liquors
             ought
             to
             be
             eaten
             or
             drank
             hotter
             than
             the
             Blood
             in
             cold
             Weather
             ,
             but
             in
             hot
             Seasons
             most
             sorts
             are
             best
             cold
             ,
             which
             a
             little
             use
             will
             make
             very
             easie
             and
             familiar
             to
             every
             one
             ,
             let
             their
             Stomachs
             be
             never
             so
             much
             depraved
             by
             Custom
             ,
             as
             I
             have
             more
             at
             large
             demonstrated
             in
             my
             
               Way
               to
               Health
               ,
               long
               Life
               &
               Happiness
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             What
             hath
             been
             said
             of
             thick
             strong
             over-prepared
             Pottag●s
             and
             Broths
             made
             of
             Flesh
             ,
             the
             very
             same
             ill
             effects
             have
             all
             or
             most
             Iellies
             ;
             for
             by
             their
             improper
             Mixtures
             and
             over
             preparing
             they
             became
             loathsome
             ,
             and
             Nauseates
             to
             Nature
             ,
             even
             as
             sick
             as
             the
             languishing
             Patient
             that
             takes
             them
             :
             And
             the
             like
             also
             may
             be
             understood
             of
             Snails
             and
             Milk
             boyled
             till
             it
             becomes
             of
             a
             Iellous
             substance
             ,
             and
             then
             lustily
             sweetned
             with
             Sugar
             or
             
               Sugar
               of
               Roses
            
             (
             which
             is
             ten
             times
             worse
             than
             common
             Sugar
             )
             being
             burthensom
             to
             the
             sick
             Patients
             Pallate
             and
             Stomach
             ,
             very
             heavy
             and
             hard
             of
             Concoction
             ,
             and
             therefore
             the
             use
             thereof
             does
             generally
             prove
             of
             evil
             Consequence
             ;
             for
             undoubtedly
             if
             Hea●thy
             People
             should
             confine
             themselves
             to
             such
             t●●ngs
             ,
             they
             would
             in
             a
             
             little
             time
             bring
             Disorders
             upon
             them
             ,
             and
             how
             profitable
             they
             can
             be
             then
             to
             the
             sick
             and
             weak
             ,
             or
             rather
             how
             very
             destructive
             they
             must
             needs
             prove
             ,
             may
             easily
             be
             judged
             .
          
           
             But
             here
             some
             will
             say
             ,
             
               Many
               have
               been
               known
               to
               recover
               by
               or
               after
               the
               eating
               and
               drinking
               of
               such
               things
               .
            
             —
             To
             which
             I
             Answer
             ,
             That
             it
             can
             never
             be
             proved
             ,
             but
             is
             absurd
             to
             Reason
             ,
             that
             they
             recover'd
             By
             such
             things
             ,
             but
             that
             some
             may
             have
             recovered
             After
             them
             ,
             may
             be
             true
             ;
             for
             tho'
             I
             know
             them
             to
             be
             improper
             and
             dangerous
             ,
             yet
             I
             do
             not
             say
             they
             are
             Mortal
             to
             all
             that
             take
             them
             ;
             and
             if
             an
             hundred
             People
             be
             at
             one
             time
             sick
             of
             the
             same
             Disease
             ,
             if
             they
             had
             neither
             
               D●ctor's
               Advice
            
             nor
             Physick
             ,
             there
             would
             (
             no
             doubt
             )
             many
             of
             them
             recover
             ▪
             but
             amongst
             the
             Ignorant
             ,
             when
             any
             one
             happens
             to
             escape
             they
             attribute
             the
             Glory
             to
             the
             Doctor
             and
             his
             I●●scriptions
             ,
             never
             considering
             the
             
               Divine
               Hand
               of
               the
               Lord
            
             ,
             nor
             the
             secret
             working
             Power
             of
             his
             Hand
             maid
             ●atu●e
             ,
             but
             cry
             with
             open
             Mouth
             
               Such
               or
               such
               a
               Doctor
               cured
               me
               ,
               or
               e●se
               I
               had
               been
               i●
               my
               〈◊〉
               ;
               Or
               such
               a
               Pottage
               or
               ●ehy
               is
               a
               rar●
               thi●g
               ,
               it
               cured
               me
               
               when
               all
               hopes
               of
               Life
               were
               past
            
             ;
             when
             in
             truth
             neither
             the
             
               Doctor
               's
               Prattle
            
             ,
             nor
             the
             
               Nauseous
               Slip-slop
            
             contributed
             any
             more
             to
             the
             Cure
             ,
             than
             the
             
               Chattering
               of
               a
               Magpye
            
             ,
             or
             the
             
               Roe
               of
               a
               Red
               Herring
            
             .
          
           
             But
             if
             the
             
               People
               will
               be
               cheated
               ,
               let
               ●●em
            
             ;
             only
             give
             me
             leave
             to
             whisper
             a
             litter
             
               better
               Advice
            
             to
             the
             Sons
             and
             Daughters
             of
             Wisdom
             ,
             who
             will
             be
             so
             thankful
             to
             Truth
             ,
             so
             obedient
             to
             Reason
             ,
             and
             so
             kind
             to
             Thems●lves
             as
             to
             hearken
             unto
             it
             ;
             And
             that
             is
             thus
             ,
             When
             any
             Person
             shall
             find
             him
             or
             her self
             indisposed
             ,
             their
             Stomacks
             to
             grow
             weak
             ,
             with
             a
             general
             Disorder
             through
             the
             whole
             Body
             ,
             and
             a
             decay
             of
             Strength
             ,
             then
             first
             of
             all
             they
             ought
             to
             look
             back
             and
             consider
             what
             manner
             or
             course
             of
             Life
             they
             have
             drove
             ,
             as
             to
             Temper●nce
             or
             Int●mpe●ance
             in
             Meats
             or
             Drinks
             ,
             and
             that
             both
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             Quantity
             and
             Quali●y
             as
             also
             their
             Ex●rcises
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             Extreams
             they
             have
             inured
             themselves
             unto
             ,
             which
             none
             can
             so
             well
             know
             ,
             or
             be
             able
             to
             judge
             of
             as
             themselves
             ;
             and
             likewise
             ●o
             consider
             the
             Air
             he
             hath
             lived
             in
             ▪
             where
             the
             Disease
             was
             bred
             .
             And
             by
             this
             Reflection
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             impartial
             ,
             
             serious
             and
             considerate
             ,
             every
             man
             will
             be
             enabled
             to
             guess
             much
             more
             rightly
             at
             the
             Cause
             and
             Nature
             of
             his
             Distemper
             ,
             than
             any
             Docter
             can
             by
             the
             supposed
             Magick
             of
             the
             
               Vrinal
               ,
               Thumbing
            
             the
             uncertain
             Pulse
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             of
             their
             Whimsical
             Oracles
             .
          
           
             Having
             well
             considered
             the
             
               past
               Causes
            
             ,
             that
             gave
             Birth
             to
             his
             present
             Distemperature
             ,
             he
             ought
             then
             (
             gradually
             )
             
               to
               Alt●r
            
             for
             the
             better
             the
             whole
             course
             of
             his
             Life
             ,
             not
             only
             in
             the
             Nature
             and
             Quality
             of
             Meats
             and
             Drinks
             ,
             but
             in
             their
             Quantity
             ;
             as
             also
             his
             Exercises
             ,
             and
             the
             Air
             ,
             as
             far
             as
             the
             condition
             of
             his
             Life
             will
             admit
             thereof
             .
             For
             if
             the
             same
             
               Intemperances
               ,
               bad
               Airs
            
             and
             
               ill
               regulated
               Exercises
            
             ,
             which
             were
             the
             first
             original
             of
             the
             Disease
             ,
             (
             or
             rather
             Worse
             ,
             as
             most
             do
             make
             it
             ,
             by
             such
             strong
             and
             fulsom
             Preparations
             and
             contrary
             Mixtures
             ,
             under
             the
             Notion
             of
             Helps
             and
             Remedies
             ,
             as
             aforesaid
             )
             be
             continued
             ,
             then
             there
             can
             be
             no
             rational
             hope
             of
             Cure
             ,
             either
             by
             Medicine
             or
             any
             other
             way
             ;
             but
             change
             of
             
               Food
               ,
               Exercises
            
             and
             Airs
             do
             work
             wonders
             ,
             especially
             when
             People
             betakes
             themselves
             to
             meer
             
               simple
               Meats
            
             
             and
             Drinks
             that
             are
             easier
             of
             Concoction
             ,
             and
             generate
             a
             finer
             and
             firmer
             Substance
             ;
             for
             there
             is
             less
             danger
             in
             declining
             strong
             Foods
             and
             Drinks
             ,
             and
             using
             meaner
             ,
             than
             in
             going
             from
             mean
             and
             simple
             to
             rich
             and
             strong
             ▪
             for
             this
             Alteration
             of
             
               Food
               ,
               Drinks
            
             and
             Exercises
             ,
             has
             power
             to
             alter
             ,
             and
             does
             actually
             change
             the
             whole
             Humour
             and
             Constitution
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             nature
             and
             simpathy
             of
             the
             Food
             ,
             for
             the
             better
             or
             worse
             :
             And
             this
             not
             only
             manifest
             in
             the
             Humane
             Nature
             ,
             but
             also
             in
             Beasts
             ;
             for
             if
             the
             
               Food
               ,
               Drinks
               ,
               Air
            
             and
             Exercises
             be
             innocent
             and
             natural
             ▪
             then
             good
             Blood
             is
             generated
             ,
             whence
             proceed
             pure
             fine
             Spirits
             ,
             and
             the
             sweet
             Oyl
             or
             Radical
             Moisture
             burns
             clear
             and
             bright
             ,
             and
             consequently
             the
             whole
             Disposition
             is
             airy
             ,
             brisk
             and
             pleasant
             .
          
           
             And
             if
             this
             good
             state
             of
             Body
             happen
             in
             Beasts
             ,
             as
             often
             it
             does
             ,
             then
             such
             are
             of
             lively
             Dispositions
             ,
             and
             their
             flesh
             proves
             tender
             sweet
             and
             delicate
             ,
             and
             full
             of
             brisk
             Spirits
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             plenty
             of
             which
             it
             will
             take
             Salt
             greedily
             :
             But
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             if
             any
             sort
             of
             Cattel
             be
             fed
             plentifully
             
             with
             Flesh
             (
             as
             some
             Creatures
             will
             eat
             it
             ,
             as
             
               Swine
               ▪
            
             and
             the
             like
             )
             or
             with
             other
             strong
             Food
             ,
             and
             kept
             close
             up
             that
             they
             cannot
             exercise
             their
             Bodys
             in
             the
             open
             Air
             ,
             as
             Swine
             in
             Sties
             ,
             and
             Ho●ses
             in
             their
             close
             hot
             Stables
             ,
             then
             their
             Blood
             becomes
             very
             thick
             and
             waterish
             and
             the
             whole
             Humours
             of
             their
             Bodies
             are
             gross
             tending
             towards
             ●utrifaction
             ,
             their
             flesh
             Rank
             ,
             and
             more
             fulsom
             than
             such
             as
             divert
             themselves
             in
             open
             airy
             places
             ▪
             neither
             will
             such
             flesh
             take
             Salt
             so
             well
             ,
             nor
             keep
             so
             long
             from
             〈◊〉
             .
          
           
             These
             things
             ought
             to
             be
             considered
             by
             all
             People
             ,
             but
             more
             especially
             by
             such
             whose
             ●ea●th
             is
             already
             wounded
             by
             any
             of
             the
             aforesaid
             Accidents
             ,
             but
             are
             too
             seldom
             thought
             of
             ,
             either
             by
             the
             Learned
             or
             the
             common
             People
             ;
             but
             presently
             when
             they
             find
             themselves
             ,
             or
             their
             Friends
             ,
             or
             Patients
             disordered
             ,
             as
             aforesaid
             ,
             they
             muster
             up
             all
             the
             
               Richest
               sorts
            
             of
             Food
             ,
             and
             most
             
               Cordial
               D●inks
            
             they
             can
             think
             of
             ;
             and
             to
             mend
             the
             matter
             ,
             or
             rather
             to
             compleat
             their
             own
             Tragady
             ,
             they
             take
             the
             general
             Advice
             of
             some
             
               Lip-Learned
               Doctors
            
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             no
             lese
             infallible
             
             Counsel
             of
             the
             
               good
               Dame
            
             and
             
               Sage
               Mistriss
               Nu●se
            
             ,
             what
             sorts
             of
             Meats
             and
             Drinks
             are
             most
             suitable
             to
             recover
             them
             out
             of
             their
             wasting
             Condition
             ;
             and
             then
             (
             as
             every
             body
             is
             either
             a
             Fool
             or
             a
             
               Physi●ian
               )
               One
            
             adviseth
             ●●llies
             that
             are
             compounded
             of
             several
             Ingredients
             of
             disagreeing
             Natures
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             boyled
             stewed
             or
             baked
             so
             and
             so
             abundantly
             ;
             A●other
             directs
             
               A●●s
               Milk
            
             ,
             which
             perhaps
             may
             prove
             a
             Cure
             by
             ●●mpath
             ;
             The
             Third
             will
             have
             
               Cows
               Mink
            
             ,
             (
             but
             for
             all
             Loves
             ,
             let
             it
             be
             a
             
               Red
               ones
            
             ,
             though
             you
             go
             to
             High-Ga●e
             for
             it
             )
             and
             Snales
             boyled
             in
             it
             ;
             but
             be
             sure
             wash
             them
             well
             with
             Salt
             for
             you
             know
             Man
             was
             made
             of
             the
             Slime
             (
             for
             so
             I
             am
             told
             the
             Word
             in
             H●brew
             signifies
             ,
             rather
             than
             Dust
             )
             of
             the
             Earth
             ;
             and
             if
             they
             should
             not
             be
             well
             scour'd
             ,
             they
             might
             happen
             to
             be
             
               too
               like
            
             him
             ,
             and
             do
             him
             
               too
               much
               Good
            
             ,
             and
             so
             spoil
             the
             Doctor
             's
             Practice
             )
             and
             when
             you
             have
             carefully
             Rinsed
             away
             all
             that
             's
             good
             of
             them
             ,
             yet
             still
             to
             prevent
             any
             suspition
             of
             Vertue
             from
             them
             ,
             
               Boyl
               them
               stoutly
            
             to
             a
             tough
             thick
             substance
             ,
             and
             sweeten
             them
             with
             Sugar
             till
             they
             are
             able
             to
             
             
               Cloy
               the
               Stomach
               of
               an
               Horse
            
             ;
             And
             if
             this
             will
             not
             recover
             the
             
               Co
               ●sumptive
            
             Creature
             bespeak
             the
             
               Sex
               on
            
             and
             the
             Flannel-Shroud
             ;
             for
             there
             's
             no
             withstanding
             of
             Death
             .
          
           
             
               But
               upon
               this
               ,
               up
               starts
               a
               Politick
               paty
            
             Man-Le●ch
             ,
             
               who
               always
               farts
               in
            
             Plush
             ,
             
               and
               never
               strokes
               his
               Beard
               without
               an
               Aphorisme
               of
            
             Hippocrates
             ,
             
               and
               he
               cries
               out
            
             ,
             Ho●d
             a
             Blow
             my
             Master
             !
             stop
             the
             Kn●ll
             ;
             there
             's
             Life
             in
             a
             Muscle
             :
             Let
             me
             tell
             you
             what
             you
             shall
             do
             ,
             you
             see
             the
             poor
             Soul
             wants
             Flesh
             and
             good
             
               Heartning
               things
            
             ,
             therefore
             get
             me
             a
             dozen
             or
             two
             of
             Cock-Sparrows
             ,
             a
             brace
             of
             Turtle-Doves
             ,
             taken
             just
             as
             they
             are
             Billing
             ,
             and
             a
             parcel
             of
             Eringo-Roots
             ,
             and
             boyl
             them
             in
             a
             Gallon
             of
             Alicant
             ,
             till
             it
             is
             wasted
             to
             a
             Quart
             ,
             and
             then
             let
             him
             sup
             up
             Meat
             and
             Broth
             with
             a
             
               Boon
               Courage
            
             ,
             and
             it
             shall
             make
             him
             as
             lusty
             as
             old
             
               Father
               Aeson
            
             ,
             when
             he
             came
             out
             of
             the
             Life-renewing
             Balneo
             .
             —
             You
             prate
             like
             an
             old
             Gallientical
             Cockscomb
             
               (
               says
               a
               young
               spruce
            
             Gallant
             
               that
               stood
               by
               ,
               and
               affected
               the
               Title
               of
            
             Vertuoso
             I
             'll
             have
             a
             lusty
             Ram
             sent
             for
             ,
             and
             first
             let
             the
             sick
             Patient
             have
             a
             
               Vein
               open'd
            
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             same
             instant
             
               broach
               the
               Sheep
            
             on
             the
             
               Right
               Shoulder
            
             ,
             
             and
             by
             Transfusion
             of
             his
             Blood
             into
             the
             Man
             ,
             you
             shall
             presently
             see
             him
             restored
             ,
             and
             g●ow
             as
             hail
             a●d
             s●u●d
             as
             a
             
               Trout
               ▪
               —
               But
               then
               a
            
             Chymist
             
               interposes
               ,
               and
               tells
               them
            
             ,
             None
             of
             these
             dull
             stale
             Gallenical
             Devices
             are
             sufficie●t
             ,
             't
             is
             only
             
               Philosophy
               by
               Fire
            
             must
             do
             the
             Feat
             ;
             therefore
             
               (
               quoth
               he
            
             )
             reach
             me
             my
             Crucible
             ,
             and
             an
             Ounce
             of
             
               Aurum
               Potabile
            
             dissolv'd
             in
             the
             Yolk
             of
             a
             new-laid
             
               Phaenixes
               Egge
            
             ,
             with
             a
             Dram
             of
             Quicksilver
             ,
             and
             a
             little
             of
             the
             
               Tincture
               of
               the
               Sun
            
             ;
             let
             this
             be
             distilled
             seven
             days
             in
             
               Balneo
               Mariae
            
             ,
             when
             Jupiter
             beholds
             Venus
             with
             a
             friendly
             Aspect
             ,
             and
             whilst
             the
             Moon
             is
             in
             Leo
             ,
             let
             the
             Patient
             take
             three
             Drops
             every
             four
             hours
             ;
             and
             then
             I
             'll
             venture
             fourteen
             years
             Purchase
             upon
             his
             Life
             ,
             though
             he
             were
             already
             as
             much
             stricken
             in
             years
             as
             old
             
               Father
               Parr
            
             ,
             that
             out-liv'd
             six
             couple
             of
             Ravens
             .
          
           
             The
             serious
             Reader
             ,
             I
             hope
             ,
             will
             pardon
             this
             Mirth
             ;
             for
             in
             earnest
             ,
             't
             is
             but
             the
             effect
             of
             those
             Extravagances
             which
             some
             Pretenders
             to
             Science
             daily
             impose
             upon
             the
             credulous
             Vulgar
             ;
             An
             hundred
             such
             Ridiculous
             Whimsies
             being
             advanced
             ,
             as
             the
             Products
             of
             famous
             Skill
             ,
             though
             they
             carry
             
             neither
             
               Reason
               ,
               Sense
            
             nor
             Possib●lity
             with
             them
             ,
             but
             are
             meer
             ignorant
             fraudulent
             Fancies
             ,
             the
             Authors
             knowing
             nothing
             (
             as
             they
             ought
             to
             do
             )
             of
             
               God
               Nature
            
             or
             Themselves
             ;
             and
             by
             their
             Talk
             ,
             poor
             silly
             People
             bei●g
             perswaded
             ,
             that
             they
             want
             Nour●shment
             ,
             heap
             up
             all
             the
             
               rich
               costly
            
             things
             they
             can
             get
             or
             think
             of
             ,
             with
             which
             and
             the
             unnatural
             Preparations
             thereof
             they
             overload
             and
             oppress
             the
             weak
             Heats
             and
             Stomachs
             of
             the
             Sick
             so
             that
             they
             do
             not
             only
             continue
             the
             Diseases
             ,
             but
             encrease
             them
             ,
             forgetting
             that
             sure
             and
             stable
             Rule
             of
             Health
             and
             Temperance
             ,
             
               That
               weak
               Heats
               and
               lang●ishing
               Natures
               o●ght
               to
               have
               simple
               innocent
               Meats
               and
               Drinks
               ,
               of
               a
               Nat●re
               proportionable
               .
            
          
           
             These
             mischievous
             Opinions
             ,
             abominable
             Customs
             and
             irregular
             Courses
             have
             much
             grieved
             me
             ,
             when
             I
             have
             considered
             and
             consulted
             the
             innocent
             Ways
             of
             God
             in
             Nature
             ,
             which
             hath
             moved
             and
             stirred
             me
             up
             to
             set
             down
             for
             a
             general
             benefit
             and
             service
             ,
             
               Food
               ,
               Drinks
            
             and
             Preparati●ns
             more
             natural
             and
             agreeable
             to
             the
             Stomachs
             of
             sick
             and
             languishing
             Persons
             ;
             And
             since
             Milk
             ,
             and
             its
             Product
             and
             Compounds
             ,
             
             is
             one
             of
             the
             most
             excellent
             things
             i●
             that
             kind
             ,
             when
             rightly
             ordered
             ,
             therefore
             I
             shall
             begin
             with
             That
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             II.
             
          
           
             The
             Nature
             of
             Milk
             ,
             and
             the
             best
             ways
             of
             Preparing
             and
             Cooking
             it
             .
          
           
             MILK
             in
             its
             own
             Nature
             is
             of
             a
             brave
             mild
             friendly
             nature
             and
             operation
             ;
             for
             in
             this
             sublime
             Liquor
             ,
             or
             rather
             Nectar
             ,
             the
             Qualities
             of
             Nature
             seems
             to
             stand
             in
             Equality
             ,
             and
             therefore
             it
             may
             justly
             be
             called
             Concord
             ,
             or
             a
             thing
             which
             God
             and
             his
             Hand-Maid
             Nature
             hath
             befriended
             with
             all
             the
             good
             Vertues
             of
             the
             
               Animal
               Kingdom
            
             ,
             having
             no
             manifest
             Quality
             that
             does
             too
             violently
             predominate
             ,
             but
             is
             as
             well
             in
             its
             inward
             Nature
             ,
             as
             its
             outward
             Colour
             ,
             the
             
               Emblem
               of
               Innocence
            
             ,
             deriving
             that
             aimable
             and
             pleasant
             Candor
             from
             a
             Glea●●
             of
             the
             
               divine
               Light
            
             ;
             and
             therefore
             't
             is
             said
             ,
             
               The
               Holy
               Land
               did
               flow
               with
               Milk
               and
               Honey
               .
            
          
           
           
             T
             is
             certainly
             an
             incomparable
             Food
             ,
             and
             being
             joyned
             or
             mixt
             with
             Bread
             or
             the
             
               Flower
               of
               Wheat
            
             ,
             hath
             the
             first
             place
             of
             all
             Victuals
             ,
             and
             is
             a
             Foundation
             to
             all
             good
             Nourishment
             ,
             there
             being
             so
             great
             an
             agreement
             in
             Nature
             between
             the
             Flower
             of
             Wheat
             and
             Milk
             ,
             that
             when
             they
             are
             incorporated
             together
             ,
             there
             is
             hardly
             any
             Food
             of
             
               equal
               Excellency
            
             ,
             or
             that
             will
             gratifie
             Nature
             to
             that
             degree
             ;
             for
             it
             does
             not
             only
             afford
             a
             brave
             friendly
             Nourishment
             ,
             but
             also
             of
             a
             strong
             firm
             Substance
             ,
             standing
             nearest
             the
             Centre
             of
             VNITY
             ,
             (
             whence
             is
             derived
             all
             Perfection
             )
             of
             any
             sort
             of
             Food
             ,
             except
             Bread
             ;
             and
             for
             this
             cause
             it
             is
             so
             much
             desired
             by
             Children
             ,
             and
             the
             Young
             Ones
             of
             most
             other
             Creatures
             .
          
           
             
               How
               Milk
               ought
               to
               be
               eaten
               as
               it
               is
               entire
               .
            
             
               The
               best
               way
               for
               weak
               sickly
               Consumptive
               People
               to
               eat
               
                 Milk
                 Raw
              
               ,
               as
               they
               call
               it
               ,
               or
               not
               altered
               ,
               is
               after
               this
               manner
               ,
               Take
               a
               Pint
               (
               or
               what
               quantity
               you
               please
               )
               of
               New-Milk
               from
               the
               Cow
               ,
               let
               it
               stand
               open
               to
               the
               Air
               two
               hours
               ,
               and
               then
               skim
               the
               thick
               or
               creamy
               
               my
               substance
               off
               the
               top
               thereof
               ,
               and
               put
               it
               by
               ,
               but
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               thin
               Milk
               that
               remains
               ,
               eat
               with
               well
               bak'd
               Bread
               ;
               but
               remember
               you
               neither
               Toast
               your
               Bread
               nor
               warm
               your
               Milk
               ,
               except
               the
               season
               be
               cold
               ,
               and
               then
               you
               may
               warm
               your
               Milk
               as
               hot
               as
               your
               Blood
               ,
               but
               do
               not
               then
               toast
               your
               Bread
               ,
               for
               it
               does
               it
               much
               harm
               ;
               or
               if
               you
               please
               ,
               you
               may
               eat
               Bisquet
               with
               your
               Milk
               ,
               but
               be
               sure
               you
               do
               not
               eat
               too
               great
               aquantity
               at
               once
               ;
               and
               sometimes
               it
               will
               do
               well
               to
               mix
               a
               little
               Water
               with
               your
               Milk
               ,
               and
               then
               you
               may
               sweeten
               it
               with
               good
               
                 White
                 Sugar
              
               ;
               if
               you
               make
               this
               your
               whole
               Food
               ,
               you
               may
               eat
               thereof
               three
               times
               a
               day
               ;
               for
               't
               is
               a
               brave
               sort
               of
               Diet
               ,
               and
               will
               gallantly
               support
               Nature
               ,
               and
               recover
               lost
               Strength
               ,
               but
               then
               you
               ought
               to
               continue
               it
               for
               6
               ,
               8
               ,
               or
               12
               Months
               ,
               or
               else
               you
               cannot
               prove
               it
               ;
               for
               Diseases
               that
               have
               been
               several
               Months
               or
               Years
               a
               generating
               ,
               and
               have
               crept
               on
               by
               degrees
               ,
               cannot
               be
               recovered
               in
               a
               Moment
               ,
               as
               some
               vainly
               and
               ignorantly
               imagin
               ,
               but
               will
               require
               the
               like
               Graduation
               in
               the
               Cure.
               
            
          
           
             
             
               An
               excellent
               way
               of
               preparing
               Milk
               with
               Wheat-Flower
               .
            
             
               Take
               two
               thirds
               of
               new-Milk
               ,
               after
               it
               has
               stood
               six
               or
               seven
               hours
               from
               the
               time
               't
               is
               milkt
               ,
               and
               add
               th●reto
               one
               third
               part
               of
               River
               or
               Spring-Water
               ,
               set
               it
               on
               a
               quick
               clear
               fire
               ,
               then
               take
               some
               good
               Wheat-Flower
               and
               temper
               it
               with
               either
               Milk
               or
               Water
               into
               a
               Batter
               ,
               and
               when
               you
               see
               your
               Milk
               ready
               to
               boyl
               ,
               but
               before
               it
               does
               actually
               boyl
               ,
               put
               in
               your
               thickning
               ,
               and
               stir
               it
               a
               litttle
               while
               ,
               and
               when
               it
               is
               again
               
                 just
                 ready
                 to
                 boyl
              
               take
               it
               off
               ,
               and
               add
               Bread
               and
               Salt
               to
               it
               ,
               as
               much
               as
               you
               please
               ,
               and
               remember
               to
               let
               it
               stand
               in
               the
               Dish
               or
               Platter
               you
               put
               it
               out
               into
               ,
               a
               while
               to
               cool
               ,
               but
               do
               not
               lade
               it
               with
               your
               Spoon
               ,
               as
               the
               manner
               is
               ,
               but
               let
               it
               
                 cool
                 of
                 it self
              
               ,
               without
               any
               such
               Motion
               ,
               which
               will
               make
               it
               much
               sweeter
               than
               it
               will
               do
               when
               it
               is
               cooled
               with
               a
               Spoon
               .
            
             
               A
               good
               Spoonful
               of
               Flower
               is
               sufficient
               to
               thicken
               a
               full
               Pint
               of
               Milk
               and
               Water
               ,
               and
               so
               proportionably
               ,
               but
               you
               may
               make
               it
               either
               thicker
               or
               thinner
               ,
               
               as
               you
               like
               it
               ,
               but
               it
               is
               best
               about
               the
               thickness
               of
               ordinary
               Milk-Pottage
               ,
               and
               will
               eat
               sweetest
               ,
               and
               be
               easiest
               of
               Concoction
               .
               This
               sort
               of
               Food
               affords
               a
               Nourishment
               of
               a
               firm
               Substance
               ,
               does
               neither
               bind
               nor
               loosen
               the
               Body
               ,
               but
               keeps
               it
               in
               good
               order
               ,
               and
               breeds
               good
               Blood
               and
               fine
               Spirits
               ,
               whence
               brisk
               and
               lively
               Dispositions
               proceed
               ;
               this
               way
               of
               Preparation
               being
               much
               more
               friendly
               to
               Nature
               than
               the
               common
               way
               of
               Boyling
               ,
               and
               the
               continual
               eating
               thereof
               will
               have
               better
               success
               ,
               and
               never
               tire
               or
               cloy
               the
               Stomach
               .
            
          
           
             
               Another
               good
               way
               of
               ordering
               Milk.
               
            
             
               Take
               two
               thirds
               of
               Milk
               and
               one
               of
               Water
               ,
               add
               what
               quantity
               of
               Oa●meal
               you
               please
               ,
               or
               as
               you
               would
               have
               it
               in
               thickness
               ,
               but
               inclining
               to
               thin
               is
               best
               ,
               set
               it
               in
               your
               Sawce-pan
               on
               a
               fire
               that
               is
               quick
               and
               clear
               ,
               and
               when
               it
               begins
               to
               rise
               or
               make
               a
               shew
               of
               boyling
               ,
               take
               it
               off
               ,
               and
               brew
               it
               in
               two
               Vessels
               or
               Juggs
               for
               that
               purpose
               eight
               or
               ten
               times
               to
               and
               fro
               ,
               which
               will
               cause
               the
               fine
               Flower
               of
               the
               Oatmeal
               to
               give
               it self
               forth
               ,
               
               and
               incorporate
               with
               the
               Milk
               ;
               then
               put
               it
               again
               into
               your
               Sawce-pan
               ,
               and
               set
               it
               on
               the
               Fire
               ,
               and
               as
               soon
               as
               it
               is
               again
               ready
               to
               boyl
               up
               ,
               take
               it
               off
               ,
               and
               let
               it
               stand
               a
               little
               ,
               if
               you
               would
               have
               it
               fine
               (
               for
               the
               Husky
               or
               Branny
               part
               of
               the
               Oatmeal
               will
               sink
               to
               the
               bottom
               )
               then
               add
               Bread
               and
               Salt
               ,
               and
               let
               it
               stand
               in
               your
               Platter
               or
               Pottinger
               till
               it
               be
               Blood-warm
               ,
               without
               causing
               any
               Motion
               to
               cool
               it
               .
               This
               is
               an
               excellent
               sort
               of
               Pottage
               ,
               very
               friendly
               and
               agreeable
               to
               weak
               Natures
               ▪
               affording
               a
               good
               firm
               Nourishment
               ,
               and
               easie
               of
               Concoction
               .
            
             
               But
               if
               you
               are
               not
               satisfied
               that
               this
               will
               afford
               sufficient
               Nourishment
               ,
               then
               you
               may
               between
               whiles
               ,
               both
               in
               this
               Pottage
               ,
               and
               also
               in
               the
               before-mentioned
               
                 Flower'd
                 Milk
              
               when
               you
               are
               minded
               to
               regale
               your self
               with
               a
               
                 Rich
                 Dish
              
               ,
               add
               one
               
                 New-laid
                 Egg
              
               to
               a
               Pint
               ,
               or
               a
               Pint
               and
               half
               ,
               after
               this
               manner
               ,
               viz.
               when
               your
               Milk
               and
               Water
               is
               ready
               to
               boyl
               ,
               have
               your
               Thickning
               ready
               ,
               with
               the
               Egg
               or
               ●ggs
               beaten
               in
               it
               ,
               and
               put
               it
               in
               ,
               as
               aforesaid
               .
            
             
               So
               when
               you
               would
               add
               Eggs
               to
               Milk-Pottage
               ,
               first
               put
               your
               Milk
               and
               
               Water
               into
               your
               Sawce-pan
               ,
               then
               take
               one
               spoonful
               of
               good
               Oatmeal
               newly
               make
               or
               grown'd
               ,
               and
               beat
               it
               up
               with
               your
               Egg
               or
               Eggs
               ,
               with
               either
               a
               little
               Water
               or
               Milk
               ,
               and
               when
               it
               is
               ready
               to
               boyl
               ,
               stir
               it
               in
               ,
               as
               you
               did
               in
               Flower'd-Milk
               ,
               and
               then
               you
               will
               have
               no
               occasion
               to
               brew
               it
               ,
               as
               aforesaid
               .
               This
               is
               also
               a
               brave
               substantial
               friendly
               Food
               ,
               and
               the
               Composition
               agreeable
               ,
               there
               being
               no
               variation
               made
               by
               the
               Ingredients
               ,
               but
               they
               imbrace
               and
               incorporate
               themselves
               mutually
               as
               one
               entire
               Body
               .
               However
               ,
               in
               all
               the
               aforesaid
               Milk-Meats
               you
               ought
               to
               add
               some
               well
               baked
               Bread
               ,
               and
               a
               little
               Salt
               ,
               but
               do
               not
               by
               any
               means
               put
               Sugar
               in
               any
               of
               these
               Pottages
               ;
               for
               Sugar
               is
               apt
               to
               obstruct
               the
               Stomach
               ,
               hinder
               Concoction
               ,
               fur
               the
               Passages
               ,
               and
               dull
               the
               edge
               of
               the
               Appetite
               ;
               it
               also
               heats
               the
               Blood
               ,
               and
               causeth
               a
               sharp
               itching
               Humour
               to
               possess
               it
               ;
               for
               this
               cause
               the
               frequent
               eating
               of
               it
               in
               our
               common
               Food
               ,
               doth
               prove
               of
               evil
               consequence
               to
               our
               
                 Nor●hern
                 Bodies
              
               ,
               but
               more
               especially
               to
               Children
               and
               
                 Sickly
                 weak
                 People
              
               ;
               the
               ●ame
               is
               to
               be
               understood
               of
               
                 Spanish
                 Fruits
              
               ,
               and
               the
               Spices
               that
               come
               from
               
               the
               East-Indies
               ,
               they
               all
               growing
               in
               Countries
               as
               different
               from
               ours
               as
               Summer
               is
               to
               Winter
               ;
               and
               therefore
               ●hose
               that
               do
               indulge
               themselves
               with
               such
               things
               may
               daily
               find
               the
               Evil
               effects
               thereof
               ,
               as
               I
               have
               more
               particularly
               demonstrated
               in
               
                 The
                 Way
                 to
                 Health
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               But
               when
               there
               shall
               be
               occasion
               or
               reason
               for
               the
               sweetning
               of
               any
               kind
               of
               Food
               or
               Drinks
               ,
               let
               it
               be
               done
               with
               good
               
                 White
                 Sugar
              
               ,
               and
               not
               with
               Syrups
               as
               the
               custom
               of
               most
               is
               .
            
             
               Milk
               boyled
               intire
               or
               by
               it self
               ,
               is
               nothing
               so
               commendable
               as
               when
               it
               is
               mixed
               with
               
                 Water
                 ,
                 Flower
                 ,
                 Oatmeal
              
               ,
               as
               aforesaid
               ,
               being
               not
               so
               easie
               of
               Concoction
               ,
               nor
               of
               so
               cleansing
               a
               Quality
               .
            
             
               Note
               also
               ,
               That
               Milk
               is
               best
               the
               first
               half
               year
               after
               the
               Cow
               hath
               calved
               ,
               but
               not
               so
               good
               after
               taking
               Bull
               or
               Conception
               ,
               nor
               so
               wholsom
               either
               for
               the
               ●ickly
               or
               the
               healthy
               ;
               consider
               Womens
               Milk
               after
               they
               conceive
               again
               with
               Child
               ,
               is
               it
               so
               good
               as
               before
               ?
               none
               will
               pretend
               it
               :
               Therefore
               those
               that
               have
               a
               mind
               to
               prove
               the
               Vertues
               of
               a
               Milk-Diet
               ,
               let
               them
               begin
               in
               the
               Spring
               ,
               
                 viz.
                 March
              
               or
               April
               ,
               take
               their
               Milk
               from
               Cows
               newly
               
               calved
               ,
               not
               from
               through-milch'd
               Cows
               ,
               though
               this
               last
               sort
               is
               the
               thickest
               ,
               but
               I
               advise
               none
               to
               esteem
               of
               Milk
               for
               that
               Property
               .
            
             
               There
               is
               yet
               another
               Preparation
               of
               Milk
               ,
               called
               Furmety
               ,
               viz.
               Milk
               and
               Wheat
               ,
               which
               are
               in
               themselves
               two
               excellent
               things
               whilst
               they
               remain
               entire
               ,
               but
               when
               mixed
               and
               made
               into
               Furmety
               ,
               according
               to
               custom
               ,
               with
               
                 Spanish
                 Fruit
                 ,
                 Sugar
              
               and
               Spice
               ,
               it
               is
               no
               commendable
               Preparation
               of
               Food
               ;
               for
               first
               ,
               the
               long
               boyling
               of
               the
               Wheat
               destroyes
               not
               only
               the
               brisk
               spirituous
               Vertues
               ,
               but
               also
               the
               firm
               binding
               substantial
               Essence
               ,
               so
               that
               thereby
               it
               becomes
               weak
               ,
               feeble
               and
               insipid
               :
               'T
               is
               true
               ,
               being
               mixed
               with
               Flower
               and
               
                 ●orreign
                 Ingredients
              
               ,
               it
               may
               be
               made
               a
               pretty
               pleasing
               
                 grateful
                 food
              
               ,
               but
               the
               common
               frequent
               eating
               thereof
               will
               quickly
               tire
               and
               glut
               the
               Stomach
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               improper
               Preparation
               and
               Mixtures
               ;
               therefore
               't
               is
               nothing
               so
               good
               as
               plain
               
                 Flower
                 ,
                 Milk
              
               and
               Water
               ,
               the
               same
               is
               to
               be
               understood
               of
               
                 Wheat
                 ●utier'd
              
               and
               suga●r'd
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Of
               Boniclapper
               ,
               its
               Nature
               &
               Operation
               .
            
             
               AMong
               the
               various
               sorts
               of
               
                 Milk-Meat
                 ▪
              
               I
               thought
               good
               to
               mention
               this
               ,
               which
               though
               last
               spoken
               of
               deserves
               the
               first
               place
               ,
               for
               its
               excellent
               use
               and
               vertue
               .
               Boniclapper
               is
               nothing
               else
               but
               Milk
               that
               has
               stood
               till
               it
               was
               sower
               ,
               and
               become
               of
               a
               thick
               slippy
               substance
               ,
               which
               will
               be
               in
               twenty
               four
               hours
               after
               it
               is
               milked
               ,
               or
               thereabouts
               ,
               if
               the
               weather
               be
               very
               hot
               ,
               not
               else
               ;
               but
               if
               it
               be
               put
               into
               Vessels
               in
               which
               Milk
               use
               to
               be
               sowred
               ,
               it
               will
               be
               done
               sooner
               ;
               and
               being
               of
               a
               pleasant
               sowrish
               Taste
               ,
               and
               thick
               slippy
               Substance
               ,
               it
               must
               be
               eaten
               only
               with
               Bread
               ,
               especially
               by
               Consumptive
               People
               ;
               it
               is
               a
               brave
               Noble
               Food
               both
               for
               healthy
               and
               unhealthy
               ,
               especially
               for
               all
               that
               are
               troubled
               or
               subject
               to
               any
               kind
               of
               Stoppages
               ;
               for
               it
               it
               powerfully
               openeth
               the
               Breast
               and
               Passages
               ,
               its
               easie
               of
               Concoction
               ,
               and
               helps
               to
               digest
               all
               hard
               or
               sweeter
               foods
               ,
               and
               makes
               them
               easie
               ;
               it
               also
               cools
               and
               cleanseth
               the
               whole
               Body
               ,
               and
               renders
               it
               brisk
               and
               lively
               ,
               quenc●eth
               Thirst
               to
               admiration
               ;
               and
               we
               know
               no
               sort
               
               of
               Milk-meat
               or
               other
               spoon-meat
               ,
               that
               is
               so
               proper
               and
               beneficial
               for
               Consumptive
               and
               languishing
               People
               ,
               as
               this
               ;
               for
               tho'
               Nature
               be
               much
               debilitated
               ,
               and
               the
               natural
               Heat
               wasted
               and
               the
               Spirit
               dull'd
               ,
               yet
               this
               sort
               of
               Food
               will
               be
               light
               and
               easie
               on
               the
               Stomach
               ,
               and
               be
               easily
               separated
               ,
               and
               consequently
               digested
               ,
               when
               new
               sweet
               creamy
               Milk
               cannot
               ;
               for
               there
               is
               a
               ferment
               awakned
               in
               Milk
               by
               standing
               ,
               viz.
               out
               of
               its
               own
               Body
               ,
               which
               does
               tend
               to
               separation
               ,
               and
               indeed
               is
               a
               high
               degree
               of
               Digestion
               ,
               which
               hath
               a
               near
               simile
               with
               the
               ferment
               and
               separative
               Quality
               of
               the
               Stomach
               ;
               for
               in
               this
               time
               of
               standing
               ,
               the
               Milk
               ,
               by
               vertue
               of
               its
               own
               ferment
               ,
               hath
               done
               that
               which
               is
               left
               for
               the
               Stomach
               to
               do
               ,
               when
               Milk
               is
               eaten
               sweet
               and
               new
               ;
               and
               indeed
               if
               the
               Stomachs
               of
               those
               that
               eat
               new
               sweet
               creamy
               Milk
               ,
               be
               not
               in
               good
               habit
               and
               case
               ,
               it
               cannot
               possibly
               make
               so
               gentle
               ,
               mild
               or
               friendly
               fermentation
               or
               digestion
               ,
               as
               this
               sort
               of
               Milk
               does
               by
               vertue
               of
               its
               own
               ●erment
               ;
               for
               most
               distempered
               Peoples
               Stomachs
               are
               so
               much
               depraved
               ,
               through
               ill
               habits
               ,
               that
               they
               are
               too
               sowr
               ,
               with
               a
               keen
               
               sharp
               matter
               ,
               which
               doth
               in
               a
               moments
               time
               so
               violently
               coagulate
               and
               turn
               the
               creamy
               part
               into
               a
               thick
               curd
               or
               hard
               substnace
               ,
               and
               the
               Wheyie
               parts
               into
               a
               sharp
               keen
               Liquor
               ,
               both
               which
               are
               very
               hurtful
               to
               Nature
               ;
               Others
               Stomachs
               are
               dull
               and
               flat
               ,
               the
               ferment
               ,
               separative
               and
               digestive
               Faculties
               have
               (
               as
               it
               were
               )
               lost
               their
               brisk
               Liveliness
               and
               Power
               ,
               so
               that
               it
               cannot
               make
               any
               true
               separation
               or
               digestion
               ,
               but
               the
               creamy
               and
               thick
               parts
               of
               the
               Milk
               and
               other
               Food
               ,
               doth
               not
               only
               fur
               and
               obstruct
               the
               Passages
               ,
               but
               they
               naturally
               generate
               crude
               ●lumors
               ,
               evil
               Juices
               ,
               dull
               heavy
               Spirits
               ,
               and
               bad
               Blood
               ;
               for
               this
               cause
               those
               People
               are
               dull
               ,
               heavy
               and
               indisposed
               ,
               full
               of
               disorders
               and
               pain
               ,
               apt
               to
               be
               oppressed
               at
               the
               Stomach
               ,
               ●specially
               after
               eating
               ▪
               indeed
               they
               are
               not
               well
               full
               nor
               fasting
               ;
               wherefore
               we
               have
               advised
               such
               People
               ,
               if
               they
               betake
               themselves
               to
               a
               Mild-Diet
               ,
               to
               let
               their
               Mild
               stand
               three
               or
               four
               hours
               ,
               or
               more
               ,
               and
               then
               take
               off
               the
               ●op
               ,
               which
               doth
               contain
               the
               thick
               or
               creamy
               substance
               ,
               by
               which
               means
               the
               Milk
               becomes
               more
               easily
               digested
               and
               separated
               .
            
             
             
               But
               here
               ●ome
               will
               be
               ready
               to
               say
               ,
               
                 That
                 this
                 sowred
                 Milk
                 will
                 not
                 agree
                 with
                 the
                 Stomach
                 ,
                 nor
                 be
                 pleasant
                 to
                 the
                 Palate
                 .
              
               This
               may
               be
               true
               at
               first
               ;
               for
               Nature
               seems
               to
               dislike
               with
               all
               changes
               ,
               though
               it
               be
               for
               the
               better
               ,
               but
               a
               little
               custom
               and
               use
               will
               salve
               this
               sore
               ,
               and
               make
               it
               not
               only
               familiar
               ,
               but
               most
               pleasant
               to
               the
               Stomach
               and
               Palate
               ;
               and
               he
               or
               she
               that
               have
               neither
               patienc●
               nor
               wisdom
               to
               admit
               of
               a
               little
               inconveniency
               ,
               shall
               never
               have
               opportunity
               to
               know
               the
               true
               intrinsick
               Vertue
               of
               any
               thing
               ,
               nor
               its
               nature
               or
               Operation
               .
               We
               know
               no
               Reason
               in
               Nature
               why
               people
               should
               dislike
               with
               this
               sowred
               Food
               ,
               seeing
               most
               desire
               it
               in
               one
               degree
               or
               other
               ,
               more
               especially
               such
               as
               have
               disordered
               Stomachs
               and
               weak
               Heats
               ?
               for
               the
               help
               whereof
               
                 Viniger
                 ,
                 Verjuice
              
               ,
               the
               Juice
               of
               
                 Lemmones
                 ,
                 Oringes
              
               ,
               and
               many
               the
               like
               sharp
               keen
               Juices
               have
               been
               invented
               &
               mixed
               with
               Food
               ,
               and
               no
               doubt
               to
               good
               advantage
               ,
               if
               order
               be
               observed
               therein
               because
               all
               such
               things
               have
               some
               affinity
               with
               the
               ferment
               〈◊〉
               Stomach
               ,
               or
               rather
               with
               the
               separative
               Property
               ▪
               
               therefore
               Food
               ,
               eaten
               ,
               in
               which
               a
               proper
               quantity
               of
               such
               Juices
               are
               mixed
               will
               be
               easier
               ,
               and
               digest
               sooner
               than
               a
               like
               quantity
               of
               food
               will
               do
               ,
               in
               which
               there
               is
               none
               .
               But
               still
               ,
               this
               sowred
               Milk
               hath
               a
               far
               nearer
               affinity
               both
               to
               the
               ferment
               ,
               separative
               and
               digestive
               Faculties
               of
               the
               Stomach
               ,
               than
               any
               of
               the
               sharp
               Juices
               last
               mentioned
               ;
               for
               in
               this
               Milk
               ,
               as
               is
               said
               before
               ,
               there
               is
               a
               real
               ferment
               and
               separative
               Quality
               arises
               and
               proceeds
               out
               of
               its
               own
               body
               ,
               and
               from
               the
               Animal
               Spirits
               therein
               contain'd
               ,
               which
               hath
               much
               agreement
               with
               the
               Stomach
               ,
               and
               above
               half
               the
               Work
               is
               done
               to
               Natures
               hand
               .
               And
               before
               People
               do
               envigh
               against
               this
               innocent
               simple
               Food
               ,
               they
               should
               consider
               ,
               that
               the
               Stomach
               and
               natural
               Heat
               cannot
               make
               any
               separation
               or
               digestion
               of
               any
               Food
               before
               there
               is
               a
               sowring
               or
               fermentation
               ?
               This
               is
               most
               manifest
               in
               all
               Chymical
               Operations
               and
               Preparations
               ▪
               the
               spirituous
               parts
               will
               not
               separate
               from
               the
               gross
               body
               until
               such
               Menstrums
               are
               fermented
               ,
               and
               become
               somewhat
               keen
               or
               sower
               ,
               but
               then
               it
               must
               not
               be
               too
               keen
               or
               sharp
               ,
               for
               the
               
               the
               Spirit
               will
               suffer
               ,
               and
               receive
               hurt
               ;
               the
               same
               in
               some
               degree
               is
               to
               be
               observed
               in
               all
               sowred
               Food
               ▪
               it
               most
               not
               be
               too
               keen
               or
               sharp
               ,
               for
               then
               it
               will
               heat
               the
               Blood
               and
               irritate
               the
               original
               or
               sleeping
               Poysons
               in
               the
               Body
               ?
               but
               when
               this
               
                 Sower
                 Quality
              
               is
               moderate
               in
               any
               thing
               ,
               or
               properly
               mixed
               ,
               it
               s
               a
               gleam
               of
               the
               life
               ,
               and
               the
               true
               delight
               of
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               it
               opposeth
               the
               fierceness
               of
               the
               Bi●ter
               and
               
                 A●●ringent
                 Properties
              
               ,
               and
               quickens
               and
               enlivens
               the
               Sweet
               ,
               and
               is
               the
               quickning
               Power
               in
               every
               thing
               ,
               all
               things
               are
               heavy
               ,
               dull
               and
               flat
               when
               this
               Quality
               is
               impotent
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             III.
             
          
           
             Of
             Water-Gruel
             .
          
           
             ANother
             thing
             very
             proper
             for
             weak
             Consumptive
             Natures
             ,
             is
             Water-Gruel
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             best
             which
             is
             made
             after
             this
             manner
             ,
             viz.
             Take
             a
             quart
             of
             River
             or
             Spring-Water
             ,
             add
             to
             it
             one
             spoonful
             and
             an
             half
             of
             good
             
             Oatmeal
             newly
             made
             or
             grown'd
             ,
             being
             stirred
             well
             together
             ,
             set
             it
             on
             a
             clear
             Fire
             ,
             when
             it
             is
             rising
             ,
             or
             just
             ready
             to
             boyl
             ,
             take
             it
             off
             ,
             and
             brew
             it
             out
             of
             one
             thing
             into
             another
             ,
             and
             so
             back
             again
             ,
             as
             you
             do
             
               Butter'd
               Ale
            
             ,
             then
             set
             it
             on
             the
             fire
             again
             till
             it
             be
             ready
             to
             boyl
             ,
             but
             before
             it
             do
             so
             ,
             take
             it
             off
             ,
             and
             let
             it
             stand
             a
             while
             in
             the
             Swacepan
             ▪
             that
             the
             course
             Husks
             of
             the
             Oatmeal
             may
             sink
             to
             the
             bottom
             ,
             and
             then
             putting
             it
             out
             ,
             add
             Bread
             and
             Salt
             ,
             or
             if
             you
             please
             ,
             
               Bread
               ,
               Salt
            
             and
             Butter
             ,
             stirring
             it
             about
             well
             until
             your
             Butter
             be
             melted
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             not
             turn
             to
             Oyl
             ,
             and
             then
             let
             it
             stand
             without
             any
             further
             stirring
             till
             it
             be
             but
             Blood-warm
             ;
             for
             much
             stirring
             or
             motion
             to
             cool
             it
             ,
             does
             oft-times
             offer
             some
             violence
             to
             the
             pure
             Spirits
             ;
             for
             all
             
               Gruels
               ,
               Pottages
            
             and
             Milk-M●ats
             ,
             if
             they
             are
             let
             stand
             after
             they
             are
             prepared
             and
             put
             into
             the
             Dish
             or
             Platter
             ,
             do
             naturally
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             
               skin
               over
            
             ,
             which
             does
             retain
             and
             keep
             in
             the
             pure
             
               B●lsamick
               V●rtues
            
             ,
             but
             will
             not
             confine
             the
             fierce
             furious
             Fires
             of
             Saturn
             and
             Mars
             ,
             which
             being
             Aliens
             to
             the
             good
             Vertues
             of
             such
             Food
             ,
             will
             not
             continue
             in
             it
             any
             longer
             
             than
             forced
             by
             the
             continual
             heat
             of
             the
             Fire
             ,
             wherefore
             of
             their
             own
             accord
             they
             hastily
             fly
             away
             .
             Besides
             ,
             it
             is
             to
             be
             noted
             ,
             that
             
               continual
               Motion
            
             in
             all
             Liquid
             Bodies
             destroys
             and
             causes
             to
             evaporate
             the
             essential
             Spirits
             and
             good
             Vertues
             thereof
             .
             An
             Example
             of
             this
             we
             have
             in
             that
             Milk
             Women
             carry
             about
             two
             or
             three
             Miles
             in
             their
             Pails
             ,
             shaking
             and
             measuring
             of
             it
             out
             by
             degrees
             ,
             causing
             thereby
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             a
             continual
             Motion
             ,
             which
             makes
             the
             
               Volatile
               Spirits
            
             to
             evaporate
             ,
             and
             then
             presently
             the
             sweet
             Body
             and
             oyly
             Quality
             is
             thereby
             wounded
             ,
             and
             the
             Milk
             becomes
             thin
             and
             Wheyish
             ,
             and
             it
             will
             not
             afford
             half
             the
             quantity
             of
             Cream
             ,
             as
             Milk
             will
             do
             that
             is
             set
             to
             cream
             as
             soon
             as
             't
             is
             milk't
             ;
             for
             that
             skinny
             substance
             that
             all
             Milk
             covers
             it self
             with
             ,
             does
             keep
             in
             the
             pure
             essential
             Spirits
             ,
             whereby
             the
             sweet
             Oyly
             Body
             is
             preserved
             in
             its
             full
             Vertue
             and
             Strength
             ;
             for
             the
             
               Volatile
               Spirit
            
             is
             the
             true
             Life
             of
             the
             
               Balsamick
               B●dy
            
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Oyly
               Body
            
             or
             sweet
             Quality
             in
             all
             things
             is
             the
             House
             or
             Habitation
             of
             the
             
               Volatile
               Spirits
            
             ;
             therefore
             if
             one
             be
             destroy'd
             the
             other
             cannot
             subsist
             ,
             but
             
             immediately
             dyeth
             .
             Likewise
             all
             violent
             Heat
             and
             Cold
             doth
             the
             same
             ;
             for
             which
             cause
             in
             cold
             frosty
             Weather
             the
             like
             quantity
             of
             Cream
             will
             no●
             make
             above
             two
             thirds
             of
             the
             Butter
             as
             it
             will
             do
             in
             warm
             moderate
             Seasons
             ,
             and
             it
             will
             be
             much
             longer
             〈◊〉
             coming
             :
             The
             like
             in
             some
             degree
             is
             to
             be
             understood
             when
             the
             Season
             is
             extream
             hot
             ;
             for
             hot
             weather
             too
             v●olently
             evaporates
             the
             volatile
             Spirits
             ,
             and
             causes
             the
             sweet
             Body
             to
             sower
             ,
             as
             the
             cold
             condenses
             the
             spirituous
             parts
             ,
             whereby
             they
             become
             less
             volatile
             ,
             which
             hinders
             separation
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             oyly
             fat
             Quality
             in
             the
             Milk
             cannot
             rise
             to
             the
             top
             in
             such
             quantity
             as
             in
             warm
             moderate
             Seasons
             .
          
           
             For
             this
             cause
             all
             Dairy-Women
             ought
             to
             have
             such
             Milk-Houses
             as
             are
             
               Warm
               in
               the
               Winter
            
             and
             
               Cold
               in
               the
               Summer
            
             ;
             for
             in
             cold
             Weather
             most
             Women
             are
             forced
             to
             let
             their
             Milk
             stand
             a
             long
             time
             ,
             viz.
             several
             days
             ,
             or
             else
             they
             will
             have
             a
             very
             small
             quantity
             of
             Cream
             ;
             which
             long
             standing
             of
             Milk
             to
             get
             the
             more
             Cream
             ,
             does
             awaken
             the
             
               original
               Fires
            
             ,
             viz.
             the
             astringent
             and
             
               bitter
               Qualities
            
             ;
             for
             which
             reason
             most
             
             of
             the
             Butter
             made
             in
             the
             Winter
             has
             a
             kind
             of
             
               sower
               bitter
               Taste
            
             ,
             which
             does
             not
             proceed
             from
             the
             Hay
             or
             Grass
             ,
             as
             some
             suppose
             ,
             but
             from
             the
             
               long
               standing
            
             of
             the
             Milk
             ,
             as
             aforesaid
             .
             For
             Butter
             made
             in
             Winter
             ,
             if
             the
             Milk
             stand
             no
             longer
             than
             in
             Summer
             ,
             will
             be
             very
             good
             and
             sweet
             :
             And
             if
             the
             Hay
             had
             any
             such
             nature
             to
             cause
             a
             
               sower
               bitter
               Taste
            
             ,
             how
             comes
             it
             to
             pase
             ,
             that
             the
             Flesh
             of
             all
             Beasts
             fatted
             in
             the
             Stall
             in
             the
             Winter
             with
             Hay
             ,
             is
             not
             only
             more
             firm
             ,
             but
             also
             far
             sweeter
             ,
             and
             fuller
             of
             brisk
             lively
             Spirits
             than
             in
             Summer
             ,
             and
             therefore
             will
             take
             Salt
             much
             better
             ,
             and
             afford
             a
             firmer
             Nourishment
             ,
             and
             also
             continue
             sound
             and
             good
             much
             longer
             .
          
           
             Note
             also
             ,
             That
             
               Boyl'd
               Milk
            
             is
             nothing
             so
             good
             as
             either
             raw
             or
             scalded
             ;
             for
             the
             boyling
             it
             does
             not
             only
             fix
             it
             ,
             and
             thereby
             render
             it
             more
             stopping
             and
             harder
             of
             Concoction
             ,
             but
             also
             the
             violent
             Motion
             of
             boyling
             does
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             totally
             destroy
             the
             volatile
             spirit
             ,
             so
             that
             if
             boyled
             never
             so
             little
             ,
             it
             will
             not
             afterwards
             afford
             any
             Cream
             but
             only
             a
             thin
             skin
             ;
             for
             the
             
               volatile
               Spirit
            
             is
             so
             pure
             and
             subtle
             that
             it
             will
             
             not
             endure
             any
             harsh
             or
             violent
             Motion
             ,
             and
             so
             soon
             as
             that
             delicate
             Spirit
             is
             wounded
             ,
             the
             sweet
             Quality
             of
             fa●
             Oyl
             loosing
             its
             Power
             and
             Vertue
             ,
             passeth
             away
             in
             an
             invisible
             vapour
             or●fume
             ,
             ●nsensible
             to
             the
             Preparers
             ;
             and
             this
             is
             the
             true
             cause
             why
             boyled
             Milk
             will
             not
             cream
             ;
             whereas
             if
             you
             take
             Milk
             and
             scald
             it
             (
             but
             it
             must
             be
             done
             to
             a
             point
             ,
             not
             too
             hot
             )
             and
             then
             take
             it
             off
             the
             Fire
             and
             let
             it
             stand
             in
             the
             same
             Vessel
             ,
             and
             there
             will
             arise
             a
             brave
             thick
             clouted
             Cream
             ,
             which
             way
             many
             use
             in
             the
             West
             parts
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             therewith
             make
             very
             good
             Butter
             ;
             but
             if
             you
             let
             your
             Milk
             be
             too
             hot
             ,
             it
             will
             not
             cream
             to
             such
             advantage
             as
             otherwise
             .
             And
             this
             I
             hope
             may
             be
             a
             sufficient
             demonstration
             to
             the
             
               good
               Dame
            
             and
             
               provident
               Housewife
            
             ,
             that
             the
             boyling
             of
             Milk
             entire
             ,
             or
             by
             it self
             ,
             is
             not
             proper
             ,
             esp●●ially
             for
             weak
             Consumptive
             Persons
             ,
             or
             Children
             ,
             but
             that
             it
             is
             much
             better
             for
             Health
             ,
             and
             to
             prevent
             Windy
             Diseases
             ,
             and
             breed
             good
             Blood
             and
             Nourishment
             ,
             to
             eat
             it
             raw
             ,
             or
             altered
             with
             Flower
             ,
             as
             above
             directed
             .
             And
             if
             Women
             were
             so
             wise
             and
             kind
             to
             themselves
             and
             their
             Children
             ,
             as
             
             to
             eat
             such
             Foods
             as
             are
             proper
             both
             in
             Quality
             and
             Quantity
             ,
             properly
             mixt
             and
             duely
             prepared
             ,
             and
             to
             give
             their
             Children
             no
             other
             ,
             we
             should
             quickly
             have
             a
             healthier
             Generation
             ,
             and
             not
             be
             so
             strangely
             afflicted
             with
             such
             variety
             of
             torturing
             Diseases
             ,
             nor
             have
             such
             great
             Numbers
             snatcht
             away
             with
             immature
             Deaths
             .
             And
             for
             their
             benefit
             herein
             ,
             if
             they
             are
             not
             too
             follish
             to
             learn
             ,
             and
             too
             froward
             to
             be
             taught
             ,
             I
             will
             here
             add
             ,
          
           
             
               A
               very
               excellent
               healthy
               Food
               for
               all
               sorts
               of
               Ages
               ,
               but
               more
               especially
               for
               Children
               and
               sickly
               People
               .
            
             
               Take
               a
               quart
               of
               good
               Water
               ,
               two
               full
               Spoonfuls
               of
               
                 Wheat
                 Flower
              
               ,
               and
               two
               or
               three
               Eggs
               ,
               beat
               the
               Eggs
               and
               Flower
               together
               with
               some
               Water
               ,
               and
               when
               the
               Water
               is
               ready
               to
               boyl
               ,
               but
               before
               it
               quite
               boyl
               ,
               stir
               in
               your
               batter
               or
               thickning
               ,
               and
               keep
               stirring
               it
               till
               it
               be
               ready
               to
               boyl
               ,
               by
               which
               time
               it
               will
               be
               sufficiently
               thick
               ;
               then
               take
               it
               off
               ,
               and
               add
               to
               it
               only
               Salt
               and
               Bread
               ,
               and
               let
               it
               stand
               and
               cool
               without
               your
               help
               ,
               till
               it
               become
               about
               as
               warm
               as
               
               Milk
               from
               the
               Cow
               ,
               and
               so
               eat
               it
               .
               If
               you
               wnat
               Eggs
               ,
               you
               may
               instead
               thereof
               add
               But●er
               after
               the
               Water
               and
               Flower
               is
               so
               prepared
               with
               Bread
               and
               Salt
               ,
               but
               Eggs
               are
               best
               .
            
             
               This
               is
               a
               curious
               clean
               sweet
               Food
               ,
               affords
               a
               brave
               sound
               Nourishment
               ,
               opens
               all
               the
               Passages
               ,
               breeds
               good
               Blood
               and
               pure
               brisk
               Spirits
               ,
               is
               pleasant
               unto
               the
               Palate
               ,
               grateful
               to
               the
               Stomach
               ,
               and
               easie
               of
               Concoction
               ;
               the
               common
               use
               thereof
               sweetens
               the
               Blood
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               Humours
               ,
               prevents
               Windy
               Distempers
               ,
               and
               griping
               pains
               ,
               both
               of
               the
               Stomach
               and
               Bowels
               ,
               having
               no
               manifest
               Quality
               that
               does
               too
               violently
               predominate
               ,
               all
               the
               Ingredients
               bearing
               a
               simile
               with
               each
               other
               ,
               so
               that
               it
               may
               justly
               challenge
               the
               first
               place
               of
               all
               Spoon-Meats
               or
               Pap
               ,
               and
               is
               the
               next
               Food
               to
               Breast-Milk
               for
               Children
               ,
               and
               indeed
               often-times
               much
               better
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               many
               Diseases
               and
               improper
               Foods
               many
               Women
               are
               subject
               to
               ,
               or
               use
               .
               'T
               is
               also
               a
               special
               Diet
               for
               
                 Consump●ive
                 ●eople
              
               ,
               if
               they
               will
               keep
               constant
               to
               it
               for
               one
               half
               year
               or
               a
               twelve
               Month
               ,
               eating
               nothing
               else
               ,
               and
               drinking
               every
               day
               
               two
               or
               three
               glasses
               of
               clear
               well
               brew'd
               Ale
               ,
               with
               gentle
               Exercise
               ,
               and
               sweet
               clean
               hard
               Beds
               ,
               and
               moderate
               Clothing
               .
               But
               remember
               that
               you
               do
               not
               add
               any
               other
               Ingredients
               to
               this
               sort
               of
               Food
               ,
               as
               
                 Sugar
                 ,
                 Spices
                 ,
                 Fruits
              
               ,
               or
               the
               like
               ,
               for
               then
               it
               will
               become
               of
               another
               nature
               and
               operation
               ,
               and
               that
               for
               the
               worse
               ,
               as
               I
               have
               demonstrated
               in
               the
               Chapter
               of
               
                 Mixtures
                 of
                 Foods
              
               ,
               in
               my
               Book
               intituled
               ,
               
                 The
                 way
                 to
                 Health
                 ,
                 long
                 Life
                 and
                 Happiness
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               It
               is
               further
               to
               be
               noted
               ,
               that
               this
               sort
               of
               Spoon-meat
               ,
               and
               also
               all
               others
               ,
               ought
               to
               be
               made
               rather
               thin
               than
               thick
               ;
               for
               in
               such
               Foods
               the
               Liquid
               Element
               ought
               to
               predominate
               ,
               whether
               it
               be
               Milk
               or
               Water
               ,
               else
               the
               pure
               spirituous
               parts
               being
               in
               a
               degree
               suffocated
               ,
               they
               will
               become
               dull
               on
               the
               Palate
               and
               heavy
               on
               the
               Stomach
               ;
               therefore
               all
               Pottages
               and
               Spoon-meats
               that
               are
               made
               thin
               ,
               and
               quick
               prepared
               ,
               are
               sweeter
               and
               brisker
               on
               the
               Palate
               ,
               and
               easier
               of
               Digestion
               ,
               as
               being
               more
               spirituous
               than
               those
               that
               are
               thick
               and
               long
               a
               doing
               .
               And
               as
               all
               Foods
               that
               are
               properly
               mixt
               ,
               and
               a
               due
               order
               observed
               in
               the
               Preparation
               ,
               
               will
               have
               no
               manifest
               Taste
               or
               strong
               Hugo
               ,
               as
               all
               others
               have
               ,
               but
               on
               the
               contrary
               ,
               will
               yield
               a
               pleasant
               friendly
               Taste
               ,
               and
               Smell
               most
               grateful
               ;
               so
               you
               may
               observe
               of
               all
               Meats
               and
               Drinks
               ,
               whose
               Taste
               and
               Smell
               are
               innocent
               and
               fine
               ,
               they
               never
               cause
               any
               loathing
               in
               Nature
               ,
               because
               there
               is
               no
               manifest
               Quality
               that
               does
               too
               violently
               predominate
               ,
               but
               all
               the
               Properties
               or
               Tastes
               seem
               to
               be
               united
               ,
               or
               stand
               in
               equal
               weight
               and
               measure
               ;
               for
               where
               any
               doth
               bear
               sway
               ,
               it
               will
               quickly
               awaken
               its
               Likeness
               ,
               whence
               Discord
               ,
               and
               an
               unequal
               motion
               ariseth
               ,
               and
               thence
               a
               loathing
               follows
               ;
               for
               in
               Sickness
               ,
               all
               such
               Meats
               and
               Drinks
               as
               were
               the
               original
               of
               the
               Disease
               ,
               the
               very
               sight
               and
               smell
               thereof
               is
               offensive
               ,
               and
               for
               that
               reason
               English
               People
               eating
               much
               Flesh
               and
               strong
               Drink
               in
               Health
               ,
               do
               for
               the
               most
               part
               perfectly
               loath
               and
               abominate
               such
               things
               in
               Sickness
               ,
               desiring
               Water
               and
               more
               simple
               Foods
               ,
               wherein
               wise
               Nature
               indicates
               and
               points
               out
               the
               proper
               Diet
               in
               such
               cases
               ,
               if
               Men
               would
               but
               hearken
               unto
               her
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             IV.
             
          
           
             Of
             Flesh
             Broths
             .
          
           
             IF
             sick
             languishing
             People
             must
             eat
             Flesh
             ,
             which
             in
             my
             opinion
             is
             nothing
             so
             proper
             to
             recover
             lost
             Health
             and
             Strength
             ,
             as
             more
             simple
             innocent
             Foods
             ,
             for
             several
             Reasons
             ;
             As
             ,
             1st
             .
             Because
             it
             is
             that
             which
             most
             ,
             both
             Young
             and
             Old
             at
             all
             other
             times
             make
             their
             chief
             Food
             ,
             and
             consequently
             from
             thence
             their
             Distempers
             mostly
             proceed
             .
             2dly
             ,
             'T
             is
             of
             a
             
               gross
               Phlegmatick
            
             nature
             and
             operation
             ,
             of
             a
             moist
             oily
             Quality
             ,
             therefore
             harder
             of
             Concoction
             than
             many
             other
             sorts
             of
             Food
             ,
             whereby
             it
             generates
             gross
             Humours
             and
             thick
             Blood.
             3dly
             ,
             The
             Beasts
             are
             often
             distempered
             ,
             sometimes
             for
             want
             of
             care
             and
             skill
             in
             their
             Keepers
             ,
             at
             other
             times
             by
             hot
             Weather
             and
             much
             driving
             they
             are
             surfeited
             ,
             and
             yet
             killed
             before
             they
             have
             recovered
             those
             Disorders
             .
             4thly
             ,
             By
             being
             killed
             in
             
               improper
               Seasons
               ,
               viz.
            
             in
             
             the
             declining
             part
             of
             the
             year
             ,
             as
             
               August
               ,
               September
            
             and
             October
             ,
             at
             which
             time
             the
             central
             heat
             in
             all
             things
             decays
             ,
             and
             the
             Flesh
             of
             all
             Beasts
             becomes
             more
             gross
             ,
             their
             fat
             soft
             ,
             greasy
             and
             full
             of
             Phlegm
             and
             corrupt
             Juices
             ;
             and
             therefore
             Flesh
             will
             not
             take
             Salt
             nor
             keep
             so
             well
             then
             as
             at
             other
             times
             ,
             and
             also
             ,
             't
             is
             then
             their
             time
             of
             Generation
             and
             Uncleanness
             ,
             which
             renders
             it
             still
             more
             dangerous
             and
             pernicious
             .
             However
             ,
             the
             common
             eating
             of
             almost
             all
             sorts
             of
             Flesh
             ,
             both
             clean
             and
             unclean
             ,
             hath
             gotten
             such
             a
             dominion
             in
             Man
             ,
             that
             all
             that
             I
             can
             say
             is
             little
             likely
             to
             abate
             those
             furious
             Inclinations
             ;
             therefore
             if
             the
             Sick
             will
             still
             follow
             Custom
             ,
             aud
             gratifie
             his
             Humour
             ,
             and
             must
             needs
             have
             his
             Flesh-Pots
             and
             Flesh-Broths
             ,
             we
             shall
             give
             some
             directions
             for
             the
             best
             ordering
             thereof
             ,
             which
             is
             done
             after
             this
             manner
             ,
             VIZ.
             
          
           
             Let
             your
             Flesh
             be
             fresh
             killed
             ,
             and
             otherways
             good
             ,
             whether
             
               Fowls
               ,
               Beef
            
             or
             Mutton
             ;
             First
             ,
             make
             your
             Water
             boyl
             ,
             then
             have
             your
             Flesh
             ready
             to
             put
             in
             ,
             and
             encrease
             your
             Fire
             that
             it
             may
             not
             lie
             long
             in
             the
             Water
             before
             
             it
             boyls
             again
             ;
             and
             let
             your
             Pot
             or
             Vessel
             be
             large
             that
             it
             may
             hold
             a
             sufficient
             quantity
             of
             Water
             ,
             that
             the
             flesh
             may
             swim
             freely
             ;
             and
             when
             it
             boyls
             take
             your
             Pot-lid
             off
             ,
             that
             the
             sulpherous
             fiery
             Fumes
             may
             pass
             freely
             away
             ,
             and
             the
             Air
             have
             its
             free
             Influences
             upon
             it
             ;
             for
             that
             Element
             is
             the
             true
             Life
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             by
             having
             plenty
             of
             Water
             ,
             the
             flesh
             is
             cleansed
             from
             its
             gross
             Impurities
             ,
             which
             the
             best
             of
             Flesh
             is
             subject
             to
             ;
             likewise
             you
             ought
             to
             keep
             a
             brisk
             clear
             Fire
             ,
             that
             there
             be
             no
             intermission
             in
             the
             boyling
             ,
             which
             would
             deaden
             or
             flatten
             the
             spirituous
             parts
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             Meat
             will
             become
             dull
             and
             of
             an
             heavy
             operation
             ,
             and
             grosser
             nourishment
             ;
             nor
             ought
             you
             to
             let
             it
             boyl
             too
             long
             ;
             for
             Flesh
             over-prepared
             is
             of
             an
             heavy
             dull
             nature
             ,
             and
             ungrateful
             to
             the
             Palate
             and
             Stomach
             .
          
           
             All
             Broths
             made
             of
             Flesh
             ought
             to
             be
             thin
             ,
             brisk
             and
             full
             of
             Spirits
             ,
             which
             render
             them
             easie
             of
             Concoction
             ,
             and
             breed
             thin
             pure
             Blood.
             Many
             People
             imagine
             Flesh
             not
             only
             the
             most
             Nourishing
             ,
             but
             also
             the
             Substantialst
             Food
             ;
             but
             this
             must
             be
             numbered
             amongst
             
             Vulgar
             Errors
             ,
             it
             is
             indeed
             endued
             with
             abundance
             of
             gross
             Phlegmatic●
             and
             corrupt
             Juices
             ,
             and
             therefore
             those
             that
             make
             it
             their
             chief
             Victuals
             are
             most
             obnoxious
             to
             gross
             Scorbuti●
             Humours
             in
             their
             Blood
             ,
             whence
             proceed
             very
             impure
             Spirits
             ,
             and
             bur-thensome
             unactive
             Dispositions
             ,
             whic●
             by
             degrees
             occasion
             and
             increase
             man
             Diseases
             ;
             for
             all
             Flesh
             is
             of
             a
             moi●
             Phlegmy
             Nature
             ,
             subject
             to
             Putrifacti●on
             ;
             and
             therefore
             such
             as
             make
             i●
             their
             common
             Food
             are
             forc'd
             to
             dri●●
             much
             either
             with
             or
             after
             it
             ,
             or
             〈◊〉
             least
             they
             accustom
             themselves
             so
             〈◊〉
             do
             ,
             which
             much
             increases
             the
             aforesaid
             Inconveniences
             and
             Distempers
             But
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             many
             sorts
             o●
             
               Fruits
               ,
               Grains
               ,
               Herbs
            
             and
             Seeds
             are
             for
             the
             most
             part
             endued
             with
             a
             far
             mor●
             firm
             ,
             dry
             and
             cleaner
             Nourishment
             free
             from
             Corruption
             ,
             and
             yieldi●●
             more
             sublime
             Spirits
             .
             And
             there
             as
             much
             difference
             between
             
               Them
               a●●
               Flesh
            
             as
             there
             is
             between
             Grass
             and
             Cor●
             for
             true
             it
             is
             ,
             Grass
             generates
             mor●
             Humours
             ,
             viz.
             flesh
             and
             fat
             ,
             and
             in
             shorter
             time
             in
             all
             Cattel
             ,
             but
             then
             suc●
             flesh
             is
             more
             soft
             ,
             greasie
             ,
             phlegmatic●
             
             and
             subject
             to
             Putrifaction
             ,
             than
             that
             which
             is
             fed
             with
             Hay
             and
             Corn.
             
          
           
             For
             this
             cause
             ,
             the
             Flesh
             of
             all
             Beasts
             is
             much
             better
             in
             Winter
             than
             in
             Summer
             ;
             and
             also
             all
             Grains
             and
             Fruits
             when
             the
             Sun
             and
             Elements
             have
             dryed
             up
             and
             exhaled
             the
             gross
             cold
             phlegmy
             parts
             ,
             are
             thereby
             made
             substantial
             ,
             warming
             ,
             and
             full
             of
             brisk
             lively
             Spirits
             ,
             and
             will
             keep
             good
             several
             years
             without
             the
             help
             of
             Art
             ;
             for
             the
             gross
             Humidity
             being
             purged
             away
             ,
             their
             own
             innate
             Salt
             and
             spirituous
             Vertues
             preserve
             them
             ;
             but
             Flesh
             cannot
             be
             kept
             without
             Salt
             ,
             nor
             with
             it
             but
             for
             a
             little
             season
             .
             So
             that
             most
             Men
             ,
             as
             well
             the
             ignorant
             as
             the
             learned
             ,
             are
             deceived
             ,
             when
             they
             fancy
             F●esh
             to
             be
             a
             more
             substantial
             warming
             Food
             than
             
               Fruits
               ,
               Grains
               ,
               Milk
               ,
               Herbs
               ,
               &c.
            
             for
             Experience
             will
             tell
             us
             that
             
               Bread
               ,
               Bu●ter
               ,
               Cheese
               ,
               Flower'd
               Milk
            
             and
             
               Water
               ,
               Raw
               Herbs
            
             in
             their
             Seasons
             made
             into
             Salads
             ,
             mixt
             with
             
               Oyl
               ,
               Salt
            
             and
             Vinegar
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             are
             not
             only
             cleaner
             Foods
             ,
             but
             more
             substantial
             ,
             affording
             a
             more
             chearing
             and
             warming
             Nourishment
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             have
             ever
             lived
             on
             them
             for
             any
             
             competent
             time
             ,
             do
             find
             themselves
             not
             so
             subject
             to
             Coldness
             and
             Qualms
             at
             their
             Stomachs
             ,
             as
             those
             that
             frequertly
             eat
             Flesh
             ;
             for
             all
             sorts
             of
             Foods
             that
             are
             in
             their
             own
             Nature
             clean
             ,
             dry
             ,
             and
             free
             from
             gross
             phlegmatick
             Juices
             ,
             will
             not
             only
             keep
             longer
             from
             Purifaction
             without
             the
             Body
             ,
             but
             they
             afford
             a
             cleaner
             and
             more
             solid
             Nourishment
             ,
             in
             the
             Body
             ,
             warming
             ,
             chearing
             ,
             exhilirating
             and
             encreasing
             the
             Spirits
             ,
             whence
             proceeds
             an
             healthy
             vigorous
             Constitution
             of
             Body
             ,
             strong
             and
             active
             Limbs
             ,
             good
             Stomach
             and
             free
             Digestion
             ;
             for
             always
             the
             more
             you
             imitate
             Nature
             in
             the
             Choice
             and
             Preparation
             of
             Food
             ,
             the
             more
             useful
             it
             will
             be
             to
             you
             :
             For
             many
             Distempers
             ,
             especially
             that
             general
             one
             ,
             
               (
               The
               Wind
               ,
            
             )
             which
             few
             that
             out-live
             Youth
             are
             free
             from
             ,
             are
             chefly
             caused
             through
             bad
             Preparations
             and
             improper
             Mixtures
             ,
             or
             excess
             in
             Quantity
             or
             Quality
             of
             Food
             ;
             which
             Defects
             are
             not
             to
             be
             remedied
             without
             great
             Wisdom
             and
             Temperance
             .
             But
             those
             that
             have
             not
             the
             knowledge
             and
             measure
             of
             their
             own
             Natures
             and
             Complexions
             ,
             nor
             have
             seriously
             considered
             
             the
             intrinsick
             Qualities
             of
             what
             they
             eat
             o●
             drink
             ,
             't
             is
             no
             wonder
             if
             their
             Thoughts
             or
             Imaginations
             are
             wrong
             
               (
               for
               blind
               men
               will
               stumble
               )
            
             so
             that
             what
             they
             think
             is
             best
             and
             most
             profitable
             for
             the
             Health
             of
             their
             Bodies
             and
             Minds
             ,
             Proves
             the
             contrary
             .
             An
             Example
             we
             have
             in
             Peoples
             eating
             of
             Food
             hot
             from
             the
             Fire
             ,
             or
             out
             of
             the
             Pot
             or
             Oven
             ,
             they
             cry
             out
             ,
             
               The
               Meat
               will
               grow
               cold
               and
               be
               spoil'd
               ,
               and
               there
               is
               little
               or
               no
               vertue
               in
               it
               if
               the
               fiery
               heat
               be
               g●ne
            
             ;
             Others
             are
             for
             Boyling
             their
             Food
             and
             Pottages
             
               very
               much
            
             ,
             untill
             they
             become
             unpleasant
             for
             Sight
             ,
             Taste
             and
             Smell
             ,
             and
             grow
             thick
             ,
             gross
             and
             dull
             ;
             Others
             there
             be
             that
             think
             themselves
             brave
             Doctors
             or
             Cooks
             ,
             when
             they
             mix
             ten
             or
             twenty
             rich
             things
             together
             ,
             crying
             ,
             
               The
               more
               and
               the
               Richer
               ,
               the
               better
               ,
            
             as
             if
             they
             were
             to
             make
             Mithridate
             in
             their
             Bellies
             .
             All
             which
             ,
             and
             many
             other
             the
             like
             preposterous
             Conceits
             and
             unnatural
             Ways
             ,
             serve
             only
             to
             wound
             their
             Healths
             still
             more
             and
             more
             ,
             as
             first
             to
             Contract
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             to
             Continue
             and
             Encrease
             great
             numbers
             of
             Diseases
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             CHHP.
             V.
             
          
           
             Of
             Flumery
             ,
             its
             nature
             and
             operation
             .
          
           
             FLumery
             is
             the
             ancient
             Gruel
             the
             Brittains
             used
             to
             eat
             ,
             and
             the
             use
             of
             it
             is
             still
             continued
             amongst
             the
             Welch
             ;
             it
             is
             made
             after
             this
             manner
             ;
             Take
             two
             or
             three
             spoonfuls
             of
             Oatmeal
             ,
             more
             of
             less
             ,
             and
             put
             into
             it
             a
             convenient
             quantity
             of
             Water
             ,
             and
             let
             it
             stand
             until
             it
             begin
             to
             be
             sowrish
             ,
             th●●
             ta●e
             this
             Water
             and
             Oatmeal
             and
             put
             it
             into
             a
             Vessel
             ▪
             stirring
             it
             ,
             and
             make
             it
             boyling
             hot
             with
             a
             quick
             Fire
             ,
             and
             when
             it
             begins
             to
             rise
             ,
             brew
             it
             to
             and
             fro
             with
             your
             Ladle
             ,
             to
             keep
             it
             from
             boyling
             ,
             this
             do
             about
             five
             or
             six
             Minut●s
             ,
             and
             th●n
             take
             it
             off
             the
             Fire
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             prepared
             to
             the
             highest
             degree
             .
             The
             Br●●●ains
             and
             those
             that
             now
             eat
             this
             〈◊〉
             of
             Gruel
             ,
             had
             and
             have
             various
             ●●ys
             of
             eating
             it
             ,
             viz.
             to
             mix
             Al●
             am●●gst
             it
             ,
             and
             so
             eat
             it
             with
             Bread
             ,
             o●hers
             Milk
             ,
             Cream
             ,
             and
             
             the
             like
             ,
             which
             Mixtures
             are
             not
             much
             amiss
             ;
             but
             in
             my
             judgment
             those
             that
             have
             regard
             to
             their
             Healths
             ,
             Strength
             ,
             and
             brisk
             lively
             Dispositions
             ,
             or
             such
             as
             eat
             it
             to
             open
             ,
             cleanse
             ,
             and
             help
             the
             digestive
             Faculty
             ,
             and
             to
             remove
             offensive
             Matter
             from
             the
             Stomach
             ,
             ought
             to
             eat
             this
             sort
             of
             sower
             Gruel
             only
             with
             Bread
             ;
             for
             thereby
             it
             more
             powerfully
             removes
             the
             Obstructions
             of
             the
             Breast
             ,
             helps
             the
             natural
             Heat
             ,
             strengthens
             the
             Stomach
             ,
             cools
             th●
             whole
             Body
             ,
             openeth
             the
             Passages
             ,
             and
             makes
             the
             Body
             lightsome
             and
             airy
             .
             This
             is
             a
             most
             commendable
             Gruel
             to
             be
             eaten
             for
             a
             Breakfast
             in
             all
             hot
             Seasons
             and
             Clymates
             ;
             for
             the
             sowerness
             ,
             or
             the
             fermentation
             doth
             so
             aptly
             fit
             it
             to
             the
             Stomach
             ,
             and
             has
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             digested
             all
             tough
             or
             slimy
             matter
             ,
             so
             that
             it
             becomes
             easily
             separated
             ,
             and
             so
             passes
             away
             more
             quick
             and
             free
             ,
             leaving
             no
             Dregs
             behing
             it
             that
             doth
             either
             fur
             or
             obstruct
             〈◊〉
             Passages
             ,
             which
             most
             sweet
             foods
             are
             〈◊〉
             to
             ,
             especially
             when
             any
             shall
             exceed
             in
             Quantity
             .
             I
             commend
             this
             sort
             of
             Gruel
             to
             all
             weak
             Stomach't
             People
             ,
             and
             to
             such
             whose
             Breast
             and
             Passages
             
             are
             fur'd
             and
             obstructed
             by
             sweet
             ,
             tough
             or
             Phlegmy
             matter
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             also
             another
             way
             of
             making
             this
             Gruel
             ,
             used
             chiefly
             among
             the
             wanton
             Gentry
             ,
             viz.
             they
             take
             Water
             and
             Oatme●l
             ,
             as
             is
             before
             mentioned
             ,
             and
             let
             it
             stand
             a
             day
             ,
             more
             or
             less
             ,
             as
             they
             think
             fit
             ,
             then
             they
             pour
             off
             that
             Water
             and
             put
             on
             fresh
             ;
             some
             will
             do
             this
             four
             ,
             five
             ,
             six
             ,
             seven
             ,
             eight
             or
             nine
             times
             one
             after
             another
             ,
             letting
             each
             Water
             remain
             on
             the
             Oatmeal
             a
             certain
             time
             ,
             then
             they
             take
             it
             and
             boyl
             it
             up
             ,
             and
             mix
             it
             with
             Milk
             ,
             Cream
             and
             the
             like
             :
             But
             this
             way
             is
             nothing
             so
             brisk
             ,
             lightsome
             and
             lively
             as
             the
             former
             ;
             for
             Oatmeal
             hath
             passed
             through
             ,
             in
             its
             Preparation
             ,
             a
             certain
             fermentation
             or
             digestion
             ,
             by
             which
             the
             gross
             body
             in
             the
             Oats
             is
             opened
             ,
             and
             the
             more
             internal
             or
             central
             Vertues
             become
             thereby
             volatile
             ,
             so
             that
             it
             readily
             gives
             forth
             its
             vertue
             when
             it
             is
             committed
             to
             the
             great
             Menstrum
             ,
             viz.
             Water
             ,
             even
             as
             Malt
             doth
             ,
             though
             not
             to
             that
             degree
             ,
             because
             the
             digestion
             or
             fermentation
             is
             not
             so
             high
             ;
             but
             being
             washed
             with
             several
             Wa●●r
             ,
             it
             becomes
             thereby
             
             stupid
             and
             destitute
             of
             all
             its
             good
             Qualities
             ;
             nay
             ,
             the
             very
             Air
             will
             exhale
             and
             draw
             forth
             the
             more
             spirituous
             parts
             of
             all
             Flower
             ,
             if
             exposed
             to
             it
             ;
             though
             the
             Grain
             have
             never
             passed
             through
             any
             fermentation
             or
             digestion
             ,
             as
             the
             Flower
             of
             Wheat
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             strongest
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             best
             substance
             of
             any
             others
             ;
             for
             this
             cause
             ,
             Flower
             that
             hath
             been
             grown'd
             five
             or
             six
             Weeks
             ,
             or
             more
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             kept
             close
             in
             Sacks
             ,
             will
             not
             make
             so
             sweet
             nor
             so
             moist
             pleasant
             Bread
             as
             that
             which
             is
             newly
             grown'd
             ;
             therefore
             all
             Bread
             in
             London
             does
             eat
             drier
             and
             harsher
             than
             Bread
             in
             the
             Country
             that
             is
             made
             two
             or
             three
             days
             after
             the
             Wheat
             is
             grown'd
             ;
             for
             so
             soon
             as
             any
             Grain
             is
             bruised
             or
             broken
             into
             a
             powdery
             substance
             ,
             the
             essential
             Spirits
             become
             thereby
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             violated
             ,
             and
             liable
             to
             evaporation
             ;
             for
             they
             are
             so
             subtle
             ,
             quick
             and
             penetrating
             that
             nothing
             can
             hold
             or
             continue
             them
             ,
             but
             of
             necessity
             they
             either
             evaporate
             or
             become
             suffocated
             ,
             if
             inclosed
             by
             any
             thing
             :
             Therefore
             all
             Gruels
             ought
             to
             be
             made
             with
             new
             grown●d
             Oatmeal
             ,
             and
             Bread
             with
             new-grown'd
             
             Flower
             ;
             but
             this
             way
             does
             not
             please
             ,
             neither
             is
             it
             so
             profitable
             for
             those
             that
             make
             a
             Trade
             of
             selling
             Meal
             ;
             for
             Meal
             new
             grown'd
             will
             not
             so
             freely
             separate
             from
             the
             Branny
             substance
             ,
             nor
             yield
             so
             much
             Flower
             ;
             but
             lying
             a
             while
             after
             it
             is
             grown'd
             ,
             makes
             a
             kind
             of
             Distillation
             ,
             or
             giving
             way
             ,
             that
             the
             branny
             parts
             ,
             as
             is
             said
             before
             ,
             are
             easier
             to
             be
             separated
             ,
             and
             the
             ●lowry
             parts
             seem
             ●iner
             to
             the
             
               Nice
               Da●es
            
             ,
             but
             the
             Bread
             made
             of
             such
             Meal
             is
             nothing
             so
             good
             and
             balsamick
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             not
             so
             opening
             nor
             cleansing
             ;
             besides
             ,
             or
             Flower
             in
             a
             little
             time
             will
             from
             its
             own
             Body
             generate
             Worms
             ,
             which
             comes
             to
             pass
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             Essential
             Spirits
             and
             pure
             volatile
             Salt
             is
             wounded
             ,
             suffocated
             or
             evaporated
             ;
             but
             all
             sorts
             of
             Grain
             kept
             intire
             and
             not
             violated
             ,
             will
             remain
             sound
             and
             good
             a
             long
             time
             ;
             and
             if
             the
             essential
             Spirits
             and
             sweet
             Vertues
             of
             any
             thing
             or
             Creature
             could
             be
             preserved
             intire
             from
             evaporation
             or
             suffocation
             ,
             then
             that
             thing
             would
             continue
             sound
             and
             good
             forever
             ;
             for
             the
             true
             Life
             ,
             pleasure
             ,
             delight
             and
             joy
             of
             all
             Bodies
             does
             consist
             
             in
             the
             essential
             Spirits
             and
             balsamick
             Vertues
             ,
             therefore
             no
             Vegetable
             ,
             Animal
             or
             Mineral
             can
             be
             preserved
             any
             longer
             than
             the
             Spirit
             remains
             intire
             and
             unviolated
             :
             This
             we
             would
             have
             all
             Men
             consider
             ,
             especially
             Physitians
             and
             Preparers
             of
             Food
             ;
             and
             we
             must
             needs
             say
             ,
             he
             that
             invented
             this
             last
             way
             of
             making
             Flummery
             ;
             was
             no
             Philosopher
             ,
             his
             Eyes
             were
             too
             dim
             to
             behold
             the
             true
             Spirit
             and
             Life
             of
             things
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             VI.
             
          
           
             Of
             the
             several
             sorts
             of
             Bread
             ,
             and
             which
             is
             best
             ,
             especially
             for
             sickly
             People
             .
          
           
             ONE
             of
             the
             best
             sorts
             of
             Bread
             for
             sickly
             People
             is
             made
             of
             
               Wheat
               Flower
            
             ,
             the
             course
             or
             
               husky
               Bran
            
             dressed
             out
             ,
             but
             not
             fine
             dressed
             ;
             for
             then
             it
             will
             be
             dry
             and
             hus●y
             ,
             apt
             to
             obstruct
             the
             Stomach
             ;
             for
             the
             inward
             skin
             or
             Branny
             parts
             of
             Wheat
             do
             contain
             the
             
               moist
               Quality
            
             ,
             which
             is
             opening
             and
             easie
             
             of
             Digestion
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             fine
             
               flo●ery
               parts
            
             does
             consist
             the
             Nutrimentive
             Property
             ,
             therefore
             they
             do
             best
             together
             ,
             and
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             too
             curiously
             separated
             ,
             as
             some
             nice
             People
             will
             do
             ,
             who
             know
             no
             more
             of
             the
             Nature
             of
             things
             than
             an
             Horse
             ,
             and
             
               observe
               less
            
          
           
             Also
             it
             is
             to
             be
             noted
             ,
             that
             
               Leaven'●
               Bread
            
             is
             to
             be
             preferred
             before
             that
             which
             is
             made
             of
             Yeast
             ;
             for
             Leaven
             was
             a
             
               Philosophical
               Invention
            
             ,
             that
             Sower
             quality
             therein
             being
             much
             more
             agreeable
             to
             the
             ferment
             of
             the
             Stomach
             than
             Yeast
             ,
             and
             easier
             of
             Digestion
             ,
             and
             more
             cleansing
             ;
             So
             it
             opens
             the
             Vessels
             and
             Encreases
             the
             Appetite
             ;
             and
             a
             little
             use
             will
             make
             it
             familiar
             and
             pleasant
             to
             the
             Eater
             .
             But
             Yeast
             has
             a
             contrary
             Nature
             and
             operation
             ,
             it
             being
             a
             meer
             
               frothy
               fume
            
             or
             nauseous
             Excrement
             ,
             which
             Nature
             throws
             off
             ,
             and
             spews
             out
             as
             her
             Enemy
             ,
             and
             when
             it
             is
             mixt
             with
             any
             thing
             it
             endues
             it
             not
             only
             with
             an
             
               ill
               Taste
            
             (
             which
             you
             will
             quickly
             perceive
             ,
             if
             you
             are
             not
             accustomed
             to
             it
             )
             but
             also
             is
             apt
             to
             send
             fumes
             into
             the
             Head
             ,
             and
             to
             foul
             the
             Stomach
             ,
             and
             
             therefore
             nothing
             so
             profitable
             and
             wholesom
             ,
             as
             well
             made
             Leavened
             Bread
             ;
             which
             may
             more
             manifestly
             appear
             by
             most
             of
             the
             Ale
             in
             London
             ;
             for
             that
             not
             being
             sufficiently
             wrought
             and
             cleansed
             from
             this
             Yeasty
             matter
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             only
             thick
             ,
             but
             its
             Taste
             gross
             and
             unpleasant
             ,
             sending
             dulling
             fumes
             into
             the
             Head
             ,
             fouls
             the
             Blood
             ,
             destroys
             the
             Appetite
             ,
             and
             generates
             evil
             Juices
             in
             the
             Body
             .
          
           
             
               Leaven'd
               Bread
            
             is
             best
             when
             made
             after
             this
             manner
             ;
             Take
             what
             quantity
             of
             Flower
             you
             please
             ,
             make
             an
             hole
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             it
             ,
             then
             break
             your
             Leaven
             in
             ,
             and
             take
             so
             much
             Water
             made
             as
             warm
             as
             your
             Blood
             ,
             as
             will
             wet
             half
             your
             Flower
             ,
             mix
             the
             Le●ven
             and
             Flower
             well
             together
             ,
             then
             cover
             it
             with
             the
             Remaining
             
               Flower
               close
            
             ,
             this
             do
             at
             Night
             ,
             and
             the
             next
             Morning
             the
             whole
             Lump
             will
             be
             well
             fermented
             or
             Leaven'd
             ;
             then
             add
             so
             much
             warm
             Water
             (
             but
             remember
             it
             be
             no
             hotter
             than
             the
             Blood
             )
             as
             will
             suffice
             ,
             and
             knead
             it
             up
             very
             stiff
             and
             firm
             ,
             until
             it
             be
             smooth
             and
             pliable
             ;
             but
             the
             more
             pains
             you
             take
             in
             kneading
             it
             ,
             the
             better
             and
             smoother
             the
             Bread
             will
             cut
             ,
             
             and
             eat
             much
             softer
             and
             pleasanter
             in
             the
             Mouth
             ,
             and
             be
             easier
             of
             digestion
             ;
             and
             when
             you
             have
             well
             kneaded
             it
             ,
             let
             it
             lie
             warm
             by
             some
             fire
             about
             two
             hours
             ,
             until
             your
             Oven
             be
             ready
             ,
             then
             make
             it
             into
             small
             Loaves
             as
             you
             think
             convenient
             ,
             and
             let
             them
             be
             Baked
             ▪
             with
             the
             Ovens
             mouth
             not
             close
             stopt
             ,
             that
             the
             Air
             may
             have
             more
             or
             less
             Egress
             and
             Regress
             ;
             but
             the
             better
             way
             is
             to
             make
             it
             into
             
               thin
               Cakes
            
             ,
             like
             Oat-Cakes
             ,
             and
             bake
             them
             on
             a
             Stone
             ,
             which
             many
             in
             the
             North
             of
             England
             use
             for
             that
             purpose
             ,
             making
             a
             Wood
             Fire
             under
             it
             .
             This
             sort
             of
             Bread
             is
             sweeter
             ,
             of
             a
             more
             innocent
             Taste
             ,
             and
             far
             easier
             of
             Concoction
             than
             any
             Bread
             bak'd
             the
             common
             way
             in
             Ovens
             .
          
           
             After
             the
             same
             manner
             you
             may
             make
             Cakes
             of
             any
             sort
             of
             Grain
             ,
             viz.
             
               Rye
               ,
               Oats
            
             ,
             or
             Barl●y
             ,
             and
             you
             will
             find
             it
             a
             brave
             wholsome
             hearty
             Bread
             ,
             and
             every
             way
             more
             profitable
             to
             Nature
             ,
             than
             such
             as
             are
             made
             in
             the
             usual
             manner
             .
          
           
             Note
             also
             ,
             that
             the
             putting
             of
             Salt
             into
             Bread
             is
             injurious
             ;
             for
             Salt
             is
             an
             unseparated
             body
             ,
             in
             which
             the
             Original
             Qualities
             do
             too
             violently
             predominate
             ,
             
             being
             of
             a
             keen
             tart
             hot
             Nature
             and
             Operation
             ,
             and
             therefore
             if
             it
             be
             joyned
             with
             any
             Body
             or
             thing
             that
             is
             not
             subject
             to
             Putrifaction
             ,
             or
             full
             of
             Phlegmy
             gross
             Humours
             ,
             then
             it
             presently
             preys
             on
             the
             good
             Vertues
             and
             essential
             Spirits
             ;
             For
             this
             cause
             Salt
             does
             cause
             all
             forts
             of
             Bread
             to
             corrupt
             ;
             for
             in
             it
             ▪
             it
             finds
             no
             manifest
             matter
             of
             Putrifaction
             to
             work
             on
             ,
             and
             therefore
             seizes
             the
             good
             Vertues
             ,
             and
             by
             its
             keen
             fierce
             hot
             property
             destroys
             and
             corrupts
             it
             .
             Therefore
             such
             Bread
             as
             is
             intended
             to
             be
             kept
             a
             considerable
             time
             ,
             no
             Salt
             is
             wont
             to
             be
             put
             into
             it
             ,
             as
             Biskets
             that
             are
             carried
             to
             Sea
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             :
             But
             for
             such
             as
             make
             Flesh
             most
             of
             their
             Food
             ,
             Salt
             is
             an
             excellent
             Ingredient
             ,
             and
             for
             some
             other
             sorts
             of
             Food
             ,
             that
             is
             for
             present
             eating
             ,
             For
             Salt
             naturally
             sharpens
             〈◊〉
             Appetite
             ,
             begets
             good
             Digest●●n
             ,
             being
             gratefull
             to
             the
             Stomach
             ,
             and
             resisting
             Putrifaction
             ,
             provided
             it
             be
             not
             used
             in
             too
             great
             a
             Quantity
             ,
             for
             then
             it
             spoils
             all
             or
             ,
             when
             it
             hath
             lain
             in
             any
             Flesh
             or
             Fish
             too
             long
             ,
             by
             which
             the
             good
             Vertues
             are
             Evaporated
             or
             Distempered
             ;
             for
             
             then
             such
             Flesh
             and
             Fish
             proves
             very
             Injurious
             to
             the
             Health
             ,
             and
             corrupts
             the
             Blood
             ,
             as
             is
             most
             manifest
             by
             such
             as
             feed
             on
             such
             over-kept
             salt
             Meats
             at
             Sea
             ,
             for
             they
             are
             at
             the
             very
             next
             door
             to
             Putrifaction
             .
             And
             as
             Salt
             is
             endued
             with
             the
             firce
             Original
             fire
             ,
             so
             on
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             it
             hath
             a
             most
             powerful
             lively
             spirituous
             Quality
             ,
             but
             the
             firce
             harsh
             fires
             do
             predominate
             ;
             Therefore
             't
             is
             fit
             to
             eat
             Salt
             with
             all
             fresh
             Flesh
             ,
             or
             to
             have
             the
             Flesh
             salted
             three
             or
             four
             weeks
             before
             you
             eat
             it
             ;
             but
             Bacon
             of
             all
             other
             is
             best
             when
             longer
             salted
             and
             smoak't
             .
             Likewise
             many
             Innocent
             Foods
             will
             admit
             of
             Salt
             ,
             but
             then
             they
             must
             be
             eaten
             presently
             ,
             as
             Pottages
             ,
             Salads
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ;
             so
             likewise
             in
             Butter
             and
             
               Cheese
               ,
               Salt
            
             preserves
             them
             a
             considerable
             time
             .
          
           
             By
             the
             way
             ,
             I
             would
             have
             the
             House-wife
             take
             notice
             ,
             that
             Bread
             or
             Cakes
             baked
             on
             Sto●es
             in
             Chimnies
             ,
             or
             at
             the
             
               Ovens
               Mouth
            
             ,
             will
             be
             much
             whiter
             than
             if
             the
             same
             were
             baked
             in
             an
             
               Oven
               close
               stopt
               up
            
             ;
             for
             the
             former
             having
             the
             free
             Influences
             of
             the
             Air
             ,
             the
             pure
             Spirits
             are
             thereby
             kept
             living
             ,
             
             and
             their
             pleasant
             white
             colour
             does
             not
             only
             shew
             its
             clean
             Innocent
             Nature
             ,
             but
             it
             proceeds
             from
             and
             is
             a
             true
             Gleam
             of
             Light
             ,
             arising
             from
             the
             Tincture
             and
             Volatile
             Spirits
             ,
             which
             are
             destroyed
             when
             the
             heat
             is
             intollerable
             ,
             and
             the
             egress
             and
             regress
             of
             that
             Friendly
             Element
             ,
             the
             Air
             ,
             obstructed
             .
             And
             therefore
             Bread
             baked
             in
             close
             stopt
             Ovens
             is
             of
             a
             duller
             dusky
             Colour
             ,
             more
             Saturnine
             and
             Martial
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             degree
             of
             Heat
             ,
             and
             time
             of
             standing
             in
             the
             Oven
             .
             The
             good
             House-Wife
             may
             also
             remember
             ,
             that
             Bread
             is
             not
             of
             so
             strong
             a
             substance
             and
             nourishment
             as
             Flower
             ,
             when
             it
             is
             mixed
             with
             Water
             or
             Milk
             ,
             for
             that
             potent
             glewy
             tough
             substance
             that
             naturally
             Flower
             is
             endewed
             with
             ,
             is
             lost
             and
             destroyed
             in
             Bread
             by
             the
             intolerable
             heat
             of
             Ovens
             ,
             and
             some
             other
             Circumstances
             that
             belong
             to
             the
             making
             of
             Bread
             ;
             therefore
             it
             will
             not
             thicken
             either
             
               Water
               ,
               Milk
            
             or
             any
             other
             liquid
             Body
             ,
             nor
             be
             so
             strong
             ,
             tough
             and
             glewy
             ;
             and
             therefore
             all
             such
             Foods
             as
             are
             made
             with
             Flower
             are
             more
             strong
             and
             substantial
             than
             Bread
             mixed
             with
             such
             things
             .
             Also
             
             ●lower
             so
             eaten
             is
             white
             ,
             innocent
             ,
             soft
             to
             the
             Touch
             of
             the
             Palate
             though
             otherwise
             it
             is
             a
             brave
             food
             ,
             proper
             to
             be
             eaten
             with
             
               Flesh
               ,
               Butter
               ,
               Cheese
               ,
               Herbs
               ,
            
             and
             many
             other
             things
             ,
             in
             so
             much
             that
             for
             its
             frequent
             and
             excellent
             use
             it
             is
             not
             undeservedly
             called
             and
             accounted
             ,
             
               The
               Staff
               of
               Life
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             VII
             .
          
           
             Of
             Butter
             ,
             its
             Nature
             ,
             aud
             how
             bes●
             to
             be
             Eaten
             .
          
           
             BVtter
             consists
             of
             the
             fat
             or
             Oyly
             parts
             of
             Milk
             ,
             and
             is
             a
             brave
             wholsome
             Ingredient
             to
             be
             eaten
             moderately
             with
             Bread
             ,
             For
             few
             ,
             and
             indeed
             scarce
             any
             of
             the
             other
             ways
             of
             eating
             and
             using
             it
             are
             proper
             or
             so
             agreeable
             to
             Nature
             ;
             and
             that
             my
             asserting
             this
             may
             not
             startle
             the
             Reader
             ,
             I
             shall
             give
             him
             my
             Reason
             for
             it
             ,
             which
             is
             this
             ,
             Because
             Butter
             having
             already
             in
             the
             making
             of
             it
             passed
             through
             due
             Fermentation
             ,
             the
             Spirituous
             properties
             thereof
             ,
             are
             thereby
             
             unbounded
             or
             set
             at
             liberty
             ,
             and
             become
             Volatile
             ,
             the
             truth
             whereof
             you
             may
             perceive
             by
             this
             Experiment
             ,
             If
             Butter
             be
             but
             exposed
             four
             or
             five
             days
             to
             the
             open
             common
             Air
             ,
             it
             will
             lose
             a
             great
             part
             of
             its
             pure
             smell
             and
             taste
             ;
             but
             much
             more
             if
             it
             be
             committed
             to
             the
             Fire
             ;
             therefore
             
               all
               melted
               Butter
            
             ,
             and
             such
             Foods
             wherein
             Butter
             is
             mixt
             ,
             that
             are
             baked
             or
             fiyed
             ,
             are
             not
             profitable
             for
             Health
             ,
             but
             become
             heavy
             of
             Concoction
             ,
             and
             strong
             upon
             the
             Pallate
             ,
             and
             the
             common
             eating
             thereof
             doth
             generate
             evil
             Juices
             ,
             thick
             Blood
             and
             dull
             heavy
             Spirits
             ,
             whence
             proceeds
             ,
             scorbutick
             Humours
             and
             various
             Diseases
             in
             the
             Blood
             ,
             But
             Butter
             in
             its
             own
             Nature
             is
             an
             excellent
             thing
             ,
             and
             very
             profitable
             ,
             if
             mixed
             with
             proper
             Food
             ,
             as
             
               Bread
               ,
               Herbs
               ,
               Roots
            
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ;
             but
             if
             not
             properly
             mixt
             and
             eaten
             ,
             then
             it
             Oyls
             and
             Furs
             the
             Vessels
             of
             the
             Stomach
             and
             Passages
             ,
             hinders
             Digestion
             ,
             and
             generates
             evil
             Juices
             and
             many
             Diseases
             .
          
           
             The
             best
             Butter
             for
             the
             Stomach
             is
             that
             which
             is
             made
             
               from
               the
               beginning
               of
               May
               ,
               to
               the
               last
               of
               Iuly
               ,
               or
               middle
               of
               August
               ,
            
             or
             there-abouts
             ;
             for
             then
             Grass
             
             is
             in
             its
             full
             strength
             and
             Vertue
             .
             Yet
             what
             is
             then
             potted
             or
             firkin'd
             up
             for
             Winter
             will
             have
             somewhat
             a
             stronger
             taste
             ,
             by
             reaso●
             of
             the
             length
             of
             time
             ,
             and
             heat
             of
             Weather
             ,
             but
             still
             it
             is
             much
             finer
             and
             more
             wholsom
             ,
             and
             free
             from
             phlegm
             ,
             and
             easier
             of
             Concoction
             than
             that
             which
             is
             made
             of
             Rowings
             or
             Leather-Math
             (
             as
             they
             call
             it
             )
             though
             this
             latter
             sort
             is
             oft
             times
             much
             sweeter
             to
             the
             Pallate
             at
             first
             eating
             ,
             but
             it
             quickly
             cloyes
             ,
             by
             Greasing
             the
             Stomach
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             endued
             with
             much
             gross
             phlegmy
             matter
             ,
             like
             the
             Grass
             at
             that
             season
             ;
             For
             Hay
             made
             thereof
             is
             of
             little
             strength
             or
             Vertue
             ,
             as
             all
             Husband-men
             do
             know
             .
             And
             as
             to
             Bu●ter
             you
             may
             try
             it
             thus
             ,
             melt
             a
             like
             quantity
             of
             the
             Summer
             and
             
               After-Math
               Butter
            
             ,
             in
             two
             several
             Vessels
             ,
             and
             let
             it
             stand
             a
             while
             ,
             you
             will
             find
             the
             latter
             throw
             off
             and
             afford
             more
             Phlegm
             a
             great
             deal
             than
             the
             former
             ;
             But
             as
             this
             is
             made
             near
             the
             Winter
             ,
             so
             it
             is
             new
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             the
             cause
             why
             it
             seems
             some-what
             sweeter
             to
             the
             Touch
             of
             the
             Pallate
             ,
             though
             the
             former
             be
             much
             better
             ,
             and
             wholsomer
             ,
             and
             will
             go
             further
             .
             All
             Butter
             ought
             to
             be
             
             well
             seasoned
             with
             Sa●t
             ,
             for
             that
             quickens
             and
             makes
             all
             fat
             Bodies
             brisk
             and
             easier
             of
             Concoction
             ;
             For
             Butter
             otherwise
             is
             but
             a
             dull
             heavy
             body
             ,
             and
             ought
             by
             all
             People
             to
             be
             eaten
             sparingly
             ,
             but
             more
             especially
             by
             those
             that
             are
             weakly
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             VIII
             .
          
           
             Of
             Cheese
             .
          
           
             CHeese
             is
             an
             hard
             tough
             strong
             Food
             ,
             very
             nourishing
             and
             substantial
             ,
             and
             excellent
             for
             healthy
             working
             People
             ;
             for
             being
             eaten
             with
             good
             store
             of
             Bread
             ,
             it
             endues
             those
             that
             commonly
             feed
             thereon
             with
             clean
             sound
             Bodies
             ,
             and
             brisk
             lively
             Spirits
             ,
             able
             to
             endure
             Labour
             and
             Travel
             ,
             if
             good
             Drink
             be
             not
             wanting
             ;
             And
             this
             so
             far
             beyond
             those
             that
             make
             Flesh
             their
             Food
             ,
             that
             experience
             teaches
             us
             ,
             that
             no
             Men
             are
             able
             to
             hold
             out
             in
             hard
             Labour
             with
             those
             that
             eat
             good
             Wheaten-Bread
             ,
             and
             
               Fat
               Cheese
            
             ,
             that
             is
             one
             or
             two
             Years
             old
             ,
             (
             for
             both
             sorts
             are
             good
             according
             to
             the
             Country
             they
             
             come
             from
             ,
             and
             as
             the
             Cheese
             is
             in
             thickness
             ,
             or
             the
             contrary
             )
             't
             is
             true
             Bread
             ;
             and
             Cheese
             does
             not
             breed
             so
             much
             Nourishment
             as
             Flesh
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             clean
             and
             of
             a
             stronger
             firmer
             substance
             ,
             digesting
             and
             relishing
             Drink
             to
             better
             advantage
             than
             the
             best
             Fles●
             in
             the
             World
             can
             .
             And
             suppose
             four
             Men
             were
             only
             to
             eat
             Bread
             and
             goo●
             Cheese
             ,
             intermixt
             now
             and
             then
             with
             
               Flower'd●
               Milk
               ,
               Milk-●ottage
               ,
               Water-Gruel
            
             and
             
               Raw
               Salads
            
             season'd
             with
             
               Vinegar
               ,
               Salt
            
             and
             good
             O●l
             ,
             and
             for
             their
             Drink
             good
             sound
             well
             prepar'd
             Beer
             or
             Ale
             ,
             not
             over-strong
             :
             And
             a
             like
             Number
             of
             Men
             ,
             seeming
             of
             equal
             Limbs
             and
             Strength
             ,
             were
             to
             live
             on
             variety
             of
             Flesh
             ,
             with
             Br●ad
             ,
             and
             the
             same
             Liquor
             ;
             and
             let
             both
             Companies
             be
             kept
             to
             the
             same
             hard
             Labour
             :
             In
             one
             half
             years
             time
             the
             former
             ,
             by
             virtue
             of
             their
             plain
             simple
             Food
             will
             be
             able
             to
             out-do
             the
             latter
             ,
             and
             tire
             them
             to
             Admiration
             ;
             and
             the
             Reason
             hereof
             I
             taught
             you
             before
             ,
             viz.
             because
             Flesh
             is
             gross
             and
             full
             of
             Phlegmatick
             Juices
             ,
             which
             load
             the
             Body
             with
             superfluous
             Humours
             ;
             but
             
               Bread
               ,
               Cheese
               ,
               Pottages
            
             and
             Herbs
             are
             clean
             ,
             
             and
             free
             from
             such
             Impurities
             ,
             and
             consequently
             breed
             better
             Nourishment
             ,
             fine
             Blood
             ,
             pure
             brisk
             sparkling
             Spirits
             ,
             which
             give
             great
             strength
             and
             vertue
             to
             the
             Body
             .
             Nevertheless
             ,
             Cheese
             in
             its
             own
             Nature
             is
             somewhat
             hard
             of
             Concoction
             Where
             good
             strong
             natural
             Heats
             are
             ▪
             it
             proves
             a
             great
             strengthener
             to
             the
             Stomach
             and
             all
             the
             Vessels
             thereof
             ,
             but
             all
             weak
             People
             ought
             to
             eat
             Cheese
             sparingly
             ,
             viz.
             a
             
               lit●le
               Cheese
            
             and
             a
             
               great
               qu●ntity
               of
               Bread
            
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             Cheese
             may
             serve
             only
             to
             relish
             it
             ;
             for
             as
             Cheese
             is
             a
             pleasing
             Food
             to
             the
             Palate
             ,
             so
             it
             is
             grateful
             to
             most
             dull
             flat
             Stomachs
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             eaten
             sparingly
             ,
             and
             with
             discretion
             ,
             and
             will
             comfort
             ,
             chear
             and
             strengthen
             them
             .
             What
             we
             said
             of
             B●tter
             may
             be
             repeated
             of
             Cheese
             ,
             That
             the
             best
             is
             that
             which
             is
             made
             from
             the
             beginning
             of
             May
             ,
             to
             about
             the
             beginng
             of
             August
             ;
             for
             after
             that
             season
             ,
             the
             Sun
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             central
             Heat
             and
             vivifying
             Power
             of
             all
             things
             declines
             with
             winged
             speed
             ,
             and
             all
             Vegitations
             by
             sympathy
             do
             the
             same
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             IX
             .
          
           
             Of
             the
             best
             sort
             of
             Puddens
             ,
             and
             the
             contrary
             .
          
           
             THis
             is
             a
             great
             sort
             of
             Food
             in
             England
             ,
             we
             are
             famous
             for
             it
             abroad
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             no
             Nation
             besides
             ,
             that
             I
             know
             or
             have
             heard
             of
             ,
             that
             practises
             it
             so
             much
             ,
             and
             if
             we
             were
             not
             altogether
             so
             fond
             of
             them
             ,
             especially
             as
             they
             are
             commonly
             made
             ,
             't
             were
             no
             matter
             ;
             for
             such
             Puddens
             as
             are
             enricht
             with
             various
             sorts
             of
             
               Spanish
               Fruits
            
             and
             
               Indian
               Spices
            
             are
             for
             the
             most
             part
             very
             hurtful
             to
             Health
             ,
             because
             the
             variety
             of
             improper
             Ingredients
             does
             destroy
             most
             of
             the
             good
             genuine
             Vertues
             of
             our
             own
             Country-simples
             ,
             so
             that
             such
             things
             cannot
             properly
             be
             called
             Food
             .
             'T
             is
             true
             ,
             all
             sorts
             of
             
               Spanish
               Fruits
            
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             they
             remain
             intire
             ,
             and
             in
             their
             own
             simple
             Nature
             ,
             and
             for
             proper
             uses
             ,
             are
             brave
             rich
             things
             ,
             but
             if
             any
             sort
             of
             ●aisins
             be
             alter'd
             ,
             by
             being
             mixed
             with
             several
             things
             ,
             and
             then
             boyled
             ,
             
             the
             true
             natural
             Vertues
             are
             hurt
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             rendred
             next
             door
             to
             Putrifaction
             ;
             for
             the
             Sun
             and
             Elements
             had
             before
             already
             prepared
             them
             to
             the
             highest
             degree
             ,
             and
             whatever
             else
             is
             done
             by
             way
             of
             Preparation
             ,
             proves
             injurious
             to
             them
             .
          
           
             In
             Puddens
             it
             is
             usual
             to
             mix
             
               Flower
               ,
               Eggs
               ,
               Milk
               ,
               Raisins
            
             or
             Currants
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             both
             
               Spice
               ,
               Suet
            
             ,
             the
             Fat
             or
             Marrow
             of
             Flesh
             ,
             and
             several
             other
             things
             ;
             whereas
             in
             truth
             any
             two
             of
             those
             things
             would
             far
             better
             have
             supplied
             Nature
             with
             true
             and
             proper
             Nourishment
             ;
             and
             if
             any
             healthy
             Person
             should
             be
             confined
             to
             such
             Puddens
             but
             for
             one
             week
             ,
             he
             would
             be
             tired
             ,
             and
             perfectly
             loath
             them
             :
             whereas
             he
             may
             well
             live
             many
             years
             upon
             ●lower
             and
             Milk
             ,
             or
             Eggs
             and
             Bread
             ,
             or
             Raisins
             and
             Bread
             ;
             but
             when
             all
             these
             ,
             &c.
             are
             jumbled
             together
             ,
             they
             make
             a
             confused
             Portion
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             another
             sort
             of
             Pudden
             ,
             called
             ,
             Bread-Puddens
             ,
             which
             are
             a
             sick
             fainty
             Food
             ;
             for
             nothing
             can
             be
             good
             and
             proper
             ,
             if
             twice
             prepared
             ,
             if
             the
             first
             Preparation
             be
             to
             the
             highest
             degree
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             in
             Bread
             ;
             also
             ,
             to
             put
             
             some
             things
             prepared
             ,
             as
             Bread
             ,
             with
             things
             unprepared
             ,
             as
             
               F●ower
               ,
               Eggs
               ,
               Spices
            
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             is
             not
             only
             improper
             ,
             but
             unnatural
             to
             the
             Stomach
             :
             Therefore
             such
             Foods
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             eaten
             by
             any
             that
             love
             thei●
             Health
             and
             Strength
             .
             For
             common
             sense
             may
             suggest
             what
             a
             strange
             disorderly
             jumble
             and
             Mishmash
             so
             many
             contrary
             Ingredients
             must
             needs
             make
             ,
             when
             boyled
             together
             in
             the
             Stomach
             ,
             and
             what
             Heterogenious
             kind
             of
             Juices
             or
             Nourishment
             the
             same
             wil
             produce
             .
             ●o●
             Experiment
             ,
             be
             pleased
             to
             take
             
               F●ower
               ,
               Fat
               ,
               Spices
               ,
               Eggs
               ,
               ●urrants
            
             and
             Raisins
             ,
             put
             them
             altogether
             in
             any
             Vessel
             ,
             and
             then
             take
             Flower
             and
             Milk
             and
             put
             into
             another
             Pot
             or
             Vessel
             ,
             or
             Eggs
             and
             Flowers
             ,
             or
             Fruit
             and
             Flower
             ,
             or
             Spice
             and
             Flower
             ,
             or
             Bread
             and
             Milk
             ,
             and
             let
             both
             Pots
             stand
             two
             or
             three
             days
             ,
             then
             observe
             both
             ,
             and
             smell
             and
             taste
             of
             the
             one
             and
             the
             other
             ,
             and
             you
             will
             certainly
             find
             ,
             that
             the
             simplest
             and
             where
             the
             fewest
             Ingredients
             are
             ,
             will
             smell
             and
             taste
             better
             ,
             and
             be
             less
             offensive
             than
             that
             wherein
             they
             all
             are
             mixt
             ;
             for
             the
             first
             will
             stink
             ,
             corrupt
             ●●d
             putrifie
             much
             sooner
             than
             the
             simple
             
             things
             will.
             But
             this
             is
             nothing
             —
             How
             many
             things
             more
             besides
             these
             
               confused
               Puddens
            
             ,
             do
             men
             eat
             at
             the
             same
             Meal
             ,
             cram
             down
             into
             their
             Paunches
             ,
             viz.
             various
             sorts
             of
             
               Flesh
               ,
               Fish
               ,
               Butter
               ,
               Olives
               ,
               Capers
               ,
               Herbs
               ,
               Roots
               ,
               Mustard
               ,
               Tarts
               ,
               Raw
               Fruits
               ,
               Cheese
               ,
               &c.
            
             which
             when
             rightly
             consider'd
             cannot
             but
             appear
             a
             strange
             Composition
             ,
             and
             odd
             Mess
             of
             Stuff
             ,
             able
             to
             corrupt
             the
             strongest
             and
             best
             of
             Stomachs
             ,
             only
             Custom
             does
             make
             them
             some-what
             more
             friendly
             ,
             and
             easier
             for
             Nature
             to
             bear
             ,
             than
             otherwise
             they
             would
             be
             ;
             for
             do
             but
             put
             all
             the
             before-mention'd
             Dishes
             of
             one
             extravagant
             Meal
             altogether
             in
             a
             lump
             into
             a
             Pot
             ,
             or
             if
             that
             be
             too
             little
             ,
             into
             a
             Caldron
             or
             Furnance
             ,
             and
             mix
             them
             all
             together
             ,
             Hicklede-Pickledy
             ,
             and
             let
             them
             lie
             a
             day
             or
             two
             so
             and
             ferment
             ,
             and
             then
             smell
             to
             the
             heap
             ,
             and
             if
             you
             do
             not
             conclude
             that
             the
             common
             use
             of
             such
             Dinners
             or
             Suppers
             is
             Natures
             Destruction
             ,
             and
             the
             Parent
             and
             Nurse
             of
             a
             multitude
             of
             strange
             and
             complicated
             Diseases
             ,
             you
             are
             fitter
             to
             eat
             out
             of
             a
             Trough
             with
             Swine
             in
             a
             Stye
             ,
             than
             to
             
             be
             consulted
             with
             about
             Diet
             for
             Health
             .
          
           
             But
             since
             't
             will
             be
             difficult
             wholly
             to
             wean
             People
             from
             their
             
               beloved
               Puddens
            
             ,
             the
             best
             way
             of
             making
             them
             is
             thus
             ,
             Take
             
               Wheat-Flower
               ,
               Eggs
               ,
               Milk
            
             and
             Water
             ,
             of
             each
             a
             convenient
             quantity
             ,
             mix
             there-with
             a
             little
             Salt
             ,
             and
             beat
             them
             well
             together
             ,
             put
             this
             Batter
             into
             a
             Bag
             ,
             boyl
             it
             sufficiently
             in
             a
             good
             quantity
             of
             Water
             ,
             with
             your
             Pot-lid
             off
             ,
             and
             a
             quick
             clear
             Fire
             ,
             and
             let
             it
             boyl
             without
             intermission
             ,
             till
             't
             is
             enough
             ,
             and
             then
             s●ice
             it
             ,
             and
             butter
             it
             with
             good
             Butter
             .
             This
             is
             a
             good
             sort
             of
             Puddens
             for
             such
             as
             admire
             the●
             ,
             which
             〈…〉
             〈…〉
             baked
             ,
             before
             the
             hot
             furious
             Fumes
             are
             evaporated
             and
             dispersed
             ,
             it
             will
             ,
             the
             most
             of
             any
             Food
             generate
             
               Windy
               Diseases
            
             ,
             which
             you
             may
             prevent
             by
             letting
             it
             lie
             in
             the
             Dish
             or
             on
             your
             Trensher
             a
             while
             ,
             and
             these
             sulpherous
             Vapours
             will
             separate
             and
             fly
             away
             in
             a
             Rapid
             Motion
             .
             And
             in
             truth
             ,
             a
             little
             use
             and
             custom
             will
             render
             this
             sort
             of
             Pudden
             ,
             or
             any
             others
             ,
             
             more
             friendly
             to
             the
             Stomach
             ,
             and
             in
             all
             respects
             wholsomer
             ,
             and
             freer
             from
             Windiness
             ,
             if
             eaten
             quite
             Cold
             ,
             which
             is
             for
             certain
             more
             commendable
             than
             any
             other
             way
             .
             I
             cannot
             perhaps
             by
             words
             make
             People
             either
             belive
             it
             ,
             or
             be
             sensible
             of
             it
             ,
             Cu●tom
             ,
             and
             the
             false
             Prophet
             ●r●dition
             hath
             so
             blinded
             the
             Eye
             of
             Mankind
             ,
             so
             that
             nothing
             but
             Experience
             will
             be
             able
             to
             convince
             them
             :
             And
             if
             none
             will
             try
             nor
             follow
             the
             Rules
             of
             R●asen
             ,
             I
             shall
             yet
             be
             well
             satisfied
             ,
             in
             that
             I
             have
             done
             my
             Duty
             ;
             therefore
             let
             none
             be
             offended
             at
             ,
             or
             despi●e
             the
             simplicity
             of
             what
             I
             recommend
             ;
             
               For
               all
               the
               Wayes
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               his
               Hand-Maid
               Nature
               ,
               are
               plain
               and
               familiar
               ,
               and
               all
               needful
               Furniture
               ,
               both
               for
               the
               Body
               and
               Mind
               ,
               are
               every
               where
               ready
               at
               hand
               ,
               cheap
               and
               obvious
               :
            
             But
             the
             Evil
             one
             hath
             taught
             subtil
             Devices
             ,
             and
             men
             have
             found
             out
             many
             Inventions
             ,
             equally
             chargeable
             and
             pernicious
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             X.
             
          
           
             Of
             Eggs
             ,
             their
             Nature
             ,
             and
             the
             best
             way
             of
             dressing
             and
             eating
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             EGgs
             are
             an
             excellent
             sort
             of
             Food
             ,
             each
             of
             them
             compleatly
             containing
             all
             the
             true
             Properties
             and
             
               seminal
               Vertues
            
             of
             that
             Creature
             whence
             they
             proceeded
             ,
             therefore
             are
             one
             of
             the
             best
             sorts
             of
             things
             that
             is
             eaten
             ,
             being
             of
             a
             
               fat
               oyly
            
             quality
             ,
             but
             very
             friendly
             and
             innocent
             in
             operation
             ,
             if
             well
             prepared
             ,
             affording
             a
             strong
             substantial
             clean
             Nourishment
             ,
             easie
             of
             Concoction
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             breed
             good
             Blood
             ,
             but
             then
             they
             must
             not
             be
             eaten
             after
             the
             common
             way
             of
             dressing
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             〈◊〉
             and
             after
             eaten
             with
             Butter
             ;
             for
             Eggs
             ,
             I
             told
             you
             before
             ,
             are
             of
             an
             
               oyly
               f●t
            
             Nature
             ,
             especially
             the
             Yolks
             ,
             and
             being
             eaten
             with
             Butter
             whilst
             the
             sulpherous
             heat
             of
             the
             Fire
             remains
             in
             them
             ,
             that
             turns
             the
             Butter
             to
             a
             kind
             of
             a
             gross
             Oyl
             ,
             which
             does
             not
             only
             tye
             or
             hold
             captive
             the
             sierce
             Atomes
             
             of
             the
             Fire
             ,
             so
             that
             they
             cannnot
             seperate
             and
             fly
             away
             ,
             but
             the
             melted
             Butter
             does
             dull
             and
             flatten
             the
             brisk
             spirituous
             part
             of
             the
             Egg
             ,
             and
             makes
             it
             gross
             and
             heavy
             of
             Concoction
             ,
             as
             also
             cloys
             the
             Stomach
             ;
             and
             for
             this
             cause
             many
             cannot
             eat
             hot
             buttered
             Eggs
             ,
             without
             having
             their
             Stomach●
             much
             offended
             ,
             and
             so
             many
             do
             not
             love
             nor
             eat
             Eggs
             on
             this
             very
             score
             ,
             but
             are
             insensible
             of
             the
             true
             cause
             thereof
             .
             But
             these
             very
             Persons
             shall
             love
             them
             ,
             and
             find
             them
             very
             agreeable
             ,
             when
             prepared
             properly
             ,
             as
             I
             have
             often
             known
             .
             Therefore
             I
             shall
             here
             briefly
             set
             down
             several
             Methods
             of
             preparing
             of
             Eggs
             both
             proper
             and
             natural
             ,
             and
             very
             agreeable
             to
             most
             Stomachs
             ,
             both
             of
             strong
             ,
             and
             of
             weakly
             ,
             or
             cons●mptive
             People
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Boil
             Eggs
             rere
             ,
             or
             soft
             ,
             then
             break
             the
             Shells
             ,
             and
             put
             them
             into
             a
             Plate
             or
             Pottinger
             ,
             and
             let
             them
             stand
             till
             they
             are
             but
             Blood-worm
             ,
             then
             eat
             them
             only
             with
             Bread
             and
             Salt
             ,
             or
             such
             whose
             Stomachs
             are
             strong
             ,
             and
             〈◊〉
             are
             great
             lovers
             of
             Eggs
             ,
             may
             eat
             them
             with
             Bread
             and
             Butter
             ,
             but
             the
             
             Butter
             not
             melted
             ,
             but
             spread
             upon
             Bread.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             You
             may
             boyl
             them
             pretty
             hard
             ,
             peel
             the
             Shells
             off
             ,
             and
             when
             cold
             ,
             eat
             them
             with
             
               Bread
               ,
               Vineger
               and
               Salt.
            
             
          
           
             3.
             
             Poaching
             ,
             or
             boiling
             them
             unshelled
             in
             Water
             ,
             is
             a
             commendable
             way
             ,
             being
             eaten
             with
             Salt
             and
             Bread
             ,
             or
             
               Bread
               ,
               Salt
            
             and
             Vineger
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             Take
             a
             Pint
             of
             Water
             ,
             and
             one
             large
             spoonful
             of
             
               Wheat
               Fl●wer
            
             ,
             made
             into
             Batter
             with
             Water
             ,
             when
             your
             Water
             is
             boiling
             hot
             ,
             break
             one
             Egg
             into
             this
             Batter
             ,
             and
             beat
             it
             together
             ,
             and
             just
             as
             the
             Water
             is
             ready
             to
             boil
             ,
             stir
             in
             your
             Batter
             a
             little
             while
             ,
             until
             it
             be
             again
             ready
             to
             boil
             ,
             then
             take
             it
             off
             ,
             and
             it
             will
             be
             of
             a
             sufficient
             thickness
             ,
             put
             thereunto
             a
             little
             Bread
             and
             Salt
             ,
             and
             a
             small
             quantity
             of
             good
             Butter
             ,
             stirring
             of
             it
             about
             that
             the
             Butter
             may
             not
             turn
             to
             an
             Oyl
             ,
             then
             ●●t
             it
             stand
             till
             Blood-warm
             ,
             and
             eat
             it
             .
             This
             is
             a
             brave
             clean
             Food
             ,
             easie
             of
             Digestion
             ,
             breeds
             good
             Blood
             ,
             and
             a
             firm
             Nourishment
             ,
             with
             brisk
             Spi●●ts
             ▪
          
           
           
             Lastly
             ,
             Eggs
             are
             very
             wholsom
             raw
             ,
             supp'd
             off
             in
             a
             Morning
             ,
             and
             Bread
             eaten
             after
             them
             ;
             for
             they
             clear
             the
             Stomach
             and
             free
             the
             Passages
             from
             Obstructions
             ,
             and
             make
             the
             Eaters
             thereof
             lively
             ,
             and
             long
             breath'd
             ,
             if
             frequently
             eaten
             .
             But
             let
             all
             People
             remember
             that
             they
             do
             never
             eat
             Eggs
             boyled
             in
             the
             Shells
             ,
             whilst
             they
             are
             hot
             ,
             for
             they
             often
             then
             prove
             pernicious
             to
             Health
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             XI
             .
          
           
             Of
             Pyes
             ,
             how
             they
             ought
             to
             be
             made
             .
          
           
             APple
             and
             Pear-Pyes
             are
             a
             good
             wholsom
             healthy
             Food
             ,
             provided
             such
             Fruit
             be
             thorow
             ripe
             ,
             and
             no
             improper
             Ingredients
             added
             ,
             as
             too
             frequently
             People
             of
             late
             do
             ,
             both
             amongst
             the
             Apples
             and
             in
             the
             Cr●s●
             ,
             for
             most
             put
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             Butter
             into
             the
             Crust
             ,
             and
             such
             Dough
             or
             Crust
             having
             no
             Fer●ent
             ,
             viz.
             Leaven
             or
             Yeast
             to
             make
             i●l●ght
             ,
             thereby
             becomes
             of
             a
             close
             ●ea●y
             ●●b●tance
             ,
             and
             the
             
             Butter
             makes
             it
             still
             more
             heavy
             ,
             close
             and
             ponderous
             ,
             and
             being
             baked
             in
             the
             close
             strong
             sulpherous
             heats
             of
             Ovens
             ,
             they
             yet
             become
             more
             unwholsom
             ,
             hence
             ●ye-crust
             does
             load
             the
             Stomach
             ,
             and
             disagrees
             with
             many
             ;
             and
             those
             that
             find
             it
             best
             are
             more
             beholding
             to
             use
             ,
             which
             has
             familiariz'd
             it
             to
             their
             Bodies
             :
             Besides
             ,
             most
             that
             have
             wherewithal
             do
             put
             too
             great
             quantities
             of
             Sugar
             amongst
             their
             Apples
             and
             Pears
             ,
             whereby
             it
             becomes
             more
             like
             a
             Medicine
             than
             Food
             ;
             therefore
             such
             Pyes
             ,
             if
             a
             man
             makes
             a
             Meal
             of
             them
             ,
             will
             not
             give
             his
             Stomach
             that
             satisfaction
             as
             all
             proper
             Foods
             will
             ;
             and
             also
             the
             eating
             of
             much
             Sugar
             in
             our
             Food
             does
             extraordinarily
             foul
             the
             Stomach
             and
             fur
             the
             Passages
             ,
             is
             injurious
             to
             the
             natural
             Heat
             ,
             and
             breeds
             bad
             Blood
             ,
             and
             fills
             the
             Body
             full
             of
             the
             Scurvey
             ,
             taking
             off
             the
             edge
             of
             Appetite
             ,
             and
             generates
             evil
             Nourishment
             ;
             for
             this
             cause
             most
             People
             ,
             and
             especially
             Children
             and
             Women
             ,
             who
             eat
             much
             Sugar
             and
             Spices
             in
             their
             Victuals
             ,
             are
             so
             ●uling
             ,
             and
             aff●icted
             with
             a
             number
             of
             Diseases
             ;
             for
             much
             sweetness
             in
             Food
             is
             as
             dangerous
             ,
             and
             proves
             as
             
             great
             an
             evil
             to
             Health
             ,
             as
             the
             bitter
             ,
             ●our
             or
             astringnt
             Qualities
             do
             ,
             when
             they
             shall
             ●●ceed
             in
             any
             Food
             ,
             and
             far
             more
             ,
             because
             sweetness
             is
             more
             inticing
             to
             most
             sorts
             of
             People
             ,
             especially
             to
             Children
             and
             Youth
             ;
             whereas
             the
             other
             Quality
             is
             not
             so
             ,
             but
             the
             contrary
             ,
             and
             no
             Person
             need
             so
             strongly
             to
             arm
             himself
             against
             those
             Intemperances
             that
             his
             natural
             Inclinations
             do
             not
             lead
             to
             ,
             but
             the
             greatest
             danger
             of
             his
             being
             misled
             or
             overcome
             ,
             is
             by
             those
             Intemperances
             that
             are
             most
             agreeable
             to
             his
             temper
             ,
             for
             by
             such
             Evils
             he
             is
             overcome
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             insensibly
             :
             For
             sweetness
             is
             an
             inticing
             Quality
             ,
             and
             though
             in
             it self
             the
             best
             ,
             yet
             proves
             of
             dangerous
             consequence
             where
             it
             exceeds
             in
             Food
             ,
             in
             which
             too
             much
             Sugar
             is
             mixed
             ;
             for
             indeed
             every
             sort
             of
             proper
             Food
             has
             sufficient
             quantity
             of
             Sugar
             ,
             I
             mean
             sweetness
             in
             its
             self
             ,
             to
             moderate
             the
             other
             Qualities
             ,
             viz.
             the
             bitter
             ,
             sour
             and
             astringent
             ,
             so
             that
             when
             People
             mix
             such
             quantities
             of
             Sugar
             in
             their
             common
             Food
             ,
             they
             destroy
             the
             Equality
             and
             Harmony
             of
             that
             thing
             ,
             so
             that
             it
             becomes
             an
             extream
             ,
             and
             causes
             the
             like
             disharmony
             
             in
             the
             Elements
             of
             the
             Body
             ;
             for
             the
             best
             Quality
             in
             Nature
             is
             as
             great
             an
             evil
             when
             it
             too
             violently
             predominates
             ,
             if
             not
             greater
             than
             those
             we
             least
             esteem
             of
             ,
             as
             the
             Bitter
             ,
             Sour
             or
             Astringent
             ;
             for
             these
             last
             carry
             their
             corrector
             with
             them
             ,
             as
             having
             no
             inticing
             property
             .
             But
             these
             things
             are
             seldom
             consulted
             either
             by
             the
             Learned
             or
             by
             good
             House-Wives
             ,
             but
             they
             go
             on
             in
             the
             Road
             ,
             and
             every
             day
             encrease
             hurtful
             Extravagances
             ,
             perswading
             themselves
             that
             the
             more
             cost
             they
             bestow
             ,
             the
             more
             rich
             things
             they
             jumble
             together
             ,
             the
             better
             and
             more
             nourishing
             their
             Food
             must
             be
             ;
             and
             more
             nourshing
             indeed
             it
             is
             ,
             but
             of
             Diseases
             and
             evil
             Juices
             ;
             whereas
             plain
             ,
             course
             cheap
             ,
             simple
             Foods
             are
             much
             more
             fri●ndly
             to
             Nature
             ,
             and
             consequently
             more
             strengthning
             and
             restorative
             .
             And
             therefore
             in
             former
             Ages
             ,
             when
             Sugar
             ,
             Spanish
             Fruits
             ,
             Spices
             ,
             Sweet-Meats
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             were
             not
             known
             in
             these
             Northen
             Climates
             ,
             People
             were
             not
             o●ly
             healthier
             ,
             but
             stronger
             ,
             larger
             ,
             and
             bigger
             bon'd
             than
             of
             late
             Years
             ,
             since
             the
             frequent
             eating
             and
             mixing
             those
             forreign
             Ingredients
             
             with
             our
             more
             natural
             Food
             ,
             whi●h
             have
             and
             do
             daily
             prove
             of
             fatal
             consequence
             to
             the
             Healths
             of
             many
             that
             immoderately
             use
             them
             .
          
           
             The
             best
             Pyes
             ,
             whether
             of
             Apples
             or
             Pears
             ,
             are
             made
             thus
             .
             Take
             good
             Wheat
             Flower
             ,
             make
             it
             into
             a
             Paste
             with
             a
             little
             Leaven
             or
             Yeast
             ,
             as
             you
             do
             Bread
             ,
             with
             warm
             Water
             ,
             or
             Milk
             and
             Water
             ,
             but
             no
             warmer
             than
             your
             Blood
             ;
             let
             your
             Apples
             and
             Pears
             be
             full
             ripe
             ,
             and
             you
             need
             not
             mix
             any
             other
             Ingredients
             with
             them
             ,
             except
             you
             please
             to
             put
             a
             few
             of
             our
             own
             Country
             Seeds
             ,
             either
             Carraway
             or
             Fenn●l-Se●ds
             ,
             which
             are
             very
             good
             and
             agreeable
             to
             most
             Stomachs
             :
             The
             best
             fashion
             to
             make
             these
             Pyes
             in
             ,
             is
             that
             of
             Pasties
             ,
             which
             in
             some
             Countries
             they
             call
             Ov●rstaps
             ;
             for
             Crust
             or
             Paste
             that
             is
             made
             after
             this
             manner
             will
             not
             stand
             or
             be
             raised
             according
             to
             the
             common
             custom
             And
             indeed
             if
             this
             wholsom
             Food
             were
             in
             shion
             ,
             and
             that
             esteem
             which
             it
             deserves
             ,
             People
             need
             not
             be
             at
             that
             charge
             with
             their
             Daughters
             to
             learn
             them
             to
             
               R●is●
               Paste
            
             ,
             which
             invention
             was
             more
             for
             State
             and
             Pride
             than
             Health
             .
             This
             last
             sort
             
             of
             Apple
             and
             Pear-Pyes
             are
             the
             best
             ,
             most
             natural
             and
             agreeable
             of
             all
             others
             ;
             for
             they
             afford
             a
             Nourishment
             of
             a
             fine
             clean
             substance
             ,
             open
             Obstructions
             of
             the
             Brest
             ,
             cleanse
             the
             Passages
             ,
             and
             gently
             open
             the
             Belly
             ,
             and
             you
             may
             eat
             of
             it
             every
             day
             ,
             without
             any
             kind
             of
             weariness
             ,
             during
             the
             time
             such
             Fruits
             are
             in
             their
             full
             strength
             and
             vertue
             :
             I
             wish
             the
             
               Nice-Cockered
               Palated
               Citizens
            
             would
             but
             try
             the
             difference
             for
             one
             year
             ,
             and
             then
             many
             of
             them
             would
             hate
             that
             Ignorance
             and
             Vanity
             whereby
             they
             have
             contracted
             Diseases
             on
             themselves
             ,
             and
             entailed
             them
             on
             their
             Posterity
             ,
             which
             have
             no
             Remedy
             ,
             if
             they
             shall
             continue
             stubborn
             ,
             and
             walk
             down
             Hill
             to
             Destruction
             in
             the
             Path
             of
             blind
             Tradition
             ;
             for
             no
             Medicines
             have
             power
             to
             cure
             the
             Distempers
             that
             are
             contrcted
             by
             improper
             Preparations
             ,
             Mixtures
             and
             Superfiuity
             ,
             if
             the
             smae
             be
             still
             continued
             .
             This
             is
             evident
             from
             daily
             Experience
             ;
             for
             do
             we
             not
             find
             every
             succeeding
             Generation
             more
             infirm
             and
             diseased
             than
             the
             former
             ?
          
           
             2.
             
             In
             the
             baking
             your
             Pyes
             the
             O●●u
             .
             
             ought
             to
             
               stand
               open
            
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             the
             Ovenlid
             not
             so
             close
             but
             that
             some
             Air
             may
             pass
             ,
             for
             this
             Element
             is
             the
             true
             Life
             of
             the
             Spirit
             :
             therefore
             all
             Preparations
             in
             which
             the
             Air
             has
             its
             free
             circulation
             the
             Tincture
             and
             pure
             spirituous
             Vertues
             are
             preserv'd
             from
             Suffocation
             ,
             and
             thereby
             the
             true
             natural
             Colour
             ,
             Smell
             and
             Taste
             preserv'd
             without
             violation
             ,
             which
             other-wise
             cannot
             be
             done
             to
             that
             advantage
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             When
             your
             Pyes
             are
             sufficiently
             baked
             ,
             draw
             them
             ,
             and
             cut
             holes
             in
             the
             top
             of
             each
             ,
             that
             the
             sulpherous
             Atomes
             and
             fiery
             vapours
             may
             the
             better
             pass
             away
             ,
             and
             separate
             themselves
             ,
             which
             will
             make
             such
             Pies
             sweet
             ,
             and
             less
             windy
             ,
             and
             much
             more
             wholsome
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             You
             ought
             neither
             to
             eat
             them
             hot
             ,
             nor
             put
             Butter
             into
             them
             ,
             as
             the
             custom
             of
             some
             is
             ;
             for
             that
             does
             but
             waste
             your
             Butter
             ,
             and
             render
             your
             Pyes
             less
             wholsom
             than
             otherwise
             they
             would
             be
             .
             But
             if
             you
             let
             them
             stand
             ,
             as
             aforesaid
             ,
             till
             they
             are
             through
             cold
             ,
             you
             may
             eat
             freely
             of
             them
             ,
             for
             they
             are
             a
             brave
             wholsom
             food
             .
          
           
           
             Also
             ,
             ripe
             Apples
             raw
             are
             ve●●
             good
             ,
             being
             eaten
             alone
             ,
             or
             with
             Bread
             ,
             not
             as
             a
             common
             food
             ,
             but
             sometimes
             between
             whiles
             ;
             for
             they
             clear
             an●
             open
             Obstructions
             of
             the
             Stomach
             ,
             an●
             gently
             loosen
             the
             Belly
             ;
             the
             same
             〈◊〉
             most
             other
             Fruits
             ,
             as
             
               Apricocks
               ,
               P●ches
               ,
               Plumbs
            
             of
             all
             sorts
             ,
             
               Goose●●rr●
               Currants
            
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             if
             eaten
             moderately
             on
             clean
             well-prepared
             Stomachs
             ,
             not
             after
             Dinner
             ,
             or
             in
             Wantonness
             on
             full
             Paunches
             ,
             as
             is
             the
             custom
             of
             Gluttons
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             are
             〈◊〉
             much
             strangers
             to
             Nature
             as
             to
             Tem●rance
          
           
             As
             for
             Pies
             made
             of
             ●iesh
             ,
             with
             
               Fruits
               ,
               Spices
            
             and
             Butter
             in
             the
             Crust
             ,
             they
             are
             utter
             Enemies
             to
             the
             Stomach
             ,
             and
             the
             natural
             Heat
             thereof
             ,
             they
             dull
             the
             edge
             of
             the
             Palate
             ,
             stop
             and
             cloy
             the
             Orifice
             of
             the
             Stomach
             ,
             obstruct
             and
             fur
             the
             Passages
             ,
             breed
             evil
             Juices
             ,
             bad
             Blood
             ,
             and
             consequently
             ,
             impure
             Spirits
             ,
             causing
             heavy
             lumpish
             Dispositions
             to
             attend
             all
             those
             that
             frequently
             eat
             such
             improper
             Food
             ,
             and
             this
             so
             much
             the
             more
             if
             eaten
             Piping-hot
             ,
             as
             the
             common
             way
             is
             ;
             And
             rather
             than
             the
             Ve●ison-Pasty
             shall
             want
             
             store
             of
             poysonous
             sulpherous
             Steams
             ,
             
               my
               Lady
            
             will
             have
             it
             put
             into
             the
             Oven
             three
             of
             four
             days
             one
             after
             another
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             forsooth
             !
             )
             come
             to
             the
             Table
             R●eking-hot
             ;
             whereas
             if
             her
             Madamship
             had
             but
             any
             Acquaintance
             with
             
               Dame
               Nature
            
             ,
             or
             the
             
               Princess
               Reason
            
             ,
             or
             plain
             
               Grammer
               Experience
            
             ,
             they
             would
             all
             tell
             her
             ,
             That
             though
             her
             
               fine
               Pasty
            
             ,
             with
             as
             many
             Towers
             o'
             th'
             top
             on
             't
             as
             a
             fortifi'd
             City
             ,
             presaging
             danger
             or
             destruction
             to
             those
             that
             shall
             attaque
             it
             ,
             be
             at
             best
             but
             an
             
               untoward
               unnatural
               kind
               of
               Food
            
             ,
             yet
             't
             were
             much
             better
             Cold
             than
             Hot
             at
             first
             ,
             much
             more
             after
             the
             
               greasie
               Cru●st
            
             and
             
               stifled
               Flesh
            
             has
             so
             often
             been
             Parboyled
             in
             the
             furious
             Steams
             of
             a
             close
             sulpherous
             Oven
             .
             The
             cause
             of
             which
             I
             have
             oft
             told
             you
             already
             ,
             and
             fear
             I
             must
             do
             so
             again
             ,
             before
             you
             will
             understand
             ,
             and
             so
             regard
             it
             as
             to
             abandon
             your
             old
             silly
             mischievous
             Customs
             ;
             but
             the
             Reason
             is
             this
             ,
             The
             pure
             volatile
             Spirits
             and
             sweet
             Balsamick
             Vertues
             of
             all
             things
             are
             in
             a
             great
             measure
             destroy'd
             by
             the
             sierce
             Saturnine
             and
             Martial
             Fires
             ,
             and
             for
             want
             of
             the
             free
             Egress
             and
             Regress
             of
             the
             Air
             ,
             and
             therefore
             a
             less
             quantity
             of
             
               baked
               Flesh
            
             ,
             espe●cially
             
             hot
             ,
             will
             cloy
             and
             dull
             the
             edge●
             the
             Appetite
             ,
             than
             either
             Roasted
             o●
             Boyl'd
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             sure
             demonstration
             that
             the
             Preparation
             is
             not
             so
             proper
             or
             natural
             .
          
           
             Likewise
             ,
             here
             by
             the
             way
             I
             cannot
             but
             advertise
             all
             that
             regard
             their
             Health
             ,
             That
             they
             ought
             to
             for
             bear
             the
             eating
             of
             
               Hot
               Bread
            
             ;
             for
             the
             same
             does
             plentifully
             contain
             the
             fierce
             fulpherous
             Vapours
             and
             windy
             Fumes
             which
             are
             very
             injurious
             to
             the
             Health
             ,
             of
             the
             Body
             ;
             as
             also
             ,
             that
             Bread
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             eaten
             till
             't
             is
             at
             least
             two
             days
             old
             ;
             for
             before
             ,
             it
             is
             stopping
             ,
             and
             apt
             to
             fur
             and
             obstruct
             the
             Stomach
             ,
             being
             harder
             of
             Concoction
             than
             that
             which
             is
             two
             ,
             three
             or
             four
             days
             old
             ,
             because
             in
             such
             new
             Bread
             ,
             not
             only
             the
             fore
             mentioned
             sulpherous
             Atomes
             of
             the
             Fire
             lie
             lurking
             ,
             but
             there
             is
             also
             a
             phlegmy
             humid
             part
             ,
             which
             a
             little
             time
             does
             dissipate
             and
             dry
             away
             ,
             and
             then
             the
             Bread
             becomes
             much
             wholsomer
             ,
             and
             also
             easier
             of
             Concoction
             :
             'T
             is
             true
             ,
             new
             Bread
             is
             much
             desired
             and
             eaten
             in
             Towns
             and
             Cities
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             not
             for
             its
             Vertues
             ,
             but
             meerly
             for
             Wantonness
             and
             Custom
             ,
             and
             want
             of
             Understanding
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             XII
             .
          
           
             Of
             Raisins
             of
             the
             Sun.
             
          
           
             THis
             is
             a
             Forreign
             Fruit
             ,
             but
             of
             late
             years
             become
             of
             general
             use
             ,
             and
             by
             some
             admired
             and
             esteemed
             ,
             especially
             in
             Diet
             for
             sick
             and
             weak
             People
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             were
             as
             necessary
             as
             W●eat
             ,
             which
             is
             much
             to
             be
             pitied
             ,
             except
             People
             did
             know
             how
             to
             use
             them
             to
             better
             advantage
             than
             commonly
             they
             do
             .
             The
             truth
             is
             ,
             Raisins
             are
             a
             brave
             noble
             Fruit
             ,
             endued
             with
             an
             excellent
             Vertue
             the
             aimable
             and
             friendly
             sweet
             Quality
             is
             predominate
             in
             them
             ,
             and
             therefore
             they
             afford
             a
             good
             strong
             lusty
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             are
             hot
             in
             operation
             ,
             if
             not
             allayed
             by
             the
             mixture
             of
             some
             proper
             Ingredients
             ;
             but
             they
             being
             unequal
             in
             their
             parts
             ,
             the
             frequent
             eating
             them
             does
             naturally
             h●at
             and
             sharpen
             the
             Blood
             ,
             generate
             
               Phleg●y
               Humours
               ,
               obstruct
               the
               Passages
               .
               clog
            
             the
             
               Stomach
               ,
               dull
            
             the
             Appetite
             ,
             and
             consequently
             indispose
             the
             whole
             Body
             ;
             and
             they
             
             are
             far
             more
             injurious
             to
             Children
             than
             to
             mature
             Age
             ,
             though
             bad
             to
             both
             :
             'T
             is
             a
             sort
             of
             Fruit
             that
             ought
             not
             by
             any
             means
             to
             be
             mixed
             with
             our
             common
             Food
             ,
             nor
             to
             be
             boyled
             or
             baked
             ,
             as
             the
             usual
             Custom
             of
             the
             English
             is
             ;
             for
             that
             destroys
             most
             of
             their
             pure
             Vertues
             ,
             and
             renders
             them
             unhealthy
             ,
             as
             most
             people
             may
             find
             by
             Experience
             .
          
           
             Besides
             ,
             our
             Women
             ,
             who
             are
             the
             chief
             promoters
             of
             such
             things
             ,
             ought
             to
             consider
             that
             the
             Fruits
             that
             grow
             in
             hot
             Climates
             ,
             are
             nothing
             so
             agreeable
             to
             our
             Natures
             and
             Constitutions
             as
             those
             of
             our
             own
             Growth
             ,
             especially
             such
             things
             in
             which
             any
             Quality
             of
             Nature
             is
             extream
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             in
             this
             Fruit
             ,
             which
             the
             Sun
             and
             Elements
             have
             already
             prepared
             to
             the
             highest
             degree
             ,
             and
             therefore
             they
             will
             not
             endure
             any
             other
             Preparation
             without
             violence
             done
             to
             the
             good
             Vertues
             ,
             wh●ch
             renders
             them
             next
             door
             to
             Putrifaction
             ,
             and
             whatsoever
             Food
             they
             shall
             be
             either
             boyled
             or
             baked
             in
             or
             with
             ,
             such
             Food
             will
             stink
             and
             putrifie
             so
             much
             the
             sooner
             ;
             and
             as
             they
             will
             keep
             good
             a
             year
             ,
             if
             they
             remain
             intire
             ,
             
             so
             being
             any
             wayes
             altered
             ,
             then
             they
             will
             not
             keep
             three
             dayes
             good
             :
             Therefore
             all
             that
             are
             wise
             will
             forbear
             using
             them
             in
             such
             manner
             and
             Mixtures
             .
          
           
             Yet
             it
             must
             be
             acknowledged
             ,
             that
             Raisins
             have
             their
             Uses
             ,
             though
             we
             might
             well
             be
             without
             them
             ,
             and
             many
             others
             of
             the
             like
             Nature
             ;
             For
             1st
             .
             They
             are
             very
             good
             and
             wholsom
             being
             eaten
             with
             Bread
             for
             a
             Breakfast
             or
             a
             Supper
             ;
             for
             the
             Bread
             moderateth
             the
             Inequality
             of
             the
             Raisins
             ,
             and
             makes
             them
             easie
             of
             Digestion
             ,
             cleansing
             the
             Stomach
             ,
             and
             gently
             loosening
             the
             Belly
             ;
             and
             indeed
             this
             is
             the
             o●ly
             proper
             way
             of
             eating
             them
             as
             Food
             .
             2
             dly
             ,
             They
             are
             better
             in
             
               Physical
               Operations
            
             then
             any
             other
             sweet
             thing
             ,
             especially
             than
             Sugar
             ,
             because
             they
             are
             not
             altered
             from
             their
             first
             intire
             state
             ,
             therefore
             their
             Juices
             are
             far
             more
             cleansing
             than
             Sugar
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             Sweets
             that
             have
             been
             prepared
             by
             the
             Fire
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             XIII
             .
          
           
             Of
             Currants
             ,
             their
             Nature
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             CVRRANTS
             are
             much
             more
             injurious
             to
             the
             Health
             of
             English
             Constitutions
             than
             Raisins
             ;
             for
             the
             latter
             may
             be
             properly
             used
             by
             eating
             them
             with
             Bread
             ;
             but
             do
             what
             you
             will
             with
             Currants
             ,
             they
             will
             be
             no
             better
             than
             
               Doctor
               Butler's
            
             curiously
             prepared
             
               Dish
               of
               Cow●umbers
            
             ,
             only
             most
             excellently
             fit
             to
             be
             thrown
             away
             to
             the
             Dunghil
             :
             And
             indeed
             ,
             the
             Inconveniences
             of
             eating
             or
             mixing
             Currants
             amongst
             common
             Food
             ,
             the
             Natives
             of
             those
             Countries
             whence
             they
             come
             teach
             us
             ,
             if
             Custom
             ,
             and
             the
             common
             Cry
             of
             the
             Ignorant
             Multitude
             did
             not
             blind
             People
             with
             strange
             Prejudices
             against
             all
             the
             R●mon●rances
             of
             Reason
             or
             Expe●ience
             ;
             for
             they
             will
             rarely
             ever
             eat
             them
             ,
             either
             alone
             or
             mixed
             amongst
             their
             Food
             ;
             for
             they
             do
             not
             esteem
             them
             wholesome
             ,
             nor
             hardly
             so
             proper
             as
             our
             Hawthorn
             or
             Elder-Berries
             ;
             
             nay
             ,
             these
             by
             a
             little
             custom
             would
             be
             much
             more
             proper
             for
             our
             Healths
             to
             be
             eaten
             by
             themselves
             ,
             or
             mixed
             with
             other
             things
             ,
             than
             Currants
             ,
             which
             are
             of
             such
             an
             untoward
             Nature
             ,
             that
             those
             Natives
             that
             work
             amongst
             them
             ,
             and
             strew
             and
             pack
             them
             into
             the
             Casks
             ,
             have
             their
             
               Feet
               ,
               Legs
            
             and
             Hands
             made
             Leporous
             and
             S●abby
             thereby
             ,
             which
             proceeds
             from
             their
             hot
             v●n●mous
             Qualities
             ,
             and
             with
             these
             
               loat●som
               Lepo●ous
               Feet
            
             and
             Legs
             they
             tread
             them
             into
             the
             Casks
             ,
             and
             then
             
               you
               ca●
               them
               for
               Dainties
            
             .
             And
             though
             when
             eaten
             here
             these
             evil
             Qualities
             ,
             are
             mittigated
             by
             being
             mixed
             with
             our
             moderate
             and
             more
             friendly
             Grains
             and
             Fruits
             ;
             yet
             still
             ,
             whatever
             they
             are
             put
             into
             ,
             does
             thereby
             become
             the
             worse
             ,
             and
             the
             more
             unwholsom
             .
             Amongst
             other
             Extravagances
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             great
             fashion
             to
             boyl
             them
             in
             Water-Gruel
             ,
             and
             after
             they
             are
             so
             boyled
             ,
             this
             Water-Gruel
             cannot
             with
             any
             delight
             or
             pleasure
             be
             eaten
             with
             Bu●ter
             and
             Salt
             ,
             as
             
               plain
               Water-Gruel
            
             can
             ,
             the
             Currants
             give
             it
             such
             an
             unpleasant
             flat
             nauseous
             Relish
             ,
             having
             no
             true
             natural
             Sweetness
             ,
             or
             lively
             Briskness
             
             in
             it
             ;
             the
             very
             same
             is
             to
             be
             understood
             of
             Raisins
             ,
             when
             boyled
             ;
             therefore
             the
             good
             Housewife
             is
             forced
             to
             add
             another
             Ingredient
             viz
             Sugar
             ,
             to
             raise
             it
             to
             a
             more
             full
             and
             perfect
             Taste
             and
             Relish
             .
             Now
             by
             these
             improper
             forreign
             Ingredients
             the
             true
             genuine
             Nature
             and
             Operation
             of
             that
             friendly
             Grain
             Oatmeal
             is
             destroyed
             ,
             as
             though
             there
             had
             been
             no
             such
             thing
             ;
             nor
             is
             the
             hurt
             less
             to
             many
             other
             sorts
             of
             Food
             that
             are
             of
             greater
             Consequence
             ,
             which
             are
             daily
             spoiled
             by
             these
             improper
             Mixtures
             ,
             which
             render
             them
             hot
             ,
             and
             subject
             to
             s●op
             and
             fur
             the
             Passages
             ,
             generating
             evil
             Juices
             ,
             gross
             Blood
             and
             impure
             Spirits
             .
             For
             which
             cause
             all
             People
             that
             eat
             frequently
             of
             such
             Foods
             ,
             more
             especially
             young
             Children
             ,
             are
             nothing
             so
             strong
             ,
             brisk
             or
             lively
             as
             those
             who
             are
             constrained
             by
             pure
             Necessity
             to
             feed
             and
             live
             on
             the
             most
             simple
             ,
             and
             meanest
             of
             our
             own
             
               Country
               Fruits
               ,
               Grains
            
             and
             Herbs
             .
          
           
             This
             all
             will
             confess
             ,
             yet
             most
             that
             have
             wherewithall
             are
             so
             bewitch'd
             to
             
               Foreign
               Novel●ies
            
             ,
             that
             they
             had
             rather
             be
             afflicted
             with
             an
             hundred
             Diseases
             and
             Miseries
             ,
             and
             have
             their
             Children
             
             weakly
             ,
             Ricketty
             and
             Leprous
             ,
             tha●
             not
             to
             gratifie
             a
             wanton
             Desire
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             the
             common
             Opinion
             that
             Currants
             are
             Cooling
             ,
             therefore
             both
             the
             Learned
             and
             your
             common
             Nurses
             advise
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             be
             boyled
             in
             Water-Gruel
             for
             sick
             People
             ,
             and
             then
             Bs●ter'd
             and
             Sugar'd
             ,
             which
             makes
             it
             not
             only
             very
             hot
             ,
             but
             strong
             enough
             for
             an
             
               Healthy
               ●low-man
            
             ,
             whereby
             it
             overcomes
             weak
             Stomachs
             ,
             they
             always
             forgeting
             what
             ought
             always
             to
             be
             remembred
             ,
             viz.
             
               Tha
               weak
               H●ats
               must
               have
               proportionable
               Foods
               ,
            
             or
             else
             Nature
             will
             come
             by
             the
             worst
             of
             it
             .
             And
             as
             for
             Currants
             being
             
               to
               ●ing
            
             ,
             't
             is
             absolutely
             false
             ,
             like
             most
             of
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             grounds
             they
             go
             upon
             ;
             for
             all
             Fruits
             in
             which
             the
             
               Sweet
               Quality
            
             does
             carry
             the
             upper
             Dominion
             ,
             are
             hot
             i●
             operation
             ,
             and
             if
             it
             were
             not
             so
             ,
             such
             things
             would
             not
             affo●d
             the
             greatest
             Spirits
             ,
             and
             also
             the
             most
             in
             q●antity
             when
             the
             Distiller
             takes
             them
             in
             hand
             .
             Also
             ,
             their
             Heat
             will
             hereby
             appear
             ,
             if
             you
             put
             such
             things
             into
             
               Beer
               ,
               Ale
               ,
               Wine
            
             ,
             nay
             ,
             Water
             it self
             ,
             it
             will
             make
             such
             Liquor
             to
             ferment
             ,
             and
             render
             it
             much
             stronger
             than
             before
             ;
             for
             if
             you
             
             put
             Sugar
             into
             
               Str●ng
               Beer
            
             ,
             a
             less
             quantity
             will
             make
             a
             Man
             drunk
             ,
             than
             that
             which
             hath
             none
             in
             it
             .
             Let
             a
             person
             eat
             a
             Pint
             of
             〈…〉
             that
             is
             ,
             only
             ●ater
             and
             〈◊〉
             with
             a
             little
             
               Selt
               ,
               Bu●ter
            
             and
             Bread
             in
             it
             ,
             and
             at
             another
             time
             a
             Pint
             made
             with
             
               Cu●rarts
               ,
               Sugar
               ,
               Butter
            
             and
             B●●ad
             ,
             as
             the
             ●s●al
             way
             is
             ,
             and
             let
             him
             observe
             whi●h
             is
             hardest
             of
             Concoction
             ,
             and
             hottest
             of
             Operation
             ,
             and
             also
             which
             he
             is
             lightsomest
             after
             ;
             he
             shall
             certainly
             fi●d
             by
             Expe●ience
             ,
             that
             the
             
               Plain
               Gruel
            
             is
             not
             only
             coolest
             ,
             but
             easiest
             of
             Digestion
             ,
             and
             he
             most
             Airy
             and
             pleasant
             after
             it
             .
             The
             truth
             is
             ,
             it
             Men
             would
             but
             give
             themsel●es
             the
             leisure
             to
             try
             and
             observe
             things
             ,
             they
             could
             not
             be
             such
             strangers
             to
             the
             Method
             of
             Well-living
             and
             to
             the
             knowledg
             of
             Nature
             ,
             who
             is
             the
             Hand-maid
             of
             God.
             For
             the
             Reasons
             afo●esaid
             ,
             you
             may
             undoubtedly
             ●onclude
             ,
             Currants
             are
             not
             only
             hot
             ,
             but
             may
             also
             learn
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             of
             a
             
               Naus●ous
               Quality
            
             ,
             and
             if
             much
             eaten
             or
             frequently
             mixed
             with
             Food
             ,
             they
             breed
             thick
             gross
             Juices
             in
             the
             Body
             ,
             and
             infect
             the
             Blood
             with
             a
             sharp
             salt
             itching
             Quality
             or
             scorbutick
             Humour
             ,
             
             whence
             proceed
             general
             Weaknesses
             in
             the
             Joynts
             and
             Limbs
             ,
             and
             unnatural
             Heats
             in
             the
             external
             parts
             ,
             causing
             a
             lumpish
             Indisposition
             both
             of
             Body
             and
             Mind
             .
             Therefore
             we
             advise
             all
             that
             have
             any
             regard
             to
             their
             Healths
             ,
             to
             refrain
             all
             such
             hurtful
             things
             ,
             and
             content
             themselves
             (
             as
             their
             innocent
             lusty
             Fore
             Fathers
             did
             )
             with
             the
             
               Growth
               of
               our
               own
               Country
            
             ,
             which
             will
             abundantly
             furnish
             our
             Tables
             ,
             and
             contribute
             whatsoever
             is
             needfull
             for
             the
             maintenance
             of
             Health
             and
             Strength
             ;
             but
             especially
             ,
             we
             caution
             
               Children
               ,
               Young
               People
            
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             are
             Sickly
             ,
             from
             the
             use
             of
             them
             ,
             they
             being
             most
             hurtful
             to
             weak
             Natures
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             XIV
             .
          
           
             Of
             Spices
             ,
             their
             Nature
             and
             Operation
             .
          
           
             ALL
             sorts
             of
             Spices
             that
             come
             from
             the
             East
             or
             West-Indies
             ,
             are
             in
             nature
             and
             operation
             hot
             and
             dry
             ,
             and
             therefore
             not
             agreeable
             to
             our
             Northren
             
             Con●●itutions
             ,
             nor
             by
             any
             means
             fit
             to
             be
             mixed
             with
             our
             common
             Food
             ;
             for
             they
             too
             violently
             heat
             the
             Blood
             ,
             and
             destroy
             the
             pure
             thin
             refreshing
             Vapours
             and
             Spirits
             ,
             and
             awaken
             the
             central
             Heat
             ,
             which
             ought
             by
             no
             means
             to
             be
             stirred
             up
             ;
             for
             it
             presently
             sets
             Nature
             into
             an
             unequal
             Motion
             ,
             making
             all
             the
             external
             parts
             in
             a
             flame
             .
             There
             is
             a
             vast
             difference
             between
             the
             Regions
             and
             Climates
             ,
             both
             in
             respect
             of
             C●elestial
             Influences
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Nature
             of
             Soil
             and
             Constitution
             of
             Air
             whence
             those
             Spices
             come
             ,
             and
             ours
             ,
             that
             it
             amounts
             to
             almost
             a
             perfect
             Opposition
             ;
             and
             what
             is
             Poyson
             ,
             but
             a
             violent
             Antipathy
             or
             Contrariety
             in
             Nature
             ?
             And
             if
             the
             Natives
             of
             those
             Countries
             will
             so
             cautiously
             mix
             or
             use
             them
             ,
             how
             sparingly
             ought
             we
             to
             meddle
             with
             them
             ?
             But
             our
             English
             have
             such
             an
             itching
             desire
             after
             Novelties
             ,
             and
             
               every
               Ioan
            
             is
             so
             proud
             to
             be
             of
             my
             
               Lady
               Fidd●e-Faddles
               Humour
            
             ,
             and
             long
             for
             things
             Far-fetcht
             and
             Dear-bought
             ,
             that
             if
             we
             had
             ten
             times
             as
             many
             more
             brought
             over
             as
             we
             have
             ,
             there
             be
             those
             amongst
             us
             would
             cry
             up
             the
             excellent
             Vertues
             of
             them
             ,
             tho'
             there
             
             is
             scarce
             any
             one
             thing
             so
             much
             destroys
             and
             hurts
             our
             Health
             ,
             both
             of
             Body
             and
             Mind
             ,
             as
             the
             eating
             and
             drinking
             
               Foreign
               Ingredients
            
             with
             and
             amongst
             our
             common
             Food
             ;
             and
             how
             absurdly
             are
             those
             things
             mixt
             together
             ,
             whose
             Vertues
             and
             Vices
             are
             as
             contrary
             to
             each
             other
             as
             the
             Climates
             are
             different
             ?
             What
             agreement
             or
             affinity
             is
             there
             between
             our
             
               Fruits
               ,
               Grains
               ,
               Herbs
            
             and
             Seeds
             ,
             and
             those
             that
             come
             from
             the
             East
             and
             W●st-Indies
             ?
             not
             so
             much
             as
             between
             the
             Complexion
             of
             a
             Fat-nosed
             Lubber-lip'd
             Blackamore
             ,
             or
             swarthy
             Bantame●
             ,
             with
             a
             Head
             like
             a
             Sugar
             loaf
             ,
             and
             our
             most
             
               Florid
               Beauties
            
             .
             In
             particular
             ,
             what
             likeness
             or
             correspondence
             is
             there
             between
             
               Cloves
               ,
               Mace
               ,
               Nutmegs
               ,
               Cinamon
               ,
               Ginger
               ,
            
             or
             Pomento
             ,
             and
             the
             Flower
             of
             Wheat
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             Grain
             ,
             or
             with
             
               Apples
               ,
               Milk
               ,
               Bu●ter
               ,
               Herbs
            
             or
             Flesh
             ?
             Verily
             there
             is
             no
             simile
             between
             them
             ,
             and
             the
             foolish
             Painter
             ,
             that
             to
             a
             
               Mans
               Head
            
             added
             a
             
               Stags
               Neek
            
             and
             a
             
               Fishes
               Body
            
             ,
             did
             not
             Limn
             a
             more
             deformed
             Monster
             ,
             than
             those
             prepare
             a
             monstrous
             unwholsom
             Diet
             for
             either
             the
             well
             or
             sick
             ,
             who
             jumble
             together
             Ingredients
             
             so
             heterogenious
             ,
             and
             as
             it
             were
             diametrically
             opposite
             .
             The
             compounding
             of
             these
             
               Forreign
               Ingredi●●ts
            
             with
             our
             
               Domestick
               Pr●ductions
            
             ,
             that
             chiefly
             destroys
             the
             Health
             of
             our
             People
             ,
             and
             not
             so
             much
             the
             Composition●
             of
             our
             own
             Growth
             ,
             though
             there
             are
             too
             often
             very
             improper
             Mixt●res
             of
             them
             also
             ,
             but
             those
             however
             are
             not
             pernicious
             to
             that
             degree
             as
             the
             others
             are
             :
             For
             Example
             ,
             Is
             not
             S●gar
             the
             occasion
             of
             such
             great
             Quantities
             of
             G●os●r●ies
             ,
             and
             many
             other
             Fruits
             are
             gathered
             and
             eaten
             whilst
             they
             are
             immature
             ,
             and
             have
             no
             more
             goodness
             nor
             vertue
             in
             them
             than
             the
             Leaves
             or
             Sticks
             of
             the
             same
             Trees
             ?
             Also
             ,
             what
             abundance
             of
             the
             like
             unripe
             Fruits
             are
             Pres●rv'd
             (
             as
             the
             call
             it
             (
             though
             more
             properly
             they
             might
             say
             ,
             Dest●●y'd
             )
             and
             when
             yov
             have
             been
             at
             all
             that
             pains
             and
             charge
             ,
             pray
             tell
             me
             what
             they
             are
             really
             good
             for
             ,
             unless
             to
             please
             Children
             and
             Fools
             ,
             and
             indulge
             wanton
             Liquorish
             Palates
             ,
             who
             yet
             for
             the
             most
             part
             pay
             dear
             enough
             for
             those
             Vanities
             ,
             by
             losing
             all
             Appetite
             to
             wholsom
             Food
             ,
             and
             bringing
             upon
             themselves
             variety
             of
             Diseases
             ,
             
             and
             then
             the
             Wizard
             of
             a
             Doctor
             must
             be
             sent
             for
             ,
             to
             Redress
             those
             Mischiefs
             which
             the
             Mother's
             Fondness
             occasion●d
             ;
             but
             then
             he
             goes
             so
             awkwardly
             to
             work
             ,
             that
             instead
             of
             Remidying
             ,
             he
             Encreases
             the
             Distempers
             ,
             and
             at
             last
             the
             
               puling
               Young
               Heir
            
             ,
             or
             the
             most
             
               beloved
               Girl
               dyes
            
             ,
             and
             then
             
               Father
               and
               Mother
               weep
               and
               wring
               their
               hand●
               ,
               and
               are
               ready
               to
               be
               distracted
            
             ;
             And
             indeed
             they
             have
             more
             cause
             of
             Grief
             than
             they
             commonly
             think
             of
             ,
             for
             Thousands
             of
             Parents
             by
             their
             foolish
             Indulgence
             ,
             in
             giving
             their
             Children
             rich
             costly
             improper
             Food
             ,
             become
             accessary
             to
             the
             shortning
             of
             their
             Lives
             .
          
           
             Many
             of
             our
             Gentlewomen
             ,
             who
             look
             upon
             themselves
             to
             be
             Saints
             ,
             do
             yet
             make
             no
             Conscience
             of
             spoiling
             those
             good
             Creatures
             and
             hopeful
             Fruits
             which
             the
             Providence
             of
             God
             sends
             into
             the
             World
             for
             the
             real
             use
             and
             benefit
             of
             Mankind
             ,
             whilst
             they
             turn
             them
             into
             Wantonness
             ,
             and
             waste
             and
             pervert
             them
             before
             ever
             they
             come
             to
             Maturity
             ,
             to
             quite
             contrary
             ends
             than
             that
             for
             which
             the
             great
             and
             good
             C●e●tor
             design●d
             them
             ;
             for
             he
             intended
             
             them
             to
             supply
             humane
             Necessities
             ,
             they
             abuse
             them
             to
             Extravangance
             ,
             and
             Riot
             ,
             ●●d
             ●iquorishness
             ,
             He
             gave
             them
             Vertues
             to
             add
             Health
             and
             Strength
             to
             such
             as
             should
             in
             their
             due
             season
             eat
             them
             ,
             but
             they
             ,
             by
             seizing
             upon
             them
             with
             an
             unnatural
             and
             
               untimely
               Violence
            
             (
             the
             same
             thing
             to
             Vegetabl●s
             as
             Mu●der
             or
             Killing
             is
             to
             Animals
             )
             and
             using
             them
             absurdly
             and
             preposterously
             ,
             make
             them
             the
             occasions
             of
             Diseases
             and
             Destruction
             ;
             and
             yet
             how
             many
             Pounds
             do
             some
             Women
             tris●le
             away
             in
             a
             year
             upon
             these
             harmful
             Vanities
             and
             Superfluities
             ?
             yea
             ,
             and
             think
             themselves
             rare
             Housewives
             too
             ,
             for
             this
             Prodigality
             ,
             and
             are
             at
             Pains
             or
             Cost
             to
             bring
             up
             their
             Daughters
             to
             these
             
               Baneful
               Mysteries
            
             of
             
               Preserving
               ,
               Conserving
               ,
               &c.
            
             
             All
             which
             ,
             besides
             a
             most
             impetinent
             Waste
             of
             their
             Husbands
             Money
             ,
             and
             spoil
             of
             Gods
             good
             Creatures
             ,
             tend
             likewise
             to
             the
             destruction
             of
             their
             own
             Health
             ,
             and
             that
             of
             their
             Children
             ;
             for
             no
             sooner
             have
             they
             by
             Gluttony
             ,
             or
             eating
             of
             too
             great
             Quantities
             of
             
               Flesh
               ,
               Fish
            
             ,
             or
             other
             
               Rich
               F●ods
            
             or
             
               over●strong
               Liquors
            
             brought
             ●●emselves
             out
             of
             order
             ,
             but
             away
             
             they
             run
             or
             send
             Iillian
             the
             Chamber-maid
             (
             who
             has
             already
             spoil'd
             her
             Teeth
             with
             Sweet-meats
             and
             Kisses
             )
             to
             the
             Closet
             for
             some
             
               Conserves
               ,
               Prese●ves
            
             ,
             or
             other
             Confectionary-Ware
             ;
             and
             if
             that
             will
             not
             do
             (
             as
             alas
             !
             how
             should
             such
             sower
             abortive
             things
             ,
             only
             Embalm'd
             with
             nauseous
             Sugar
             ,
             do
             any
             good
             ?
             )
             then
             fetch
             the
             Bottle
             of
             Black-Cherry-Brandy
             ,
             the
             Glass
             of
             
               Aqua
               Mirabilis
            
             ,
             and
             after
             that
             take
             a
             Dose
             of
             Plague-Water
             ;
             and
             she
             is
             no
             Body
             that
             has
             not
             a
             Room
             furnish'd
             plentifully
             with
             these
             pernicious
             confused
             
               Slip
               stops
            
             and
             Extravagancies
             .
          
           
             But
             tell
             me
             ,
             
               my
               good
               Dames
            
             !
             what
             have
             you
             to
             say
             for
             these
             Curi●sities
             ?
             What
             Benesit
             ,
             what
             Advantage
             do
             you
             receive
             by
             them
             ?
             Are
             you
             more
             Sound
             ,
             Healthy
             or
             Strong
             than
             the
             
               Honest
               poor
               Country-Woman
            
             ,
             that
             has
             none
             of
             them
             ?
             Are
             you
             more
             free
             from
             
               suddain
               Qualms
            
             or
             
               settled
               Distempers
            
             ?
             Have
             you
             better
             Appetites
             than
             they
             ?
             Have
             you
             more
             Pleasure
             in
             eating
             your
             Larks
             and
             Pheasants
             ,
             your
             
               dainty
               Bi●s
            
             ,
             with
             
               Rich
               Poinant
               Sawces
            
             ,
             and
             delicious
             costly
             Wines
             ,
             than
             they
             have
             in
             a
             Mess
             of
             good
             Milk
             ,
             or
             a
             lusty
             piece
             of
             Br●ad
             and
             Ch●ese
             ,
             
             and
             a
             Cup
             of
             Nutbrown-Ale
             of
             their
             own
             Brewing
             ?
             Are
             your
             Sleeps
             more
             sound
             on
             your
             
               Down
               Beds
            
             ,
             double
             fortified
             with
             Curtains
             of
             Silk
             and
             Sarcenet
             ,
             than
             theirs
             on
             their
             wholsom
             S●raw-Couches
             open
             to
             the
             Air
             that
             whistles
             in
             between
             the
             wooden
             Windows
             ?
             Are
             you
             more
             free
             from
             Colds
             with
             your
             
               ●lannel
               Shifts
            
             ,
             and
             your
             
               Man-like
               Drawers
            
             ,
             and
             your
             
               Quilted
               Wastcoats
            
             ,
             and
             Petti●oats
             so
             many
             as
             makes
             you
             shew
             as
             big
             about
             the
             Haunches
             as
             a
             Dutch-Woman
             ,
             and
             would
             half
             set
             up
             a
             
               Long-Lane
               Bro●er
            
             ?
             Are
             you
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             with
             all
             this
             Furniture
             free
             from
             
               catching
               Cold
            
             ,
             any
             more
             than
             the
             
               Rosie-Complexion'd
               Lass
            
             that
             courts
             the
             sweet
             kisses
             of
             the
             Air
             in
             her
             
               Smock
               Sleeves
            
             ,
             and
             trips
             over
             the
             Dewy-Plains
             in
             a
             
               Winters
               ●rosly
               M●r●ing
            
             with
             but
             a
             
               brace
               of
               Linsey-Woolsey
               Coats
            
             that
             are
             not
             long
             enough
             to
             conceal
             the
             shape
             of
             her
             
               Well-Proportioned
               L●gg
            
             ?
             Or
             are
             your
             Children
             born
             more
             Lusty
             ,
             or
             more
             free
             from
             Dis●ases
             ,
             as
             the
             
               Kings-Evil
               ,
               Lepr●sies
               ,
               Rickets
               ,
               Ioynt-Aches
               ,
            
             and
             other
             Distempers
             ?
             Or
             are
             they
             
               better
               Complex●on'd
            
             ,
             or
             strai●er-Limb'd
             ,
             or
             
               handsomer
               Shap'd
            
             ,
             or
             in
             any
             kind
             more
             
             active
             ,
             sprightly
             or
             vigorours
             than
             theirs
             ?
          
           
             Alas
             !
             none
             of
             all
             this
             ;
             the
             Advantages
             lie
             all
             on
             the
             other
             side
             :
             Whilst
             you
             are
             continually
             complaining
             and
             sighing
             ,
             they
             are
             
               merrily
               Singing
            
             ;
             Whilst
             you
             are
             weak
             ,
             and
             lose
             your
             
               natural
               Complexions
            
             ,
             and
             have
             no
             App●tite
             ,
             and
             can
             scarce
             relish
             the
             
               rarest
               Dain●ies
            
             ,
             and
             your
             Sleeps
             are
             restless
             ,
             and
             Distempers
             are
             continually
             either
             actually
             seizing
             on
             you
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             threatning
             you
             ,
             so
             that
             you
             are
             always
             forced
             to
             keep
             a
             Doctor
             or
             two
             in
             Pension
             for
             your
             Life-Guard
             ;
             They
             are
             strong
             and
             lusty
             ,
             and
             look
             as
             fresh
             as
             a
             May-Morning
             ,
             and
             have
             Stomachs
             as
             sharp
             as
             a
             Scyth
             ,
             and
             all
             their
             Meat
             seems
             N●ctar
             ,
             and
             their
             
               Drink
               Ambrosia
            
             ,
             and
             their
             Sleeps
             are
             sweet
             as
             Mariners
             after
             a
             Tempest
             ,
             their
             Breath
             as
             fragrant
             as
             Honey-Suckles
             ;
             they
             never
             so
             much
             heard
             of
             half
             the
             Diseases
             that
             you
             groan
             under
             ,
             and
             look
             upon
             Doctors
             as
             only
             Bawbles
             for
             Gentlefolks
             ,
             and
             find
             an
             
               Oatmeat
               Cawdle
            
             or
             a
             
               Cardus
               Posset
            
             better
             Physick
             than
             any
             the
             Apoth●caries
             Shop
             affords
             ;
             their
             Children
             are
             in
             all
             respects
             
               lustier
               ,
               founder
               ,
               healthier
            
             ,
             more
             active
             and
             strong
             ,
             
             of
             
               better
               Complexions
            
             and
             
               compleater
               Proportions
            
             for
             the
             generality
             ,
             than
             yours
             And
             why
             then
             will
             you
             still
             so
             indulge
             a
             
               Sottish
               Fond
               Humour
            
             and
             
               wanton
               Pa●ate
            
             ,
             seeing
             it
             is
             so
             destructive
             to
             your
             Well-being
             ,
             and
             that
             of
             your
             
               Dear
               Posterity
            
             !
          
           
             But
             waving
             this
             not
             unseasonable
             Digression
             ,
             and
             to
             return
             to
             Spice
             ,
             —
             It
             must
             be
             acknowledged
             ,
             that
             God
             made
             nothing
             in
             vain
             ;
             
               Cloves
               ,
               Mace
               ,
               Nutmegs
               ,
               Cinamon
               ,
               Pepper
               ,
               Ginger
            
             and
             Pomento
             or
             
               Iamaica
               Pepper
            
             are
             brave
             noble
             Fruits
             ,
             and
             smell
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             of
             Paradise
             ,
             and
             the
             great
             and
             good
             Creator
             is
             as
             much
             to
             be
             admired
             in
             them
             as
             any
             other
             Vegetations
             ,
             for
             though
             they
             are
             not
             so
             useful
             for
             common
             Food
             ,
             yet
             they
             have
             their
             excellent
             uses
             :
             Their
             chief
             Vertues
             reside
             in
             their
             most
             pleasant
             Scent
             ,
             which
             is
             very
             refreshing
             and
             chearing
             to
             the
             Spirits
             ;
             also
             ,
             they
             are
             endued
             with
             a
             warming
             Quality
             ,
             very
             profitable
             in
             
               Physical
               Operations
            
             ,
             especially
             for
             some
             sort
             of
             Melancholy
             and
             
               Phlegmatick
               Complexions
            
             .
             The
             same
             is
             to
             be
             understood
             in
             Brandy
             ,
             and
             other
             distilled
             Spirits
             ,
             which
             often
             prove
             profitable
             
             being
             taken
             when
             there
             is
             just
             occasion
             ,
             in
             a
             
               Physical
               way
            
             ;
             but
             of
             fatal
             consequence
             to
             such
             as
             accustom
             themselves
             to
             the
             drinking
             of
             it
             at
             every
             turn
             ;
             for
             then
             it
             quickly
             wounds
             the
             Healt●
             by
             destroying
             the
             natural
             Heat
             ;
             the
             like
             is
             to
             be
             understood
             of
             all
             Extreams
             ,
             in
             Drinks
             and
             Food
             ,
             which
             are
             disharmonious
             in
             their
             parts
             .
             Therefore
             it
             is
             no
             ways
             safe
             to
             mix
             unequal
             Fruits
             with
             those
             that
             are
             equal
             ;
             for
             then
             the
             Harmony
             of
             the
             whole
             will
             be
             violated
             .
             As
             to
             use
             our
             familiar
             Example
             ,
             Take
             the
             Flower
             of
             
               Wheat
               ,
               Milk
            
             and
             Water
             ,
             mix
             them
             and
             heat
             them
             to
             a
             Pap
             ,
             these
             three
             things
             are
             equal
             and
             agreeable
             in
             their
             peculiar
             parts
             each
             with
             other
             ,
             and
             make
             a
             brave
             wholsom
             Food
             either
             for
             young
             or
             old
             ,
             on
             which
             alone
             you
             may
             live
             healthy
             and
             contentedly
             for
             divers
             years
             ;
             but
             if
             you
             mix
             with
             them
             Sugar
             and
             Spice
             ,
             or
             either
             of
             them
             ,
             then
             the
             company
             of
             this
             Stranger
             puts
             them
             out
             of
             Tune
             ,
             and
             breaks
             the
             Consort
             ,
             so
             that
             if
             any
             one
             should
             be
             confined
             to
             this
             last
             sort
             but
             for
             one
             Month
             or
             two
             ,
             their
             Palates
             and
             Stomachs
             will
             grow
             weary
             and
             loath
             it
             ;
             And
             so
             it
             is
             with
             Cakes
             ,
             in
             which
             
             eight
             or
             ten
             Ingredients
             are
             mixed
             ;
             how
             long
             could
             those
             that
             love
             them
             best
             ,
             eat
             them
             ,
             and
             not
             be
             weary
             ?
             Not
             sixteen
             days
             together
             :
             But
             take
             Flower
             and
             Water
             and
             make
             Cakes
             thereof
             ,
             and
             on
             them
             you
             may
             live
             several
             years
             and
             never
             be
             tired
             .
          
           
             In
             like
             manner
             
               Flesh
               ,
               Bread
            
             and
             Herbs
             harmonive
             ,
             and
             a
             man
             may
             eat
             of
             them
             every
             day
             ,
             but
             mixt
             
               Spanish
               Fruits
               ,
               Spices
            
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             with
             
               fat
               Flesh
            
             and
             Butter
             ,
             and
             prepare
             them
             as
             well
             as
             you
             can
             ,
             you
             shall
             not
             eat
             them
             every
             day
             for
             one
             Month
             without
             loathing
             and
             weariness
             ;
             the
             very
             same
             is
             to
             be
             understood
             of
             all
             other
             Foods
             and
             Drinks
             ,
             and
             if
             People
             would
             not
             prefer
             Custom
             ,
             and
             what
             is
             cried
             up
             by
             the
             Multitude
             before
             the
             simple
             innocent
             ways
             of
             Nature
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             casie
             for
             every
             one
             to
             chuse
             and
             understand
             what
             is
             most
             proper
             and
             agreeable
             to
             the
             Stomach
             .
             For
             if
             they
             would
             set
             Gustom
             aside
             ,
             then
             most
             would
             be
             led
             to
             Meats
             and
             Drinks
             that
             are
             natural
             and
             proper
             by
             meer
             instinct
             ,
             as
             most
             of
             the
             inferiour
             Creatures
             are
             ,
             except
             some
             unclean
             Savages
             ,
             as
             
               Swine
               ,
               Bears
               ,
               Lyons
            
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             :
             And
             in
             
             truth
             the
             greater
             part
             of
             Beasts
             have
             more
             understanding
             in
             Meats
             and
             Drinks
             than
             many
             Men
             ;
             for
             Man
             crys
             ,
             
               What
               were
               those
               things
               made
               for
               ?
            
             As
             if
             God
             intended
             that
             all
             ,
             right
             or
             wrong
             ,
             must
             be
             cram'd
             into
             his
             Paunch
             ,
             and
             that
             there
             could
             be
             no
             other
             use
             for
             them
             ,
             but
             for
             him
             to
             devour
             them
             ;
             as
             if
             to
             be
             Ornaments
             to
             the
             Universe
             ,
             to
             set
             forth
             the
             Power
             and
             the
             Wisdom
             of
             God
             ,
             in
             the
             making
             ,
             and
             feeding
             ,
             and
             preserving
             so
             many
             innumerable
             Creatures
             ,
             and
             invite
             Man
             thereby
             to
             praise
             ,
             magnifie
             and
             adore
             his
             Maker
             ,
             were
             not
             more
             Noble
             ends
             than
             to
             eat
             them
             to
             his
             own
             Prejudice
             .
             But
             so
             greatly
             precipitated
             is
             he
             into
             
               Wrath
               ,
               Viol●nce
            
             and
             Oppression
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             not
             willing
             any
             thing
             should
             escape
             his
             luxurious
             Throat
             ,
             though
             the
             use
             of
             it
             be
             to
             the
             destruction
             both
             of
             his
             Body
             and
             Mind
             .
             For
             the
             source
             of
             all
             Evils
             to
             Man
             hath
             been
             his
             suffering
             his
             Imaginations
             and
             unclean
             Desires
             to
             wander
             after
             those
             things
             that
             are
             neither
             needful
             nor
             any
             way
             benificial
             ;
             for
             faslly
             imagining
             that
             all
             things
             were
             made
             meerly
             for
             his
             use
             ,
             he
             entred
             with
             the
             power
             of
             his
             free
             depraved
             Will
             ,
             with
             a
             rapid
             
             Motion
             ,
             into
             all
             Beastiality
             ,
             and
             so
             deprived
             himself
             of
             the
             
               divine
               Vision
            
             which
             he
             was
             made
             in
             and
             for
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             live
             in
             the
             Power
             of
             the
             
               dark
               Magick
            
             and
             Brutality
             ,
             to
             domineer
             ,
             and
             rend
             ,
             and
             tear
             each
             other
             to
             pieces
             ,
             far
             worse
             than
             the
             
               Savages
               of
               the
               Desart
            
             .
             For
             Man
             was
             created
             in
             the
             
               Image
               of
               God
            
             ,
             and
             ordained
             to
             live
             under
             the
             Government
             of
             the
             divine
             Principle
             ,
             and
             if
             he
             had
             continu'd
             under
             its
             dominion
             ,
             then
             every
             sort
             of
             innocent
             Food
             would
             have
             satisfied
             him
             ,
             according
             to
             that
             Commission
             ,
             
               Every
               green
               Herb
               and
               Tree
               bringing
               forth
               Fruit
               shall
               be
               to
               thee
               for
               Meat
               .
            
             Nor
             was
             he
             clothed
             with
             the
             Skins
             of
             Beasts
             before
             his
             Transgression
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             still
             the
             Spoils
             and
             Reliques
             of
             Violence
             ;
             for
             he
             was
             made
             Naked
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             in
             Innocency
             ,
             and
             his
             Clothing
             himself
             with
             the
             Excrements
             of
             Beasts
             ,
             does
             truly
             intimate
             his
             depraved
             state
             ,
             especially
             when
             he
             becomes
             proud
             thereof
             ;
             than
             which
             there
             cannot
             be
             a
             greater
             Vanity
             in
             the
             World.
             
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             XV.
             
          
           
             Of
             Oyl
             ,
             and
             its
             Nature
             .
          
           
             AMongst
             all
             Fruits
             or
             other
             things
             eatable
             ,
             brought
             from
             beyond
             Seas
             ,
             OYL
             is
             one
             of
             the
             best
             ,
             being
             of
             a
             brave
             nourishing
             clean
             Nature
             ,
             mild
             and
             friendly
             to
             most
             Constitutions
             ,
             far
             exceeding
             Butter
             or
             the
             
               Fat
               of
               ●lesh
            
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             agrees
             not
             with
             some
             ,
             is
             for
             want
             of
             use
             when
             they
             are
             Young
             ;
             't
             is
             endued
             with
             Equality
             and
             Concord
             ,
             as
             being
             distilled
             by
             Nature's
             choicest
             Limbeck
             ,
             and
             It
             would
             be
             much
             for
             the
             Health
             of
             our
             
               English
               People
            
             if
             they
             did
             eat
             more
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             less
             Fruits
             and
             Spices
             ,
             though
             we
             have
             no
             necessity
             for
             either
             ;
             but
             since
             our
             Desires
             do
             so
             itch
             after
             Novelties
             ,
             it
             were
             much
             more
             commendable
             for
             us
             to
             chuse
             those
             things
             that
             have
             the
             nearest
             affinity
             with
             our
             Natures
             ;
             and
             of
             all
             sorts
             of
             fat
             things
             ,
             Oyl
             is
             the
             most
             innocent
             ,
             as
             proceeding
             from
             the
             cleanest
             Radix
             ,
             and
             being
             the
             product
             of
             Vegetation
             ,
             
             and
             therefore
             is
             very
             proper
             and
             agreeable
             to
             humane
             Nature
             ,
             being
             joyn'd
             unto
             and
             eaten
             with
             H●rbs
             and
             Fruits
             ,
             they
             having
             the
             nearest
             a●finity
             in
             their
             Basis
             or
             Original
             ,
             and
             therefore
             Gyl
             being
             eaten
             with
             Bread
             or
             Herbs
             ,
             is
             to
             an
             undepraved
             Palate
             ,
             not
             only
             more
             delightful
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             Stomach
             easier
             of
             Concoction
             ,
             affording
             a
             finer
             and
             cleaner
             Nourishment
             ,
             better
             Blood
             and
             purer
             Spirits
             ,
             than
             either
             
               fat
               of
               Flesh
            
             or
             Butter
             ,
             though
             the
             last
             of
             them
             is
             very
             wholsom
             ,
             Cream
             and
             Butter
             being
             our
             Oyl
             ,
             and
             eaten
             with
             proper
             or
             cleaner
             things
             ,
             as
             
               Bread
               ,
               Herbs
            
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             does
             make
             a
             proper
             Mixture
             ,
             and
             consequently
             good
             Food
             .
          
           
             The
             Reason
             why
             Oyl
             is
             with
             greatest
             commendation
             eaten
             with
             Herbs
             and
             Bread
             ,
             is
             ,
             because
             all
             Mixtures
             of
             Food
             are
             most
             agreeable
             to
             the
             Human
             Nature
             that
             bear
             the
             nearest
             affinity
             in
             their
             Basis
             ;
             and
             as
             Oyl
             is
             the
             true
             fat
             of
             Vegetables
             ,
             so
             it
             suits
             and
             agrees
             better
             with
             them
             ,
             than
             with
             any
             sort
             of
             Flesh
             ,
             or
             other
             Food
             proceeding
             from
             Flesh
             ;
             but
             with
             Fish
             it
             is
             very
             good
             and
             wholsom
             ,
             especially
             Sal●-fish
             ,
             for
             by
             its
             Balsamick
             Quality
             it
             allayes
             the
             ●ierce
             
             keen
             Property
             of
             the
             Salt
             ,
             and
             sweetens
             the
             lean
             Body
             of
             the
             Fish
             :
             And
             for
             these
             Purposes
             it
             is
             far
             better
             than
             Butter
             .
          
           
             But
             it
             is
             to
             be
             noted
             ,
             That
             Oyl
             ought
             not
             to
             come
             near
             the
             heat
             of
             the
             Fire
             ,
             for
             that
             will
             presently
             destroy
             the
             purer
             parts
             and
             vertues
             thereof
             ,
             and
             then
             it
             will
             become
             strong
             and
             fulsom
             ;
             the
             same
             is
             to
             be
             understood
             if
             it
             be
             mixed
             with
             any
             Foods
             whilst
             hot
             which
             ought
             always
             to
             be
             pretty
             cool
             before
             you
             mix
             your
             Oyl
             :
             Therefore
             
               To
               sted
               Brend
            
             and
             Oyl
             ,
             though
             frequently
             used
             ,
             is
             not
             so
             good
             as
             
               cold
               b●ked
               Br●ad
            
             and
             Oyl
             ;
             than
             which
             there
             is
             scarce
             a
             better
             Breakfast
             or
             Supper
             ;
             for
             it
             cleanseth
             the
             Passages
             ,
             is
             easie
             of
             Concoction
             ,
             breeds
             good
             Blood
             and
             fine
             Spirits
             ,
             whence
             proceeds
             any
             airy
             lightsom
             Disposition
             ,
             and
             good
             habit
             both
             of
             Body
             and
             Mind
             .
             However
             ,
             those
             that
             accustom
             themselves
             to
             the
             frequent
             eating
             thereof
             ,
             ought
             to
             remember
             their
             best
             Friend
             
               Tem
               erance
            
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             to
             eat
             it
             sparingly
             ,
             and
             not
             in
             too
             great
             Quantities
             .
          
           
             Olives
             ,
             or
             the
             Fruit
             whence
             Oyl
             proceeds
             ,
             are
             nothing
             so
             good
             as
             the
             Oyl
             
             it self
             ;
             for
             being
             gathered
             unripe
             ,
             o●
             immature
             ,
             and
             put
             into
             a
             Pickle
             made
             for
             that
             purpose
             to
             keep
             them
             sound
             ,
             they
             are
             apt
             ,
             especially
             if
             frequently
             eaten
             ,
             to
             obstruct
             the
             Stomach
             and
             Passages
             .
             The
             best
             way
             is
             to
             eat
             them
             with
             store
             of
             good
             Bread
             ,
             now
             and
             then
             between
             whiles
             ,
             but
             most
             that
             are
             eaten
             in
             England
             are
             taken
             on
             full
             Stomachs
             ,
             in
             Superfluity
             and
             Wantonness
             ,
             so
             that
             it
             would
             be
             no
             loss
             to
             is
             to
             be
             without
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             XVI
             .
          
           
             Of
             Honey
             ,
             its
             Nature
             and
             Operation
             ,
             with
             some
             Notes
             on
             the
             Practice
             of
             Chymistry
             .
          
           
             THe
             Antients
             have
             attributed
             some
             hundreds
             of
             Medicinal
             Vertues
             to
             Honey
             ;
             but
             in
             my
             opinion
             it
             will
             hardly
             perform
             half
             that
             which
             is
             said
             of
             it
             ;
             yet
             to
             give
             it
             its
             due
             ,
             it
             must
             be
             acknowledged
             to
             be
             a
             brave
             Noble
             and
             friendly
             thing
             to
             Nature
             ,
             of
             which
             ,
             some
             is
             better
             ,
             some
             worse
             ,
             according
             
             to
             the
             Nature
             of
             the
             Herbs
             and
             Flowers
             out
             of
             which
             this
             King
             of
             Flies
             extracts
             it
             ;
             for
             cause
             ,
             some
             Honey
             is
             of
             a
             more
             unpleasing
             Taste
             than
             other
             ,
             as
             being
             harsh
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             kind
             of
             bitterish
             farewell
             ,
             apt
             to
             gripe
             the
             Stomach
             and
             Bowels
             when
             it
             is
             tinged
             with
             Martia●
             and
             
               Saturnine
               Herbs
            
             ,
             as
             when
             the
             Bees
             gather
             it
             from
             the
             Blossoms
             of
             
               Furz
               ,
               Centaury
            
             ,
             or
             other
             Vegetables
             of
             like
             Nature
             ,
             that
             grow
             upon
             harsh
             ,
             sower
             ,
             poor
             Commons
             and
             Heaths
             ;
             yet
             for
             Women
             and
             Maids
             ,
             who
             are
             afflicted
             with
             Stoppages
             ,
             and
             the
             Disease
             call'd
             the
             Green-Sickness
             ,
             Medicines
             made
             with
             this
             sort
             of
             Honey
             ,
             are
             very
             powerful
             to
             remove
             those
             Evils
             :
             But
             for
             general
             use
             that
             Honey
             is
             best
             which
             is
             extracted
             or
             drawn
             from
             the
             most
             pleasant
             fragrant
             Flowers
             that
             grow
             in
             Meadows
             and
             
               sweet
               Downs
            
             ,
             where
             Co●slips
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             delight
             to
             grow
             ;
             as
             also
             from
             the
             Blossoms
             of
             
               Corn
               ,
               Peaches
            
             and
             Honey-Suckles
             ;
             for
             the
             Honey
             thereof
             made
             is
             smoother
             ,
             finer
             and
             pleasanter
             than
             the
             other
             ,
             and
             more
             agreeable
             to
             Nature
             .
          
           
           
             But
             there
             is
             yet
             a
             more
             subtle
             and
             almost
             nnknown
             difference
             in
             Honey
             ,
             which
             ought
             to
             be
             noted
             ;
             for
             as
             Honey
             being
             drawn
             from
             a
             vast
             variety
             of
             innocent
             delicate
             Herbs
             ,
             and
             most
             beautiful
             sweet
             smelling
             Flowers
             ,
             (
             the
             bright
             Stars
             of
             Earth
             ,
             as
             the
             Planets
             and
             Constellations
             are
             the
             Flowers
             of
             Heaven
             )
             may
             justly
             ,
             in
             its
             own
             Nature
             be
             stil'd
             ,
             
               The
               most
               Transparent
               and
               Richest
               Iuice
            
             or
             
               Liquor
               in
               the
               World
            
             ,
             and
             the
             finest
             and
             most
             pleasant
             Sweet
             of
             all
             others
             ;
             so
             the
             same
             is
             to
             be
             understood
             not
             so
             much
             of
             our
             vulgar
             Honey
             ,
             as
             in
             its
             original
             Preparation
             and
             Perfection
             ,
             viz.
             if
             it
             could
             be
             procured
             whilst
             it
             remains
             intire
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             extracted
             out
             of
             the
             Herbs
             and
             Flowers
             into
             a
             little
             Bag
             or
             thin
             Skin
             ,
             which
             lies
             in
             the
             very
             center
             of
             the
             Bee
             ,
             as
             may
             be
             manifest
             to
             sense
             ,
             if
             you
             can
             be
             so
             cruel
             ,
             when
             you
             catch
             one
             of
             them
             ,
             to
             sever
             it
             in
             two
             ,
             for
             then
             ,
             if
             you
             are
             quick
             ,
             you
             may
             take
             out
             the
             bag
             intire
             ,
             but
             if
             you
             are
             too
             long
             about
             it
             ,
             then
             the
             Bee
             will
             suck
             it
             up
             ,
             or
             destroy
             it
             .
             This
             Bag
             contains
             a
             most
             curious
             thin
             transparent
             Liquor
             ,
             of
             an
             excellent
             fine
             Colour
             ,
             and
             fine
             
             innocent
             and
             perfect
             Taste
             ,
             leaving
             behind
             in
             the
             Mouth
             no
             Hugo
             ,
             or
             strong
             Taste
             ,
             as
             our
             vulgar
             Honey
             does
             ,
             when
             eaten
             alone
             .
             Now
             this
             is
             the
             Bees
             true
             Elixir
             ,
             the
             proper
             Paradisical
             Honey
             ;
             but
             when
             the
             Bees
             ha●e
             d●gested
             it
             ,
             which
             cannot
             be
             done
             without
             some
             violation
             to
             the
             pure
             volatile
             Spirits
             ,
             then
             they
             spue
             or
             vomit
             it
             up
             .
             A●ter
             which
             it
             becomes
             of
             another
             colour
             ,
             smell
             and
             taste
             ,
             and
             also
             of
             a
             diff●rent
             nature
             and
             operation
             ;
             for
             whilst
             it
             remains
             intire
             and
             undigested
             ,
             its
             Colour
             is
             clear
             and
             white
             ,
             its
             Taste
             an
             innocent
             sweet
             ,
             with
             a
             grateful
             come-off
             on
             the
             Palate
             ,
             its
             Small
             pure
             ,
             ai●y
             and
             delightful
             ,
             but
             after
             the
             Bee
             hath
             digested
             or
             separated
             it
             ,
             and
             spued
             it
             up
             with
             her
             Winters
             Provision
             or
             store
             ,
             then
             i
             loseth
             its
             white
             Colour
             ,
             and
             its
             pure
             Ta●●e
             ,
             and
             its
             airy
             Smell
             ,
             and
             becomes
             more
             strong
             ,
             dull
             and
             unpl●asant
             ,
             and
             in
             no
             particular
             so
             gratefully
             as
             whilst
             it
             remai●'d
             in
             the
             Bag
             intire
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             further
             to
             b●understood
             ,
             that
             this
             Spagyrical
             or
             C●ymical
             Art
             of
             the
             Bees
             do
             sc●i●fl
             consi●●
             in
             the
             
               Poys●●
               us
               Root
            
             or
             Sting
             in
             Nature
             ;
             for
             the
             
               Attractive
               Faculty
            
             stands
             in
             the
             wrathful
             
             Poysons
             of
             Saturn
             ,
             which
             powerfully
             attracts
             all
             things
             unto
             it self
             ,
             and
             the
             
               S●paratire
               Proper●y
            
             consists
             in
             the
             bitter
             S●ing
             of
             Mars
             and
             Mercu●y
             ,
             therefore
             the
             Chymical
             Furnace
             ,
             the
             Bees
             Labo●●tory
             ,
             or
             that
             Tool
             whereby
             they
             and
             some
             other
             Flies
             perform
             these
             wonderful
             things
             ,
             and
             separate
             the
             pure
             Essential
             Spirit
             and
             Balsamick
             Body
             of
             what
             they
             gather
             from
             the
             grose
             phlegmy
             Qualities
             ,
             is
             their
             Sting
             ,
             which
             is
             of
             a
             poysonous
             Nature
             ,
             as
             it
             app●ars
             ,
             when
             they
             in
             Anger
             leave
             it
             behind
             them
             in
             any
             Animal
             ,
             for
             presently
             the
             part
             rages
             and
             swells
             ;
             but
             when
             they
             have
             thus
             lost
             or
             dispoiled
             themselves
             of
             this
             Sting
             or
             Poyson
             ,
             then
             they
             cannot
             be
             Labourers
             in
             this
             Spagyrical
             Art
             any
             longer
             ,
             nor
             draw
             more
             Honey
             out
             of
             the
             Flowers
             ,
             but
             pure
             necessity
             compels
             them
             to
             become
             Thieves
             and
             Robbers
             ,
             and
             live
             on
             the
             spoil
             of
             others
             ,
             and
             thenceforth
             are
             called
             Drones
             .
             Now
             so
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             most
             sort
             of
             Flies
             do
             love
             Honey
             ,
             and
             all
             sweet
             things
             ,
             as
             Sug●r
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             to
             feed
             on
             ,
             but
             only
             those
             that
             are
             naturally
             endued
             with
             a
             Venom
             or
             Sting
             ,
             are
             able
             to
             extract
             it
             ;
             for
             't
             is
             by
             that
             sting
             that
             they
             
             separate
             the
             Vertue
             from
             the
             Vice
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             wonderful
             Arcanum
             ,
             and
             may
             afford
             a
             most
             curious
             Philosophical
             Speculation
             ;
             for
             indeed
             it
             surpasses
             all
             the
             Spagyrical
             skill
             of
             men
             ;
             for
             they
             make
             a
             present
             separation
             ,
             and
             are
             not
             obliged
             to
             serment
             or
             sower
             their
             Liquor
             before
             they
             put
             it
             into
             their
             Limbeck
             ;
             for
             if
             they
             should
             ,
             they
             could
             obtain
             only
             the
             fierce
             fiery
             wrathful
             Spirit
             ,
             as
             happens
             in
             all
             Distillations
             of
             Balsamick
             Liquors
             ,
             as
             Wine
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ;
             but
             the
             Bees
             extract
             the
             more
             pure
             substance
             ,
             viz.
             the
             Volatile
             Spirits
             ,
             Tinctures
             ,
             and
             sweet
             Balsamick
             Body
             ,
             which
             in
             all
             Distillations
             is
             destroy'd
             ,
             and
             only
             the
             firce
             original
             fiery
             Spirit
             preserv'd
             ,
             which
             when
             it
             loseth
             its
             friendly
             Companion
             ,
             i●s
             amiable
             Sun
             of
             true
             Light
             ,
             and
             sweet
             pleasant
             Vertue
             ,
             then
             presently
             it
             becomes
             a
             high
             lofty
             untameable
             Power
             ,
             of
             a
             fierce
             fiery
             Nature
             and
             Operation
             ,
             as
             is
             manifest
             in
             all
             such
             Spirits
             as
             
               Brandy
               ,
               Rum
               ,
               &c.
            
             which
             all
             prey
             upon
             the
             Natures
             of
             such
             as
             accustom
             themselves
             to
             those
             fiery
             Liquors
             ;
             of
             which
             ,
             if
             poor
             Mortals
             were
             s●nsible
             ,
             they
             would
             hate
             themselves
             for
             their
             Labours
             
             in
             that
             ●i●d
             ,
             and
             Kings
             and
             other
             Gover●ou●s
             would
             make
             Laws
             ,
             not
             only
             against
             the
             I
             ●inkers
             ,
             but
             against
             the
             Inven●ion
             too
             of
             such
             
               pernici●us
               Arts.
            
             
          
           
             Wherefore
             th●n
             do
             our
             earned
             Spagyri●●
             men
             spread
             their
             ●●ums
             so
             large
             and
             lo●tily
             ,
             and
             keep
             such
             a
             clutter
             and
             boasting
             of
             their
             Art
             and
             Chymical
             Medicines
             ,
             which
             in
             their
             highest
             Preparations
             are
             not
             to
             be
             compared
             to
             the
             skill
             and
             product
             of
             a
             poor
             silly
             Fl●e●
             〈◊〉
             Bee
             ?
             Let
             us
             survey
             the
             Method
             taken
             by
             these
             
               fiery
               Philos●phers
            
             ,
             and
             let
             Reas
             ●n●judge
             what
             Vertues
             are
             to
             be
             extracted
             from
             such
             Preparations
             .
             First
             ,
             when
             they
             t●ke
             any
             
               Herb
               ,
               Flower
               ,
               Seed
               ,
               Crain
            
             or
             〈◊〉
             to
             make
             a
             M●dicine
             of
             ,
             they
             put
             it
             into
             some
             Mers●ru●m
             as
             they
             call
             it
             or
             Liquor
             ,
             wherein
             it
             may
             lie
             and
             ferment
             or
             sour
             ,
             which
             does
             presently
             ●urn
             and
             suffocate
             the
             odo●iferous
             Smells
             ,
             pure
             V●la●ile
             Spiri●s
             and
             sweet
             Body
             ,
             in
             which
             consists
             the
             true
             Vertue
             and
             healing
             Q●●lity
             of
             all
             things
             ,
             both
             in
             the
             
               Animal
               ,
               Veger●ble
            
             and
             
               Mineral
               Ki●gdoms
            
             :
             After
             this
             ,
             they
             put
             it
             into
             the
             Furn●er
             or
             Lambeck
             ,
             and
             through
             the
             fierce
             heat
             of
             the
             Fire
             there
             will
             run
             off
             a
             Brandy
             ,
             or
             hot
             sulpherous
             
             Spirit
             ,
             which
             does
             contain
             only
             the
             fierce
             original
             S●irits
             ,
             void
             of
             the
             middle
             Quality
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Seminal
             and
             Balsamick
             Vertu●s
             ;
             therefore
             such
             their
             Spirits
             are
             at
             the
             end
             of
             Nature
             ,
             and
             you
             may
             add
             what
             Balsamick
             Bodies
             or
             Sweets
             you
             please
             ,
             th●y
             cannot
             be
             made
             to
             work
             or
             ferment
             ;
             and
             although
             such
             fiery
             Spirits
             are
             good
             in
             some
             Medicines
             ,
             being
             properly
             mixed
             with
             things
             of
             a
             Balsamick
             Nature
             ,
             yet
             alone
             they
             are
             not
             ,
             because
             they
             have
             lost
             the
             Medicinal
             Vertues
             in
             their
             Preparation
             ;
             for
             the
             healing
             Vertue
             in
             all
             things
             proceeds
             from
             and
             consists
             in
             the
             benign
             and
             
               friendly
               Quality
            
             ,
             which
             the
             Fire
             dissipates
             and
             destroys
             ;
             and
             as
             long
             as
             it
             remains
             ,
             so
             long
             the
             pure
             Smell
             and
             sweet
             pleasant
             Taste
             of
             that
             thing
             continues
             ;
             but
             in
             the
             hot
             sulpherous
             fierce
             original
             Fires
             the
             evil
             Smells
             and
             nauseous
             Tastes
             (
             which
             most
             of
             the
             vulgar
             things
             called
             ,
             Medicines
             ,
             are
             subject
             unto
             )
             do
             consist
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             a
             certain
             Maxime
             ,
             though
             ☞
             little
             understood
             or
             regarded
             ,
          
           
             
               That
               all
               Preparations
               ,
               either
               in
               Food
               or
               Physick
               ,
               that
               do
               not
               conserve
               the
               Essential
               Vertues
               of
               those
               things
               pretended
               to
               be
               
               prepared
            
             (
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             pure
             volatile
             Spirits
             and
             sweet
             Body
             ,
             whence
             the
             true
             Colour
             ,
             pure
             Smell
             and
             delightful
             Taste
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             good
             Quali●ies
             ,
             both
             Medicinal
             and
             Nutrimental
             ,
             do
             arise
             and
             proceed
             )
             
               such
               Food
               and
               Medi●ines
               can
               never
               answer
               the
               ends
               of
               Nature
               ,
               being
               weak
               naus●●ous
               ,
               improper
               ,
               and
               deprived
               of
               those
               very
               Vertues
               whi●h
               should
               do
               the
               business
               for
               which
               they
               were
               administred
               .
            
             The
             truth
             of
             what
             is
             here
             deliver'd
             may
             be
             confirmed
             from
             daily
             Experience
             ;
             for
             do
             not
             all
             Vegetations
             quickly
             putrifie
             and
             rot
             when
             there
             is
             any
             Violence
             offered
             ,
             to
             the
             subtle
             Spi●its
             and
             sweet
             Qualities
             ,
             whether
             it
             be
             by
             improper
             Preparations
             ,
             or
             other
             Accidents
             proceeding
             from
             the
             Elements
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             there
             is
             required
             greater
             Understanding
             and
             skill
             in
             preparing
             Medicines
             ,
             than
             most
             are
             either
             endued
             with
             or
             imagine
             ;
             for
             the
             amiable
             healing
             Quality
             in
             all
             things
             is
             of
             a
             very
             subtle
             tender
             Nature
             ,
             and
             the
             pure
             Nutrimental
             and
             Medicinal
             Vertues
             ,
             lie
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             hid
             ,
             or
             captivated
             in
             the
             crude
             Phlegmy
             Body
             both
             in
             
               Veg●tables
               ,
               Animals
            
             and
             Minerals
             ;
             and
             when
             the
             Artist
             
             would
             make
             a
             Medicine
             thereof
             ,
             he
             must
             either
             by
             the
             help
             of
             the
             Coelestial
             Fire
             and
             Elements
             ,
             or
             by
             the
             common
             Fire
             ,
             or
             some
             proper
             Menstruums
             digest
             and
             open
             the
             gross
             Saturnire
             and
             harsh
             
               Martial
               Body
            
             ,
             which
             in
             all
             things
             does
             in
             some
             degree
             captivate
             the
             
               Essential
               Vertues
            
             and
             
               Paradisical
               Properties
            
             ,
             but
             so
             delicate
             is
             the
             
               friendy
               Nature
            
             ,
             that
             it
             will
             not
             endure
             any
             kind
             of
             Violence
             without
             great
             Prejudice
             ;
             for
             being
             (
             by
             opening
             its
             Poyson
             ,
             the
             crude
             Body
             )
             set
             at
             liberty
             and
             becomes
             volatile
             ,
             if
             such
             Preparations
             be
             continued
             any
             longer
             than
             the
             proper
             point
             of
             time
             ,
             the
             Essential
             Vertues
             being
             already
             upon
             the
             Wing
             ,
             will
             presently
             fly
             away
             ;
             and
             if
             the
             friendly
             Element
             the
             Air
             have
             not
             its
             free
             Circulation
             ,
             then
             they
             become
             suffocated
             ;
             for
             the
             Air
             is
             the
             Life
             of
             the
             true
             and
             living
             Spirit
             in
             all
             things
             .
          
           
             Is
             not
             this
             clear
             and
             manifest
             in
             Herbage
             ,
             as
             Hay
             ,
             which
             Husbandmen
             preserve
             for
             their
             Cattel
             ;
             and
             in
             Corn
             ,
             if
             it
             stand
             after
             it
             is
             full
             Ripe
             ,
             or
             when
             cut
             ,
             if
             it
             lie
             too
             long
             in
             the
             open
             Air
             ,
             will
             not
             the
             pure
             Essential
             Vertues
             depart
             and
             evaporate
             ?
             and
             then
             ,
             do
             not
             
             all
             such
             things
             lose
             their
             natural
             Colour
             ,
             pure
             mell
             and
             pleasant
             Taste
             ,
             and
             so
             become
             of
             no
             use
             nor
             true
             ve●●ue
             either
             for
             Food
             or
             Physick
             ?
             The
             very
             same
             comes
             to
             pass
             in
             all
             Housewifery
             and
             
               Prepa
               ations
            
             ;
             if
             it
             be
             under-prepared
             ,
             it
             is
             gross
             ,
             heavy
             and
             full
             of
             flatulent
             ●ui●es
             ;
             if
             over
             ,
             then
             its
             pure
             Vertues
             become
             evaporated
             ,
             and
             it
             will
             afford
             no
             good
             nor
             firm
             Nou●ishment
             ,
             but
             is
             of
             a
             ●●ull
             Taste
             ,
             a
             Duskie
             or
             else
             
               Martial
               Colour
            
             .
             For
             Example
             ,
             Bread
             ,
             whose
             predominant
             Quality
             stands
             in
             the
             Ventrial
             and
             
               I●vial
               Natu●e
            
             ,
             and
             therefore
             of
             a
             pure
             White
             ;
             but
             the
             ●aturnine
             and
             Martial
             heats
             of
             the
             Or●●
             ,
             where
             the
             friendly
             Element
             ,
             the
             Air
             ,
             hath
             not
             its
             free
             egress
             and
             regress
             ,
             it
             becomes
             of
             a
             
               Duskish
               Brown
            
             or
             
               Yellowish
               Colour
            
             ,
             and
             a
             rough
             harsh
             Taste
             ;
             whereas
             if
             the
             Preparation
             were
             proper
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             
               white
               ,
               smooth
               ,
               soft
            
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             
               sweeter
               Taste
            
             ,
             and
             easier
             of
             Digestion
             .
          
           
             From
             what
             hath
             been
             said
             ,
             it
             appears
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             an
             easie
             matter
             in
             
               Physical
               Preparations
            
             and
             Separati●ns
             to
             preserve
             the
             friendly
             healing
             Properties
             compleat
             and
             intire
             ,
             and
             yet
             at
             the
             same
             time
             open
             ,
             digest
             and
             destroy
             the
             
             gross
             Phlegmatick
             Body
             ,
             since
             the
             former
             is
             so
             apt
             to
             be
             violated
             ,
             if
             great
             Prudence
             be
             not
             used
             ;
             And
             if
             once
             this
             
               benigne
               Quality
            
             be
             wounded
             ,
             such
             Foods
             or
             Medicines
             become
             fulsome
             ,
             fierce
             and
             nauseous
             to
             Nature
             ,
             far
             worse
             and
             of
             more
             dangerous
             consequence
             than
             they
             were
             whilst
             they
             remain'd
             crude
             ,
             as
             being
             hotter
             and
             more
             fierce
             ,
             because
             the
             Moderator
             is
             gone
             ;
             so
             that
             it
             would
             prove
             much
             safer
             if
             the
             diseased
             took
             the
             
               crude
               Herbs
               ,
               &c.
            
             for
             then
             they
             would
             have
             the
             innate
             Vertues
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Vice
             ;
             but
             after
             the
             common
             Preparations
             ,
             which
             most
             Physitians
             and
             Apothecaries
             use
             ,
             you
             must
             be
             contented
             with
             a
             meer
             Nauseate
             or
             
               Loathsome
               Medicine
            
             ,
             in
             which
             the
             pure
             Essential
             Vertues
             are
             all
             ,
             or
             for
             the
             most
             part
             ,
             destroyed
             ;
             for
             all
             Vegetations
             and
             other
             things
             ,
             in
             which
             the
             Properties
             and
             Qualities
             of
             Nature
             are
             unequal
             ,
             either
             by
             Nature
             ,
             or
             rendred
             so
             by
             
               Artless
               Art
            
             ,
             will
             be
             strong
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             fulsome
             Taste
             ,
             dull
             and
             heavy
             on
             the
             Palate
             and
             Stomach
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             And
             whatsoever
             is
             said
             here
             of
             the
             improper
             Preparation
             of
             Vegetables
             ,
             and
             the
             Evils
             that
             come
             thereby
             ,
             will
             in
             a
             
             more
             especial
             manner
             take
             place
             in
             the
             Spagyrical
             or
             Chymical
             Art
             ,
             when
             it
             drives
             into
             the
             
               Mineral
               Kingdom
            
             ;
             for
             all
             or
             most
             of
             the
             benigne
             Vertues
             or
             good
             Properties
             of
             Minerals
             are
             lockt
             up
             and
             captivated
             in
             the
             harsh
             Poysons
             and
             gross
             crude
             Bodies
             of
             Saturn
             and
             Mars
             ,
             and
             their
             Birth
             and
             Generation
             is
             in
             the
             deep
             Bowels
             of
             the
             
               Saturnine
               cold
               Earth
            
             ,
             where
             the
             Sun
             and
             Elements
             have
             not
             so
             free
             Influences
             and
             Circulation
             through
             them
             ,
             as
             they
             have
             on
             all
             Vegetations
             and
             Fruits
             ;
             therefore
             they
             are
             far
             more
             harsh
             ,
             hard
             and
             poysonous
             ,
             than
             those
             things
             that
             grow
             in
             the
             open
             Elements
             ;
             neither
             are
             they
             in
             any
             degree
             so
             friendly
             and
             familiar
             to
             our
             Natures
             ,
             as
             
               Herbs
               ,
               Fruits
               ,
               Grains
            
             and
             Seeds
             ;
             therefore
             
               Mineral
               Medicines
            
             are
             of
             much
             more
             dangerous
             and
             fatal
             consequence
             than
             the
             others
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             not
             prepared
             as
             they
             ought
             to
             be
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             so
             as
             that
             the
             good
             Vertues
             be
             not
             destroy'd
             ;
             for
             in
             
               Vegetable
               Preparations
            
             there
             does
             at
             best
             remain
             only
             a
             dull
             gross
             flatulent
             Body
             ,
             which
             indeed
             has
             no
             power
             to
             cure
             ,
             nor
             very
             much
             to
             hurt
             .
             But
             nothing
             is
             more
             dangerous
             and
             poysonous
             than
             ill
             prepared
             Medicines
             
             of
             Minerals
             :
             Therefore
             in
             Si●kness
             I
             had
             rather
             fall
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             an
             unskilful
             Gallenist
             ,
             than
             of
             a
             rash
             and
             ignorant
             Chymist
             ,
             the
             last
             being
             much
             more
             to
             be
             dreaded
             than
             the
             former
             ,
             though
             both
             are
             bad
             .
             And
             it
             is
             common
             with
             some
             that
             think
             themselves
             great
             in
             the
             
               Chymical
               Art
            
             ,
             to
             take
             Antimony
             and
             other
             Minerals
             ,
             and
             prepare
             them
             ,
             and
             make
             Medicines
             ,
             which
             are
             tenfold
             worse
             than
             when
             it
             was
             in
             its
             natural
             crude
             Body
             ,
             as
             appears
             by
             its
             fierce
             poysonous
             operation
             ;
             for
             before
             its
             Preparation
             a
             man
             might
             take
             forty
             ,
             sixty
             or
             an
             hundred
             Grains
             without
             any
             manifest
             prejudice
             ,
             but
             when
             it
             has
             passed
             the
             strong
             sulpherous
             Fires
             and
             Calcinings
             of
             the
             Chymists
             ,
             then
             ten
             or
             twelve
             Grains
             will
             do
             the
             business
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             purge
             and
             vomit
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             would
             rend
             and
             tear
             Nature
             to
             pieces
             ;
             and
             if
             any
             should
             take
             but
             half
             the
             quantity
             that
             might
             safely
             have
             been
             taken
             whilst
             it
             remained
             crude
             in
             all
             its
             parts
             ,
             it
             would
             prove
             an
             infallible
             Cure
             for
             all
             Diseases
             ,
             by
             putting
             a
             period
             to
             Life
             .
          
           
             Whereby
             i●undeniably
             appears
             ,
             that
             the
             Chymist
             has
             not
             ,
             as
             many
             falsly
             
             boast
             ,
             by
             his
             Art
             digested
             or
             meliorated
             the
             terrible
             fierce
             Wrath
             and
             strong
             Poysons
             of
             Saturn
             and
             Mars
             ,
             and
             preserved
             the
             blessed
             and
             most
             aimable
             Properties
             of
             
               Venus
               ,
               Iupiter
            
             and
             Sol
             ,
             which
             last
             endue
             all
             things
             ,
             in
             which
             they
             carry
             the
             upper
             Dominion
             ,
             with
             a
             gentle
             mild
             friendly
             Nature
             and
             Operation
             ;
             but
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             they
             render
             the
             poysonous
             Qualities
             more
             violent
             and
             intense
             ;
             and
             the
             
               benign
               Properties
            
             in
             most
             Mineral
             Preparations
             are
             destroyed
             ,
             suffocated
             and
             wounded
             by
             their
             fierce
             and
             improper
             Fires
             ,
             and
             for
             want
             of
             Understanding
             in
             the
             time
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             venomous
             Wrath
             becomes
             tenfold
             more
             fierce
             than
             it
             was
             before
             ;
             and
             the
             chiefest
             matter
             they
             can
             boast
             of
             ,
             is
             ,
             
               That
               with
               much
               Art
               and
               Industry
               they
               have
               destroyed
               the
               good
               healing
               balsamick
               Vertues
               ,
               and
               so
               enraged
               the
               poysonous
               Wrathful
               Nature
               ,
               that
               a
               less
               quantity
               will
               do
               their
               business
               .
            
             But
             let
             them
             know
             ,
             that
             all
             the
             Healing
             and
             Medicinal
             Properties
             re●de
             in
             the
             friendly
             Principle
             ,
             and
             in
             whatsoever
             Food
             or
             Medicine
             the
             amiable
             Vertue
             or
             balsamick
             Oyl
             is
             wounded
             ,
             that
             thing
             thenceforth
             becomes
             abominable
             ,
             so
             far
             from
             deserving
             
             the
             Name
             of
             an
             Help
             or
             Remedy
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             a
             meer
             Nauseat
             to
             Nature
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             further
             to
             be
             noted
             ,
             that
             all
             Medicines
             that
             are
             fierce
             ,
             wrathful
             ,
             poysonous
             ,
             and
             unequal
             ,
             in
             which
             the
             
               benign
               Properties
            
             are
             impotent
             ,
             and
             the
             
               fierce
               original
               dark
               Powers
            
             so
             predominate
             ,
             that
             ten
             ,
             twenty
             or
             thirty
             Grains
             or
             a
             few
             Drops
             will
             affright
             Nature
             ,
             and
             put
             her
             into
             an
             Agonious
             fit
             ,
             as
             for
             the
             most
             part
             destructive
             to
             the
             Well-being
             and
             Health
             both
             of
             the
             Body
             and
             Mind
             ;
             for
             they
             do
             incorporate
             with
             their
             Similes
             ,
             and
             excite
             the
             lurking
             Poysons
             in
             the
             Body
             ,
             and
             put
             a
             further
             Dismayment
             on
             the
             weak
             Oyl
             and
             pure
             Vertues
             ,
             the
             strengthning
             of
             which
             would
             be
             the
             right
             Cure.
             And
             it
             is
             a
             very
             great
             chance
             if
             any
             such
             rough
             churlish
             Medicines
             do
             any
             Cure
             ,
             but
             altogether
             the
             contrary
             .
             'T
             is
             true
             ,
             many
             perhaps
             may
             recover
             after
             such
             Physick
             ,
             but
             that
             is
             no
             Argument
             of
             their
             excellency
             or
             safety
             .
             If
             a
             Physitian
             should
             have
             at
             any
             time
             three
             hundred
             Patients
             ,
             one
             might
             safely
             pass
             ones
             words
             ,
             That
             if
             not
             one
             of
             them
             took
             any
             of
             his
             Medicines
             ,
             yet
             two
             hundred
             and
             fifty
             of
             them
             would
             recover
             ;
             and
             ye
             
             should
             the
             Physitian
             in
             this
             case
             have
             the
             glory
             of
             Curing
             them
             all
             ,
             when
             in
             truth
             they
             owe
             the
             benefit
             solely
             to
             the
             Mercy
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             goodness
             of
             his
             Handmaid
             Nature
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             also
             to
             be
             considered
             ,
             That
             there
             are
             some
             
               Chymical
               Preparations
            
             ,
             as
             Powders
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             that
             have
             no
             Purgative
             or
             Vomiting
             Quality
             ,
             nor
             any
             other
             manifest
             way
             of
             working
             or
             altering
             of
             Nature
             ,
             being
             no
             more
             sensibly
             felt
             than
             a
             crum
             of
             Bread
             after
             it
             is
             in
             the
             Belly
             .
             And
             these
             have
             been
             and
             are
             much
             cry'd
             up
             for
             the
             wonders
             they
             do
             :
             And
             in
             truth
             they
             are
             much
             to
             be
             preferr'd
             before
             the
             former
             uncorrected
             Poysons
             ,
             which
             rend
             and
             tear
             the
             Body
             to
             pieces
             ;
             for
             these
             ,
             perhaps
             ,
             do
             not
             hurt
             ,
             and
             what
             do
             they
             do
             ,
             I
             am
             not
             able
             to
             say
             ;
             but
             most
             certain
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             as
             many
             as
             happen
             to
             be
             well
             after
             the
             taking
             them
             ,
             do
             attribute
             their
             Cure
             to
             these
             silent
             Medicines
             .
             However
             ,
             this
             I
             will
             be
             bold
             to
             tell
             you
             ,
             That
             in
             Chymical
             ,
             and
             especially
             
               Mineral
               Preparations
            
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             very
             difficult
             point
             ,
             and
             I
             think
             ,
             more
             than
             any
             mortal
             man
             can
             certainly
             undertake
             to
             perform
             ,
             To
             correct
             ,
             allay
             and
             destroy
             
             the
             Venoms
             of
             Saturn
             and
             Mars
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             same
             time
             preserve
             the
             more
             amiable
             and
             
               friendly
               Vertues
            
             ,
             which
             are
             in
             their
             own
             Nature
             so
             very
             subtle
             ,
             tender
             and
             fine
             ,
             that
             every
             little
             Inconveniency
             or
             Violence
             wounds
             them
             ;
             and
             the
             difficulty
             is
             hereby
             further
             encreased
             ,
             for
             that
             in
             what
             Medicine
             soever
             the
             original
             Fires
             of
             Saturn
             and
             Mars
             are
             destroyed
             or
             wholly
             annihillated
             ,
             the
             
               benign
               Properties
            
             can
             no
             longer
             subsist
             ;
             
               For
               where
               there
               is
               no
               Fire
               there
               is
               no
               Light
            
             ;
             for
             the
             Fire
             is
             the
             Father
             of
             the
             Light
             ,
             and
             all
             Life
             and
             Moveability
             stands
             in
             the
             
               Poysonous
               Root
            
             ;
             therefore
             the
             Artist
             must
             not
             annihillate
             those
             
               poysonous
               Principles
               in
               Nature
            
             ,
             for
             they
             are
             the
             very
             Original
             of
             every
             Life
             ,
             but
             his
             work
             is
             to
             correct
             them
             ,
             that
             the
             
               benign
               Principle
            
             and
             
               healing
               Quality
            
             may
             arise
             and
             tincture
             ,
             or
             shine
             through
             them
             ,
             that
             so
             their
             Strife
             may
             cease
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Properties
             incorporate
             and
             embrace
             each
             other
             ,
             and
             so
             attain
             the
             Vnity
             ,
             and
             then
             such
             a
             Medicine
             will
             have
             power
             and
             vertue
             to
             tune
             the
             Discords
             of
             Nature
             into
             an
             Harmony
             ,
             and
             allay
             the
             irritated
             Poysons
             in
             the
             Body
             ,
             and
             so
             awaken
             and
             
             strengthen
             the
             dismay'd
             Oyl
             and
             fading
             Vertues
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             Cure
             will
             be
             soon
             effected
             .
          
           
             Thus
             it
             appears
             ,
             that
             to
             take
             a
             crude
             poysonous
             Mineral
             or
             Vegetable
             ,
             and
             open
             its
             gross
             Body
             ,
             and
             correct
             the
             Venoms
             ,
             and
             awaken
             the
             good
             Balsamick
             Vertues
             ,
             that
             so
             they
             may
             predominate
             and
             tinge
             the
             whole
             ,
             is
             one
             of
             the
             highest
             and
             most
             difficult
             Points
             in
             the
             
               Spagyrical
               Science
            
             :
             But
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             't
             is
             no
             great
             matter
             to
             make
             a
             Devil
             ,
             being
             half
             made
             already
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             't
             is
             easie
             to
             make
             a
             thing
             worse
             ,
             but
             hard
             to
             render
             it
             better
             ;
             for
             its
             Vertues
             cannot
             appear
             till
             the
             Poysons
             be
             moderated
             ,
             which
             must
             be
             done
             by
             the
             Artists
             helping
             hand
             ,
             which
             to
             do
             ,
             requires
             as
             great
             Understanding
             as
             to
             obtain
             that
             wonderful
             Thing
             ,
             so
             much
             talk't
             of
             ,
             but
             rarely
             ,
             if
             at
             all
             known
             or
             understood
             ,
             viz.
             
               The
               Grand
               Elixir
            
             or
             
               Philosophers
               Stone
            
             ;
             whereas
             indeed
             neither
             this
             nor
             the
             other
             can
             be
             attained
             by
             any
             humane
             Study
             ,
             Learning
             ,
             or
             Industry
             ,
             but
             only
             by
             the
             divine
             Bounty
             and
             favourable
             Mercy
             of
             the
             God
             of
             Peace
             and
             true
             Love.
             But
             however
             ,
             it
             often
             comes
             to
             pass
             ,
             that
             though
             
             the
             Medicines
             be
             not
             prepared
             in
             Nature's
             own
             way
             ,
             nor
             so
             as
             to
             them
             narurally
             p●ofitable
             and
             Homogeneal
             ,
             yet
             nevertheless
             the
             Prayers
             of
             the
             Administer
             ,
             and
             the
             Faith
             of
             the
             Receiver
             ,
             may
             and
             do
             often
             work
             Wonders
             ;
             for
             
               Faith
               is
               ab●e
               to
               remove
               Mountains
               .
            
             Therefore
             many
             Medicines
             ,
             though
             in
             themselves
             imp●oper
             ,
             have
             wrought
             great
             Cures
             ,
             so
             great
             is
             the
             Power
             of
             Zeal
             and
             Faith
             ,
             and
             sincere
             calling
             on
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             only
             Univers●l
             and
             Infallible
             Medicine
             ,
             and
             surest
             Port
             of
             Safety
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             XVII
             .
          
           
             Of
             Sugar
             and
             Sugar-Candy
             ,
             their
             Nature
             and
             Operation
             .
          
           
             SUgar
             is
             of
             late
             Years
             become
             of
             almost
             universal
             use
             with
             all
             that
             have
             where
             with
             to
             procure
             it
             ,
             which
             proves
             of
             evil
             Consequence
             to
             most
             of
             them
             ,
             especially
             Women
             and
             Children
             ,
             who
             are
             the
             chief
             eaters
             thereof
             ;
             't
             is
             in
             truth
             an
             excellent
             and
             rich
             Fruit
             ,
             being
             indued
             
             with
             the
             King
             of
             all
             Tastes
             ;
             for
             Sweetness
             is
             the
             best
             and
             richest
             Quality
             in
             N●ture
             ,
             being
             the
             moderator
             and
             qualifier
             of
             the
             
               Bitter
               ,
               Sour
               ,
               Astring●n●
            
             or
             
               Sal●ish
               Quality
            
             ,
             both
             in
             
               Animals
               ,
               Vegetables
            
             and
             Minerals
             ,
             and
             from
             this
             amiable
             Quality
             doth
             arise
             all
             
               beau●iou●
               Colours
               ,
               Smells
            
             and
             Tastes
             in
             Meats
             and
             Drinks
             ,
             and
             other
             things
             ,
             the
             House
             or
             Cabinet
             of
             the
             pure
             volatile
             and
             
               essential
               Spirits
            
             ,
             the
             appeaser
             and
             qualifier
             of
             the
             
               fierce
               ●rathful
               Saturnine
               and
               Martial
               Fires
            
             ;
             therefore
             in
             whatsoever
             things
             that
             sweet
             Quality
             is
             impotent
             ,
             the
             same
             become
             fierce
             ,
             wrathful
             and
             harsh
             ;
             if
             in
             Animals
             they
             are
             ravenous
             and
             cruel
             ,
             as
             
               Bears
               ,
               Lyons
               ,
               Tygars
               ,
               Butchers
               ,
               Souldiers
               ,
               Wolves
               ,
               Dogs
               ,
               Crocadiles
               ,
               Pikes
               ,
               Cormorants
               ,
               Sharks
               ,
               Vultures
               ,
            
             and
             many
             others
             both
             on
             Earth
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Air
             ,
             and
             Water
             ,
             of
             monstrous
             Shapes
             and
             hideous
             Forms
             ;
             if
             in
             Vegetables
             ,
             as
             Herbs
             and
             Fruits
             ,
             they
             are
             
               strong
               ,
               rank
            
             &
             poysonous
             ,
             and
             much
             more
             in
             Minerals
             .
          
           
             Nevertheless
             ,
             if
             this
             sweet
             and
             so
             much
             desirable
             Quality
             shall
             be
             too
             strong
             ,
             so
             as
             it
             were
             totally
             to
             captivate
             all
             the
             other
             Qualities
             ,
             as
             happens
             in
             Sugar
             ,
             and
             many
             other
             Fruits
             ,
             then
             
             its
             good
             and
             amiable
             Vertues
             are
             turned
             e●il
             ,
             for
             such
             are
             all
             extreams
             of
             whatsoever
             kind
             in
             Nature
             ,
             and
             of
             bad
             consequence
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             no●
             properly
             mixed
             or
             incorporated
             and
             eaten
             with
             other
             things
             ,
             or
             by
             it self
             very
             sparingly
             ;
             for
             many
             times
             the
             best
             things
             prove
             as
             prejudicial
             to
             health
             as
             those
             of
             less
             value
             ,
             nay
             ,
             more
             harmful
             to
             Health
             ,
             because
             they
             are
             more
             inticing
             .
             Thus
             the
             too
             frequent
             mixing
             of
             Sugar
             with
             our
             common
             Foods
             and
             Drinks
             ,
             obstr●cts
             the
             course
             of
             Nature
             ,
             heats
             the
             Blood
             till
             it
             becomes
             thick
             and
             putrified
             ,
             whence
             proceed
             Stoppages
             of
             the
             Nerves
             ,
             hindring
             the
             Passages
             of
             the
             Spirits
             ,
             so
             that
             they
             become
             heavy
             ,
             dull
             and
             impure
             ,
             because
             the
             Blood
             cannot
             freely
             circulate
             ;
             and
             these
             Evils
             do
             in
             an
             especial
             manner
             take
             place
             amongst
             
               Children
               ,
               Women
            
             and
             
               Young
               People
            
             ,
             who
             chiefly
             maintain
             the
             Confectioners
             ,
             and
             are
             the
             great
             Devourers
             of
             Sweet-meats
             .
          
           
             Few
             there
             be
             that
             are
             sensible
             ,
             or
             indeed
             so
             long
             as
             they
             live
             intemperately
             ,
             can
             be
             sensible
             of
             the
             mischiefs
             of
             improper
             Mixtures
             ;
             and
             as
             it
             must
             be
             confessed
             that
             Sugar
             in
             its
             own
             nature
             is
             
             one
             of
             the
             best
             Vegetables
             ,
             so
             it
             must
             be
             affirmed
             ,
             that
             as
             it
             i●an
             Ex●ream
             or
             a
             thing
             unequal
             in
             its
             Parts
             and
             Qualifications
             ,
             so
             whatsoever
             Foods
             and
             Drinks
             't
             is
             mixed
             withal
             ,
             it
             inclines
             them
             to
             its
             own
             Nature
             ,
             viz.
             to
             Inequality
             ,
             if
             care
             and
             wisdom
             be
             not
             use●
             ;
             and
             therefore
             is
             not
             to
             be
             used
             with
             e●●able
             Fruits
             and
             Grains
             ,
             as
             Wheat
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             nor
             with
             Milk
             ,
             nor
             several
             sorts
             of
             Gru●ls
             and
             Pott●ges
             ,
             for
             they
             are
             all
             endued
             with
             sufficiency
             of
             this
             Balsamick
             or
             
               Sweet
               Quality
            
             already
             .
          
           
             Besides
             ,
             the
             art
             that
             is
             used
             to
             make
             the
             Juice
             or
             thin
             Liquor
             of
             the
             Sug●r-Canes
             into
             Sugar
             ,
             does
             so
             alter
             and
             change
             it
             from
             its
             simple
             Original
             ,
             that
             it
             becomes
             of
             another
             Nature
             and
             Operation
             ,
             as
             is
             manifest
             from
             the
             different
             Tastes
             of
             the
             one
             and
             the
             other
             ;
             for
             the
             Juice
             of
             r●pe
             Sugar-Canes
             has
             a
             most
             delicate
             fine
             simple
             ,
             and
             as
             one
             may
             say
             ,
             innocent
             sweetness
             ,
             leaving
             Behind
             in
             the
             Mouth
             no
             strong
             Taste
             or
             ill
             Relish
             ,
             but
             every
             way
             perfect
             ,
             and
             without
             offence
             to
             Nature
             ,
             and
             a
             man
             may
             without
             weariness
             eat
             more
             thereof
             than
             he
             can
             of
             Sugar
             ,
             especially
             of
             fine
             Sugar
             ;
             but
             on
             the
             contrary
             Sugar
             
             after
             the
             first
             2
             or
             3
             Mou●hfuls
             ,
             doth
             not
             only
             leave
             b●hind
             it
             a●n
             us●ous
             strong
             Taste
             or
             
               Hug●
               ▪
            
             but
             also
             quickly
             tires
             the
             eaters
             thereof
             .
             And
             as
             the
             mixing
             of
             Sugar
             with
             the
             before-m●n●ion●d
             
               b●●ign
               Grains
               and
               Fruits
            
             is
             improper
             ,
             so
             ●●kewise
             is
             it
             in
             vain
             to
             add
             the
             same
             to
             
               Mart●al
               ●atu●nine
            
             and
             
               unripe
               Fruits
            
             that
             are
             harsh
             ,
             sour
             and
             bitter
             ;
             for
             
               unripe
               Fru●●s
            
             can
             no
             more
             be
             made
             prop●r
             by
             mixing
             
               mature
               Fruits
            
             with
             t●em
             ,
             t●an
             Brandy
             can
             be
             made
             wholsom
             Drink
             by
             mixing
             Sugar
             or
             Sweets
             with
             it
             ;
             This
             you
             may
             perceive
             in
             the
             case
             of
             
               stale
               harsh
               Beer
            
             ,
             you
             may
             mix
             Sugar
             with
             it
             ,
             viz.
             such
             a
             quantity
             as
             will
             allay
             and
             hide
             the
             roughness
             and
             hardness
             of
             the
             Beer
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             Pallate
             ,
             and
             make
             it
             go
             down
             some-what
             pleasantly
             ,
             but
             when
             it
             comes
             into
             the
             Stomach
             ,
             
               (
               Natures
               Laboratory
            
             )
             ●here
             she
             makes
             separation
             ,
             then
             t●●●
             ●aturnine
             and
             Martial
             harshness
             will
             again
             appear
             in
             its
             own
             Form
             ,
             and
             he●t
             the
             whole
             Body
             ,
             and
             generate
             the
             Grav●l
             or
             S●one
             ,
             if
             it
             find
             suitable
             matter
             :
             The
             same
             is
             to
             be
             understood
             in
             Foods
             ;
             what
             Stom●ch
             will
             be
             satisfied
             after
             a
             whole
             Meal
             only
             of
             Goosebery-Tarts
             made
             of
             
             young
             green
             Gooseberries
             made
             pallatable
             with
             Sugar
             ?
             and
             so
             of
             all
             other
             things
             that
             are
             either
             unripe
             or
             unequal
             in
             their
             parts
             ,
             and
             the
             reason
             is
             at
             hand
             ,
             viz.
             because
             
               two
               Extreams
            
             ,
             though
             never
             so
             cunningly
             joyned
             ,
             cannot
             produce
             a
             thing
             of
             a
             
               middle
               Nature
            
             or
             
               equal
               Operation
            
             ,
             and
             agreeable
             to
             Nature
             .
          
           
             
               But
               here
               perhaps
               some
               will
               object
               ,
            
             If
             these
             good
             things
             ,
             
               Sugar
               ,
               Spanish
               Fruits
               ,
               &c.
            
             most
             not
             be
             eaten
             ,
             wherefore
             were
             they
             made
             ?
          
           
             To
             which
             I
             answer
             ;
             The
             Creator
             made
             all
             things
             for
             his
             own
             Honour
             and
             Glory
             ,
             and
             made
             Man
             in
             his
             own
             Image
             ,
             and
             endued
             him
             with
             divine
             and
             humane
             Wisdom
             ,
             by
             which
             he
             might
             be
             able
             to
             chuse
             unto
             himself
             the
             better
             part
             ;
             but
             this
             Eye
             of
             the
             understanding
             he
             hath
             ●●ut
             out
             ,
             by
             suffering
             himself
             to
             be
             pre●●pitated
             into
             all
             
               Evil
               ,
               Su●erfluity
            
             and
             Intemperance
             ;
             but
             the
             All-wise
             Creator
             did
             never
             command
             mankind
             to
             encrease
             and
             make
             vast
             Quantities
             ,
             viz.
             a
             thousand
             times
             as
             much
             more
             as
             is
             needful
             of
             any
             sort
             of
             eatable
             or
             drinkable
             things
             ,
             and
             then
             oblige
             them
             to
             swallow
             them
             down
             their
             
             Throats
             for
             fear
             (
             forsooth
             )
             they
             should
             be
             spilt
             ,
             or
             be
             counted
             useless
             ,
             as
             if
             there
             could
             be
             any
             greater
             Spoil
             than
             that
             which
             spoils
             both
             the
             thing
             and
             the
             receiver
             ,
             or
             as
             if
             it
             were
             not
             better
             to
             let
             a
             thing
             remain
             seemingly
             useless
             ,
             than
             to
             abuse
             it
             to
             my
             own
             Destruction
             ?
             the
             truth
             is
             ,
             the
             original
             of
             most
             superfluous
             and
             pernicious
             Inventions
             ,
             and
             also
             of
             such
             a
             prodigious
             encrease
             of
             
               Sugars
               ,
               Spanish
               Fruits
               ,
               Wines
               and
               Spices
               ,
            
             have
             chiefly
             sprang
             from
             the
             hellish
             Root
             of
             COVETOUSNESS
             ,
             being
             promoted
             for
             the
             sake
             of
             Gain
             ,
             and
             to
             raise
             great
             Estates
             ,
             and
             to
             live
             a
             rich
             easie
             superfluous
             Life
             ,
             and
             not
             for
             any
             private
             or
             publick
             good
             ;
             and
             as
             their
             ends
             were
             bad
             ,
             so
             the
             effects
             prove
             no
             better
             .
             Some
             also
             will
             say
             ,
             
               We
               have
               need
               of
               them
               ,
               and
               why
               should
               we
               debar
               our selves
               of
               those
               things
               ?
            
             And
             thus
             if
             there
             were
             an
             hundred
             Toys
             and
             needless
             Novelties
             brought
             into
             England
             more
             than
             there
             is
             ,
             they
             would
             quickly
             find
             footing
             ,
             and
             the
             People
             would
             quickly
             have
             as
             much
             need
             of
             them
             as
             they
             have
             of
             
               Tobacco
               ,
               Bra●dy
               ,
               Sugar
               ,
               Spices
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             And
             that
             we
             have
             no
             real
             deed
             of
             any
             of
             these
             things
             
             is
             undeniable
             ,
             since
             our
             Fore-Fathers
             lived
             not
             only
             as
             well
             ,
             but
             
               much
               better
               too
            
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             were
             stronger
             ,
             lu●●ier
             ,
             longer-liv'd
             and
             freer
             from
             Diseases
             ,
             before
             the
             use
             of
             such
             things
             ,
             than
             their
             Posterity
             are
             since
             ;
             nay
             ,
             many
             Discases
             which
             we
             now-a-days
             groan
             under
             ,
             were
             not
             then
             known
             .
          
           
             But
             yet
             for
             all
             this
             it
             must
             be
             acknowledged
             ,
             as
             I
             said
             before
             ,
             that
             Suga●
             is
             a
             brave
             noble
             Fruit
             ,
             and
             has
             its
             uses
             ,
             but
             chiefly
             as
             Wine
             ,
             it
             ought
             to
             be
             taken
             and
             used
             as
             a
             Cordial
             ,
             or
             in
             a
             Physical
             way
             ,
             and
             not
             at
             every
             turn
             to
             be
             mixed
             with
             our
             common
             Food
             and
             Drinks
             ,
             as
             most
             do
             at
             this
             day
             ,
             it
             being
             o●e
             of
             the
             richest
             Juices
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             therefore
             the
             fitter
             for
             Cordials
             ,
             when
             Natu●e
             wants
             such
             Recruits
             :
             but
             the
             too
             common
             use
             thereof
             is
             of
             ev●l
             consequence
             ,
             particularly
             all
             sweetned
             Drinks
             and
             Foods
             do
             much
             forward
             the
             generation
             of
             the
             Gout
             ,
             and
             other
             Obstructions
             and
             Diseases
             in
             the
             Body
             ,
             which
             sim●le
             innocent
             Foods
             will
             prevent
             ,
             if
             Temperance
             be
             at
             any
             ●ate
             observed
             ;
             but
             if
             Suga●
             be
             now
             and
             then
             a
             little
             used
             in
             Milk-Meats
             and
             Pottages
             for
             old
             People
             ,
             it
             
             will
             prove
             grateful
             and
             benefical
             ;
             for
             of
             all
             sorts
             of
             People
             sweetned
             Foods
             are
             best
             for
             the
             aged
             ,
             and
             are
             least
             hurtful
             to
             them
             .
          
           
             Touching
             Sugar-Candy
             and
             Pan-Sugar
             ,
             I
             shall
             first
             discribe
             to
             you
             how
             it
             is
             made
             ,
             and
             then
             shall
             the
             more
             easily
             make
             it
             appear
             how
             improperly
             it
             is
             used
             commonly
             amongst
             us
             .
          
           
             Sugar-Candy
             is
             made
             thus
             ,
             First
             it
             is
             boyled
             as
             high
             as
             other
             Sugars
             ,
             then
             they
             take
             this
             Syrup
             out
             of
             the
             Pans
             ,
             and
             put
             it
             into
             an
             earthen
             Pot
             ,
             and
             set
             it
             in
             an
             hot
             Stove
             ,
             there
             to
             stand
             eight
             or
             ten
             days
             ,
             in
             which
             time
             the
             fierceness
             of
             the
             sulpherous
             heat
             does
             Candy
             or
             coagulate
             it
             into
             an
             hard
             tough
             substance
             ,
             and
             then
             you
             take
             it
             out
             from
             the
             Syrup
             ,
             and
             put
             this
             Candy
             ,
             or
             the
             hard
             lumps
             into
             the
             Stove
             again
             ,
             but
             made
             two
             or
             three
             degrees
             hotter
             ,
             where
             it
             must
             remain
             ten
             or
             twelve
             days
             longer
             ,
             and
             then
             it
             is
             done
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             two
             sorts
             of
             it
             ,
             White
             and
             Brown
             ,
             but
             they
             are
             both
             of
             one
             Nature
             and
             Operation
             ,
             and
             the
             chief
             use
             that
             is
             made
             of
             either
             ,
             besides
             spoiling
             of
             Childrens
             Teeth
             ,
             is
             to
             several
             
             sorts
             of
             People
             as
             a
             Medicine
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             troubled
             with
             
               Coughs
               ,
               Colds
            
             and
             
               inward
               Stoppages
            
             of
             the
             Breast
             .
             Now
             Sugar-Candy
             ,
             as
             to
             its
             Nature
             and
             Operation
             ,
             is
             the
             same
             in
             the
             Radix
             as
             Sugar
             ,
             from
             whence
             it
             is
             produced
             ,
             only
             it
             is
             nothing
             so
             good
             ,
             nor
             of
             so
             cleansing
             and
             opening
             a
             Quality
             as
             Common-Sugar
             ,
             though
             the
             contrary
             is
             generally
             believed
             ,
             but
             any
             Man
             that
             wears
             Eyes
             in
             his
             Head
             ,
             may
             from
             the
             before
             cited
             method
             of
             its
             preparation
             easily
             perceive
             my
             Opinion
             to
             be
             true
             ,
             for
             by
             that
             tedious
             unnatural
             preparation
             ,
             and
             being
             made
             stronger
             of
             the
             Lime
             ,
             that
             thereby
             it
             may
             more
             easily
             harden
             and
             coagulate
             .
             This
             
               Candid
               Sugar
            
             must
             needs
             become
             of
             an
             hotter
             Nature
             ,
             and
             tougher
             Substance
             than
             the
             
               common
               Sugar
            
             ,
             and
             consequently
             not
             so
             wholsom
             especially
             for
             those
             People
             that
             are
             troubled
             with
             Colds
             or
             Stoppages
             ,
             for
             being
             by
             that
             way
             of
             preparing
             dryed
             ,
             hardened
             ,
             and
             brought
             into
             an
             hard
             glewy
             tough
             Substance
             ,
             of
             a
             slimy
             ropy
             Nature
             ,
             when
             it
             comes
             to
             dissolve
             ,
             it
             naturally
             heats
             and
             stops
             the
             Passages
             ,
             instead
             of
             opening
             them
             ,
             causing
             
               Drought
               ,
               &c.
            
             
             there
             being
             nothing
             more
             contrary
             and
             burdensom
             to
             Nature
             in
             such
             cases
             ,
             than
             this
             very
             thing
             which
             is
             given
             almost
             as
             an
             universal
             Medicine
             to
             both
             Young
             and
             Old
             ;
             and
             therefore
             ought
             by
             all
             wise
             People
             to
             be
             abandon'd
             ;
             for
             all
             things
             in
             which
             the
             
               Sweet
               Quality
            
             is
             extream
             (
             in
             which
             respect
             Sugar
             is
             chief
             )
             do
             
               dull
               the
               Palate
               ,
               clog
            
             and
             
               obstruct
               the
               Stomaeh
               ,
               stop
               the
               Passages
               ,
               destroy
               Concoction
               ,
               spoil
               the
               natural
               Heat
               ,
               making
               it
               weak
               and
               feeble
               ,
               heats
               the
               Blood
               ,
               and
               renders
               it
               thick
               ,
            
             whence
             proceed
             
               dull
               and
               impure
               Spirits
            
             .
             Therefore
             all
             such
             things
             ought
             to
             be
             avoided
             by
             ●ound
             and
             healthy
             People
             ,
             but
             much
             more
             by
             such
             as
             are
             already
             obstructed
             ,
             except
             they
             intend
             to
             encrease
             their
             Maladies
             ,
             which
             is
             often
             done
             by
             such
             improper
             means
             ,
             it
             being
             a
             custom
             too
             general
             when
             any
             such
             Disorder
             is
             on
             People
             ,
             to
             make
             most
             of
             their
             Foods
             and
             Drinks
             sweet
             ,
             that
             (
             forsooth
             )
             they
             may
             Rot
             away
             the
             Cold
             ,
             as
             they
             call
             it
             ;
             never
             considering
             the
             evil
             Consequences
             of
             such
             things
             ,
             which
             are
             as
             far
             from
             any
             Property
             to
             help
             such
             Infirmities
             ,
             as
             I
             〈◊〉
             is
             from
             Darkness
             ,
             and
             only
             〈◊〉
             
             
               Blindness
               and
               ●olly
            
             have
             been
             and
             are
             the
             original
             of
             all
             such
             Customs
             and
             Inventions
             ;
             for
             in
             truth
             ,
             such
             as
             find
             themselves
             invaded
             with
             such
             Distempers
             ,
             the
             best
             Food
             is
             thin
             brisk
             Gruds
             and
             Pottages
             made
             in
             the
             manner
             we
             have
             taught
             before
             in
             the
             Chapter
             of
             
               Gru●ls
               ,
               &c.
            
             also
             good
             Raw
             Salads
             ,
             with
             Bread
             and
             Oyl
             ,
             but
             Oyl
             sparingly
             ;
             likewise
             Bread
             and
             Butter
             and
             all
             sorts
             of
             lean
             Food
             that
             are
             light
             of
             Digestion
             :
             And
             for
             Drinks
             Toast
             and
             
               Water
               ,
               Water
            
             and
             
               Rhenish
               Wine
            
             ,
             or
             Water
             and
             White-Wine
             ,
             two
             parts
             Water
             and
             one
             Wine
             ,
             or
             clear
             small
             Ale
             ,
             with
             moderate
             Clothing
             and
             Exercise
             in
             open
             airy
             places
             ,
             which
             will
             
               gradually
               cleanse
               the
               Passages
               ,
               open
               all
               Obstructions
               ,
               and
               s●on
               remove
               those
               Evils
               .
            
          
           
             It
             is
             further
             to
             be
             noted
             ,
             That
             all
             sorts
             of
             
               sweet
               Fruits
            
             ,
             as
             
               Raisins
               ,
               Figgs
            
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             being
             frequently
             eaten
             by
             such
             People
             as
             are
             subject
             to
             Stoppages
             and
             Colds
             ,
             does
             encrease
             those
             Distempers
             ,
             by
             
               heating
               the
               Blood
            
             and
             
               weakning
               the
               digestive
               faculty
            
             and
             
               natural
               Heat
            
             ,
             and
             generating
             
               evil
               Iuices
            
             ,
             except
             such
             Fruits
             are
             eaten
             sparingly
             and
             with
             Bread
             ,
             which
             with
             such
             Fruits
             
             is
             to
             be
             preferred
             before
             any
             other
             things
             mixt
             or
             eaten
             with
             them
             whatsoever
             :
             Likewise
             there
             are
             various
             sorts
             of
             Drinks
             made
             by
             boiling
             Fruits
             in
             
               Beer
               ,
               Ale
               ,
               Wine
            
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             with
             various
             sorts
             of
             
               Herbs
               ,
               Roots
               ,
               Seeds
            
             ,
             and
             Druggs
             of
             disagreeing
             Natures
             ,
             and
             stoutly
             sweetned
             with
             Sugar
             or
             Honey
             ,
             such
             Liquors
             for
             the
             most
             part
             prove
             of
             very
             evil
             consequence
             to
             Health
             ;
             For
             no
             sweet
             Fruits
             ought
             to
             be
             boyled
             ,
             neither
             for
             Food
             nor
             Physick
             ;
             for
             boyling
             does
             naturally
             evaporate
             and
             destroy
             the
             pleasing
             friendly
             opening
             Qualites
             ,
             and
             sends
             packing
             the
             purer
             Spirits
             ,
             as
             appears
             both
             by
             the
             Fruits
             after
             they
             are
             so
             boyled
             ,
             and
             also
             the
             Liquor
             that
             they
             are
             boyled
             in
             ,
             and
             the
             nauseous
             unpleasing
             Taste
             which
             remains
             in
             both
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             Reason
             that
             all
             that
             use
             this
             way
             of
             Preparation
             ,
             are
             forced
             to
             sweeten
             such
             Drinks
             with
             Sugar
             or
             Honey
             ,
             or
             else
             they
             will
             not
             be
             drinkable
             ;
             but
             if
             you
             take
             any
             of
             the
             before-mentioned
             Fruits
             raw
             ,
             and
             bruise
             or
             stone
             them
             ,
             and
             then
             infuse
             them
             in
             any
             of
             the
             said
             Liquors
             ,
             especially
             in
             common
             Water
             ,
             it
             will
             become
             sweet
             and
             pleasant
             ,
             and
             far
             
             more
             opening
             and
             cleansing
             ,
             and
             every
             way
             wholsomer
             :
             The
             same
             advantage
             you
             have
             when
             you
             infuse
             Herbs
             properly
             gathered
             ,
             dryed
             and
             preserved
             ,
             and
             also
             
               Seeds
               ,
               Drugs
            
             and
             Roots
             ,
             and
             all
             such
             Drinks
             will
             have
             a
             pleasant
             Taste
             ,
             and
             be
             welcome
             to
             the
             Stomach
             ;
             but
             if
             the
             same
             be
             boyled
             ,
             it
             will
             be
             altogether
             the
             contrary
             ,
             as
             having
             lost
             their
             essential
             Vertues
             by
             the
             Violence
             of
             Fire
             ;
             for
             the
             pure
             volatile
             Spirits
             in
             all
             sweet
             lucious
             Fruits
             ,
             are
             not
             only
             very
             powerful
             ,
             but
             stand
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             external
             ,
             and
             on
             the
             surface
             ,
             and
             therefore
             will
             not
             endure
             the
             fierce
             motion
             of
             the
             Fire
             ,
             as
             Flesh
             ,
             and
             several
             sorts
             of
             Martial
             and
             
               Saturnine
               Fruits
               ,
               Grains
            
             and
             Seeds
             will
             ;
             for
             in
             them
             the
             pure
             sweet
             vertues
             and
             spirits
             ,
             are
             (
             as
             it
             were
             )
             lockt
             up
             under
             the
             harsh
             Forms
             and
             earthly
             Properties
             of
             the
             
               Original
               Poysons
            
             ,
             and
             therefore
             cannot
             be
             brought
             out
             to
             manifestation
             ,
             but
             only
             by
             the
             heat
             of
             the
             external
             ●ire
             .
             These
             things
             ought
             to
             be
             consider'd
             and
             understood
             in
             all
             Preparations
             ,
             both
             in
             Food
             and
             Physick
             ,
             or
             else
             there
             will
             be
             but
             sorry
             Diet
             and
             worse
             Medicines
             .
          
           
           
             As
             for
             
               Coughs
               ,
               Colds
            
             and
             Stop●ages
             ,
             (
             for
             which
             People
             commonly
             use
             Sugar-Candy
             and
             Pan-Sugar
             )
             the
             same
             are
             generally
             procured
             by
             Ill-living
             ,
             and
             Intemperance
             in
             
               Mea●s
               ,
               Drinks
               ,
               Exercises
            
             and
             Habits
             ,
             and
             also
             by
             eating
             and
             
               drinking
               too
               much
               in
               quantity
            
             ,
             and
             things
             of
             a
             contrary
             quality
             ,
             or
             improperly
             prepared
             .
             These
             things
             are
             the
             original
             Inlets
             of
             your
             Colds
             ;
             nor
             do
             proceed
             so
             much
             from
             
               thin
               Clothing
            
             ,
             as
             most
             imagine
             ;
             for
             if
             the
             inside
             be
             sound
             and
             clean
             ,
             then
             there
             is
             but
             little
             danger
             of
             outward
             Inconveniences
             ;
             but
             the
             best
             way
             for
             such
             as
             are
             of
             weak
             tender
             Spirits
             and
             sanguine
             Natures
             ,
             and
             indeed
             for
             all
             sorts
             of
             People
             to
             prevent
             outward
             Colds
             ,
             and
             the
             evils
             that
             happen
             through
             thin
             and
             
               thick
               Clothing
            
             ,
             and
             by
             
               Heats
               ,
               Sweatings
            
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             is
             to
             use
             themselves
             to
             change
             their
             Clothes
             often
             .
             As
             for
             Example
             ;
             such
             as
             stay
             in
             the
             House
             in
             the
             Morning
             to
             put
             on
             one
             sort
             of
             Clothes
             ,
             and
             when
             they
             go
             out
             to
             put
             off
             their
             Coats
             and
             Wastcoats
             to
             their
             Shirt
             ,
             and
             put
             on
             fresh
             cold
             Clothes
             ;
             and
             then
             again
             in
             the
             After-noon
             or
             at
             Night
             ,
             when
             they
             stay
             at
             home
             ,
             and
             
             have
             no
             occasion
             to
             go
             forth
             ,
             to
             put
             off
             their
             Clothes
             they
             went
             forth
             in
             ,
             and
             put
             on
             the
             others
             ;
             which
             a
             little
             custom
             will
             make
             so
             easie
             ,
             familiar
             and
             delightsome
             ,
             and
             so
             refresh
             them
             ,
             that
             such
             as
             use
             themselves
             to
             such
             change
             of
             Habits
             ,
             will
             not
             be
             satisfied
             if
             they
             omit
             it
             :
             And
             for
             others
             who
             are
             subject
             to
             Sweat
             by
             their
             Labours
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             Extream
             ,
             and
             more
             than
             is
             usual
             ,
             then
             let
             them
             at
             all
             such
             times
             put
             off
             all
             their
             Clothes
             ,
             Shirts
             and
             all
             ,
             and
             put
             on
             fresh
             Shirts
             and
             cold
             Clothing
             ;
             And
             for
             such
             as
             Over-Travel
             themselves
             ,
             and
             are
             sweaty
             and
             weary
             ,
             let
             them
             also
             put
             off
             all
             their
             Cloathing
             ,
             and
             put
             on
             fresh
             ;
             but
             let
             both
             one
             and
             the
             other
             observe
             to
             sit
             still
             a
             little
             while
             before
             they
             either
             eat
             or
             drink
             .
             Also
             ,
             when
             you
             change
             your
             Clothes
             ,
             as
             to
             put
             on
             thinner
             or
             thicker
             ,
             or
             when
             you
             put
             on
             New-Clothes
             ,
             which
             generally
             are
             warmer
             than
             old
             ,
             you
             ought
             not
             to
             wear
             the
             thick
             or
             the
             thin
             ,
             the
             new
             nor
             the
             old
             constantly
             ,
             but
             to
             wear
             the
             new
             one
             day
             ,
             and
             then
             on
             the
             Morrow
             to
             wear
             the
             old
             or
             thinner
             again
             ,
             and
             so
             by
             degrees
             you
             may
             wear
             either
             without
             danger
             to
             
             your
             Health
             ;
             for
             Nature
             ,
             especially
             when
             weak
             will
             not
             admit
             of
             suddain
             alterations
             or
             changes
             ,
             either
             inwardly
             or
             outwardly
             ,
             without
             injury
             .
          
           
             But
             some
             will
             be
             ready
             to
             say
             ,
             
               That
               it
               is
               not
               only
               troublesom
               to
               change
               a
               Mans
               Clothes
               so
               often
               ,
               but
               also
               the
               ready
               way
               to
               procure
               great
               Hurts
               by
               putting
               on
               old
               Clothes
               when
               they
               are
               hot
               .
            
             And
             't
             is
             confest
             ,
             this
             may
             at
             first
             seem
             very
             improper
             ;
             but
             if
             the
             matter
             be
             better
             considered
             ,
             our
             Directions
             will
             not
             appear
             either
             unreasonable
             or
             unwholsome
             ;
             for
             does
             not
             every
             one
             ,
             even
             the
             most
             tenderest
             People
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             do
             often
             sweat
             a
             Nights
             ,
             and
             lie
             ,
             ten
             ,
             twelve
             or
             fourteen
             hours
             soaking
             themselves
             as
             in
             an
             hot
             Bath
             ,
             yet
             every
             Morning
             rise
             out
             of
             those
             close
             hot
             Beds
             ,
             and
             put
             on
             cold
             Clothes
             ,
             without
             any
             prejudice
             to
             Nature
             or
             catching
             Cold
             ?
             And
             if
             so
             ,
             why
             then
             should
             putting
             on
             
               cold
               Clothes
            
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             up
             in
             the
             cold
             open
             Air
             (
             which
             is
             far
             more
             tolerable
             than
             the
             former
             )
             do
             them
             any
             prejudice
             ?
             Besides
             ,
             the
             putting
             on
             cold
             Clothes
             ,
             provided
             they
             be
             not
             wetor
             damp
             ▪
             is
             so
             far
             from
             being
             an
             injury
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             altogether
             
             the
             contrary
             ;
             for
             this
             fresh
             cold
             Clothing
             shuts
             and
             closes
             up
             the
             Pores
             ,
             and
             drives
             the
             natural
             Heat
             more
             central
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             greatest
             security
             that
             may
             be
             to
             Nature
             ,
             causing
             a
             lively
             briskness
             through
             the
             whole
             Body
             ,
             sharpens
             the
             Appetite
             ,
             and
             helps
             Concoction
             ,
             enabling
             the
             Natural
             Heat
             to
             withstand
             the
             attaques
             of
             outward
             Inconveniences
             :
             Is
             not
             this
             further
             manifested
             in
             
               Swimming
               ,
               Wading
            
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ?
             Do
             not
             such
             Exercises
             wonderfully
             beget
             Appetite
             ?
             Which
             is
             for
             no
             other
             Reason
             but
             by
             the
             Coldness
             of
             the
             Water
             ,
             which
             shuts
             the
             Pores
             ,
             and
             forces
             the
             Natural
             Heat
             more
             inwardly
             ,
             which
             does
             in
             a
             moments
             time
             digest
             Crudities
             and
             cleanse
             the
             Stomach
             from
             all
             slimy
             superfluous
             matter
             ,
             which
             did
             dull
             and
             fur
             the
             Passages
             and
             hinder
             Concoction
             ;
             so
             that
             you
             see
             what
             you
             fear
             as
             your
             greatest
             Enemy
             ,
             is
             your
             chiefest
             Friend
             .
          
           
             Is
             is
             further
             to
             be
             noted
             ,
             That
             
               ●iggs
               ,
               Pru●ns
            
             ,
             and
             also
             several
             sorts
             of
             Nuts
             ,
             as
             Almonds
             ,
             and
             many
             other
             things
             of
             like
             Nature
             ,
             that
             are
             the
             Productions
             of
             hot
             Climates
             ,
             are
             not
             〈◊〉
             agreeable
             to
             our
             
               Northern
               Cons●●●utions
            
             ,
             
             and
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             frequently
             eaten
             ,
             or
             indeed
             not
             at
             all
             ,
             except
             only
             with
             common
             Bread
             ,
             or
             in
             a
             
               Physical
               way
            
             in
             
               opening
               Drinks
            
             .
             The
             Mischiefs
             of
             eating
             such
             Fruits
             alone
             ,
             may
             appear
             by
             their
             effects
             ,
             viz.
             the
             Stoppages
             and
             
               Obstructions
               ,
               thick
               Blood
               ,
               weak
               Ioynts
            
             and
             Limbs
             ,
             and
             troublesome
             
               unnatural
               Heats
            
             ,
             possessing
             all
             the
             outward
             parts
             ,
             whilst
             the
             more
             central
             are
             cold
             ,
             whence
             proceeds
             
               dulness
               of
               Appetite
            
             ,
             and
             many
             other
             Inconveniences
             ,
             especially
             to
             Women
             and
             Children
             ,
             who
             are
             the
             chief
             eaters
             of
             such
             things
             ,
             to
             the
             great
             imparing
             of
             their
             Health
             .
             The
             like
             is
             to
             be
             understood
             of
             Green
             and
             
               Candid
               Gingers
            
             ,
             as
             also
             all
             sorts
             of
             Conserves
             and
             Preserves
             that
             many
             of
             the
             more
             
               curious
               Dames
            
             stuff
             their
             own
             and
             their
             Childrens
             Paunches
             with
             ;
             not
             forgetting
             the
             great
             quantities
             of
             the
             
               Confectinners
               Hodge-Podge
            
             ,
             and
             the
             Cakes
             ,
             the
             Buns
             ,
             the
             
               Ginger-bread
               ,
               &c.
            
             
             All
             which
             do
             wonderfully
             fur
             and
             
               obstruct
               the
               Passages
            
             ,
             and
             generate
             Crudities
             ,
             and
             indispose
             the
             Stomach
             ,
             and
             prepare
             matter
             for
             the
             Regiment
             of
             Diseases
             .
          
           
           
             Some
             may
             think
             or
             say
             ,
             
               That
               I
               talk
               after
               a
               strange
               rate
               :
            
             But
             if
             they
             be
             so
             discreet
             and
             wise
             as
             to
             consider
             the
             
               Natu●es
               ,
               Ingredients
            
             and
             Operations
             of
             the
             beforementioned
             things
             ,
             or
             consult
             either
             
               Doctor
               Reason
            
             ,
             or
             their
             near
             Neighbour
             
               Doctor
               Experience
            
             ,
             they
             will
             be
             of
             my
             mind
             .
             For
             there
             are
             as
             great
             Superfluities
             ,
             Intemperances
             and
             Disorders
             committed
             in
             Meats
             and
             Drinks
             ,
             as
             there
             are
             in
             Cloathings
             ,
             Houses
             and
             Furnitures
             ,
             but
             the
             Mischiefs
             arising
             from
             the
             former
             are
             worse
             than
             those
             from
             the
             latter
             ;
             for
             Excess
             ,
             bad
             Preparations
             and
             improper
             Mixtures
             in
             Foods
             and
             Drinks
             ,
             do
             an
             hundred
             times
             more
             injury
             to
             Health
             and
             Tranquility
             of
             Body
             and
             Soul
             ,
             than
             the
             highest
             Extravagances
             in
             Ornament
             and
             Clothing
             ;
             The
             one
             being
             external
             ,
             but
             the
             other
             inward
             ;
             One
             is
             seen
             ,
             but
             the
             other
             lies
             hid
             ,
             and
             is
             felt
             to
             the
             disquieting
             of
             the
             Body
             and
             Mind
             ;
             and
             as
             it
             is
             less
             Ornamental
             ,
             so
             is
             it
             less
             excuseable
             ;
             For
             what
             are
             Monuments
             that
             Gluttons
             leave
             behind
             them
             ?
             Verily
             nothing
             but
             an
             
               Ill
               Name
            
             ,
             as
             stinking
             as
             their
             
               Carcasses
               ,
               weakly
            
             and
             
               d●seased
               Children
            
             
             to
             curse
             their
             Intemperances
             and
             
               Fat
               Houses
               of-Office
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             XVIII
             .
          
           
             Of
             the
             Four
             Principal
             Tastes
             ,
             or
             the
             Bitter
             ,
             the
             Saltish
             ,
             the
             Sour
             ,
             and
             the
             Sweet
             Qualities
             ,
             and
             their
             respective
             Natures
             .
          
           
             HAving
             occasionally
             in
             the
             fore-going
             Discourse
             several
             times
             mentioned
             the
             
               Sweet
               Quality
            
             I
             shall
             here
             take
             leave
             to
             inform
             the
             Reader
             more
             particularly
             of
             the
             Nature
             of
             the
             four
             principal
             Tastes
             or
             Qualities
             ,
             since
             the
             knowledge
             thereof
             will
             be
             very
             useful
             to
             all
             discreet
             Lovers
             of
             Health
             .
          
           
             The
             
               BITTER
               Taste
            
             or
             Quality
             is
             the
             Radix
             or
             central
             Fire
             in
             every
             Life
             ,
             whether
             in
             
               Animals
               ,
               Vegetables
            
             or
             Minerals
             ,
             it
             hath
             the
             strong
             might
             of
             the
             Fire
             ,
             whence
             ariseth
             the
             
               Attractive
               Quality
            
             ,
             which
             draweth
             together
             the
             Water
             in
             the
             Air
             ,
             and
             again
             dissipateth
             it
             ,
             by
             which
             it
             becomes
             separable
             ,
             distilling
             it self
             in
             drops
             and
             
             Showers
             .
             And
             if
             Men
             or
             other
             A●imals
             be
             dignified
             with
             this
             Quality
             ,
             then
             have
             they
             strong
             Attractive
             Faculties
             and
             great
             Heats
             ,
             and
             consequently
             eat
             much
             ,
             and
             are
             subject
             to
             Wra●h
             and
             Fierceness
             ,
             especially
             if
             the
             Male
             Aspects
             and
             Configurations
             of
             the
             Stars
             and
             Elements
             be
             awakened
             ;
             for
             then
             presently
             this
             bitter
             harsh
             furious
             Fire
             breaks
             forth
             ,
             whence
             follows
             
               Thunder
               ,
               Lightnings
            
             and
             
               terrible
               fierce
               Storms
               of
               Hail
               ,
               Rain
               ,
               Wind
               ,
            
             and
             the
             like
             ;
             and
             if
             it
             gets
             dominion
             in
             the
             Hearts
             of
             Men
             ,
             then
             follows
             
               War
               ,
               D●solation
               of
               Countries
               ,
               Burning
               of
               Cities
               ,
               Devastation
               of
               Towns
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             Also
             ,
             this
             Quality
             being
             incorporated
             with
             the
             pure
             spirituous
             parts
             or
             vapours
             of
             the
             Air
             ,
             Clothes
             all
             Vegetables
             with
             a
             pleasant
             lovely
             Green
             ,
             but
             it
             does
             differ
             ,
             some
             deeper
             ,
             some
             more
             light
             ,
             all
             according
             to
             the
             strength
             of
             the
             
               Salnitral
               Vertue
            
             in
             each
             Herb
             or
             Tree
             .
          
           
             If
             this
             
               Bitter
               Quality
            
             be
             temperate
             ,
             and
             dwell
             meekly
             in
             either
             Men
             ,
             Beasts
             ,
             or
             other
             thing
             ,
             then
             it
             is
             a
             most
             friendly
             chearing
             Life
             thereunto
             ;
             for
             by
             its
             central
             and
             pleasant
             Heat
             ,
             it
             dissipateth
             all
             Malignity
             and
             Evil
             Influences
             ,
             
             is
             the
             cause
             of
             all
             Ioy
             and
             the
             
               Root
               of
               Motion
            
             :
             Therefore
             Men
             and
             all
             other
             Creatures
             in
             whom
             this
             Bitter
             Quality
             is
             strong
             ,
             are
             brisk
             ,
             lively
             ,
             active
             and
             nimble
             ;
             so
             Vegetatives
             wherein
             the
             same
             doth
             bear
             sway
             ,
             are
             powerful
             Openers
             of
             all
             Obstructions
             in
             the
             Body
             ,
             of
             which
             the
             Antients
             seems
             to
             have
             been
             sensible
             ,
             by
             their
             attributing
             opening
             cleansing
             Vertues
             and
             Qualities
             to
             
               Bitter
               Martial
               Herbs
               ,
               S●eds
               ,
               Fruits
            
             and
             Grains
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             most
             true
             ,
             that
             this
             is
             a
             powerful
             Quality
             ,
             and
             when
             it
             is
             temperate
             in
             any
             Creature
             ,
             causeth
             a
             pleasant
             Noise
             or
             Emotion
             ,
             which
             in
             Men
             we
             call
             Laughter
             ,
             in
             other
             things
             an
             
               Elevation
               of
               Spirits
            
             ;
             and
             when
             the
             
               Astringent
               ,
               Sour
            
             and
             
               Sweet
               Qualities
            
             do
             equally
             incorporate
             ,
             gives
             the
             brisk
             lively
             Taste
             to
             all
             Food
             ,
             which
             renders
             it
             not
             only
             pleasant
             and
             delightful
             to
             the
             Palate
             and
             Stomach
             ,
             but
             affords
             a
             profitable
             Nourishmennt
             that
             will
             never
             tire
             the
             Eaters
             thereof
             ,
             being
             soberly
             used
             ;
             For
             Equality
             and
             Concord
             maintain
             their
             like
             Properties
             ,
             both
             in
             the
             Body
             and
             Mind
             .
          
           
           
             But
             this
             
               Bitter
               Spirit
            
             or
             Quality
             hath
             likewise
             in
             it
             another
             Species
             ,
             viz.
             a
             Fierceness
             and
             Wrath
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             terrible
             furious
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             the
             House
             of
             Death
             ,
             a
             Corruption
             of
             all
             good
             ,
             and
             Destruction
             of
             the
             Life
             in
             Body
             ;
             for
             if
             it
             be
             too
             much
             elevated
             in
             Man
             or
             Beast
             ,
             then
             it
             presently
             enflames
             the
             central
             Fires
             ,
             whence
             proceed
             cruel
             
               Burning
               Feavers
            
             ,
             and
             other
             accute
             
               Mortal
               Diseases
            
             ;
             for
             this
             Quality
             is
             the
             principal
             Mother
             and
             kindler
             of
             the
             hot
             poysonous
             Fire
             in
             all
             Elements
             ;
             and
             when
             it
             too
             violently
             predominates
             in
             any
             
               Herb
               ,
               Fruit
               ,
               Grain
            
             or
             Seed
             ,
             they
             are
             strong
             ,
             fulsom
             ,
             hot
             and
             bitter
             ,
             not
             fit
             for
             Food
             ,
             nor
             indeed
             for
             Physick
             ,
             without
             skilful
             Correction
             ;
             but
             if
             a
             wise
             Artist
             takes
             them
             in
             hand
             ,
             that
             knows
             how
             to
             ally
             their
             fierce
             
               Martial
               Poysons
            
             and
             
               hot
               bitter
               Fires
            
             ,
             then
             they
             prove
             excellent
             Medicines
             ;
             and
             if
             any
             shall
             mix
             such
             Herbs
             with
             their
             Drinks
             or
             Foods
             ,
             as
             some
             do
             unadvisedly
             ,
             by
             infusing
             of
             Wormwood
             ,
             or
             the
             like
             ,
             in
             Beer
             or
             Ale
             ,
             letting
             it
             lie
             too
             long
             ,
             till
             it
             becomes
             almost
             Rotten
             ,
             by
             which
             means
             the
             volatile
             Spirits
             become
             suffocated
             ,
             then
             such
             Liquours
             will
             be
             apt
             
             to
             awaken
             the
             bitter
             hot
             fulsom
             Qualities
             ,
             and
             prove
             hot
             and
             unpleasant
             ,
             and
             send
             dulling
             Fumes
             and
             Vapours
             into
             the
             Head
             ,
             prejudicing
             both
             the
             Eyes
             and
             Brain
             .
             Nor
             can
             the
             wisest
             Cook
             make
             proper
             and
             agreeable
             Foods
             or
             Drinks
             of
             any
             thing
             in
             which
             either
             of
             the
             four
             Qualities
             are
             extream
             ;
             indeed
             they
             may
             by
             various
             mixtures
             palliate
             and
             hide
             the
             Excess
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             present
             render
             them
             pleasant
             to
             the
             Palate
             ,
             but
             when
             the
             natural
             Heat
             of
             the
             Stomach
             comes
             to
             separate
             them
             ,
             there
             still
             remains
             a
             
               Touch
               of
               the
               old
               Relish
            
             ,
             and
             they
             afford
             neither
             a
             firm
             nor
             good
             Nourishment
             ;
             and
             should
             any
             Person
             be
             confined
             but
             a
             Month
             to
             live
             only
             on
             them
             ,
             he
             would
             perfectly
             loath
             them
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             demonstration
             that
             they
             are
             not
             natural
             and
             wholsom
             .
          
           
             The
             SAITISH
             or
             
               ASTRINGENT
               Quality
            
             is
             the
             very
             original
             matter
             of
             every
             Creature
             in
             the
             four
             Worlds
             ,
             it
             attracteth
             or
             naileth
             all
             things
             together
             ,
             't
             is
             the
             Vestment
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             the
             true
             Cloathing
             of
             Life
             in
             all
             things
             ,
             whether
             
               Animal
               ,
               Vegetable
            
             
             or
             Mineral
             ,
             an
             harsh
             drawing
             Property
             ,
             which
             encompasseth
             and
             encloseth
             the
             Life
             ,
             Spirit
             and
             Power
             of
             every
             material
             Being
             ,
             whence
             proceeds
             the
             Shell
             or
             Body
             ▪
             which
             serves
             to
             preserve
             the
             more
             essential
             parts
             from
             being
             evaporated
             ,
             suffocated
             ,
             or
             otherwise
             violated
             :
             Thus
             if
             the
             Skin
             ,
             Shell
             or
             Body
             of
             any
             thing
             be
             any
             ways
             hurt
             ,
             then
             presently
             the
             most
             essential
             parts
             are
             disturbed
             ,
             and
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Life
             suffers
             ,
             and
             becomes
             wounded
             ,
             it
             being
             the
             first
             and
             the
             last
             in
             all
             things
             ;
             and
             when
             this
             coagulating
             or
             saltish
             Quality
             is
             temperate
             in
             any
             Creature
             or
             Vegetation
             ,
             being
             equally
             incorporated
             or
             mixed
             with
             the
             Bitter
             ,
             Sour
             and
             Sweet
             Properties
             ,
             it
             renders
             it
             benign
             and
             pleasant
             ,
             and
             operates
             in
             number
             ,
             weight
             and
             measure
             ;
             for
             't
             is
             this
             sharp
             Quality
             that
             gives
             that
             delightful
             pleasurable
             Taste
             in
             all
             Meats
             and
             Drinks
             .
          
           
             But
             if
             this
             
               Astringent
               Quality
            
             be
             too
             highly
             exalted
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             in
             humane
             Nature
             ,
             It
             becomes
             a
             terrible
             Fiercess
             ,
             and
             inflames
             the
             bitter
             Root
             or
             Fire
             ,
             whence
             are
             engendred
             in
             the
             Body
             Diseases
             of
             a
             tearing
             stoney
             Wrathful
             
             Nature
             ,
             as
             the
             
               Gravel
               ,
               Stone
               ,
               Gout
               ,
               Palsies
               ,
               Agues
               ,
               &c.
            
             or
             if
             it
             happen
             to
             be
             inflamed
             in
             the
             Water
             ,
             then
             it
             engenders
             
               Scabs
               ,
               tedious
               Sores
               ,
               Small
               Pox
               ,
               Leprosies
               ,
               Dropsies
               ,
            
             and
             the
             like
             ;
             but
             if
             it
             be
             violently
             enkindled
             in
             the
             
               〈◊〉
               Quality
            
             ,
             then
             follows
             
               Consump●ions
               ,
               general
               W●stings
               of
               the
               Radical
               Moisture
               ,
               Plague
               Sores
            
             and
             
               great
               Pox
            
             ;
             or
             if
             enflamed
             in
             the
             
               Sour
               Property
            
             ,
             then
             the
             Palate
             forfeits
             its
             Taste
             and
             
               good
               Relish
            
             ,
             thence
             arises
             
               Loss
               of
               Appetite
               ,
               Stoppages
               ,
               sour
               Belchings
            
             and
             
               Vapours
               ,
               Windy
               Diseases
            
             ,
             and
             cruel
             
               Obstructions
               of
               the
               Stomach
            
             and
             Passages
             :
             And
             when
             this
             Inequality
             happens
             in
             any
             sorts
             of
             Foods
             or
             Drinks
             ,
             then
             they
             are
             
               astringent
               ,
               harsh
               ,
               sour
               ,
               sharp
            
             and
             unpleasant
             both
             to
             the
             Palate
             and
             Stomach
             ,
             binding
             the
             Body
             ,
             and
             generating
             the
             Gravel
             and
             Stone
             ,
             and
             various
             other
             Diseases
             ,
             according
             as
             it
             finds
             matter
             in
             each
             Constitution
             .
             And
             though
             Cooks
             and
             others
             do
             by
             their
             divers
             Ingredients
             and
             improper
             Compositions
             hide
             or
             captivate
             this
             harsh
             Saturnine
             Fire
             ,
             so
             that
             it
             cannot
             be
             felt
             ,
             or
             very
             little
             tasted
             on
             the
             Palate
             ;
             nevertheless
             when
             the
             natural
             Heat
             of
             the
             Stomach
             
             has
             made
             separation
             ,
             then
             the
             aforesaid
             ill
             Juices
             become
             manifested
             and
             exert
             their
             harmful
             Operations
             and
             Effects
             ,
             as
             all
             may
             know
             ,
             if
             they
             will
             but
             give
             themselves
             the
             leisure
             and
             heed
             to
             observe
             it
             .
             For
             Example
             ,
             Take
             any
             kind
             of
             harsh
             astringent
             Fruits
             ,
             and
             allay
             them
             with
             
               Sugar
               ,
               Spicies
               ,
               Spanish
               Fruits
               ,
               Flower
               ,
               Butter
               ,
               Milk
               ,
            
             or
             any
             other
             Balsamick
             pleasant
             things
             ,
             and
             make
             it
             up
             together
             for
             Food
             ,
             as
             in
             
               Pyes
               ,
               Tarts
            
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             then
             make
             your
             whole
             Meals
             thereof
             for
             several
             days
             together
             ,
             and
             you
             shall
             certainly
             find
             an
             unpleasant
             sour
             keeking
             or
             qualmish
             gnawing
             or
             griping
             at
             your
             Stomach
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             were
             always
             unsatisfied
             .
          
           
             The
             
               SOVR
               Quality
            
             ,
             when
             it
             is
             moderate
             ,
             opposeth
             in
             any
             Creature
             ,
             or
             other
             thing
             ,
             then
             it
             opposeth
             all
             Extreams
             ,
             both
             of
             the
             
               Bitter
               ,
               Sweet
            
             and
             
               Astringent
               Properties
            
             ,
             being
             of
             a
             cooling
             refreshing
             nature
             and
             operation
             ,
             it
             makes
             an
             excellent
             temperature
             ,
             giving
             a
             most
             pleasant
             Taste
             to
             all
             sorts
             of
             Food
             ,
             causing
             them
             easily
             to
             ferment
             and
             digest
             ,
             so
             that
             they
             become
             ,
             as
             
             well
             the
             most
             pleasant
             as
             the
             wholsomest
             of
             Foods
             ,
             being
             a
             quick
             lively
             powerful
             Quality
             ,
             the
             true
             Habitation
             and
             delight
             of
             the
             pure
             Spirit
             ;
             but
             if
             this
             Quality
             be
             too
             weak
             in
             any
             Creature
             ,
             then
             they
             are
             dull
             ,
             sottish
             and
             heavy
             ;
             if
             in
             Foods
             ,
             unpleasant
             ,
             and
             apt
             to
             cloy
             both
             Stomach
             and
             Palate
             ;
             but
             when
             it
             is
             too
             highly
             elevated
             ,
             it
             engenders
             Sadness
             or
             Melancholy
             ,
             causing
             a
             stink
             ,
             or
             Putrifaction
             and
             Rankness
             in
             all
             Animals
             ane
             Vegetables
             .
          
           
             The
             
               SWEET
               Quality
            
             opposes
             the
             other
             three
             ,
             being
             an
             amiable
             ,
             blessed
             and
             pleasant
             Property
             ,
             comforting
             and
             refreshing
             every
             thing
             ;
             't
             is
             an
             Asswager
             of
             Wrath
             and
             Fierceness
             ,
             a
             Calmer
             of
             Storms
             and
             Tempests
             ,
             and
             gives
             all
             things
             their
             pleasant
             and
             friendly
             Look
             ,
             affords
             the
             pure
             spirituous
             fragrant
             Taste
             in
             Vegetables
             ,
             whose
             fair
             ,
             yellow
             ,
             white
             and
             ruddy
             Colours
             do
             all
             from
             hence
             proceed
             ;
             't
             is
             a
             Glimps
             of
             the
             
               divine
               Ray
            
             ,
             a
             Qualification
             of
             Love
             and
             Mercy
             ,
             the
             sweet
             Solace
             and
             Ioy
             of
             every
             created
             being
             ;
             and
             when
             it
             is
             temperate
             and
             moderate
             in
             any
             thing
             ,
             bearing
             a
             gentle
             sway
             over
             the
             Martial
             and
             
             
               Saturnine
               Properties
            
             ,
             then
             such
             Creatures
             are
             Sanguine
             ,
             of
             Friendly
             Dispositions
             and
             Temperatures
             ,
             of
             tractable
             humane
             Inclinations
             ,
             and
             all
             Meats
             and
             Drinks
             in
             which
             it
             does
             a
             little
             predominate
             ,
             are
             endued
             with
             Concord
             and
             Equality
             ,
             as
             
               Bread
               ,
               Milk
               ,
               mild
               Ale
               ,
               Beer
               well
               Brew'd
               and
               fermented
               ,
               Cyder
               ,
               Wine
               sufficiently
               allay'd
               with
               Water
               ,
               &c.
            
             such
             Foods
             and
             Drinks
             do
             by
             consent
             administer
             a
             proportionable
             Nourishment
             by
             equal
             Portions
             to
             all
             parts
             of
             the
             Body
             ;
             for
             this
             good
             Quality
             does
             sweeten
             and
             allay
             the
             bitter
             hot
             Fires
             of
             Mars
             ,
             and
             opens
             all
             the
             doors
             of
             the
             Melancholy
             Astringent
             Chambers
             of
             Saturn
             ,
             by
             its
             friendly
             Influences
             .
          
           
             But
             still
             this
             amiable
             Property
             doth
             contain
             a
             fierce
             
               wrathful
               Poyson
            
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             
               Root
               and
               very
               Center
               of
               every
               Beeing
            
             ;
             for
             if
             there
             were
             no
             harsh
             nor
             fierce
             wrathful
             Fire
             ,
             there
             could
             neither
             be
             any
             Light
             or
             Love
             ,
             and
             when
             this
             lurking
             Poyson
             is
             too
             violently
             kindled
             in
             the
             bitter
             Quality
             in
             the
             Element
             of
             Water
             ,
             then
             it
             engendereth
             many
             Disorders
             ,
             as
             
               botchy
               S●es
            
             and
             Leprosics
             ,
             which
             quickly
             corrupt
             the
             
             Flesh
             ;
             but
             if
             it
             be
             kindled
             by
             the
             
               heats
               of
               Mars
            
             ,
             then
             it
             infecteth
             the
             Element
             of
             Air
             ,
             and
             occasions
             a
             suddain
             and
             spreading
             Plague
             ,
             that
             corrupts
             all
             in
             a
             moment
             .
             So
             when
             this
             Quality
             shall
             too
             violently
             bear
             sway
             in
             Foods
             and
             Drinks
             ,
             they
             thereby
             become
             heavy
             and
             dull
             ,
             apt
             to
             clog
             both
             the
             Appetite
             and
             the
             Stomach
             ,
             hot
             in
             operation
             ,
             making
             the
             
               Blood
               thick
            
             and
             sharp
             ,
             and
             consequently
             the
             Spirits
             impure
             ,
             the
             Senses
             stupified
             ,
             the
             Understanding
             clouded
             ,
             the
             Joynts
             loaded
             with
             pernicious
             Juices
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             By
             all
             which
             it
             appears
             ,
             that
             whensoever
             any
             one
             of
             the
             
               four
               Qualities
            
             before-mentioned
             ,
             does
             too
             violently
             predominate
             ,
             or
             is
             inflamed
             ,
             it
             presently
             kindles
             or
             awakens
             the
             hot
             
               bitter
               astringent
               Poysons
            
             ,
             whether
             it
             be
             in
             Animals
             or
             Vegitables
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             
               central
               Fires
            
             which
             lay
             hid
             or
             captivated
             in
             the
             
               sweet
               Oyl
            
             begin
             to
             burn
             fierce
             ,
             and
             appear
             in
             their
             own
             Form.
             Most
             People
             that
             enjoy
             Riches
             and
             Plenty
             may
             know
             this
             by
             their
             daily
             experience
             as
             when
             they
             have
             drank
             freely
             of
             Wine
             or
             strong
             Drink
             ,
             doth
             it
             not
             first
             too
             violently
             burn
             up
             and
             waste
             
             the
             sweet
             Oyl
             and
             pure
             volatile
             Spirits
             ?
             It
             s
             either
             by
             Evaporation
             or
             Suffocation
             ,
             and
             thence
             follows
             excessive
             Heat
             ,
             so
             that
             all
             the
             Body
             burns
             with
             a
             burthensom
             and
             unnatural
             Flame
             ;
             whereas
             before
             the
             intemperate
             drinking
             of
             such
             unequal
             Liquors
             ,
             all
             the
             Body
             and
             Members
             were
             cool
             ,
             brisk
             ,
             and
             full
             of
             Life
             and
             Pleasure
             ;
             yet
             the
             same
             fierce
             
               wrathful
               central
               Fires
            
             were
             then
             
               as
               strong
               and
               powerful
            
             ,
             only
             they
             lay
             hid
             or
             captivated
             in
             the
             
               sweet
               Oyl
            
             ,
             and
             pure
             
               spirituous
               parts
            
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             Moderator
             of
             those
             
               central
               Fires
            
             ,
             but
             when
             by
             Inequality
             or
             disorder
             that
             
               sweet
               Oyl
            
             or
             
               Humor
               Radicalis
            
             is
             wounded
             ,
             then
             these
             original
             Poysons
             appear
             ,
             and
             manifest
             themselves
             in
             their
             fierce
             Forms
             and
             Natures
             ,
             which
             so
             long
             as
             the
             good
             Vertues
             were
             strong
             ,
             they
             could
             not
             do
             ;
             for
             these
             
               four
               Qualities
            
             are
             set
             in
             opposition
             to
             each
             other
             ,
             that
             thereby
             the
             fierceness
             of
             each
             may
             be
             temper'd
             and
             mitigated
             ,
             that
             so
             all
             Creatures
             ,
             
               Animals
               ,
               Minerals
            
             and
             Vegetables
             might
             be
             brought
             to
             a
             fit
             temperature
             ,
             by
             the
             embracing
             and
             incorporating
             of
             the
             said
             Qualities
             each
             with
             other
             ;
             for
             
             the
             sweet
             Quality
             opposeth
             and
             moderateth
             the
             fierce
             Elevation
             of
             the
             
               Bitter
               ,
               Astringent
            
             and
             Sour
             ,
             and
             maketh
             an
             Harmony
             ,
             resulting
             from
             them
             all
             ;
             and
             the
             sour
             Quality
             opposeth
             the
             fierceness
             of
             the
             bitter
             ,
             sweet
             and
             astringent
             ,
             being
             their
             cooling
             and
             refreshing
             Life
             ;
             So
             again
             the
             saltish
             or
             astringent
             Quality
             makes
             an
             excellent
             Temperature
             in
             the
             b●tter
             ,
             sweet
             and
             sour
             ,
             as
             the
             bitter
             Quality
             opposing
             the
             excess
             of
             the
             other
             three
             ,
             reduces
             them
             to
             Equality
             ,
             making
             them
             more
             p●easant
             and
             gentle
             in
             their
             operation
             .
             Therefore
             all
             sorts
             of
             Food
             and
             Drinks
             ,
             in
             which
             any
             one
             of
             those
             Qualities
             are
             too
             highly
             exalted
             ,
             become
             unequal
             ,
             and
             the
             predominate
             quality
             presently
             incorporates
             with
             its
             〈◊〉
             in
             the
             Body
             ,
             and
             thereby
             discompose
             it
             ,
             destroying
             the
             Health
             and
             Harmony
             of
             the
             parts
             .
             But
             on
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             all
             mean
             simple
             Meats
             and
             Drinks
             ,
             in
             which
             the
             Properties
             are
             near
             equality
             ,
             and
             have
             no
             manifest
             Taste
             that
             does
             too
             violently
             predominate
             ,
             do
             by
             Sympathy
             embrace
             and
             incorporate
             with
             their
             Likenesses
             in
             the
             Body
             ,
             equally
             distributing
             proper
             Nourishment
             to
             all
             
             parts
             and
             Members
             ,
             which
             makes
             the
             whole
             Lightsome
             ,
             full
             of
             Joy
             and
             Pleasure
             ;
             if
             this
             were
             understood
             ,
             a
             little
             practice
             of
             Temperance
             would
             make
             many
             loath
             themselves
             for
             their
             Disorders
             ,
             and
             their
             continual
             affronting
             of
             Nature
             ,
             causing
             her
             to
             lose
             that
             simple
             innocent
             Way
             ,
             wherein
             she
             delights
             to
             walk
             to
             Health
             and
             Felicity
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             XIX
             .
          
           
             Of
             Drinks
             ,
             and
             particularly
             of
             Canary
             .
          
           
             I
             Now
             proceed
             to
             speak
             of
             the
             most
             usual
             Drinks
             at
             this
             day
             used
             amongst
             us
             ,
             especially
             such
             as
             are
             esteemed
             most
             Cordial
             ,
             and
             prescribed
             many
             times
             in
             a
             kind
             of
             Physical
             way
             for
             Diet
             ,
             or
             in
             order
             to
             the
             preventing
             or
             remidying
             of
             Diseases
             ;
             and
             because
             the
             Richest
             of
             our
             Drinks
             is
             Canary
             ,
             I
             shall
             begin
             with
             that
             .
          
           
             CANARY
             (
             commonly
             call'd
             Sack
             )
             is
             a
             brave
             noble
             Juice
             or
             Cordial
             ,
             one
             
             of
             the
             most
             excellent
             Drinks
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             far
             transcending
             any
             Cordials
             prepared
             by
             the
             Apothecaries
             ,
             or
             any
             Juice
             which
             the
             best
             of
             Flesh
             affords
             ;
             the
             same
             being
             enriched
             with
             the
             
               choicest
               Vertues
               of
               Nature
            
             ,
             being
             too
             rich
             for
             common
             Drink
             ,
             but
             nothing
             more
             cherishing
             and
             reviving
             ,
             if
             taken
             on
             special
             occasions
             ,
             when
             Nature
             doth
             require
             a
             Recruit
             ;
             and
             indeed
             the
             intent
             of
             those
             that
             first
             brought
             it
             into
             England
             ,
             was
             for
             no
             other
             use
             :
             And
             therefore
             the
             first
             Ingrossers
             and
             Buyers
             thereof
             were
             Apothecaries
             ,
             who
             sold
             it
             again
             to
             their
             Patients
             in
             small
             quantities
             ,
             as
             by
             the
             Advice
             of
             Physitians
             ,
             which
             then
             was
             of
             good
             use
             for
             the
             comforting
             and
             chearing
             sick
             weak
             decay●d
             People
             ,
             it
             being
             endued
             with
             a
             brave
             
               Balsamick
               Body
            
             ,
             yielding
             abundance
             of
             pure
             subtle
             Spirits
             ;
             its
             predominant
             Quality
             stands
             in
             the
             Sweet
             Body
             ,
             therefore
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             frequently
             drank
             in
             times
             of
             Health
             ,
             its
             Vertues
             being
             too
             great
             for
             common
             use
             ;
             for
             that
             which
             is
             extraordinary
             good
             in
             season
             ,
             may
             prove
             of
             ill
             consequence
             when
             used
             unseasonably
             ;
             for
             the
             common
             use
             thereof
             dulls
             the
             edge
             
             of
             the
             Appetite
             ,
             weaknes
             the
             natural
             Heat
             of
             the
             Stomach
             ,
             and
             spoils
             the
             Concoction
             ,
             and
             for
             that
             reason
             a
             very
             little
             will
             satisfie
             those
             that
             drink
             much
             of
             this
             Cordial
             Liquor
             ;
             besides
             ,
             it
             replenishes
             the
             whole
             Body
             with
             superfluous
             Humours
             and
             evil
             Juices
             ;
             for
             all
             sorts
             of
             Wine
             are
             Extreams
             ,
             especially
             Sack
             ,
             and
             though
             it
             e●ceed
             in
             the
             best
             Property
             of
             Nature
             ,
             yet
             the
             frequent
             use
             of
             such
             high
             graduated
             Drinks
             may
             prove
             as
             prejudicial
             to
             the
             Health
             and
             Strength
             both
             of
             the
             Body
             and
             Spirits
             ,
             as
             things
             of
             meaner
             Vertu●s
             ,
             nay
             ,
             much
             more
             harmful
             ;
             for
             all
             Extreams
             ,
             or
             things
             in
             which
             any
             Property
             of
             Nature
             is
             too
             highly
             advanced
             ,
             ought
             to
             be
             taken
             very
             sparingly
             ,
             and
             as
             Physick
             rather
             than
             Food
             .
          
           
             'T
             is
             a
             dangerous
             Error
             to
             imagin
             (
             as
             most
             People
             do
             )
             
               That
               the
               sweeter
               and
               richer
               Drinks
               and
               Foods
               are
               ,
               whether
               simple
               or
               compound
               ,
               so
               much
               the
               better
               or
               stronger
               Nourishment
               they
               shall
               ●fford
               .
            
             Whereas
             the
             clean
             contrary
             is
             true
             ;
             for
             nothing
             can
             maintain
             the
             Body
             and
             Spirits
             in
             good
             Health
             and
             Tranquility
             but
             such
             Meats
             and
             Drinks
             as
             
             are
             simple
             ,
             and
             nearest
             the
             Equality
             .
             For
             Drinks
             wherein
             the
             Spirit
             is
             predominant
             ,
             if
             not
             taken
             very
             seldom
             and
             sparingly
             ,
             are
             apt
             to
             destroy
             the
             action
             of
             the
             Stomach
             ,
             and
             to
             incorporate
             with
             their
             
               similes
               ,
               viz.
            
             with
             the
             pure
             natural
             Spirits
             ,
             and
             balsamick
             Vertues
             in
             the
             Body
             ,
             causing
             them
             to
             burn
             too
             violently
             ,
             so
             that
             an
             evaporation
             or
             suffocation
             of
             them
             follows
             ;
             therefore
             although
             whilst
             such
             spirituous
             Drinks
             are
             in
             operation
             ,
             all
             the
             Spirits
             of
             him
             that
             hath
             drank
             ,
             are
             in
             an
             hot
             Rage
             or
             Tumult
             ,
             and
             he
             forgets
             all
             Sorrow
             ,
             Modesty
             and
             Temperance
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             awakening
             an
             unequal
             Motion
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             skips
             like
             a
             Wild
             Asses
             Colt
             ,
             and
             Sings
             and
             Rants
             ,
             and
             becomes
             brisk
             and
             Jolley
             ,
             and
             in
             his
             own
             floating
             Imagination
             
               as
               Great
               as
               a
               KING
            
             ;
             yet
             when
             a
             little
             Sleep
             has
             quell'd
             this
             Tumult
             and
             dissolv'd
             these
             Fumes
             ,
             you
             shall
             find
             the
             poor
             Creature
             with
             much
             fewer
             Spirits
             and
             less
             Oyl
             in
             his
             vital
             Lamp
             ,
             than
             he
             had
             before
             the
             Merry
             Carrouze
             ,
             and
             he
             is
             weak
             ,
             and
             faint
             ,
             and
             feav●rish
             ,
             and
             
               goes
               trembling
            
             ,
             and
             looks
             as
             dejected
             as
             a
             
               conquer'd
               City
            
             ;
             which
             shews
             what
             Spoil
             
             and
             Waste
             ,
             what
             Hav●ck
             and
             Desolation
             the
             strong
             spirituous
             Liquor
             has
             made
             upon
             his
             natural
             Spirits
             ;
             and
             this
             is
             a
             sure
             Demonstration
             ,
             which
             all
             
               t●ue
               Topers
            
             cannot
             but
             subscribe
             to
             and
             confirm
             from
             their
             own
             wretched
             Experience
             .
          
           
             Moreover
             ,
             all
             
               Rich
               sweet
               Wines
            
             and
             
               Cordial
               Liquors
            
             ,
             if
             frequently
             drank
             ,
             though
             not
             the
             degree
             of
             disturbing
             the
             Brain
             ,
             do
             yet
             heat
             the
             Blood
             ,
             and
             put
             it
             into
             a
             kind
             of
             disorderly
             ferment
             ,
             and
             set
             the
             
               Gate
               of
               Venus
            
             open
             ,
             and
             makes
             Men
             too
             Effemenate
             and
             Women
             too
             S●lacious
             ,
             being
             not
             at
             all
             agreeable
             to
             our
             Northen
             Constitutions
             ;
             therefore
             if
             healthy
             People
             will
             drink
             Wine
             ,
             they
             ought
             to
             allay
             it
             with
             Water
             ,
             and
             then
             it
             makes
             a
             Drink
             more
             equal
             and
             more
             wholesom
             ,
             viz.
             two
             thirds
             Water
             and
             one
             Wine
             .
             And
             for
             such
             as
             are
             weak
             ,
             sick
             and
             fainty
             ,
             if
             they
             would
             have
             
               stronger
               Cordials
            
             than
             our
             own
             Country
             affords
             ,
             let
             them
             drink
             some
             Wine
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             choicest
             of
             Cordials
             ,
             and
             higher
             graduated
             in
             Nature
             than
             any
             other
             Liquor
             that
             can
             be
             made
             by
             Art
             ;
             but
             if
             Men
             and
             Women
             addict
             themselves
             in
             
             health
             to
             guzzle
             down
             the
             Richest
             Wines
             daily
             ,
             as
             many
             Thousands
             do
             now
             a
             days
             ,
             what
             must
             they
             have
             for
             Cordials
             in
             their
             Sickness
             ?
             for
             their
             Bodies
             being
             so
             habituated
             to
             Wine
             ,
             that
             will
             have
             no
             operation
             to
             help
             them
             .
             Shall
             they
             take
             Brandy
             and
             
               Rectified
               Spirit
               of
               Wine
            
             ?
             Alas
             !
             this
             too
             they
             have
             already
             made
             their
             common
             Drink
             ,
             and
             Wine
             is
             long
             since
             become
             too
             cold
             for
             their
             destroy'd
             Stomachs
             ,
             even
             when
             they
             are
             in
             the
             best
             Health
             they
             are
             capable
             of
             ;
             and
             
               B●andy
               ,
               Rum
            
             and
             Vsquebath
             are
             scarce
             able
             to
             furnish
             out
             so
             much
             warmth
             and
             activity
             to
             the
             natural
             Heat
             ,
             as
             to
             digest
             a
             small
             Dinner
             :
             Now
             when
             such
             People
             come
             to
             be
             sick
             ,
             (
             and
             to
             be
             sure
             long
             they
             cannot
             continue
             well
             )
             what
             Cordial
             shall
             be
             prescribed
             for
             them
             ?
             I
             believe
             the
             learnedst
             Doctor
             in
             Europe
             cannot
             tell
             ,
             unless
             he
             should
             make
             them
             swallow
             two
             or
             three
             Ladles
             full
             of
             
               scalding
               Lead
               ,
               boyling
               Pitch
            
             or
             
               flaming
               Brimstone
            
             :
             They
             are
             at
             the
             end
             of
             Nature
             ,
             and
             therefore
             cannot
             arrive
             any
             higher
             ;
             for
             those
             that
             drink
             
               strong
               Ale
            
             and
             Beer
             in
             Childhood
             ,
             their
             Nature
             shall
             require
             Wine
             in
             their
             
               Middle
               Years
            
             ,
             
             and
             Brandy
             in
             
               Old
               Age
            
             ;
             for
             Nature
             as
             it
             grows
             old
             ,
             becomes
             weaker
             and
             colder
             ,
             and
             so
             requires
             more
             hot
             spirituous
             Drinks
             ;
             and
             therefore
             Wine
             and
             such
             strong
             Liquors
             are
             drank
             with
             most
             advantage
             by
             the
             Aged
             .
          
           
             And
             if
             Children
             and
             Young
             People
             be
             used
             commonly
             to
             drink
             Water
             (
             which
             will
             be
             most
             for
             their
             Healths
             )
             then
             Small
             or
             
               middle
               Beer
            
             or
             Ale
             will
             be
             as
             cordial
             to
             them
             ,
             and
             warm
             and
             comfort
             them
             as
             much
             in
             their
             
               middle
               Age
            
             ,
             as
             Wine
             will
             ,
             that
             drank
             
               strong
               Ale
            
             or
             Beer
             in
             Youth
             .
             And
             to
             speak
             truth
             ,
             no
             sort
             of
             Drink
             does
             maintain
             the
             Spirits
             and
             natural
             Heat
             in
             such
             vigour
             and
             strength
             as
             mean
             Liquors
             ,
             viz.
             such
             as
             are
             of
             the
             middle
             Nature
             ,
             or
             nearest
             the
             Temperature
             ,
             
               viz.
               good
               Water
            
             ,
             or
             
               well-brew'd
               Ale
            
             or
             Beer
             of
             a
             middling
             strength
             ,
             or
             Wine
             allay'd
             with
             Water
             ,
             as
             aforesaid
             .
             But
             now
             ,
             most
             are
             grown
             to
             that
             degree
             of
             Blindness
             ,
             Excess
             and
             Folly
             ,
             that
             nothing
             will
             give
             their
             ●oracious
             Desires
             and
             greedy
             ●aunches
             satisfaction
             ,
             but
             such
             Drinks
             as
             are
             strong
             ,
             hot
             and
             unequal
             in
             their
             Parts
             ,
             which
             indeed
             is
             like
             themselves
             ;
             for
             ever
             since
             man
             hath
             suffered
             his
             desiers
             
             to
             enter
             into
             Discord
             ,
             he
             cannot
             but
             desire
             such
             disagreeing
             meats
             and
             drinks
             ,
             for
             
               every
               Like
               desires
               its
               Likeness
            
             ,
             and
             is
             its
             highest
             Joy
             ;
             Inequality
             begets
             Discord
             ,
             and
             
               Concords
               Peace
            
             .
             Therefore
             all
             plain
             simple
             Meats
             and
             Drinks
             ,
             are
             for
             certain
             of
             the
             greatest
             strength
             and
             vertue
             ,
             and
             the
             only
             maintainers
             and
             continuers
             of
             Heal●h
             and
             long
             Life
             .
             And
             English
             People
             have
             need
             of
             no
             other
             or
             better
             Drinks
             and
             Cordials
             than
             may
             be
             made
             of
             our
             own
             
               Seeds
               ,
               Grains
            
             and
             Fruits
             ,
             as
             
               Ale
               ,
               Beer
               and
               Cyder
            
             ,
             which
             may
             be
             made
             to
             what
             degree
             of
             strength
             and
             goodness
             you
             please
             ;
             and
             being
             well
             prepared
             ,
             are
             far
             more
             agreeable
             to
             the
             Constitutious
             of
             English
             People
             ,
             than
             the
             Liquors
             that
             come
             from
             other
             Counties
             .
          
           
             But
             all
             
               thick
               strong
               Ale
            
             and
             
               harsh
               ,
               bitter
            
             ,
             or
             
               stale
               ,
               strong
               Beer
            
             ,
             is
             very
             injurious
             to
             the
             Health
             ,
             as
             also
             
               Double
               Beer
            
             ,
             which
             is
             now
             a
             fashion
             ,
             but
             never
             invented
             by
             Philosophers
             .
             The
             common
             drinking
             of
             such
             Drinks
             does
             strike
             at
             the
             very
             Sinews
             of
             Health
             ,
             being
             much
             worse
             than
             Wine
             ,
             especia●ly
             than
             Wine
             and
             Water
             ,
             which
             is
             〈◊〉
             
             commendable
             clean
             healthy
             Drink
             ,
             that
             
               beg●ts
               App●tite
               ,
               cleanseth
               the
               Stomach
               ,
               Purgeth●y
               Vrine
               ,
            
             and
             is
             endued
             with
             many
             excellent
             Faculties
             ,
             and
             if
             it
             were
             the
             Growth
             of
             our
             own
             Country
             I
             would
             commend
             the
             use
             of
             it
             to
             my
             Country-men
             ,
             but
             being
             a
             dear
             Drink
             ,
             and
             therefore
             not
             Come-at-able
             by
             the
             middle
             or
             meaner
             sort
             of
             People
             ,
             I
             shall
             forbear
             to
             speak
             any
             thing
             more
             of
             its
             Vertues
             ,
             only
             I
             advise
             the
             Physitians
             and
             Apothecaries
             to
             use
             and
             prefer
             Wine
             ,
             especially
             right
             Rich
             
               Racy
               Cana●y
            
             as
             their
             best
             and
             general
             Cordial
             in
             times
             of
             Disorder
             and
             Sickness
             ;
             and
             do
             commend
             all
             People
             in
             general
             ,
             to
             that
             brave
             mild
             friendly
             Drink
             ,
             
               viz.
               Ale
            
             ,
             made
             and
             brew'd
             according
             to
             our
             Directions
             in
             the
             Book
             ,
             entituled
             ,
             
               The
               Way
               to
               Health
               ,
               Long
               Life
               and
               Happiness
               ,
               &c.
            
             there
             also
             you
             will
             find
             an
             account
             of
             the
             Vertues
             and
             Vices
             of
             Beer
             and
             common
             Ale
             ,
             and
             which
             is
             most
             agreeable
             to
             Nature
             and
             best
             to
             preserve
             Health
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             XX.
             
          
           
             Of
             Sherry
             .
          
           
             SHERRY
             (
             by
             many
             here
             in
             England
             call'd
             Bristol-Milk
             )
             is
             a
             fine
             
               Cordial
               Wine
            
             ,
             as
             good
             for
             common
             drinking
             as
             Cana●y
             ,
             but
             nothing
             so
             Rich
             ;
             being
             mixt
             with
             Wa●er
             it
             
               begets
               Appetite
               ,
               helps
               concoction
               ,
               cleanseth
               the
               Passages
               ,
            
             and
             purges
             more
             
               by
               Vrine
            
             than
             Canary
             ,
             neither
             is
             it
             so
             apt
             to
             weaken
             the
             Natural
             Heat
             ,
             nor
             lead
             the
             Lovers
             thereof
             into
             Consumptions
             ;
             but
             as
             it
             is
             a
             strong
             Wine
             ,
             and
             heady
             ,
             discretion
             and
             Temperance
             ought
             to
             regulate
             the
             use
             of
             it
             ;
             for
             being
             too
             frequently
             drank
             ,
             or
             in
             too
             great
             Quantity
             ,
             it
             may
             prove
             of
             ill
             consequence
             :
             To
             which
             purpose
             ,
             most
             of
             those
             Observations
             we
             have
             made
             upon
             Canary
             ,
             may
             also
             conveniently
             be
             referr'd
             unto
             this
             sort
             of
             Wine
             .
             And
             though
             I
             am
             forced
             to
             use
             Repetitions
             sometimes
             for
             the
             
               Readers
               sake
            
             ,
             I
             take
             no
             delight
             therein
             for
             my
             Own.
             
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             XXI
             .
          
           
             Of
             White-Wine
             .
          
           
             WHite-Wine
             is
             a
             brave
             clean
             brisk
             Drink
             ,
             if
             moderately
             taken
             ;
             it
             
               begets
               Appetite
            
             and
             
               purgeth
               by
               Vrine
            
             ;
             yet
             it
             contains
             two
             Qualities
             that
             are
             not
             friendly
             to
             nature
             ,
             especially
             if
             frequently
             drank
             ,
             
               viz.
               Heat
            
             and
             a
             
               keen
               Sharpness
            
             ,
             whereby
             if
             Temperance
             be
             wanting
             in
             the
             Drinkers
             thereof
             ,
             it
             will
             quickly
             kindle
             and
             irritate
             the
             central
             Fires
             of
             Mars
             and
             Saturn
             ,
             which
             will
             not
             only
             indispose
             the
             Body
             and
             Spirits
             ,
             by
             putting
             them
             into
             an
             unnatural
             flame
             ;
             but
             in
             some
             Complexions
             generates
             an
             hard
             gritty
             matter
             or
             substance
             both
             in
             the
             Reins
             and
             Bladder
             :
             Therefore
             this
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             other
             Wines
             ,
             ought
             to
             be
             well
             allay'd
             with
             Water
             ,
             which
             will
             bravely
             moderate
             ,
             cool
             and
             sweeten
             the
             hot
             sharp
             Properties
             thereof
             ,
             and
             bring
             them
             near
             the
             Equality
             ;
             and
             then
             ,
             viz.
             〈◊〉
             th●s
             sort
             of
             Wine
             is
             thus
             allay'd
             ,
             
             
               Two
               thirds
               of
               Water
            
             to
             
               one
               of
               Wine
            
             ,
             it
             is
             one
             of
             the
             best
             Stomach-drinks
             that
             I
             know
             ;
             for
             it
             powerfully
             
               helps
               Concoction
               ,
               washes
               and
               cleanses
               all
               the
               Passages
               and
               Vessels
               ,
               and
               ●egets
               Appettite
               ,
               and
               gallantly
               purges
               by
               Vrine
               .
            
          
           
             But
             if
             too
             frequently
             drank
             alone
             ,
             as
             the
             custom
             of
             most
             is
             ,
             then
             it
             heats
             the
             Blood
             and
             fumes
             into
             the
             Head
             ,
             and
             after
             a
             little
             custom
             of
             drinking
             ,
             is
             so
             far
             from
             being
             a
             Whet
             ,
             (
             as
             our
             Tavern-haunters
             ,
             to
             excuse
             their
             Morning-Debauches
             ,
             call
             it
             )
             that
             it
             dulls
             the
             edge
             of
             Appetite
             ,
             and
             hinders
             Concoction
             ,
             and
             breeds
             the
             Stone
             or
             Gravel
             by
             its
             sharpness
             and
             heat
             ,
             and
             yet
             at
             the
             same
             time
             purges
             powerfully
             by
             Urine
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             its
             pure
             thin
             spirituous
             and
             Balsamick
             Vertues
             ,
             but
             notwithstanding
             that
             Torrent
             of
             Urine
             ,
             it
             leaves
             behind
             it
             an
             hot
             harsh
             or
             gretty
             Substance
             ,
             which
             in
             some
             Natures
             or
             Complexions
             doth
             generate
             an
             hard
             stoney
             substance
             ;
             and
             indeed
             all
             sorts
             of
             Drinks
             or
             Foods
             in
             which
             either
             hear
             or
             sharpness
             doth
             predominate
             ,
             are
             not
             proper
             nor
             Healthy
             to
             be
             frequently
             drank
             or
             eaten
             ;
             for
             all
             such
             things
             do
             by
             degrees
             awaken
             and
             
             strengthen
             their
             like
             Properties
             in
             the
             Body
             ,
             stealing
             on
             them
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             insensibly
             ,
             till
             such
             matter
             hath
             gotten
             strength
             ,
             then
             presently
             they
             put
             Nature
             into
             an
             unequal
             Motion
             ;
             for
             which
             cause
             all
             
               Old
               Wines
            
             ,
             (
             which
             some
             so
             much
             love
             and
             commend
             )
             are
             injurious
             ;
             for
             the
             longer
             any
             Wines
             are
             kept
             after
             they
             are
             fit
             to
             drink
             ,
             the
             clearer
             ,
             sharper
             ,
             brisker
             and
             hotter
             they
             become
             ;
             for
             length
             of
             time
             does
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             digest
             or
             waste
             the
             sweet
             Balsamick
             Vertues
             ,
             by
             which
             they
             become
             more
             sharp
             ,
             harder
             and
             nearer
             to
             the
             strong
             original
             Spirit
             :
             Therefore
             all
             
               Old
               Wines
            
             and
             
               Stale
               Drinks
            
             do
             more
             heat
             the
             Body
             ,
             and
             sooner
             irritate
             and
             awake
             the
             natural
             Heat
             ,
             than
             New
             ;
             it
             being
             a
             grand
             Error
             for
             any
             to
             imagine
             that
             
               New
               Wine
            
             or
             Ale
             is
             not
             so
             good
             or
             wholsome
             ,
             or
             does
             not
             afford
             so
             proper
             a
             Nourishment
             as
             
               Old
               Wine
            
             and
             
               Stale
               Beer
            
             ;
             for
             indeed
             the
             former
             is
             far
             to
             be
             preferr'd
             before
             the
             latter
             ;
             for
             the
             milder
             ,
             sweet
             and
             friendly
             any
             Drink
             is
             ,
             the
             more
             true
             Nourishment
             it
             affords
             both
             to
             the
             Body
             and
             the
             Spirit
             ;
             and
             the
             Reason
             why
             such
             Liquors
             do
             not
             so
             soon
             and
             so
             
             much
             heat
             the
             Body
             and
             irritate
             the
             Spirits
             ,
             is
             because
             
               New
               Mild
            
             or
             
               Sweet
               Liquor
            
             contains
             more
             of
             the
             balsamick
             Body
             ,
             which
             does
             qualifie
             ,
             and
             as
             it
             were
             captivate
             the
             fierce
             original
             Spirit
             ,
             so
             that
             it
             can
             hardly
             be
             tasted
             or
             perceived
             .
             Not
             but
             that
             in
             all
             New
             or
             Balsamick
             Drinks
             ,
             whether
             Wine
             or
             Ale
             ,
             there
             is
             contained
             a
             far
             greater
             quantity
             of
             Spirits
             than
             in
             
               Old
               Wine
            
             or
             
               stale
               Beer
            
             ;
             for
             the
             more
             gentle
             and
             the
             sweeter
             any
             Liquor
             is
             ,
             the
             more
             Spirits
             it
             contains
             ,
             as
             all
             that
             are
             versed
             in
             Distillations
             well
             know
             ;
             for
             such
             as
             make
             Spirits
             of
             Mault-Drink
             do
             always
             distil
             Ale
             ,
             not
             
               stale
               Beer
            
             .
             And
             so
             in
             boyling
             strong
             sweet
             Wort
             ,
             it
             shall
             waste
             more
             in
             quantity
             in
             one
             hour
             ,
             than
             
               small
               Wort
            
             will
             in
             three
             ;
             And
             wherefore
             is
             this
             ?
             Only
             because
             the
             strong
             sweet
             Wort
             has
             a
             greater
             Body
             ,
             mild
             ,
             friendly
             and
             Balsamick
             ,
             containing
             a
             larger
             quantity
             of
             pure
             Spirits
             ,
             that
             will
             not
             endure
             the
             Violence
             of
             Boyling
             without
             Evaporation
             .
          
           
             Likewise
             ,
             the
             older
             any
             sort
             of
             Drink
             is
             ,
             the
             leaner
             it
             becomes
             ;
             for
             as
             the
             sweetness
             digests
             by
             length
             of
             time
             ,
             so
             the
             original
             hot
             fierce
             Spirits
             
             seem
             not
             only
             to
             be
             more
             in
             quantity
             ;
             but
             stronger
             too
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             not
             so
             ,
             only
             the
             sweet
             pure
             Body
             or
             friendly
             Quality
             is
             weakned
             or
             digested
             by
             long
             keeping
             ,
             which
             was
             the
             Allayer
             or
             Moderator
             of
             this
             hot
             Spirit
             ;
             for
             a
             quart
             of
             
               New
               Ale
            
             contains
             more
             Spirit
             than
             a
             quart
             of
             
               stale
               Beer
            
             that
             was
             originally
             of
             like
             strength
             and
             sweetness
             ;
             the
             same
             is
             to
             be
             understood
             of
             New
             and
             
               Old
               Wine
            
             ,
             and
             other
             Drinks
             .
             For
             which
             Reasons
             we
             conclude
             
               New
               Wine
            
             is
             far
             more
             wholsome
             ,
             healthy
             and
             agreeable
             to
             Nature
             than
             Old
             ;
             And
             Ale
             ,
             when
             well-brew'd
             ,
             and
             according
             to
             the
             Rules
             set
             down
             in
             our
             
               Way
               to
               H●alth
               ,
               &c.
            
             is
             to
             be
             preferred
             before
             much
             boyled
             or
             stale
             Beer
             ,
             and
             so
             of
             other
             Drinks
             ,
             especially
             by
             all
             such
             People
             as
             are
             subject
             to
             the
             Stone
             or
             Gravel
             ,
             who
             must
             observe
             to
             drink
             mild
             gentle
             friendly
             Liquors
             ,
             that
             are
             neither
             sharp
             ,
             keen
             nor
             hot
             in
             operation
             ,
             as
             
               middle
               Ale
               ,
               Water
            
             and
             Wine
             ,
             and
             Water
             .
             The
             same
             Rule
             they
             ought
             to
             follow
             in
             their
             Food
             ;
             for
             some
             sort
             of
             Victuals
             are
             altogether
             as
             apt
             to
             generate
             the
             Stone
             and
             Gravel
             as
             any
             sorts
             of
             Drinks
             ,
             if
             not
             more
             ;
             Therefore
             
             all
             such
             Foods
             and
             Drinks
             as
             are
             of
             a
             middle
             Nature
             ,
             and
             nearest
             the
             Simp●icity
             ,
             are
             always
             safest
             ,
             as
             to
             Health
             ,
             and
             for
             preventing
             all
             kinds
             of
             Diseases
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             XXII
             .
          
           
             Of
             Rhenish-Wine
             ,
             its
             Nature
             and
             Operation
             .
          
           
             THis
             sort
             of
             Wine
             is
             a
             kin
             to
             White-Wine
             ,
             but
             more
             substance
             ,
             a
             brave
             noble
             Juice
             ,
             an
             excellent
             
               Cleanser
               of
               the
               Stomach
            
             ,
             whereby
             it
             begets
             Appetite
             and
             helps
             Concoction
             .
             Nevertheless
             it
             is
             endued
             with
             an
             hot
             sharp
             Quality
             ,
             which
             when
             the
             same
             is
             too
             plentifully
             drank
             ,
             heats
             the
             whole
             Body
             ,
             and
             is
             apt
             to
             precipitate
             the
             Drinkers
             thereof
             into
             Feavers
             ;
             and
             as
             for
             such
             as
             by
             their
             Complexions
             are
             any
             thing
             subject
             to
             the
             Stone
             ,
             it
             will
             help
             forward
             the
             generation
             thereof
             ;
             for
             though
             this
             Wine
             doth
             naturally
             purge
             by
             Vrine
             ,
             yet
             there
             is
             in
             it
             an
             hot
             or
             harsh
             Quality
             ,
             that
             heats
             the
             
             Blood
             and
             congeals
             the
             Humours
             with
             a
             Saturnine
             or
             gretty
             Substance
             ;
             for
             all
             sorts
             of
             Drinks
             and
             Foods
             in
             which
             the
             hot
             sharp
             Quality
             does
             predominate
             ,
             are
             friends
             to
             the
             generation
             of
             the
             Stone
             and
             Gravel
             :
             But
             as
             every
             thing
             has
             in
             it
             a
             latent
             Poyson
             ,
             and
             yet
             carries
             always
             above
             it
             its
             own
             Antidote
             ,
             if
             wisely
             handled
             ;
             so
             if
             this
             sort
             of
             Wine
             be
             discreetly
             mixed
             with
             Water
             ,
             and
             drank
             only
             with
             Food
             ,
             or
             when
             Nature
             require
             ,
             then
             it
             will
             prove
             one
             of
             the
             best
             sorts
             of
             Drink
             ,
             not
             only
             to
             
               beget
               Appetite
               ,
               help
               Concoction
            
             ,
             and
             
               cleanse
               the
               Stomach
            
             ,
             but
             also
             prevent
             the
             generation
             of
             the
             Stone
             and
             Gravel
             ;
             for
             this
             Drink
             does
             
               Purge
               by
               Vrine
            
             ,
             as
             much
             ,
             if
             not
             more
             than
             any
             other
             .
             The
             truth
             is
             ,
             all
             sorts
             of
             Wine
             drank
             in
             Health
             ,
             ought
             to
             be
             allay'd
             with
             Water
             ,
             or
             otherwise
             taken
             very
             sparingly
             ;
             for
             there
             must
             be
             a
             sympathetical
             agreement
             between
             the
             Meats
             or
             Drinks
             and
             Nature
             ,
             both
             in
             number
             ,
             weight
             and
             measure
             ,
             or
             as
             near
             as
             may
             be
             ,
             or
             else
             the
             Tranquility
             and
             Health
             of
             the
             Body
             and
             Mind
             cannot
             be
             continued
             ;
             but
             such
             as
             are
             ill
             or
             faintish
             may
             drink
             now
             ▪
             and
             then
             a
             Glass
             of
             intire
             to
             great
             
             advantage
             of
             their
             Health
             ,
             being
             the
             best
             of
             Cordia●s
             ,
             if
             used
             with
             discretion
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             
               Old
               Hock
            
             ,
             a
             sort
             of
             Rhenish
             ,
             of
             which
             some
             will
             now
             and
             then
             boast
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             twenty
             or
             thirty
             years
             old
             ,
             I
             will
             only
             say
             ,
             that
             then
             it
             has
             been
             kept
             seventeen
             or
             twenty
             five
             years
             too
             long
             .
             The
             keeping
             of
             Wine
             to
             that
             Age
             was
             only
             to
             gratifie
             Conceit
             ,
             Vanity
             ,
             Ostentation
             and
             a
             drunken
             Humour
             ,
             and
             to
             offer
             the
             greater
             Violence
             to
             Nature
             ;
             for
             how
             improper
             all
             such
             very
             
               stale
               supernatural
               Wines
            
             are
             ,
             we
             have
             mentioned
             in
             the
             last
             Chapter
             .
             And
             if
             People
             would
             be
             but
             so
             kind
             to
             themselves
             to
             observe
             the
             Distempers
             of
             their
             Bodies
             ,
             and
             what
             
               feaverish
               Heats
            
             they
             labour
             under
             after
             the
             drinking
             of
             such
             
               stale
               Liquors
            
             ,
             they
             would
             certainly
             for
             the
             future
             forbear
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             XXIII
             .
          
           
             Of
             Claret
             ,
             its
             Nature
             and
             Operation
             .
          
           
             CLARET
             is
             a
             good
             Stomach-Wine
             ,
             of
             a
             brisk
             chearing
             Operation
             ,
             the
             moderate
             use
             thereof
             helps
             Concoction
             ,
             and
             begets
             Appetite
             ,
             but
             it
             purgeth
             not
             so
             much
             by
             Urine
             as
             White-Wine
             ,
             being
             of
             a
             rough
             or
             harsher
             Nature
             ,
             but
             of
             the
             two
             more
             agreeable
             to
             
             English-men's
             Stomachs
             ;
             if
             healthy
             strong
             People
             drink
             frequently
             of
             this
             Wine
             ,
             't
             is
             apt
             to
             make
             them
             fat
             ,
             phlegmatick
             ,
             especially
             such
             as
             therewith
             use
             little
             Exercise
             ,
             as
             Gentlemen
             ,
             Citizens
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ;
             for
             no
             Creature
             ,
             Man
             or
             Beast
             ,
             will
             be
             fat
             ,
             except
             they
             be
             given
             up
             to
             Idleness
             and
             Superfluity
             ;
             't
             is
             true
             ,
             some
             People
             ,
             and
             some
             Beasts
             will
             with
             the
             same
             Meats
             and
             Drinks
             be
             more
             full
             and
             fleshier
             than
             others
             ,
             but
             not
             fat
             :
             Others
             that
             use
             Exercises
             ,
             and
             but
             ordinary
             Food
             ,
             seem
             to
             be
             fat
             ,
             but
             
             for
             the
             most
             part
             the
             same
             is
             a
             Distemper
             ,
             as
             watry
             dropsical
             Humors
             ,
             which
             in
             some
             puff
             up
             the
             ●embers
             and
             swell
             the
             Body
             ;
             but
             the
             chief
             reason
             Claret-Wine
             makes
             Gentlemen
             ,
             Citizens
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             fat
             ,
             is
             for
             want
             of
             Exercise
             ,
             and
             by
             its
             agreeableness
             with
             the
             Stomach
             ,
             which
             sharpens
             the
             Appetite
             ,
             and
             opens
             the
             Vessels
             by
             its
             rough
             harsh
             quality
             ,
             whereby
             they
             are
             inticed
             to
             eat
             great
             quantities
             of
             fat
             rich
             Foods
             and
             so
             passing
             their
             time
             without
             due
             labour
             ,
             they
             become
             over-grown
             with
             Fat
             ,
             like
             cram'd
             Capons
             (
             their
             beloved
             Dish
             )
             or
             Swine
             in
             a
             Stye
             .
          
           
             Yet
             it
             must
             be
             acknowledgeded
             ,
             that
             Claret
             is
             the
             best
             of
             Wines
             ,
             for
             those
             that
             eat
             abundance
             of
             fat
             Flesh
             and
             succulent
             Foods
             ,
             for
             by
             its
             rough
             keen
             quality
             ,
             it
             digests
             and
             separates
             such
             oyly
             Foods
             ,
             as
             many
             of
             our
             English
             Epicures
             too
             frequen●ly
             gormandize
             ,
             which
             milder
             sweeter
             Liquors
             cannot
             do
             ,
             as
             
               Canary
               ,
               Ale
            
             ,
             or
             the
             like
             ;
             for
             this
             cause
             many
             that
             eat
             such
             fat
             Foods
             and
             Sawces
             made
             with
             Butter
             ,
             do
             so
             m●ch
             desire
             brisk
             spirituous
             Drinks
             ,
             finding
             that
             such
             Liquors
             do
             best
             digest
             them
             .
          
           
           
             But
             yet
             they
             are
             to
             know
             ,
             that
             the
             frequent
             use
             of
             such
             Drinks
             will
             weaken
             the
             natural
             Heat
             ,
             so
             that
             by
             degrees
             the
             Appetite
             of
             such
             People
             grows
             dull
             ,
             and
             the
             Vessells
             of
             the
             Stomach
             are
             contracted
             ,
             and
             then
             their
             Stomachs
             will
             desire
             still
             more
             and
             greater
             quanties
             ,
             and
             to
             drink
             them
             oftner
             ,
             till
             at
             length
             Health
             is
             utterly
             subverted
             ,
             and
             Nature
             debilitated
             ;
             for
             (
             I
             cannot
             say
             it
             too
             oft
             )
             the
             frequent
             use
             of
             all
             spirituous
             strong
             Liquors
             ,
             being
             unequal
             in
             their
             parts
             ,
             do
             in
             a
             little
             time
             beget
             the
             like
             Inequality
             in
             the
             Elements
             of
             the
             Body
             ,
             and
             instead
             of
             preserving
             Health
             destroy
             it
             ;
             for
             there
             cannot
             be
             a
             better
             thing
             than
             a
             glass
             of
             Claret
             ,
             or
             a
             dram
             of
             Brandy
             ,
             or
             the
             like
             ,
             now
             and
             then
             when
             People
             have
             eat
             too
             much
             in
             Quantity
             ,
             or
             Foods
             too
             fat
             or
             gross
             in
             Quality
             ;
             but
             I
             know
             no
             necessity
             for
             those
             Spurs
             and
             Helps
             ,
             except
             to
             such
             as
             lead
             idle
             gluttonous
             Lives
             ,
             but
             for
             others
             who
             feed
             on
             plain
             simple
             Foods
             and
             middle
             Drinks
             ,
             and
             use
             proper
             Exercises
             ,
             and
             keep
             within
             the
             ●ounds
             of
             Moderation
             ,
             they
             shall
             have
             no
             need
             to
             drink
             a
             glass
             of
             Claret
             before
             Dinner
             as
             a
             Preparative
             ,
             
             nor
             a
             dram
             of
             Brandy
             after
             for
             a
             Restorative
             of
             their
             natural
             heat
             ,
             to
             help
             it
             concoct
             their
             simple
             natural
             Foods
             ;
             for
             such
             innocent
             natural
             Diet
             will
             maintain
             the
             natural
             Heat
             in
             great
             Vigour
             ,
             especially
             if
             the
             friendship
             and
             advice
             of
             Temperance
             be
             observed
             ;
             but
             if
             Temperance
             be
             wanting
             ,
             then
             the
             necessity
             which
             men
             do
             thereby
             bring
             upon
             themselves
             by
             drinking
             of
             Claret
             ,
             does
             sufficiently
             revenge
             it self
             upon
             their
             Bodies
             as
             well
             as
             Purses
             ;
             for
             it
             
               heats
               the
               Blood
               ,
               sends
               Fumes
               up
               into
               the
               Crown
               ,
               destroys
               the
               vigour
               of
               the
               Natural
               Heat
               ,
               awakens
               the
               central
               Fires
               ,
               makes
               the
               Stomach
            
             (
             by
             its
             continual
             use
             )
             
               flat
               and
               dull
            
             ;
             by
             which
             means
             ,
             Drinkers
             of
             this
             Wine
             can
             fast
             long
             ,
             neither
             can
             they
             eat
             heartily
             with
             Appetite
             ,
             except
             they
             do
             fast
             a
             considerable
             time
             ,
             which
             gives
             a
             further
             occasion
             to
             a
             
               phlegmy
               Fatness
            
             ,
             which
             many
             of
             its
             common
             Drinkers
             are
             subject
             unto
             ;
             for
             those
             Persons
             that
             are
             of
             the
             
               Phlegmatick-Melancholly
               ,
               Phlegmatick-Sanguine
            
             ,
             or
             Phlegmatick-Chollerick
             Complexion
             ,
             if
             once
             they
             get
             the
             habit
             of
             drinking
             this
             sort
             of
             Wine
             ,
             though
             they
             do
             not
             well
             love
             it
             ,
             yet
             their
             Nature
             will
             seem
             
             to
             require
             it
             ,
             so
             that
             if
             their
             Purse
             be
             but
             strong
             enough
             ,
             they
             must
             have
             a
             Glass
             or
             two
             or
             three
             before
             Dinner
             ,
             to
             clear
             their
             Stomachs
             of
             that
             gross
             slimy
             matter
             which
             their
             
               Over-Nights
               D●bauches
            
             ,
             or
             superfluous
             
               Evening
               Draughts
            
             have
             occasion'd
             and
             left
             behind
             and
             four
             or
             five
             Glasses
             
               at
               Dinner
            
             ,
             as
             a
             spur
             to
             force
             it
             down
             ,
             and
             five
             or
             six
             more
             
               after
               Dinner
            
             ,
             with
             a
             
               File
               of
               Pipes
               o●
               Toba●co
            
             to
             help
             Concoction
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             the
             Trade
             which
             some
             Gentlemen
             ,
             and
             too
             many
             Ci●izens
             drive
             ,
             which
             not
             only
             
               wastes
               their
               Esta●es
            
             ,
             and
             
               destroys
               their
               Health
            
             (
             which
             is
             the
             greatest
             Enjoyment
             in
             this
             World
             )
             but
             also
             
               beclouds
               their
               Intellectuals
               ,
               stupifies
               their
               Senses
               ,
            
             destroys
             that
             true
             natural
             Pleasure
             of
             eating
             and
             drinking
             ,
             which
             is
             one
             of
             the
             greatest
             where
             Health
             is
             ,
             and
             a
             well-prepared
             Appetite
             ,
             joyn'd
             with
             a
             clean
             Stomach
             ,
             free
             from
             Obstructions
             ;
             for
             he
             that
             has
             a
             
               full-spread
               Table
            
             every
             day
             of
             various
             sorts
             of
             
               Rich
               compounded
               Foods
            
             ,
             with
             
               strong
               Drinks
            
             and
             Wine
             ,
             is
             a
             Thousand
             times
             more
             weary
             and
             glutted
             with
             it
             ,
             and
             hath
             nothing
             of
             that
             pleasure
             which
             the
             
               Poor
               Man
            
             (
             who
             eats
             
             his
             Bread
             and
             Cheese
             in
             the
             
               Sweat
               of
               his
               Brows
            
             under
             an
             Hedge
             )
             enjoys
             .
          
           
             Nothing
             so
             much
             ●loys
             and
             oppresses
             the
             Appetite
             and
             Stomach
             as
             always
             to
             have
             varieties
             of
             Flesh
             and
             
               Fish
               ,
               compounded
               Sawces
               ,
               Pudd●ns
               ,
               Pyes
               ,
               Broths
               ,
               Bisques
               ,
               Oglio's
               ,
            
             and
             the
             like
             
               Extravagant
               ●ur●iture
            
             of
             Gluttony
             ,
             enricht
             with
             East
             and
             
               West-India●
               Ingr●dients
            
             ,
             and
             follow'd
             with
             heaps
             of
             Sweet-Meats
             and
             
               lucious
               Fruits
            
             ,
             and
             other
             Kickshaws
             .
             This
             all
             that
             use
             such
             Intemperance
             ,
             may
             know
             by
             their
             own
             woful
             Experience
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             great
             number
             of
             Diseases
             ,
             they
             do
             through
             Wantonness
             contract
             ,
             and
             yet
             (
             their
             Brains
             being
             sunk
             into
             their
             Bellies
             ,
             and
             their
             
               Vnderstandings
               buried
            
             in
             the
             Ordure
             of
             their
             
               swelling
               Paunches
            
             )
             they
             have
             not
             the
             wit
             to
             consider
             it
             ,
             but
             finding
             their
             
               Stomachs
               dull
               ,
               weary
            
             ,
             and
             apt
             to
             loathing
             ,
             never
             thinking
             of
             the
             true
             cause
             thereof
             ,
             will
             needs
             go
             about
             to
             mend
             this
             
               defect
               of
               Appetite
            
             by
             
               invented
               New
               Dishes
            
             ,
             and
             more
             
               Poin●nt
               Saw●es
            
             ,
             and
             greater
             
               variety
               of
               Compositions
            
             foollishly
             imagining
             thereby
             to
             cure
             all
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             would
             
               quench
               Fire
               with
               pouring
               on
               Oyl
            
             ;
             for
             too
             much
             of
             this
             was
             
             indeed
             the
             original
             cause
             of
             their
             Grievance
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             let
             all
             Men
             ,
             that
             prize
             the
             Health
             either
             of
             their
             Bodies
             or
             Minds
             ,
             fly
             such
             Excesses
             ,
             and
             the
             Pomp
             of
             Glut●ony
             as
             they
             would
             do
             the
             Pestilence
             ;
             and
             for
             such
             as
             have
             a
             desire
             to
             drink
             of
             this
             
               charming
               ruddy
               Wi●e
            
             ,
             they
             ought
             to
             allay
             and
             mix
             it
             with
             Water
             ,
             
               Two
               thirds
               Water
            
             and
             
               one
               Wine
            
             ,
             but
             if
             you
             drink
             it
             commonly
             or
             frequently
             ,
             then
             
               three
               fourths
               Water
            
             and
             
               one
               Wine
            
             ,
             will
             be
             enough
             ,
             which
             will
             be
             an
             excellent
             Drink
             to
             
               beget
               Appetite
            
             and
             
               cleanse
               the
               Stomach
            
             ;
             it
             also
             
               Purges
               powerfully
               by
               Vrine
               ,
               cools
               the
               Body
               ,
               makes
               the
               Blood
               thin
               and
               fine
               ,
            
             whence
             proceed
             
               brisk
               lively
               Natural
               Spirits
               ,
               Senses
               ,
               Intellectuals
               ,
               Dispositions
            
             and
             Inclinations
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             XXIV
             .
          
           
             Of
             Cyder
             ,
             its
             Nature
             and
             Operation
             .
          
           
             CYDER
             ,
             if
             well
             made
             and
             fermented
             ,
             is
             a
             fine
             brisk
             or
             quick
             Drink
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             best
             which
             is
             made
             of
             good
             sound
             and
             proper
             Apples
             ,
             of
             which
             there
             are
             various
             sorts
             ,
             as
             
               Redstr●aks
               ,
               P●ppins
               ,
               Pearmains
               ,
               Iillyflowers
               ,
               Golden-P●ppins
               ,
            
             and
             many
             others
             well
             known
             to
             the
             Makers
             of
             Cyder
             ,
             and
             therefore
             needless
             here
             to
             enumerate
             .
             But
             this
             ought
             to
             be
             noted
             ,
             that
             the
             Apples
             you
             intend
             for
             Cyder
             ,
             be
             they
             of
             what
             sort
             soever
             ▪
             ought
             to
             be
             ripe
             before
             they
             are
             gathered
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             to
             lie
             in
             an
             open
             Airy
             Room
             for
             two
             ,
             three
             or
             four
             weeks
             ,
             in
             which
             time
             ,
             by
             the
             Apples
             sweating
             the
             phlegmatick
             raw
             Quality
             will
             in
             some
             degree
             be
             digested
             ,
             which
             will
             ●●nder
             your
             Cyder
             sweeter
             ,
             of
             a
             better
             B●dy
             ,
             and
             more
             Balsamick
             than
             that
             whi●●
             is
             made
             of
             Apples
             either
             unripe
             ▪
             or
             made
             
             into
             Cyder
             as
             soon
             as
             they
             are
             gathered
             .
          
           
             Note
             further
             ,
             that
             those
             that
             would
             have
             a
             sweeter
             ,
             st●onger
             and
             better
             bodied
             Cyder
             than
             ordinary
             ,
             ought
             in
             some
             degree
             to
             observe
             the
             Rules
             as
             are
             usual
             in
             Brewing
             ,
             viz.
             not
             to
             press
             your
             Apples
             too
             hard
             ,
             as
             commonly
             is
             done
             ,
             but
             to
             half
             press
             them
             ,
             and
             then
             put
             them
             by
             for
             a
             
               smaller
               Cyder
            
             ;
             for
             the
             first
             that
             runs
             off
             ,
             when
             you
             do
             but
             gently
             squeze
             your
             Apples
             ,
             (
             as
             flowing
             almost
             of
             its
             own
             accord
             )
             is
             much
             sweeter
             ▪
             and
             more
             balsamick
             than
             that
             which
             is
             pressed
             forth
             with
             violence
             from
             the
             harsh
             centre
             of
             the
             Fruit
             ,
             and
             consequently
             is
             stronger
             and
             more
             Spirituous
             ,
             as
             from
             the
             Mault
             ,
             that
             liquor
             or
             Wort
             which
             runs
             off
             first
             is
             many
             degrees
             better
             than
             the
             latter
             ;
             for
             though
             it
             must
             be
             confessed
             ,
             the
             case
             is
             not
             altogether
             the
             same
             ,
             because
             the
             Mault
             has
             passed
             through
             several
             Digestions
             ,
             which
             have
             open'd
             the
             
               Closset
               of
               Saturn
            
             ,
             and
             set
             the
             
               sweet
               spirituous
               Quality
            
             at
             liberty
             ,
             just
             upon
             the
             Wing
             ,
             by
             which
             it
             readily
             gives
             forth
             its
             good
             Vertues
             ,
             yet
             the
             Analogy
             holds
             in
             Apples
             and
             other
             
             Fruits
             (
             
               for
               Nature's
               Operations
               are
               unifo●m
               ,
               he
               that
               rightly
               understands
               one
               Link
               ,
               will
               easily
               compr●hend
               the
               whole
               Chain
            
             )
             for
             if
             you
             observe
             ,
             you
             shall
             find
             ,
             that
             any
             sort
             of
             Fruits
             will
             ,
             when
             any
             violence
             is
             offered
             to
             them
             ,
             first
             give
             forth
             their
             more
             sweet
             Vertues
             and
             pure
             spirituous
             Qualities
             ,
             as
             if
             you
             bite
             a
             piece
             of
             Apple
             ,
             will
             not
             the
             sweeter
             and
             more
             pleasant
             Juices
             be
             extracted
             first
             ?
             And
             so
             by
             degrees
             yield
             that
             which
             is
             harsher
             and
             more
             unpleasant
             ?
             The
             astringent
             Properties
             of
             Saturn
             and
             the
             hot
             bitter
             harsh
             Qualities
             of
             Mars
             are
             the
             first
             and
             last
             in
             all
             Vegetations
             :
             The
             same
             we
             find
             in
             the
             Stomach
             (
             
               Nature's
               Laboratory
            
             )
             does
             not
             she
             separate
             and
             extract
             all
             the
             Balsamick
             and
             good
             Vertues
             first
             ,
             to
             the
             supply
             of
             Nutriment
             for
             all
             parts
             of
             the
             Body
             ?
             As
             you
             may
             perceive
             if
             you
             give
             your
             Stomach
             any
             occasion
             of
             Casting
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             within
             an
             hour
             or
             two
             after
             you
             received
             your
             Food
             or
             Drink
             ,
             then
             it
             will
             be
             somewhat
             sweet
             ,
             very
             tollerable
             ,
             and
             come
             up
             easie
             ,
             but
             if
             this
             Puking
             happen
             long
             after
             ,
             as
             sever
             ,
             eight
             or
             ten
             hours
             ,
             then
             it
             will
             be
             very
             nauseous
             ,
             bitter
             ,
             
             sour
             ,
             and
             of
             various
             Colours
             ,
             as
             
               Yellow
               ,
               Green
            
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             whereby
             't
             is
             evident
             that
             the
             bitter
             parts
             are
             drawn
             away
             first
             .
          
           
             So
             if
             Apples
             be
             pressed
             hard
             ,
             there
             is
             forced
             out
             an
             hard
             ,
             harsh
             ,
             astringent
             ,
             ●our
             Property
             ,
             which
             may
             cause
             such
             Cyder
             to
             ripen
             sooner
             ,
             and
             be
             thereby
             fit
             to
             drink
             in
             a
             shorter
             time
             ,
             but
             it
             will
             also
             cause
             it
             to
             fret
             ,
             or
             become
             of
             a
             keen
             sharp
             Nature
             ,
             and
             often
             causes
             it
             to
             sour
             ,
             more
             especially
             if
             such
             Cyder
             shall
             be
             put
             on
             a
             fresh
             ferment
             by
             Carriage
             ;
             either
             by
             Land
             or
             Sea.
             
          
           
             Now
             to
             know
             when
             you
             have
             drawn
             enough
             from
             your
             first
             gentle
             pressing
             ,
             the
             best
             way
             will
             be
             to
             taste
             your
             Juice
             as
             it
             comes
             from
             the
             Press
             ,
             and
             when
             it
             begins
             to
             taste
             any
             thing
             harsh
             ,
             unpleasant
             or
             bitterish
             ,
             then
             hold
             your
             hand
             as
             to
             that
             ,
             and
             keep
             the
             Juice
             of
             the
             latter
             pressing
             by
             it self
             ,
             as
             Brewers
             and
             Housewives
             do
             their
             latter
             Wort.
             
          
           
             If
             this
             course
             be
             duly
             observed
             ,
             your
             first
             running
             from
             the
             Press
             will
             make
             a
             
               Noble
               Balsamick
               Cyder
            
             ,
             altogether
             as
             good
             as
             White-Wi●●
             or
             Claret
             ,
             and
             perhaps
             better
             than
             either
             of
             them
             for
             
             our
             
               English
               Bodies
            
             ,
             If
             drank
             temperately
             .
             And
             as
             it
             will
             be
             thus
             much
             better
             than
             your
             
               common
               Cyder
            
             ,
             so
             it
             will
             keep
             longer
             from
             being
             sour
             ,
             sharp
             or
             eager
             ,
             and
             consequently
             continues
             more
             friendly
             to
             Nature
             .
          
           
             
               Another
               ,
               or
               new
               way
               to
               make
               Cyder
               .
            
             
               Take
               the
               first
               or
               second
               Juice
               you
               press
               out
               of
               your
               Apples
               ,
               and
               put
               it
               into
               a
               Kettle
               or
               Copper
               ,
               and
               make
               it
               ready
               to
               boyl
               ,
               or
               boyling-hot
               ,
               but
               not
               boyl
               ,
               then
               put
               it
               into
               Coolers
               for
               that
               purpose
               ,
               as
               you
               do
               in
               Brewing
               Ale
               or
               Beer
               ,
               and
               when
               it
               is
               at
               the
               degree
               of
               coolness
               ,
               as
               is
               usual
               for
               Wort
               ,
               when
               set
               a
               working
               ,
               then
               put
               a
               convenient
               quantity
               of
               Yeast
               of
               Barm
               to
               it
               ,
               and
               let
               it
               work
               ,
               observing
               the
               very
               same
               Method
               as
               is
               done
               in
               working
               and
               tunning
               up
               Beer
               and
               Ale
               ,
               and
               when
               it
               hath
               done
               working
               stop
               it
               close
               up
               .
            
             
               This
               will
               be
               a
               brave
               full-bodied
               wholesom
               Cyder
               ,
               keep
               very
               well
               ,
               and
               drink
               pleasant
               and
               mellow
               ;
               for
               this
               heating
               and
               fermentation
               does
               digest
               that
               crude
               phlegmy
               Quality
               which
               
               makes
               Cyder
               drink
               lean
               and
               sharp
               ,
               from
               which
               also
               it
               often
               gets
               a
               sour
               Quality
               .
            
             
               But
               if
               you
               would
               have
               your
               Cyder
               to
               keep
               long
               ,
               or
               draw
               as
               Beer
               and
               Ale
               does
               ,
               and
               not
               grow
               flat
               for
               a
               Month
               ,
               two
               or
               three
               ,
               then
               when
               you
               have
               heat
               your
               Juice
               or
               Liquor
               ,
               as
               aforesaid
               ,
               so
               that
               it
               begins
               to
               be
               hot
               ,
               put
               in
               what
               quantity
               of
               good
               Hops
               you
               think
               fit
               ,
               and
               let
               them
               infuse
               a
               full
               half
               hour
               ,
               but
               let
               it
               not
               boyl
               ,
               and
               then
               strain
               it
               as
               you
               do
               Wort
               ,
               and
               put
               it
               into
               your
               Coolers
               ,
               and
               when
               cool
               set
               it
               a
               working
               ,
               as
               before
               directed
               ;
               But
               therein
               observe
               two
               things
               ,
               1.
               
               That
               you
               do
               not
               let
               it
               stand
               too
               thick
               in
               your
               Coolers
               ,
               2.
               
               Nor
               put
               it
               in
               to
               working
               before
               it
               be
               sufficiently
               cold
               ;
               for
               if
               either
               of
               those
               Accidents
               happen
               ,
               it
               will
               cause
               the
               irritation
               or
               awakening
               of
               the
               Saturnal
               and
               
                 Martial
                 Poysons
              
               ,
               which
               will
               destroy
               the
               
                 Balsamick
                 Vertues
              
               or
               
                 S●eet
                 Quality
              
               ,
               by
               causing
               it
               to
               ferment
               too
               fiercely
               ,
               which
               is
               cal●ed
               Fr●●ting
               ,
               and
               causeth
               all
               sorts
               of
               Drink
               to
               grow
               hard
               and
               stale
               in
               a
               short
               time
               .
            
             
             
               This
               last
               sort
               of
               Cyder
               will
               not
               only
               drink
               pleasant
               ,
               with
               a
               good
               Body
               ,
               but
               will
               also
               keep
               a
               long
               time
               ,
               and
               draw
               or
               ●run
               good
               as
               long
               as
               Beer
               or
               Ale
               ,
               and
               not
               flatten
               ,
               as
               is
               usual
               for
               Cyder
               ;
               so
               that
               you
               will
               not
               be
               obliged
               to
               the
               trouble
               of
               Bottling
               it
               ,
               which
               for
               Families
               ,
               and
               the
               common
               use
               of
               an
               House
               ,
               is
               tedious
               and
               chargeable
               ,
               and
               not
               so
               wholesom
               ,
               as
               I
               have
               demonstrated
               in
               my
               
                 Way
                 to
                 health
              
               ,
               in
               the
               chapter
               of
               Beer
               and
               Ale.
               
            
             
               Note
               ,
               that
               you
               may
               
                 Boyl
                 your
                 Cyder
              
               ,
               either
               small
               or
               strong
               ,
               and
               use
               the
               same
               Order
               as
               common
               Brewers
               do
               in
               making
               of
               Beer
               and
               Ale
               ,
               and
               some
               People
               of
               late
               years
               do
               manage
               their
               Cyder
               accordingly
               ;
               but
               in
               my
               opinion
               it
               is
               not
               so
               good
               as
               that
               which
               is
               made
               either
               without
               boyling
               or
               heating
               at
               all
               ,
               or
               that
               which
               is
               only
               heat
               ,
               without
               boyling
               ,
               as
               is
               before
               mentioned
               ;
               Not
               but
               that
               which
               is
               boyled
               may
               be
               made
               very
               good
               ▪
               and
               to
               drink
               ,
               full
               and
               satisfactory
               to
               the
               Stomach
               ,
               but
               still
               the
               former
               is
               to
               be
               preferred
               before
               it
               .
            
             
               No
               sort
               of
               Cyder
               ought
               to
               be
               kept
               above
               
                 One
                 Year
              
               ,
               i●
               th●
               Drinkers
               thereof
               
               regard
               their
               healths
               though
               it
               may
               be
               kept
               several
               years
               in
               Bottles
               ,
               and
               drink
               pleasing
               to
               the
               Palate
               of
               many
               People
               ,
               especially
               such
               as
               have
               dull
               flat
               crasie
               cold
               Stomachs
               ,
               but
               as
               I
               have
               told
               you
               already
               ,
               no
               stale
               Drinks
               ,
               whether
               
                 Wine
                 ,
                 Cyder
                 ,
                 Beer
              
               or
               Ale
               ,
               are
               so
               homogeneal
               and
               profitable
               to
               Nature
               as
               those
               that
               are
               Newer
               ,
               provided
               they
               be
               first
               sufficiently
               fermented
               ;
               for
               the
               longer
               any
               fermented
               Liquors
               are
               kept
               after
               they
               have
               obtain'd
               to
               proper
               ripeness
               and
               clearness
               ,
               the
               harder
               ,
               keener
               and
               sharper
               they
               grow
               ;
               and
               therefore
               are
               not
               so
               agreeable
               and
               friendly
               to
               Nature
               as
               milder
               ,
               fatter
               ,
               or
               full-bodied
               Drinks
               ;
               for
               every
               thing
               being
               come
               to
               its
               mature
               Age
               ,
               does
               by
               degrees
               tend
               towards
               the
               centre
               ,
               and
               decline
               ;
               for
               there
               is
               no
               standing
               still
               in
               the
               operations
               of
               Nature
               .
               Thus
               in
               all
               Drinks
               the
               keeping
               them
               a
               proper
               time
               after
               they
               are
               made
               does
               digest
               a
               gross
               phlegmy
               Quality
               ,
               which
               would
               make
               it
               drink
               fulsom
               or
               nauseous
               to
               the
               Palate
               and
               Stomach
               ,
               which
               a
               little
               Age
               consumes
               ,
               even
               as
               it
               comes
               to
               pass
               in
               all
               Herbage
               ,
               as
               Hay
               ,
               which
               when
               new
               cut
               down
               is
               sweet
               and
               faintish
               
               in
               comparison
               of
               what
               it
               will
               be
               when
               it
               has
               lain
               half
               a
               year
               or
               more
               in
               the
               Rick
               or
               Mow
               ,
               but
               if
               such
               Hay
               lie
               too
               long
               ,
               viz.
               three
               ,
               four
               or
               seven
               years
               ,
               then
               it
               becomes
               dry
               ,
               harsh
               ,
               and
               of
               less
               Vertue
               and
               Substance
               ,
               and
               in
               no
               respect
               so
               good
               ,
               as
               in
               its
               proper
               time
               :
               So
               when
               fermented
               Drinks
               have
               reached
               to
               a
               proper
               degree
               of
               Age
               ,
               or
               digestion
               of
               the
               more
               unpleasing
               and
               phlegmatick
               Juices
               ,
               then
               if
               it
               be
               continued
               much
               longer
               ,
               it
               goes
               as
               fast
               backwards
               towards
               its
               Original
               ,
               and
               the
               sweet
               Body
               or
               Balsamick
               Vertues
               are
               by
               degrees
               wasted
               ,
               and
               as
               it
               were
               ,
               eaten
               up
               by
               the
               fierce
               hungers
               and
               eager
               properties
               of
               the
               dark
               original
               Forms
               ,
               viz.
               of
               the
               Saturnine
               and
               
                 Martial
                 Natures
              
               ,
               which
               are
               greedy
               devourers
               of
               the
               amiable
               sweet
               Balsamick
               Body
               ;
               for
               the
               harsh
               astringent
               bitter
               fierce
               Qualities
               of
               Nature
               are
               always
               and
               in
               every
               thing
               the
               first
               and
               the
               last
               ;
               Are
               not
               your
               curious
               delicate
               well-tasted
               Apples
               in
               the
               beginning
               of
               their
               generating
               ,
               or
               whilst
               they
               are
               young
               and
               green
               ,
               harsh
               ,
               astringent
               ,
               bitter
               ,
               sour
               ,
               and
               very
               unpleasing
               both
               to
               the
               Palate
               and
               Stomach
               ,
               affording
               
               a
               Juice
               or
               Nourishment
               altogether
               as
               ungrateful
               to
               Nature
               ?
               But
               through
               the
               sweet
               Influences
               of
               the
               Coelestials
               and
               Elements
               ,
               the
               
                 Solar
                 ,
                 Iovia●
              
               and
               Venerial
               Qualities
               are
               awakened
               and
               strengthned
               to
               that
               degree
               that
               by
               their
               benigne
               Particles
               they
               moderate
               ,
               allay
               and
               qualify
               both
               the
               astringent
               ,
               bitter
               and
               sour
               harsh
               Properties
               ,
               so
               that
               each
               of
               them
               does
               with
               an
               hearty
               and
               corteous
               friendliness
               incorporate
               and
               imbrace
               each
               other
               ,
               whence
               does
               proceed
               that
               lovely
               pleasant
               Taste
               ,
               Smell
               and
               Colour
               ,
               which
               being
               once
               become
               full
               ripe
               ,
               if
               they
               be
               kept
               much
               longer
               they
               will
               decay
               and
               fall
               into
               Putrifaction
               ,
               and
               neither
               be
               pleasant
               nor
               wholesom
               ,
               and
               just
               so
               it
               is
               with
               the
               Liquor
               that
               comes
               from
               them
               after
               its
               kind
               ;
               if
               it
               be
               kept
               too
               old
               or
               stale
               ,
               it
               proves
               injurious
               to
               Health
               ,
               being
               of
               a
               hot
               tart
               keen
               Nature
               and
               Operation
               ,
               which
               heats
               the
               Blood
               ,
               irritates
               the
               pure
               Spirits
               ,
               causing
               weariness
               and
               hot
               I●dispositions
               to
               possess
               the
               whole
               Body
               and
               generating
               various
               Diseases
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Nature
               of
               each
               Constitution
               and
               Complexion
               ,
               it
               being
               Ig●orance
               ,
               Vanity
               and
               Custom
               
               that
               have
               and
               do
               make
               so
               many
               〈◊〉
               and
               use
               such
               
                 over-stale
                 Liquors
              
               ,
               not
               that
               ever
               any
               found
               any
               real
               benefit
               thereby
               ;
               for
               't
               is
               a
               never-failing
               truth
               ,
               
                 That
                 all
                 sorts
                 of
                 Drinks
                 are
                 best
                 whilst
                 the
                 p●re
                 vola●ile
                 Spirits
                 are
                 strong
                 ,
                 a●d
                 the
                 balsamick
                 Body
                 potent
              
               ;
               and
               that
               the
               same
               is
               not
               only
               the
               wholsomest
               of
               all
               others
               ,
               but
               the
               most
               pleasant
               too
               to
               the
               Palate
               and
               Stomach
               ,
               and
               in
               every
               respect
               more
               agreeable
               to
               the
               needs
               and
               operations
               of
               Nature
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             XXV
             .
          
           
             Of
             Mum
             ,
             its
             Nature
             and
             Operation
             .
          
           
             MUM
             is
             a
             brave
             
               Balsamick
               Liquor
            
             ,
             very
             wholsome
             for
             
               Melancholy
               Phlegmatick
            
             Complexion'd
             People
             ,
             if
             they
             observe
             the
             Rules
             of
             
               Temperance
               ,
               viz.
            
             To
             drink
             it
             sparingly
             ,
             as
             also
             for
             those
             whose
             Food
             is
             dry
             ,
             hard
             and
             lean
             ,
             as
             
               course
               Bread
               ,
               ordinary
               Cheese
               ,
               Flower'd
               Milk
               ,
               Herbs
               ,
               and
               lean
               Pot●ages
               .
            
             But
             this
             sort
             of
             Drink
             
             〈◊〉
             another
             Species
             or
             Property
             ,
             viz.
             It
             is
             of
             an
             
               hot
               strong
               Nature
            
             ;
             It
             
               dulls
               the
               Appetite
            
             ,
             sends
             
               fumes
               into
               the
               Head
            
             ,
             and
             is
             nothing
             so
             good
             ,
             healthy
             and
             wholsome
             as
             clear
             
               well
               brew'd
               Ale
            
             ;
             for
             being
             much
             being
             much
             boyled
             with
             the
             
               Martial
               Ingredients
            
             ,
             they
             do
             not
             only
             suffocate
             ,
             evaporate
             and
             destroy
             the
             pure
             thin
             
               su●tle
               spirituous
               parts
            
             ,
             but
             it
             thereby
             becomes
             of
             a
             thick
             gross
             tough
             substance
             ,
             and
             consequently
             harder
             of
             Concoction
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             Natural
             heat
             cannot
             so
             easily
             separate
             and
             digest
             it
             ,
             as
             other
             clearer
             finer
             Drinks
             ,
             as
             
               Ale
               ,
               Cyder
               ,
               Wine
            
             and
             Water
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             :
             For
             this
             cause
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             good
             for
             such
             as
             live
             at
             ease
             ,
             and
             
               eat
               fat
               rich
               compounded
               strong
               Food
            
             ;
             for
             it
             naturally
             
               heats
               the
               Blood
            
             ,
             and
             makes
             it
             
               thick
               ,
               generates
               heavy
               dull
               Spirits
               ,
            
             whence
             proceeds
             
               hot
               unpleasant
               Dispositions
            
             ;
             for
             it
             being
             unequal
             begets
             the
             like
             Inequality
             ,
             both
             in
             Body
             and
             Spirits
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             common
             use
             of
             it
             lays
             Foundations
             for
             Diseases
             ,
             more
             especially
             in
             
               Cholerick
               and
               Sanguine
               Complexions
            
             ,
             and
             all
             Children
             and
             
               Young
               People
            
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             XXVI
             .
          
           
             Of
             Coffee
             ,
             its
             Nature
             and
             Operation
             .
          
           
             COFFEE
             is
             a
             new
             Liquor
             ,
             invented
             by
             the
             Turks
             and
             Heathens
             ;
             for
             being
             by
             their
             Alchoran
             or
             Law
             prohi●●ted
             all
             Wine
             ,
             they
             wanted
             something
             to
             spend
             their
             time
             in
             ,
             and
             be
             a
             Companion
             to
             their
             Tobacco
             ,
             of
             which
             in
             late
             years
             they
             take
             great
             Quantities
             ,
             and
             therefore
             gratified
             their
             Appetites
             with
             this
             Liquor
             ,
             which
             in
             few
             years
             is
             grown
             into
             much
             Esteem
             and
             Practice
             amongst
             the
             English
             ,
             more
             because
             it
             is
             a
             
               New
               far-fetcht
               drink
            
             ,
             than
             for
             its
             Vertue
             ,
             though
             it
             must
             be
             acknowledged
             to
             be
             one
             of
             the
             most
             Innocent
             and
             harmless
             drinks
             that
             is
             used
             in
             
               Publick
               Houses
            
             ,
             and
             brings
             the
             
               least
               Inconveniency
            
             to
             the
             Drinkers
             thereof
             ,
             only
             it
             
               wastes
               precious
               time
            
             and
             occasions
             many
             discourses
             which
             were
             better
             let
             alone
             .
          
           
           
             This
             sort
             of
             drink
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             used
             ,
             but
             in
             a
             
               Physical
               way
            
             ,
             by
             such
             as
             are
             troubled
             with
             Fumes
             and
             
               D●lling
               Vapours
            
             that
             fly
             up
             into
             the
             Head
             ,
             and
             thereby
             
               stupifie
               the
               Senses
            
             ;
             also
             it
             is
             profitable
             for
             such
             as
             have
             brought
             upon
             themselves
             such
             distempers
             by
             too
             large
             drinking
             of
             Wine
             and
             
               strong
               Drink
            
             ,
             or
             by
             
               Weariness
               ,
               Labour
            
             or
             Fasting
             ,
             and
             for
             such
             as
             are
             
               troubled
               with
               the
               Head-Ach
            
             .
             But
             for
             others
             that
             are
             well
             ,
             and
             not
             troubled
             with
             any
             of
             the
             aforesaid
             Inconveniences
             ,
             they
             ought
             not
             to
             addict
             themselves
             to
             the
             frequent
             sipping
             of
             this
             
               Black
               Broth
            
             ,
             though
             there
             is
             not
             so
             much
             mischief
             to
             be
             apprehended
             from
             it
             ,
             as
             from
             
               strong
               spirituous
               drinks
            
             .
             Yet
             it
             is
             not
             without
             its
             Inconveniencies
             ;
             For
             Nature
             does
             not
             effect
             any
             kind
             of
             Inequality
             .
             Now
             Coffee
             is
             a
             Saturnine
             and
             
               Martial
               d●ink
            
             ,
             it
             derives
             it
             
               sooty
               Colour
            
             and
             
               naus●ous
               Taste
            
             from
             Saturn
             ,
             and
             its
             Bitterness
             from
             Mars
             ;
             For
             the
             
               Iovial
               Solar
            
             ,
             and
             
               Venereal
               Prop●rties
            
             are
             destroyed
             in
             the
             preparation
             ,
             or
             making
             it
             into
             ●owder
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             the
             
               ●ure
               subtl●
            
             or
             
               Volatile
               Spirits
            
             and
             
               Oyly
               Balsamick
               Vertues
            
             are
             suffocated
             ,
             consumed
             or
             evaporated
             ,
             
             by
             the
             
               harsh
               Fire
            
             ,
             by
             which
             it
             becomes
             fixt
             in
             the
             properties
             of
             Saturn
             and
             Mars
             ,
             and
             for
             that
             cause
             prevents
             Funes
             from
             
               flying
               up
               into
               the
               Crown
            
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             it
             sends
             none
             ;
             For
             all
             things
             in
             which
             the
             
               pure
               flying
               Spirits
               ,
               sweet
               Oyly
               Vertues
            
             and
             
               Natural
               Colo●r
            
             are
             destroyed
             by
             Preparations
             ,
             are
             of
             a
             dull
             heavy
             Nature
             and
             Operation
             ,
             and
             of
             no
             good
             Smell
             ,
             Colour
             not
             Taste
             .
             Therefore
             this
             Liquor
             dulls
             the
             Appetite
             ,
             and
             if
             frequently
             drank
             ,
             obstructs
             the
             Stomach
             ,
             and
             generates
             evil
             Juices
             .
          
           
             One
             of
             the
             chiefest
             Reasons
             why
             the
             Turks
             at
             first
             invented
             and
             made
             Coffee
             a
             common
             Drink
             ,
             was
             to
             allay
             the
             Fumes
             and
             
               stupifying
               Poysonous
               Vapours
            
             ,
             caused
             by
             the
             common
             eating
             of
             Opium
             ,
             which
             ill
             custom
             most
             of
             them
             art
             subject
             unto
             .
             Now
             Opium
             is
             apt
             to
             disorder
             the
             Eaters
             thereof
             by
             awakning
             the
             Natural
             Spirits
             ,
             and
             then
             stupifying
             and
             besetting
             them
             ,
             even
             as
             the
             superfluous
             drinking
             of
             our
             Wine
             and
             
               strong
               Drin●s
            
             does
             ;
             For
             those
             Mahumetans
             being
             forbidden
             the
             
               Intoxicating
               Iuice
               of
               the
               Vine
            
             ,
             had
             an
             itching
             desire
             to
             disorder
             their
             Brains
             some
             other
             
             way
             ,
             so
             fond
             is
             
               d●praved
               Humane
               Nature
            
             to
             make
             it self
             mad
             (
             as
             we
             see
             by
             the
             Indians
             ,
             when
             once
             they
             have
             tasted
             Rum
             or
             Brandy
             ,
             how
             passionately
             they
             will
             beg
             for
             more
             ,
             
               crying
               ,
               A
               little
               more
               ,
               and
               then
               to
               s●ep
            
             )
             so
             at
             last
             they
             found
             out
             this
             way
             to
             Debauch
             themselves
             with
             eating
             of
             Opium
             ,
             whose
             Poyson
             by
             custom
             and
             frequent
             use
             they
             have
             rendred
             easie
             and
             familiar
             to
             them
             ,
             as
             also
             they
             and
             most
             of
             our
             People
             have
             done
             Tobacco
             ,
             whose
             predominant
             Quality
             does
             likewise
             stand
             in
             the
             same
             
               poysonous
               Root
            
             ;
             But
             to
             
               allay
               the
               stupifying
               fumes
            
             and
             Vapours
             ,
             which
             Opium
             and
             Tobacco
             send
             up
             into
             the
             Head
             ,
             they
             frequently
             drink
             Coffee
             ;
             for
             the
             Invention
             of
             this
             Liquor
             was
             not
             for
             any
             pleasure
             ,
             as
             most
             other
             Drinks
             have
             been
             ,
             as
             
               Wine
               ,
               Ale
               ,
               Beer
               ,
               Cyder
               ,
            
             and
             many
             others
             ,
             which
             do
             not
             only
             exhilerate
             the
             Spirits
             ,
             but
             are
             of
             a
             most
             pleasant
             Taste
             ;
             whereas
             Coffee
             altogether
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             is
             very
             distateful
             to
             the
             Palate
             .
          
           
             Would
             Men
             but
             be
             so
             kind
             and
             Friendly
             to
             themselves
             as
             to
             observe
             the
             
               Rules
               of
               Temperance
               and
               Cleanness
            
             ,
             a
             very
             little
             Coffee
             would
             serve
             ,
             though
             
             it
             hath
             it
             uses
             in
             a
             
               Physical
               way
            
             ,
             as
             is
             before
             mentioned
             ,
             and
             no
             otherwise
             ,
             it
             being
             an
             improper
             and
             unequal
             drink
             ,
             therefore
             not
             good
             for
             Common
             use
             or
             at
             every
             turn
             daily
             ,
             or
             two
             or
             three
             times
             a
             day
             ,
             as
             now
             a
             days
             many
             Thousands
             amongst
             us
             ,
             especially
             in
             London
             and
             great
             Towns
             do
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             further
             to
             be
             noted
             ,
             that
             several
             of
             our
             
               own
               Grains
            
             will
             make
             not
             only
             as
             good
             Coffee
             ,
             but
             in
             every
             particular
             like
             this
             sort
             ,
             both
             in
             
               Smell
               ,
               Colour
            
             and
             Operation
             ,
             if
             it
             have
             the
             same
             preparation
             ;
             for
             the
             species
             of
             Coffee
             before
             it
             is
             prepared
             is
             of
             a
             
               white
               Flowery
               substance
            
             ,
             as
             our
             Grains
             are
             ,
             and
             if
             you
             take
             
               Wheat
               ,
               Barley
               ,
               Ry●
            
             or
             Oats
             ,
             and
             prepare
             it
             in
             every
             respec●
             〈…〉
             Coffee
             ,
             it
             will
             have
             a
             like
             
               Taste
               ,
               〈◊〉
               ●mell
               ,
               Colour
            
             and
             Operation
             ;
             for
             there
             will
             only
             remain
             or
             lie
             hid
             in
             a
             
               Saturnine
               Powder
            
             ,
             the
             fixed
             Salt
             ,
             which
             no
             fire
             can
             destroy
             ,
             and
             this
             too
             will
             stop
             or
             repress
             ●umes
             and
             vapours
             as
             well
             as
             the
             other
             ,
             but
             whoever
             uses
             either
             of
             them
             frequently
             and
             wantonly
             ,
             the
             
               Physical
               Vertues
            
             thereof
             to
             Him
             or
             Her
             will
             cease
             ,
             and
             have
             little
             or
             no
             effect
             ,
             and
             therefore
             
             were
             it
             palpable
             that
             men
             in
             general
             are
             set
             upon
             Conceits
             ,
             and
             wedded
             to
             Humours
             and
             Custo●s
             ,
             and
             mad
             after
             things
             new
             and
             Forreign
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             a
             wonder
             to
             see
             such
             swarms
             of
             People
             so
             fond
             of
             this
             
               nauseous
               exotick
               Liquor
            
             ,
             which
             always
             carries
             its
             own
             Brand
             along
             with
             it
             ;
             do
             but
             consider
             its
             
               Taste
               ,
               Colour
            
             and
             Smell
             ,
             and
             compare
             the
             same
             with
             proper
             and
             agreeable
             drinks
             ,
             as
             
               Water
               ,
               Al
               ,
               Beer
               ,
               Cy●er
            
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             how
             vast
             is
             the
             difference
             ?
             Has
             not
             Water
             (
             that
             
               u●iversal
               Mother
               of
               all
               Drinks
            
             )
             a
             pleasant
             friendly
             mild
             or
             meekly
             Taste
             ,
             and
             to
             underbauched
             Palates
             ,
             the
             most
             grateful
             of
             all
             Liquors
             ,
             of
             a
             
               clear
               Whitish
               Colour
            
             and
             
               Aiery
               Smell
            
             ,
             and
             agreeable
             to
             all
             Creatures
             ,
             because
             the
             four
             Qualties
             there
             stand
             and
             have
             their
             Operati●●
             〈…〉
             Equality
             ?
             Is
             not
             
               Ale
               pleasant
               ,
               sweet
               ,
               brisk
               ,
               spirituous
            
             or
             
               Ba●samick
               Taste
            
             ,
             its
             
               colo●r
               Solar
            
             and
             Iovial
             ,
             with
             a
             comfortable
             smell
             ?
             The
             same
             is
             to
             be
             understood
             of
             all
             other
             proper
             Drinks
             ,
             whereof
             the
             moderate
             use
             does
             ●hear
             ,
             and
             
               refresh
               the
               Spirits
            
             ,
             and
             maintain
             Health
             and
             Strength
             .
             But
             C●ffe●
             has
             none
             of
             these
             inviting
             properties
             ,
             for
             its
             natural
             Vertues
             are
             
             burnt
             up
             and
             totally
             destroyed
             in
             the
             preparation
             ;
             It
             s
             
               love●y
               White
            
             and
             
               Yellow
               C●lour
            
             ,
             which
             proceed
             from
             Venus
             and
             Sol
             are
             turned
             into
             a
             
               Saturnine
               Bla●k
            
             ,
             and
             its
             
               sweet
               Spirituous
               Taste
            
             into
             a
             
               naus●ous
               fu●so●e
               Bitter
            
             ,
             with
             a
             
               sm●ll
               unpleasant
            
             .
             And
             therefore
             the
             Drinkers
             thereof
             are
             forced
             to
             drink
             it
             very
             hot
             ,
             to
             hide
             the
             
               ungrateful
               Taste
            
             ;
             whereas
             Heat
             destroys
             the
             pleasant
             Taste
             of
             proper
             and
             Natural
             Drinks
             .
             And
             for
             this
             reason
             Coffee
             is
             
               dull
               on
               the
               Palate
            
             and
             Stomach
             ,
             very
             apt
             to
             
               obst●uct
               the
               ●assages
            
             and
             
               ●inder
               Digesti●n
            
             ,
             and
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             drunk
             but
             in
             the
             way
             of
             Medicine
             ;
             for
             there
             is
             as
             much
             and
             more
             reason
             for
             any
             Person
             to
             burn
             
               Wood
               ,
               Herbs
            
             or
             ●rains
             to
             Ashes
             ,
             and
             then
             take
             those
             Ashes
             and
             infuse
             them
             in
             hot
             Water
             ,
             and
             when
             't
             is
             settled
             or
             clear
             ,
             to
             drink
             it
             ;
             ●or
             such
             sorts
             of
             ●rinks
             are
             
               ●edici●es
               proper
            
             for
             several
             Diseases
             ,
             but
             by
             no
             means
             to
             be
             drank
             as
             common
             Drinks
             .
             In
             a
             word
             ,
             Coffee
             is
             the
             
               Drunkards
               Settle-brain
            
             ,
             the
             
               ●ool●
               P●ss-Time
            
             ,
             who
             admire●
             it
             for
             being
             the
             Production
             of
             Asia
             ,
             and
             is
             ravisht
             with
             delight
             when
             he
             hears
             the
             Berries
             grow
             in
             the
             Desarts
             of
             Arabia
             ,
             but
             would
             
             not
             give
             a
             farthing
             for
             an
             Hogshead
             of
             it
             ,
             if
             it
             were
             to
             be
             had
             on
             Hampstead-Heath
             or
             Banstead-Downs
             ;
             't
             is
             the
             Sawce
             for
             News
             ,
             the
             
               Busie-mans
               Recreation
            
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Idle
               mans
               Business
               ,
               The
               Lazy
               Prattlers
            
             colourable
             pretence
             to
             spend
             his
             Money
             and
             more
             pretious
             Minutes
             vainly
             ,
             and
             whilst
             he
             is
             censuring
             his
             Superiors
             ,
             and
             New-vamp●ing
             the
             Government
             ,
             his
             Wife
             wants
             Shoes
             ,
             and
             his
             Children
             cry
             for
             Bread.
             But
             since
             the
             Indiscretion
             of
             the
             Age
             has
             rendred
             Sipping
             and
             Tippling
             almost
             necessary
             to
             Bargains
             and
             Business
             ,
             and
             that
             men
             ,
             especially
             in
             Cities
             and
             great
             Towns
             ,
             many
             times
             cannot
             so
             conveniently
             transact
             their
             Negotiations
             ,
             nor
             discourse
             their
             private
             Affairs
             ,
             as
             in
             such
             places
             where
             there
             is
             Liquor
             sold
             ,
             a
             
               Dish
               of
               Coffee
            
             now
             and
             then
             to
             be
             drank
             by
             an
             healthy
             Person
             ,
             will
             not
             hurt
             him
             ,
             nor
             make
             any
             variation
             ,
             the
             quantity
             is
             so
             small
             ;
             but
             drinking
             of
             it
             frequently
             ,
             and
             smoking
             Tobacco
             therewith
             ,
             is
             injurious
             to
             Health
             ;
             yet
             strong
             sound
             Bodies
             may
             drink
             or
             eat
             improper
             things
             ,
             for
             continual
             custom
             will
             thereby
             render
             them
             less
             hurtful
             ,
             especially
             if
             they
             be
             but
             small
             quantities
             
             at
             a
             time
             .
             However
             ,
             the
             best
             and
             surest
             way
             for
             every
             one
             ,
             is
             to
             let
             such
             
               Forreign
               Curiosities
               alone
            
             ,
             and
             to
             take
             such
             Meats
             and
             Drinks
             only
             as
             are
             proper
             in
             Quality
             ,
             and
             therewith
             not
             to
             over-charge
             Nature
             in
             Quantity
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             XXVII
             .
          
           
             Of
             Tea
             ,
             its
             Nature
             and
             Operation
             .
          
           
             TEA
             is
             another
             Forregn
             Drink
             ,
             the
             use
             whereof
             hath
             not
             been
             long
             known
             in
             Engla●d
             ,
             the
             best
             that
             can
             be
             said
             of
             it
             is
             ,
             That
             't
             is
             a
             pretty
             innocent
             harmless
             Liquor
             ,
             it
             hath
             an
             opening
             Quality
             ,
             and
             
               purgeth
               by
               Vri●e
            
             ,
             but
             not
             so
             much
             as
             many
             of
             our
             own
             Coun●ry-Herb●
             ,
             and
             its
             great
             esteem
             is
             not
             from
             the
             more
             than
             ordinary
             Vertues
             that
             it
             is
             endued
             withal
             ,
             but
             chiefly
             for
             Novelty-sake
             ,
             and
             because
             't
             is
             O●tland●sh
             ,
             and
             dear
             ,
             and
             far-fetcht
             ,
             and
             therefore
             admired
             by
             the
             Multitude
             of
             ignorant
             People
             ,
             who
             always
             have
             the
             greatest
             esteem
             for
             those
             things
             they
             know
             not
             .
             The
             truth
             is
             ,
             
             our
             Herb
             called
             Dandelion
             (
             that
             is
             in
             English
             ,
             
               Lyons
               Tooth
            
             ,
             because
             of
             the
             similitude
             of
             its
             Leaf
             )
             being
             gathered
             according
             to
             our
             Directions
             in
             
               The
               Way
               to
               Health
               ,
               &c.
            
             and
             infused
             in
             boyling
             hot
             Water
             about
             half
             an
             hour
             ,
             and
             then
             the
             Liquor
             poured
             from
             the
             Herbs
             ,
             and
             sweetned
             with
             fine
             White
             Sugar
             ,
             is
             a
             far
             better
             Drink
             than
             Tea
             ,
             though
             the
             latter
             costs
             sixteen
             or
             twenty
             Shillings
             a
             Pound
             ,
             whereas
             the
             former
             may
             plentifully
             be
             had
             by
             most
             people
             for
             gathering
             ,
             and
             is
             of
             far
             more
             use
             and
             vertue
             ;
             for
             it
             
               cleanseth
               the
               Stomach
            
             ,
             and
             powerfully
             
               purg
               th
               by
               Vrine
            
             ;
             its
             natural
             Taste
             is
             a
             moderate
             Bitter
             ,
             which
             being
             allay'd
             by
             Sugar
             ,
             becomes
             as
             grateful
             ,
             if
             not
             more
             than
             the
             best
             Tea
             .
          
           
             There
             are
             several
             other
             of
             our
             common
             Herbs
             that
             will
             perform
             the
             like
             ,
             which
             I
             shall
             not
             trouble
             the
             Reader
             with
             in
             this
             place
             ,
             only
             this
             I
             must
             tell
             you
             ,
             that
             
               Sage
               ,
               Pen●y-Royal
               ,
               Mint
               ,
               Mother
               of
               Thime
               ,
            
             and
             
               Garden
               Th●me
            
             being
             gathered
             and
             dryed
             in
             their
             proper
             Seasons
             ,
             and
             preserv'd
             in
             Baggs
             ,
             will
             make
             more
             suitable
             Drinks
             for
             our
             
             Constitutions
             ,
             and
             answer
             the
             end
             of
             Nature's
             wants
             to
             a
             greater
             advantage
             than
             Tea
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             XXIII
             .
          
           
             Of
             Herbs
             and
             Sillads
             ,
             both
             boyled
             and
             Raw.
             
          
           
             THere
             are
             various
             s●rts
             of
             Herbs
             and
             fragrant
             〈◊〉
             that
             are
             endued
             with
             most
             excellent
             Vertues
             ,
             many
             of
             which
             are
             so
             ravishing
             and
             sublime
             ,
             that
             with
             the
             favour
             of
             a
             Metaphor
             they
             may
             be
             called
             ,
             
               The
               good
               Food
               of
               Angels
            
             ;
             and
             therefore
             they
             were
             the
             only
             Food
             for
             Man
             in
             the
             beginning
             ,
             when
             he
             remained
             in
             his
             Angelical
             state
             ;
             for
             till
             he
             defaced
             the
             Image
             of
             God
             wherein
             he
             was
             created
             ,
             every
             
               green
               Herb
            
             and
             Seed
             was
             his
             Meat
             ,
             and
             should
             have
             been
             to
             this
             day
             ,
             if
             he
             had
             continued
             in
             that
             heavenly
             Condition
             he
             was
             created
             in
             and
             to
             ;
             but
             so
             soon
             as
             he
             suffered
             his
             Desires
             to
             wander
             after
             Vanity
             ,
             then
             immediately
             the
             original
             Wrath
             got
             mastery
             ,
             and
             the
             
             divine
             Moderator
             became
             weak
             and
             impotent
             ,
             whence
             arose
             that
             desire
             after
             Blood
             and
             Fl●sh
             ,
             in
             which
             that
             outward
             Life
             stands
             ,
             and
             has
             birth
             from
             that
             strong
             might
             of
             Wrath
             ;
             for
             the
             original
             of
             all
             Life
             stands
             in
             Poyson
             ;
             therefore
             when
             Man
             ent●ed
             into
             the
             Wrathful
             Nature
             and
             un●qual
             ●peration
             of
             the
             original
             Forms
             ,
             which
             does
             cause
             such
             greedy
             Inclinations
             ,
             not
             only
             to
             eat
             Fl●sh
             a●d
             〈◊〉
             ,
             but
             also
             to
             
               Fighting
               ,
               Killing
            
             and
             
               Opp●●ss●o●s
               ▪
            
             both
             of
             those
             of
             his
             own
             kind
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             inferior
             Graduates
             ;
             for
             according
             to
             what
             Principle
             and
             Quality
             doth
             carry
             the
             upper
             dominion
             in
             man's
             heart
             ,
             whether
             Love
             or
             Ang●r
             ,
             such
             Food
             ,
             Drinks
             ,
             Exercises
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             things
             he
             desiers
             ,
             Nature
             being
             always
             best
             gratified
             with
             that
             which
             has
             the
             nearest
             affinity
             to
             its
             self
             ;
             whence
             it
             appears
             that
             mens
             coveting
             Flesh
             and
             Blood
             ,
             is
             a
             true
             sign
             and
             testimony
             of
             their
             miserable
             Fall
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             live
             under
             the
             power
             of
             the
             dark
             fierce
             Wrath.
             —
             But
             I
             have
             discoursed
             more
             of
             this
             in
             my
             general
             Treatise
             ,
             entituled
             ,
             
               The
               Way
               to
               Health
               ,
               long
               Life
               and
               Happiness
               ,
            
             As
             also
             I
             have
             there
             shewed
             
             at
             large
             the
             excellency
             of
             
               Herbs
               ,
               Grains
            
             and
             Seeds
             for
             Food
             ,
             whereunto
             I
             refer
             the
             Reader
             ;
             and
             shall
             here
             only
             tell
             you
             in
             particular
             how
             to
             make
             the
             best
             and
             wholsomest
             Salads
             ,
             which
             if
             practised
             ,
             may
             much
             conduce
             towards
             the
             Praservation
             of
             your
             Bodies
             in
             Health
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Take
             
               Spinnage
               ,
               Pars●ey
               ,
               Sorrel
               ,
               Lettice
               ,
            
             and
             a
             few
             Onions
             ,
             then
             add
             
               Oyl
               ,
               Vi●gar
            
             and
             Salt
             ,
             a
             good
             quantity
             of
             each
             to
             make
             it
             of
             an
             high
             Taste
             and
             Relish
             ,
             but
             let
             the
             Salt
             a
             little
             predominate
             or
             exceed
             both
             the
             other
             Ingredients
             ,
             and
             eat
             nothing
             with
             it
             but
             Bread
             ,
             which
             is
             sufficient
             ▪
             and
             will
             be
             much
             more
             grateful
             to
             the
             alate
             than
             if
             you
             eat
             Bread
             and
             Bu●ter
             ,
             or
             Brea●
             and
             Cheese
             ,
             or
             Bread
             and
             Meat
             ,
             though
             all
             those
             things
             may
             be
             admitted
             ,
             when
             you
             season
             your
             Sallad
             only
             with
             Salt
             and
             Vinegar
             ;
             but
             it
             is
             not
             proper
             to
             eat
             
               Butter
               ,
               Cheese
            
             or
             Flesh
             with
             such
             things
             or
             Sallads
             wherein
             Oyl
             is
             mixed
             ,
             there
             being
             but
             little
             affinity
             in
             the
             Radix
             of
             Oyl
             and
             Butter
             or
             Cheese
             ,
             and
             the
             natural
             Heat
             of
             the
             ●tomach
             doth
             not
             ●ike
             that
             Food
             in
             which
             there
             are
             several
             
             sorts
             of
             fat
             things
             intermixed
             ,
             of
             disagreeing
             Natures
             ;
             besides
             ,
             ●at
             is
             always
             heavy
             of
             digestion
             .
          
           
             
               Another
               sort
               of
               good
               Sallade
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               Take
               Lettice
               ,
               Spinnage-Top●
               ,
               Penny-Royal
               ,
               Sorr●l
               ,
               
                 a
                 few
              
               On●ons
               and
               Pers●●y
               ,
               
                 and
                 season
                 it
                 as
                 before
                 mentioned
                 ,
                 with
              
               Oyl
               ,
               Salt
               and
               Vinegar
               .
            
          
           
             
               Another
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               Take
               Lettic●
               ,
               Sorrel
               ,
               Pepper-Grass
               ,
               Spinnage
               
                 Tops
                 of
              
               Mint
               ,
               and
               Onions
               ,
               
                 and
                 season'd
                 as
                 before
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Another
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               Take
               Spinnage
               ,
               Lettice
               ,
               Tarragan
               ,
               and
               Pars●●y
               ,
               
                 with
                 some
                 Leaves
                 of
              
               Balm
               .
               Or
               ,
               Sorrel
               ,
               Tarragan
               ,
               Spinnage
               ,
               Letticee
               Onions
               and
               Parsley
               .
               
                 Or
                 Tops
                 of
              
               Penny-Royal
               ,
               Mint
               ,
               Lettice
               ,
               Spinnage
               ,
               Sorrel
               and
               Parsle
               .
               Or
               Lettice
               ,
               S●innage
               ,
               Onions
               ,
               Penny-Royal
               ,
               Balm
               and
               Sor●el
               .
               Or
               Sage
               ,
               Lettice
               ,
               Spinnage
               ,
               Sorrel
               ,
               Oni●ns
               .
               and
               Parsley
               ,
               
                 and
                 seasoned
                 as
                 before
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ano●her
               .
            
             
               5.
               
               Take
               
                 Sage
                 ,
                 Penny-Royal
                 ,
                 Mint
                 ,
                 Balm
                 ,
              
               a
               few
               Lettice
               ,
               and
               some
               Sorrel
               ,
               
               and
               season
               it
               with
               
                 Oyl
                 ,
                 Salt
              
               and
               Vinegar
               ,
               as
               is
               before
               mentioned
               .
               This
               is
               a
               brave
               noble
               warming
               Sallad
               ,
               as
               indeed
               they
               all
               are
               ,
               but
               this
               in
               a
               more
               especial
               manner
               .
            
          
           
             
               Another
               .
            
             
               6.
               
               Take
               Lettice
               ,
               Sorrel
               ,
               Endife
               ,
               Celery
               ,
               Spinnage
               and
               Onions
               ,
               
                 seasoned
                 as
                 before
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Another
               .
            
             
               7.
               
               Take
               young
               green
               Buds
               of
               Colwo●ts
               ,
               or
               young
               
                 Colow
                 ●s
              
               ,
               or
               Colwort-Plants
               ,
               or
               a
               hollow
               
                 C●lworty
                 Cabbage
              
               ,
               with
               some
               Onions
               .
               This
               is
               a
               good
               Sallad
               ,
               season●d
               in
               the
               same
               manner
               .
               Some
               there
               be
               that
               will
               make
               Sallads
               of
               hard
               Cabbage
               ,
               but
               they
               are
               but
               very
               indifferent
               ones
               .
               Nor
               do
               I
               know
               any
               way
               of
               Preparation
               that
               can
               make
               an
               hard
               white
               Cabbage
               wholsome
               :
               Many
               People
               admire
               it
               for
               its
               whiteness
               ;
               but
               though
               the
               pure
               White
               colour
               in
               some
               things
               is
               of
               excellent
               Vertues
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               so
               in
               this
               ,
               because
               it
               is
               not
               natural
               for
               it
               to
               be
               so
               ,
               but
               it
               comes
               to
               pass
               by
               Accident
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               because
               the
               friendly
               Element
               ,
               the
               Air
               ,
               hath
               not
               its
               
               free
               Circulation
               and
               Influence
               in
               and
               through
               it
               which
               causeth
               it
               to
               be
               so
               white
               ;
               whereas
               its
               natural
               genuine
               Colour
               is
               Green.
               And
               therefore
               ,
               if
               you
               please
               to
               observe
               it
               ,
               all
               white
               hard
               Cabbages
               are
               more
               fulsome
               ,
               and
               of
               a
               stronger
               nature
               and
               operation
               ,
               either
               raw
               or
               boyled
               ,
               than
               your
               open
               hollow
               greenish
               Cabbages
               ,
               and
               harder
               of
               Concoction
               ,
               and
               the
               Liquor
               in
               which
               they
               are
               boyled
               is
               more
               nauseous
               ,
               and
               will
               sooner
               putrifie
               and
               stink
               than
               that
               in
               which
               Co●worts
               are
               boyled
               .
               Therefore
               young
               green
               Colworts
               and
               Cabbage-Colwots
               ,
               are
               the
               wholsomest
               ,
               more
               cleansing
               and
               easier
               of
               Concoction
               .
            
          
           
             
               Another
               warming
               chearing
               Sallad
               .
            
             
               8.
               
               Take
               the
               green
               fresh
               Leaves
               of
               Colworts
               or
               
                 Cabbage
                 Plants
                 ,
                 L●ttice
                 ,
                 Sorrel
              
               and
               
                 Parsley
                 ,
                 Tarragan
                 ,
                 Ne●tle-Tops
                 ,
                 Penny-Royal
              
               and
               Mint
               ,
               let
               the
               quantity
               of
               each
               be
               according
               to
               your
               Palate
               ,
               being
               season'd
               with
               
                 Oyl
                 ,
                 Salt
              
               and
               Vi●egar
               ,
               it
               is
               a
               brave
               warming
               or
               exhilirating
               Sallade
               ,
               if
               seasoned
               to
               the
               highest
               degree
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Sallads
               for
               the
               Winter
               .
            
             
               Take
               
                 Colwort-Plants
                 ,
                 Sorrel
                 ,
                 Lettice
                 ,
                 Endife
                 ,
                 Celery
                 ,
                 Parsley
                 ,
                 Old
                 Onion●s
                 ,
              
               (
               which
               are
               far
               better
               to
               be
               cut
               and
               eaten
               with
               Sallads
               in
               the
               Winter
               ,
               than
               Young
               )
               and
               season
               them
               well
               with
               
                 Salt
                 ,
                 Oyl
              
               &
               Venegr
               .
               This
               is
               of
               a
               warming
               chearing
               Nature
               ,
               and
               gives
               briskness
               to
               the
               Spirits
               ,
               opening
               and
               keeping
               the
               Passages
               from
               obstructions
               and
               furring
               ,
               which
               in
               Winter
               they
               are
               most
               subject
               unto
               ;
               for
               then
               ,
               Nature
               having
               ,
               as
               it
               were
               ,
               lockt
               up
               all
               her
               Gates
               ,
               the
               central
               heat
               is
               driven
               more
               inward
               ,
               which
               causeth
               great
               Appetite
               of
               hard
               ,
               strong
               ,
               fat
               and
               succulent
               Foods
               ,
               and
               strong
               Drinks
               ,
               which
               where
               Discretion
               ,
               Order
               and
               Temperance
               are
               wanting
               ,
               sows
               the
               Seeds
               and
               lays
               the
               Foundation
               for
               Diseases
               ,
               that
               commonly
               manifest
               themselves
               in
               the
               Summer
               following
               ,
               which
               the
               common
               and
               frequent
               eating
               of
               Herbs
               and
               Sallads
               in
               the
               Winter
               ,
               will
               in
               a
               great
               measure
               prevent
               .
               And
               though
               Herbs
               have
               not
               so
               much
               Life
               and
               Vigour
               ,
               nor
               are
               so
               much
               opening
               and
               cleansing
               in
               the
               Winter
               as
               in
               the
               
               Spring
               ,
               yet
               all
               such
               Herbs
               as
               do
               grow
               and
               continue
               fresh
               and
               green
               ,
               do
               also
               retain
               their
               true
               natural
               Vertues
               and
               Qualities
               ,
               and
               being
               eaten
               in
               Sallads
               ,
               and
               season'd
               as
               they
               ought
               ,
               have
               in
               a
               degree
               the
               same
               operation
               as
               at
               other
               seasons
               of
               the
               year
               .
            
             
               This
               few
               People
               do
               understand
               or
               consider
               ,
               but
               cry
               out
               ,
               
                 Herbs
                 in
                 Winter
                 !
                 Who
                 will
                 or
                 can
                 eat
                 them
                 then
                 ?
                 they
                 are
                 cold
                 ,
                 and
                 very
                 hurtful
              
               —
               And
               this
               foolish
               false
               Doctrine
               they
               receive
               by
               Tradition
               from
               one
               to
               another
               ,
               without
               any
               experience
               or
               tryal
               ;
               whereas
               a
               Sallad
               well
               seasoned
               and
               ordered
               in
               December
               or
               Ianuary
               ,
               if
               the
               season
               prove
               open
               and
               mild
               ,
               is
               as
               chearing
               ,
               and
               (
               being
               eaten
               only
               with
               good
               well
               made
               Bread
               )
               will
               warm
               the
               Stomach
               as
               much
               as
               two
               or
               three
               Glasses
               of
               Wine
               ,
               and
               is
               for
               more
               pleasant
               and
               natural
               ;
               ●or
               there
               is
               a
               greater
               excellency
               in
               all
               green
               Herbs
               in
               the
               Winter
               ,
               than
               most
               imagine
               ,
               especially
               for
               old
               People
               ,
               and
               such
               as
               are
               subject
               to
               Stoppages
               or
               shortness
               of
               Breath
               ,
               who
               instead
               of
               Onions
               may
               use
               a
               clove
               of
               Garlick
               in
               their
               Sallads
               ,
               which
               is
               one
               of
               the
               best
               
               ways
               of
               eating
               it
               ,
               and
               it
               will
               bravely
               open
               ,
               chear
               and
               warm
               the
               Stomach
               .
            
          
           
             
               Or
               you
               may
               make
               it
               thus
               :
            
             
               Take
               
                 L●ttice
                 ,
                 Spinnage
                 ,
                 Endiff
                 ,
                 Celery
                 ,
              
               and
               cut
               half
               an
               head
               of
               Garlick
               amongst
               it
               ,
               and
               then
               season
               it
               well
               with
               
                 Oyl
                 ,
                 Vinegar
              
               and
               Salt.
               This
               is
               a
               brave
               warming
               Sallet
               ,
               and
               very
               wholsom
               .
            
          
           
             
               Of
               the
               most
               proper
               times
               for
               eating
               of
               Sallads
            
             
               Sallads
               are
               not
               improper
               to
               be
               eaten
               at
               all
               Times
               and
               Seasons
               of
               the
               Year
               ,
               but
               more
               especially
               from
               the
               
                 beginning
                 of
                 February
              
               to
               the
               
                 middle
                 or
                 last
                 of
                 Iune
              
               ,
               for
               then
               they
               are
               more
               brisk
               ,
               lively
               and
               powerful
               then
               at
               other
               seasons
               ,
               and
               better
               able
               to
               
                 Cleanse
                 ,
                 Purge
                 ,
                 open
                 Obstructions
                 ,
                 sweeten
              
               and
               
                 purifie
                 the
                 Blood
              
               ,
               and
               
                 make
                 pure
                 fine
                 Spirits
              
               ;
               for
               the
               frequent
               eating
               of
               Herbs
               do
               prevent
               that
               pernicious
               and
               almost
               general
               Disease
               ,
               the
               SCURVEY
               ,
               and
               all
               windy
               Humors
               that
               does
               offend
               the
               Stomach
               .
               Then
               again
               from
               the
               
                 middle
                 of
                 September
              
               till
               December
               ,
               and
               indeed
               all
               the
               Winter
               ,
               if
               the
               Weather
               be
               mild
               and
               open
               ,
               all
               green
               Herbs
               are
               wellcome
               
               to
               the
               Stomach
               ,
               and
               very
               whol●om
               ,
               because
               most
               People
               do
               then
               live
               〈◊〉
               hard
               strong
               substantial
               Food
               ;
               and
               〈◊〉
               that
               can
               get
               them
               ,
               on
               hot
               strong
               spi●i●uous
               Drinks
               ,
               which
               are
               apt
               to
               disorder
               Nature
               ,
               if
               Temperance
               and
               some
               
                 Cleansing
                 Foods
              
               be
               not
               eaten
               between
               whiles
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               Spring
               ,
               
                 Nettle-tops
                 ,
                 Spinnage
                 ,
                 Corn-Sallet
              
               ,
               the
               
                 young
                 Buds
              
               of
               Cabbage
               and
               Colworts
               that
               grow
               on
               Stalks
               ,
               and
               others
               of
               the
               like
               Nature
               ,
               being
               boiled
               ;
               for
               though
               when
               you
               eat
               Herbs
               alone
               ,
               
                 as
                 Food
              
               ,
               you
               ought
               not
               to
               boyl
               them
               ,
               yet
               when
               you
               use
               them
               only
               as
               Sawce
               ,
               or
               a
               Co●rective
               to
               Flesh-Meats
               ,
               you
               may
               boyl
               such
               of
               them
               as
               are
               proper
               )
               make
               a
               good
               Sawce
               for
               such
               as
               eat
               Flesh
               ,
               they
               
                 loosen
                 the
                 Belly
              
               ,
               help
               Concoction
               ,
               and
               consequently
               
                 open
                 Obstructions
              
               ,
               which
               the
               long
               Winter
               may
               have
               occasion'd
               ;
               but
               later
               in
               the
               Spring
               ,
               as
               
                 April
                 ,
                 May
              
               or
               Iune
               ,
               there
               are
               several
               other
               excellent
               Herbs
               ,
               as
               
                 Lettice
                 ,
                 Soweed
                 ,
                 Spinnage
                 ,
                 Parsley
                 ,
                 Mint-Tops
                 ,
                 Penny-Royal
                 ,
                 Borrage
                 ,
                 Endiffe
                 ,
                 Succory
                 ,
                 Beets
              
               White
               and
               Red
               ,
               and
               many
               others
               in
               Gardens
               ,
               besides
               divers
               that
               grow
               common
               in
               the
               Fields
               ,
               as
               the
               
               
                 Red-Dock
                 ,
                 Dandelion
                 ,
                 Comfory
              
               ,
               and
               the
               like
               ,
               which
               being
               boyled
               in
               plenty
               of
               good
               River
               or
               Spring
               Water
               ,
               with
               a
               brisk
               Fire
               (
               and
               one
               of
               Wood
               prepares
               any
               Food
               best
               )
               and
               the
               lid
               or
               cover
               of
               the
               Vessel
               taken
               off
               as
               soon
               as
               they
               begin
               to
               boyl
               ,
               till
               they
               are
               quite
               boyled
               ,
               (
               which
               will
               be
               in
               a
               very
               little
               time
               )
               and
               then
               Butter
               melted
               with
               Water
               into
               a
               thick
               substnace
               ,
               being
               put
               to
               them
               ,
               and
               some
               Salt
               ,
               and
               then
               eaten
               with
               Bread
               ,
               or
               Bread
               and
               Flesh
               ,
               makes
               a
               brave
               wholsom
               Food
               —
               Touching
               the
               Nature
               of
               all
               
                 Green
                 Pulses
              
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               frequent
               eating
               of
               them
               does
               generate
               crude
               windy
               Humours
               ,
               and
               thick
               gross
               Blood
               ,
               and
               are
               the
               occasion
               of
               several
               Diseases
               ;
               see
               our
               before-cited
               Treatise
               ,
               viz.
               
                 The
                 Way
                 to
                 Health
                 ,
                 long
                 Life
                 and
                 Happiness
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               How
               to
               supply
               the
               want
               of
               Oyl
               in
               Sallets
               ,
               where
               Persons
               do
               not
               love
               it
               ,
               or
               cannot
               have
               it
               .
            
             
               For
               seasoning
               all
               sorts
               of
               green
               Sallads
               I
               have
               mentioned
               Oyl
               as
               a
               principal
               Ingredient
               ,
               and
               deservedly
               ;
               for
               
               nothing
               is
               more
               excellent
               for
               that
               purpose
               ,
               it
               being
               called
               Sallet-Oyl
               from
               that
               very
               use
               .
               But
               whereas
               some
               People
               for
               want
               of
               use
               ,
               (
               or
               by
               I
               know
               not
               what
               secret
               Antipathy
               )
               do
               not
               love
               Oyl
               ;
               and
               others
               many
               times
               cannot
               procure
               it
               ,
               especially
               here
               in
               England
               ,
               I
               shall
               here
               acquaint
               them
               how
               they
               may
               furnish
               themselves
               to
               supply
               the
               want
               of
               it
               :
               You
               must
               know
               then
               ,
               that
               Butter
               is
               our
               
                 English
                 Oyl
              
               ,
               the
               nearest
               thing
               we
               have
               in
               affinity
               to
               the
               Nature
               of
               Oyl
               ,
               and
               designed
               no
               doubt
               by
               Nature
               to
               serve
               our
               turn
               instead
               of
               it
               ;
               for
               no
               Country
               yields
               all
               things
               ,
               and
               yet
               such
               is
               the
               gracious
               Providence
               of
               God
               ,
               that
               every
               Region
               affords
               all
               things
               necessary
               to
               the
               Inhabitants
               ;
               if
               therefore
               you
               melt
               good
               Butter
               thick
               ,
               and
               pour
               it
               upon
               your
               Sallad
               ,
               it
               will
               relish
               and
               suit
               with
               it
               excellently
               well
               ,
               and
               serve
               very
               conveniently
               instead
               of
               Oyl
               ,
               being
               so
               like
               it
               amongst
               the
               Herbs
               ,
               both
               in
               shew
               and
               Taste
               ,
               that
               an
               ordinary
               lover
               of
               Oyl
               will
               not
               doubt
               but
               he
               has
               it
               ;
               and
               he
               that
               does
               not
               love
               O●l
               ,
               may
               be
               sure
               he
               has
               it
               not
               ,
               and
               both
               enjoy
               (
               upon
               the
               matter
               )
               as
               much
               Vertue
               ,
               for
               Nourishment
               and
               Wholsomeness
               
               as
               if
               they
               had
               eat
               the
               purest
               Salad-Oyl
               that
               is
               brought
               from
               beyond
               the
               Seas
               .
               A
               curious
               Secret
               ,
               not
               commonly
               practised
               ,
               and
               which
               I
               am
               confident
               many
               People
               will
               have
               reason
               to
               thank
               me
               for
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             XXIX
             .
          
           
             The
             best
             way
             to
             make
             Herb
             Pottage
             ,
             not
             only
             in
             the
             Spring
             ,
             but
             also
             at
             all
             times
             of
             the
             Year
             .
          
           
             TAke
             
               Elder-buds
               ,
               Nettle
               tops
               ,
               Clivers
               ,
            
             and
             Watercresses
             or
             Smallage
             ,
             and
             what
             quantity
             of
             Water
             you
             please
             preportionable
             to
             your
             quantity
             of
             Herbs
             ,
             add
             Oatmeal
             according
             as
             you
             would
             have
             it
             in
             thickness
             ,
             and
             when
             your
             Water
             and
             Oatmeal
             is
             just
             ready
             to
             boyl
             put
             your
             Herbs
             into
             it
             ,
             cut
             or
             uncut
             ,
             as
             you
             like
             best
             ,
             and
             then
             when
             it
             is
             again
             ready
             to
             boyl
             ,
             take
             a
             Ladle
             and
             lade
             it
             so
             that
             you
             keep
             it
             from
             boyling
             and
             when
             you
             have
             done
             thus
             near
             half
             a
             quarter
             of
             an
             hour
             ,
             take
             it
             off
             the
             Fire
             ,
             and
             let
             it
             stand
             a
             little
             
             while
             ,
             then
             you
             may
             either
             eat
             it
             with
             the
             Herbs
             or
             strain
             it
             ,
             adding
             a
             little
             
               Butter
               ,
               Salt
            
             and
             Bread
             ,
             the
             best
             way
             will
             be
             not
             to
             eat
             it
             till
             it
             is
             somewhat
             cooled
             ,
             and
             not
             past
             as
             hot
             as
             Milk
             from
             the
             Cow
             ,
             and
             you
             are
             to
             remember
             not
             to
             let
             it
             boyl
             at
             all
             .
             This
             is
             a
             brave
             wholsom
             cleansing
             sort
             of
             Pottege
             ,
             far
             beyond
             what
             is
             commonly
             made
             .
          
           
             
               Another
               sort
               of
               Herb-Pottage
               ,
            
             
               Take
               Water
               and
               Oatmeal
               ,
               make
               it
               boyling
               hot
               on
               a
               quick
               Fire
               ,
               then
               take
               
                 Spinnage
                 ,
                 Corn-sallet
                 ,
                 Tops
              
               of
               Penny-Royal
               and
               Mint
               ,
               cut
               them
               and
               put
               a
               good
               Quantity
               into
               it
               ,
               let
               it
               stand
               on
               the
               Fire
               till
               it
               be
               ready
               to
               boyl
               ,
               and
               then
               lade
               it
               to
               and
               fro
               five
               or
               six
               Minuits
               ,
               then
               take
               it
               off
               ,
               and
               let
               it
               stand
               a
               while
               ,
               that
               the
               Oatmeal
               may
               sink
               to
               the
               bottom
               ,
               then
               strain
               it
               ,
               adding
               
                 Butter
                 ,
                 Salt
              
               and
               Bread
               ,
               and
               when
               it
               is
               about
               Blood
               warm
               ,
               Eat
               it
               .
            
             
               This
               is
               a
               gallant
               sublime
               Pottage
               ,
               pleasant
               to
               the
               Palate
               and
               Stomach
               ,
               cleansing
               the
               Passages
               by
               
                 opening
                 Obstructions
              
               ;
               it
               also
               chears
               and
               comforts
               
               the
               Spirits
               ,
               breeds
               good
               Blood
               ,
               and
               makes
               the
               whole
               body
               lightsom
               .
               The
               same
               method
               you
               ought
               to
               follow
               in
               making
               all
               sorts
               of
               Gruels
               and
               Herb-Pottages
               ,
               be
               the
               Herbs
               of
               what
               Nature
               they
               will
               ;
               for
               the
               boyling
               of
               Herbs
               ,
               not
               only
               in
               Pottage
               ,
               but
               for
               any
               other
               use
               of
               Food
               ,
               was
               not
               invented
               by
               wise
               Seers
               into
               the
               Arcana
               of
               Nature
               ;
               for
               it
               does
               ,
               as
               it
               were
               ,
               totally
               destroy
               the
               pure
               volatile
               Spirits
               and
               balsamick
               Vertues
               ,
               as
               also
               the
               strong
               warming
               Properties
               thereof
               .
               For
               this
               cause
               ,
               
                 Raw
                 Herbs
              
               are
               much
               better
               ,
               affording
               a
               firmer
               Nourishment
               ,
               better
               Blood
               and
               purer
               Spirits
               ,
               and
               feel
               more
               warming
               in
               the
               Stomach
               than
               boyled
               ;
               nor
               are
               they
               so
               apt
               to
               loosen
               the
               Bowels
               .
               But
               if
               any
               shall
               make
               
                 boyled
                 Herbs
              
               their
               Food
               ,
               though
               they
               prepare
               them
               by
               dressing
               them
               with
               Butter
               ,
               and
               the
               like
               ,
               they
               will
               prove
               phlegmatick
               ,
               cold
               and
               windy
               ,
               with
               other
               evil
               Properties
               ,
               and
               not
               afford
               half
               so
               good
               a
               Nourishment
               as
               if
               they
               were
               Raw
               ;
               nor
               are
               Raw
               Herbs
               more
               Windy
               than
               boyled
               ,
               as
               some
               People
               ,
               not
               for
               want
               of
               Ignorance
               ,
               suppose
               ,
               but
               rather
               the
               contrary
               ;
               for
               the
               common
               eating
               of
               Raw
               
               Herbs
               does
               naturally
               resist
               all
               crude
               windy
               matter
               and
               gross
               Juices
               ,
               by
               assisting
               the
               natural
               Heat
               and
               helping
               Concoction
               ;
               they
               give
               Life
               to
               the
               Stomach
               ,
               by
               opening
               the
               Mouth
               of
               the
               Appetite
               ,
               and
               sharpen
               it
               ,
               as
               appears
               by
               such
               as
               have
               dull
               flat
               Appetites
               ;
               for
               when
               such
               shall
               come
               to
               a
               good
               Salle●
               ,
               it
               does
               (
               as
               it
               were
               )
               create
               or
               revive
               a
               Stomach
               and
               good
               Taste
               ,
               whereas
               before
               they
               could
               relish
               nothing
               :
               Also
               ,
               they
               help
               to
               digest
               and
               carry
               off
               all
               heavy
               fat
               or
               gross
               Food
               ,
               and
               make
               it
               less
               hurtful
               ,
               insomuch
               that
               some
               have
               been
               thereby
               cured
               of
               windy
               Phlegmatick
               Humours
               that
               offended
               the
               Stomach
               ,
               and
               consequently
               sent
               Fumes
               up
               to
               the
               Head
               ,
               causing
               it
               to
               ake
               .
               Therefore
               this
               was
               the
               way
               the
               wise
               healthy
               long-lived
               Antients
               prepared
               their
               Herbs
               ,
               who
               made
               them
               one
               of
               their
               principal
               Foods
               ;
               but
               now-a●
               days
               People
               do
               scarce
               eat
               them
               but
               as
               Sawce
               .
               And
               as
               boyling
               of
               Herbs
               does
               destroy
               the
               purer
               Vertues
               and
               firmer
               Substance
               of
               them
               ,
               so
               that
               they
               become
               phlegmy
               ,
               cold
               and
               windy
               ;
               The
               same
               is
               to
               be
               understood
               in
               all
               sorts
               of
               Herb-Pottage
               ,
               whether
               for
               
               Food
               or
               Physick
               ;
               for
               boyling
               any
               sorts
               of
               Herbs
               does
               in
               a
               Moments
               time
               either
               suffocate
               or
               evaporate
               the
               volatile
               Spirits
               of
               them
               ,
               and
               then
               all
               the
               sweet
               pleasant
               opening
               cleansing
               Vertues
               are
               gone
               ,
               and
               they
               become
               like
               
                 Beer
                 ,
                 Ale
              
               or
               Wine
               ,
               that
               has
               lost
               its
               pure
               Spirits
               ,
               which
               is
               further
               evidenced
               by
               that
               strong
               nauseous
               or
               fulsom
               Taste
               ,
               ill
               Smell
               and
               dull
               Colour
               ,
               all
               such
               boyled
               Pottages
               have
               ,
               so
               that
               very
               few
               care
               for
               eating
               them
               ,
               unless
               they
               are
               forced
               to
               it
               ,
               as
               they
               are
               to
               Physick
               that
               is
               against
               their
               Stomachs
               .
               For
               the
               pure
               sweet
               pleasant
               Taste
               and
               lively
               briskness
               of
               all
               things
               resides
               in
               the
               power
               of
               the
               Spirits
               ;
               which
               all
               Housewives
               and
               Preparers
               of
               Food
               ought
               to
               consider
               ▪
               and
               understand
               ,
               as
               also
               the
               degrees
               of
               the
               Fire
               ,
               the
               quantity
               of
               Water
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               Water
               be
               in
               sufficient
               quantity
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               Air
               have
               its
               free
               circulation
               ,
               and
               to
               give
               it
               true
               time
               ,
               or
               else
               none
               can
               prepare
               any
               kind
               of
               Food
               without
               prejudice
               ;
               for
               in
               the
               sweet
               and
               spirituous
               Properties
               stand
               the
               healing
               nourishing
               Vertues
               ,
               which
               will
               not
               endure
               any
               violent
               Heat
               or
               unequal
               Motion
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               To
               make
               Garlick
               or
               Onion
               Pottage
               .
            
             
               Take
               Water
               and
               Oatmeal
               ,
               stir
               it
               together
               ,
               and
               when
               it
               is
               ready
               to
               boyl
               ,
               bruise
               as
               much
               Ga●lick
               as
               you
               please
               ,
               to
               make
               it
               either
               strong
               or
               weak
               ,
               put
               this
               bruised
               Garlick
               into
               your
               boyling
               hot
               Gruel
               ,
               and
               brew
               it
               to
               and
               fro
               with
               your
               Ladle
               ,
               that
               it
               may
               not
               boyl
               for
               five
               or
               six
               Minutes
               ,
               then
               take
               it
               off
               ,
               and
               let
               it
               stand
               a
               little
               ,
               then
               add
               
                 Butter
                 ,
                 Salt
              
               and
               Bread
               ,
               and
               eat
               it
               as
               warm
               as
               your
               Blood.
               T
               is
               a
               brave
               warming
               cleansing
               and
               opening
               Gruel
               ,
               nothing
               so
               strong
               and
               nauseous
               as
               that
               which
               is
               boyled
               ;
               for
               this
               way
               you
               do
               extract
               the
               finer
               and
               purer
               parts
               of
               the
               Garlick
               ,
               and
               leaves
               the
               strong
               nauseous
               Qualities
               behind
               ;
               but
               on
               the
               contrary
               ,
               much
               boyling
               or
               boyling
               according
               to
               custom
               ,
               does
               destroy
               the
               good
               opening
               cleansing
               Vertues
               ,
               and
               awaken
               the
               Evil.
               
            
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             XXX
             .
          
           
             The
             best
             way
             to
             make
             Diet-Drink
             with
             Herbs
             ,
             Grains
             ,
             Seeds
             ,
             &c.
             or
             the
             proper
             method
             of
             ●nfusion
             of
             Herbs
             in
             Beer
             ,
             Ale
             ,
             or
             other
             Drinks
             .
          
           
             THe
             best
             ,
             proper
             and
             most
             natural
             way
             to
             make
             all
             sorts
             of
             Herb-Drinks
             ,
             is
             thus
             ,
             First
             ,
             gather
             your
             Herbs
             in
             their
             proper
             times
             and
             seasons
             ,
             as
             we
             have
             taught
             in
             our
             
               ●ay
               to
               Health
               ,
               &c.
            
             
             Then
             dry
             them
             in
             the
             Sun
             ,
             and
             put
             them
             into
             close
             Paper-Baggs
             ;
             and
             when
             you
             would
             use
             them
             ,
             take
             such
             a
             quantity
             as
             you
             think
             fit
             ,
             and
             put
             them
             into
             a
             Linnen
             Bag
             ,
             and
             hang
             the
             same
             in
             your
             Bear
             or
             Ale
             when
             it
             is
             a
             working
             or
             fermenting
             ,
             for
             two
             ,
             three
             ,
             four
             ,
             five
             ,
             six
             ,
             seven
             or
             eight
             hours
             ,
             and
             then
             take
             it
             out
             .
             (
             But
             if
             you
             would
             make
             Wormwood-Drink
             ,
             then
             you
             ought
             not
             to
             let
             it
             lie
             so
             long
             ,
             for
             of
             that
             3
             or
             4
             hours
             will
             be
             sufficient
             .
             )
             And
             thus
             if
             your
             Herbs
             
             be
             rightly
             gathered
             and
             ordered
             as
             a●foresaid
             ,
             all
             their
             good
             ,
             pure
             and
             Balsamick
             Vertues
             will
             as
             easily
             and
             readily
             give
             themselves
             forth
             into
             the
             
               Beer
               ,
               Ale
               ,
               Wine
            
             ,
             or
             other
             Liquor
             ,
             whatever
             it
             be
             ,
             as
             the
             pure
             sweet
             spirituous
             Quality
             in
             Mault
             does
             into
             the
             warm
             Liquor
             when
             you
             Brew
             ,
             which
             is
             performed
             in
             one
             hour
             to
             admiration
             .
             But
             as
             in
             this
             Example
             ,
             if
             after
             you
             have
             put
             in
             your
             Mault
             you
             should
             let
             the
             Water
             or
             Liquor
             remain
             six
             ,
             eight
             or
             ten
             hours
             before
             you
             draw
             it
             off
             ,
             then
             the
             pure
             sweet
             spirituous
             Quality
             will
             become
             suffocated
             ,
             and
             such
             over
             long
             continuance
             thereof
             will
             awake
             or
             irritate
             the
             phlegmy
             gross
             nauseous
             Properties
             ,
             which
             would
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             totally
             destroy
             all
             the
             good
             Virtues
             ,
             as
             every
             one
             that
             can
             but
             Brew
             a
             peck
             of
             Mault
             ,
             may
             know
             by
             experience
             .
             So
             the
             very
             same
             is
             to
             be
             understood
             in
             infusing
             any
             sort
             of
             well
             prepared
             Herbs
             ;
             for
             in
             such
             dryed
             fermented
             Bodies
             or
             things
             ,
             the
             purer
             Vertues
             do
             stand
             as
             it
             were
             external
             ,
             and
             when
             they
             are
             put
             or
             infused
             in
             any
             proper
             Menstruum
             or
             Liquor
             ,
             they
             give
             themselves
             
             forth
             ,
             first
             with
             all
             readiness
             ,
             because
             the
             Essential
             Vertues
             of
             every
             thing
             consists
             in
             the
             volatile
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             balsamick
             or
             sweet
             Body
             ,
             which
             is
             an
             hidden
             flying
             Vertue
             ,
             whence
             the
             true
             Colour
             ,
             Smell
             and
             Taste
             do
             proceed
             :
             And
             therefore
             great
             care
             ought
             to
             be
             taken
             in
             all
             Preparations
             ,
             that
             this
             benign
             Vertue
             be
             neither
             evaporated
             nor
             suffocated
             ;
             for
             then
             the
             thing
             will
             presently
             tend
             to
             Putrefaction
             ,
             and
             become
             a
             Nauseate
             and
             loathing
             to
             Nature
             .
             The
             Learned
             are
             Men
             of
             Tongues
             ,
             and
             so
             they
             may
             talk
             at
             their
             pleasure
             ,
             but
             I
             do
             assure
             all
             the
             humble
             Enquirers
             after
             
               Wisdom's
               Footsteps
            
             ,
             That
             the
             long
             lying
             or
             Infusion
             of
             any
             sorts
             of
             Dry
             or
             
               Gr●en
               He●bs
            
             ,
             does
             destroy
             their
             good
             Properties
             ,
             as
             a
             Candle
             by
             being
             held
             downwards
             is
             extinguisht
             by
             that
             which
             before
             fed
             it
             ,
             and
             also
             do
             irritate
             the
             gross
             fulsom
             Qualities
             thereof
             ,
             as
             is
             plain
             by
             the
             ill
             Tastes
             and
             Smells
             of
             all
             such
             Drinks
             ,
             more
             especially
             if
             it
             be
             Wormwo●d
             ;
             for
             then
             they
             become
             harsh
             ,
             strong
             ,
             bitter
             ,
             and
             very
             ungrateful
             to
             Nature
             ,
             and
             no
             less
             unwholsom
             ;
             For
             the
             common
             Wormwood-●●ink
             
             that
             is
             sold
             in
             Al●-Houses
             ,
             is
             of
             a
             
               string
               ,
               bitter
               ,
               hot
               ,
               fuisom
               Natur●
            
             and
             Operation
             ,
             and
             the
             frequent
             drinking
             thereof
             does
             wound
             and
             destroy
             the
             natural
             Heat
             ,
             and
             by
             degrees
             spoil
             Digestion
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             Drinkers
             thereof
             cannot
             be
             well
             without
             Morning-Draughts
             of
             their
             nauseous
             Purt●
             ;
             such
             fort
             of
             Drink
             especially
             if
             any
             shall
             drink
             much
             of
             it
             ,
             being
             of
             kin
             to
             Spirits
             and
             Brandy
             ;
             those
             that
             are
             once
             much
             used
             to
             them
             ,
             cannot
             without
             great
             difficulty
             leave
             them
             .
          
           
             The
             long
             lying
             of
             Wormwood
             in
             the
             Drink
             does
             totally
             destroy
             the
             subtle
             Spirits
             and
             pure
             fragrant
             Vertues
             ,
             awakens
             the
             strong
             bitter
             poysonous
             Quality
             ,
             which
             not
             only
             checks
             and
             debilitates
             the
             natural
             Heat
             ,
             but
             heats
             the
             Blood
             ,
             making
             it
             thick
             and
             gross
             ,
             causing
             the
             Spirits
             to
             become
             heavy
             and
             dull
             ,
             and
             sends
             up
             stupifying
             fames
             to
             the
             Brain
             ,
             which
             falling
             upon
             the
             Optick
             Nerves
             ,
             do
             oft
             times
             extreamly
             prejudice
             the
             Eye
             sight
             ;
             but
             if
             Worm●ood
             rightly
             gathered
             and
             preserved
             be
             infused
             but
             for
             two
             or
             three
             hours
             when
             your
             Drink
             is
             working
             ,
             and
             then
             taken
             out
             ,
             you
             will
             have
             all
             
             its
             good
             Qualities
             ,
             and
             a
             most
             delightful
             odoriferous
             Drink
             ,
             and
             unattended
             with
             any
             of
             those
             ill
             consequences
             ;
             if
             you
             love
             it
             very
             strong
             of
             the
             Wormwood
             ,
             then
             add
             a
             greater
             quantity
             ,
             and
             not
             infuse
             it
             longer
             ,
             as
             is
             usual
             with
             some
             .
          
           
             
               Another
               way
               of
               making
               Wormwood-Ale
               or
               Beer
               .
            
             
               Take
               what
               quantity
               you
               please
               ,
               more
               or
               less
               ,
               as
               you
               would
               have
               your
               Liquor
               strong
               or
               weak
               of
               the
               Herb
               ,
               infuse
               it
               for
               half
               an
               hour
               in
               your
               boyling
               hot
               Wort
               ,
               then
               strain
               it
               out
               ,
               and
               put
               your
               Wort
               a
               cooling
               ,
               the
               very
               same
               way
               as
               I
               have
               taught
               in
               
                 The
                 way
                 to
                 Health
              
               ,
               of
               Brewing
               ,
               and
               infusing
               Hops
               ,
               which
               does
               far
               exceed
               all
               the
               common
               ways
               for
               goodness
               and
               vertue
               .
            
             
               Wormwood-Drinks
               thus
               prepared
               ,
               either
               this
               or
               the
               former
               way
               ,
               are
               brave
               noble
               Liquors
               ,
               gentle
               ,
               warming
               ,
               helpful
               to
               Concoction
               ,
               they
               fine
               the
               Blood
               ,
               send
               no
               gross
               Fumes
               to
               the
               head
               ,
               and
               therefore
               hurt
               not
               the
               Eyes
               ,
               as
               the
               common
               sort
               generally
               does
               .
            
             
             
               The
               same
               Method
               ought
               to
               be
               follow'd
               in
               making
               all
               sorts
               of
               Drinks
               in
               which
               any
               strong
               bitter
               Herbs
               are
               infused
               ;
               and
               whereas
               the
               usual
               way
               of
               making
               such
               Drinks
               does
               not
               only
               render
               them
               unpleasant
               but
               destroys
               all
               the
               Medicinable
               Vertues
               of
               the
               Herbs
               .
               This
               new
               Method
               which
               we
               recommend
               ,
               makes
               them
               pleasant
               and
               grateful
               to
               both
               Palate
               and
               Stomach
               ,
               and
               moreover
               preserves
               all
               the
               Physical
               vertues
               ;
               for
               most
               bitter
               Herbs
               do
               naturally
               and
               powerfully
               open
               Obstructions
               ,
               if
               they
               be
               wisely
               ordered
               ,
               but
               otherwise
               they
               prove
               pernicious
               ;
               for
               every
               thing
               has
               
                 two
                 ●a●dles
              
               ,
               and
               Fire
               that
               is
               good
               to
               warm
               you
               ,
               will
               also
               bu●n
               you
               ,
               ●f
               you
               do
               not
               mannage
               it
               with
               Discretion
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             XXXI
             .
          
           
             Of
             Salt
             ,
             its
             Nature
             and
             Operation
             .
          
           
             ALL
             common
             Salt
             is
             of
             an
             high
             sharp
             penetrating
             fierce
             hot
             wrathful
             Nature
             and
             Operation
             ,
             an
             unseparated
             Body
             ,
             wherein
             the
             poysonous
             fierce
             Original
             Fumes
             or
             Qualities
             of
             Saturn
             and
             Mars
             are
             predominant
             ,
             and
             therefore
             't
             is
             unequal
             in
             its
             Operation
             ,
             except
             it
             be
             allay'd
             or
             moderated
             by
             some
             other
             thing
             whose
             Nature
             is
             more
             equal
             .
             The
             Sea
             or
             Sa●-Water
             is
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             the
             Original
             or
             Fountain
             of
             the
             Essential
             Salts
             in
             each
             particular
             thing
             ,
             whence
             does
             proceed
             the
             brisk
             sharpness
             and
             distinguishing
             matter
             in
             all
             Tastes
             ,
             and
             in
             what
             Creature
             or
             other
             thing
             this
             essential
             Salt
             is
             strong
             and
             powerful
             ,
             that
             Creature
             is
             brisk
             ,
             lively
             ,
             of
             good
             Complex
             on
             ,
             strong
             Appetite
             and
             perfect
             Palate
             ;
             if
             in
             Vegetabl●s
             ,
             then
             such
             
               Herb●
               ,
               Seeds
               ,
               Grams
            
             ,
             or
             Fruits
             are
             vigorous
             ,
             and
             of
             good
             Colour
             Smell
             and
             Taste
             .
          
           
           
             This
             is
             that
             Salt
             which
             the
             Wise
             Man
             saith
             ,
             
               savours
               all
               things
            
             ,
             and
             not
             that
             
               Pillar
               of
               Salt
            
             that
             Lots
             Wife
             was
             precipitated
             into
             ,
             which
             was
             the
             strong
             Original
             Properties
             ,
             where
             each
             form
             has
             its
             Operation
             in
             strife
             and
             inequality
             ,
             where
             there
             is
             nothing
             but
             sharpness
             ,
             rending
             ,
             tea●ing
             ,
             bitterness
             and
             a
             Poysonous
             fierce
             Operation
             ,
             of
             which
             the
             
               c●mmon
               Salt
            
             is
             a
             true
             figure
             ;
             therefore
             it
             must
             be
             moderated
             with
             some
             mild
             or
             meeker
             Body
             ,
             to
             render
             it
             fit
             for
             humane
             use
             .
             Hence
             if
             in
             any
             sort
             of
             Food
             there
             be
             too
             great
             a
             quantity
             of
             Salt
             ,
             the
             same
             is
             very
             apt
             to
             heat
             the
             whole
             Body
             ,
             and
             consume
             the
             Radical
             Moisture
             ,
             causing
             drought
             and
             uneasiness
             ,
             and
             filling
             the
             Body
             full
             of
             Wind
             :
             it
             also
             heats
             and
             frets
             the
             Blood
             with
             an
             It●hy
             or
             Mangie
             humour
             ;
             and
             indeed
             
               common
               Salt
            
             destroys
             all
             sorts
             of
             Inanimate
             Foods
             ,
             as
             
               Herbs
               ,
               Seeds
               ,
               Fruit●
            
             ,
             or
             Grains
             ,
             if
             the
             same
             be
             not
             presently
             eaten
             ;
             for
             it
             preys
             upon
             the
             Spirituous
             parts
             ,
             and
             by
             its
             fierce
             hunger
             destroys
             the
             whole
             ;
             for
             there
             is
             no
             sort
             of
             Food
             can
             be
             long
             preserved
             but
             only
             by
             its
             
               〈◊〉
               Salt
            
             ,
             as
             appears
             by
             intermixing
             
             Salt
             with
             Bread
             ;
             For
             that
             Bread
             into
             which
             you
             put
             Salt
             ,
             will
             sooner
             decay
             than
             that
             which
             has
             none
             ;
             therefore
             Bread
             that
             is
             provi●ed
             for
             the
             Sea
             ,
             where
             it
             must
             be
             kept
             very
             long
             ,
             is
             always
             made
             without
             Salt.
             And
             all
             B●kers
             and
             House-wives
             Bread
             would
             be
             be
             much
             better
             ,
             if
             they
             put
             none
             in
             ,
             it
             being
             nothing
             but
             custom
             that
             makes
             Mens
             Palates
             expect
             or
             desire
             Salt
             in
             their
             Bread
             ,
             and
             the
             less
             Salt
             any
             shall
             eat
             ,
             the
             less
             they
             will
             covet
             it
             ;
             for
             the
             mixing
             of
             common
             Salt
             with
             sundry
             sorts
             of
             
               Vegetable
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             does
             hide
             or
             E●lipse
             the
             fragrancy
             and
             pleasant
             Taste
             of
             the
             
               Essential
               Salt
            
             ,
             that
             it
             cannot
             be
             felt
             by
             the
             Palate
             ;
             for
             as
             this
             
               inna●e
               Salt
            
             is
             the
             preserver
             and
             keeper
             of
             each
             thing
             from
             Putrefaction
             ,
             not
             only
             in
             Inanimate
             things
             ,
             but
             also
             in
             all
             Animals
             ,
             and
             therefore
             a
             very
             little
             of
             our
             common
             Sa●●
             will
             serve
             such
             as
             feed
             on
             Veg●tatives
             ;
             for
             the
             less
             Salt
             is
             put
             into
             those
             things
             ,
             the
             milder
             ,
             cooler
             pleasanter
             and
             easier
             they
             are
             of
             digestion
             ;
             For
             much
             Sal●
             in
             Food
             makes
             them
             not
             only
             hard
             of
             Concoction
             ,
             but
             heats
             and
             dries
             the
             Body
             ,
             and
             by
             simily
             stirs
             
             up
             and
             awakens
             the
             Central
             Heat
             ,
             thereby
             endangering
             Health
             .
          
           
             Yet
             still
             ,
             our
             common
             Salt
             is
             a
             brave
             Noble
             thing
             and
             of
             mighty
             use
             ,
             as
             the
             World
             goes
             ,
             for
             those
             that
             eat
             Flesh
             and
             Fish
             ;
             for
             it
             contains
             several
             Qualities
             ,
             especially
             
               two
               ,
               viz.
            
             One
             strong
             fie●ce
             hot
             Poysonous
             .
             Another
             ,
             sweet
             friendly
             pleasant
             ,
             sharp
             and
             lively
             ,
             but
             the
             first
             exceeds
             and
             therefore
             all
             sorts
             of
             Flesh
             and
             Fish
             that
             do
             lie
             or
             are
             kept
             long
             after
             salted
             ,
             do
             prove
             pernicious
             to
             such
             as
             eat
             them
             ;
             for
             by
             length
             of
             time
             the
             corrupt
             parts
             of
             such
             Flesh
             does
             with
             a
             greedy
             hunger
             eat
             up
             and
             destroy
             both
             the
             pure
             brisk
             sweet
             Spiri●uous
             particles
             of
             the
             Salt
             ,
             and
             also
             of
             the
             Flesh
             ,
             and
             then
             such
             Flesh
             or
             Fish
             cannot
             be
             call'd
             back
             or
             recovered
             by
             a
             fresh
             salting
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             Art
             ,
             to
             its
             former
             state
             ;
             and
             the
             reason
             is
             ,
             because
             in
             such
             
               corrupt
               Flesh
            
             there
             is
             no
             simile
             for
             the
             second
             salting
             to
             Incorporate
             withal
             ,
             therefore
             it
             will
             proceed
             to
             Putrifaction
             in
             de●iance
             of
             all
             Art.
             
          
           
             For
             this
             cause
             all
             Flesh
             and
             Fish
             that
             has
             been
             
               lo●g
               salted
            
             is
             Injurions
             to
             Health
             ;
             for
             it
             dries
             ,
             heats
             and
             frets
             
             the
             Body
             and
             Blood
             ,
             and
             is
             one
             great
             cause
             of
             the
             SCURVEY
             ;
             It
             also
             spoils
             and
             loosens
             the
             Teeth
             and
             eats
             away
             the
             Gums
             :
             But
             ●●ill
             ,
             Salt
             is
             very
             proper
             and
             wholsom
             to
             be
             eaten
             with
             fresh
             Flesh
             and
             Fish
             ,
             and
             some
             sorts
             of
             Flesh
             (
             as
             B●ef
             )
             may
             be
             salted
             two
             ,
             three
             or
             four
             weeks
             ,
             and
             if
             smoaked
             ,
             it
             will
             continue
             good
             longer
             ,
             and
             therefore
             the
             order
             used
             in
             Bacon
             is
             very
             Proper
             ;
             for
             Salt
             ,
             where
             it
             is
             moderate
             in
             food
             ,
             doth
             quicken
             the
             Appetite
             ,
             and
             makes
             the
             Stomach
             brisk
             and
             lively
             ,
             especially
             for
             those
             who
             by
             some
             disorders
             or
             Intemperances
             have
             wounded
             their
             Health
             and
             hurt
             the
             Essential
             Salts
             ,
             which
             makes
             the
             Palate
             dull
             ,
             and
             the
             Stomach
             flat
             and
             unrelishing
             ,
             and
             then
             People
             cry
             ,
             —
             
               My
               Stomach
               goes
               against
               both
               Food
               and
               Drinks
            
             ;
             more
             especially
             they
             are
             averse
             to
             all
             such
             Meats
             or
             Drinks
             as
             are
             compounded
             or
             made
             by
             Art
             :
             But
             others
             ,
             as
             for
             Example
             ,
             
               fair
               Water
            
             ,
             they
             can
             best
             take
             ,
             it
             being
             more
             simple
             .
             The
             like
             is
             to
             be
             understood
             of
             Foods
             ;
             but
             there
             is
             hardly
             any
             Food
             so
             simple
             in
             all
             particulars
             as
             Water
             ;
             indeed
             Bread
             is
             a
             brave
             ,
             mild
             ,
             simple
             ,
             friendly
             Food
             ,
             
             but
             the
             mixtures
             in
             making
             ,
             and
             the
             manner
             of
             common
             Baking
             does
             alter
             the
             case
             ,
             and
             make
             it
             nothing
             so
             simple
             as
             Water
             ;
             therefore
             Water
             in
             all
             states
             ,
             both
             Health
             and
             Sickness
             is
             pleasant
             and
             delightful
             to
             the
             
               Palate
               ,
               Stomach
            
             and
             all
             the
             Senses
             .
             For
             it
             is
             observable
             ,
             that
             if
             you
             eat
             sweet
             things
             Water
             is
             grateful
             after
             them
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             Foods
             of
             extream
             Tastes
             ,
             but
             other
             compounded
             or
             fermented
             Drinks
             are
             not
             ;
             which
             does
             commend
             Water
             to
             be
             the
             cleanest
             and
             compleatest
             drink
             of
             all
             others
             ,
             and
             that
             People
             may
             and
             can
             drink
             it
             with
             delight
             in
             Sickness
             ,
             and
             when
             the
             Essential
             Saits
             have
             lost
             their
             savour
             ,
             and
             also
             shews
             that
             the
             disease
             did
             not
             proceed
             from
             any
             of
             its
             Qualities
             ;
             for
             when
             such
             Loathing
             and
             Distempers
             proceed
             from
             Meats
             or
             Drinks
             ,
             as
             most
             commonly
             it
             does
             ,
             then
             the
             Stomach
             and
             Palate
             do
             perfectly
             abominate
             all
             such
             things
             .
             Thus
             in
             all
             or
             most
             sicknesses
             People
             chuse
             Water
             before
             
               Beer
               ,
               Ale
               ,
               Cyder
            
             or
             Wine
             ,
             and
             for
             Foods
             had
             rather
             eat
             Bread
             ,
             Fruits
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             ,
             than
             
               Flesh
               ,
               Butter
               ,
               Cheese
               ,
               Puddens
               ,
            
             &c.
             and
             most
             had
             rather
             eat
             
             Fish
             than
             Flesh
             ,
             the
             reason
             is
             ,
             because
             in
             Health
             they
             seldom
             eat
             Fish
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             Disease
             did
             not
             proceed
             from
             thence
             .
          
           
             Likewise
             Salt
             is
             a
             brave
             addition
             to
             Butter
             and
             Cheese
             ,
             to
             preserve
             and
             keep
             it
             from
             putrifaction
             for
             a
             convenient
             season
             ,
             but
             all
             sorts
             of
             Vegetations
             are
             highly
             to
             be
             esteemed
             ,
             for
             that
             they
             have
             in
             themselves
             the
             
               Essential
               Salt
            
             ,
             sufficient
             to
             preserve
             them
             a
             long
             time
             from
             falling
             into
             corruption
             ;
             but
             that
             which
             is
             most
             to
             be
             admired
             is
             Oyl
             ,
             which
             tho'
             it
             be
             of
             an
             unctious
             fat
             Nature
             ,
             is
             yet
             so
             pure
             ,
             and
             void
             of
             offensive
             matter
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             be
             kept
             good
             several
             years
             ,
             nor
             can
             the
             best
             salting
             preserve
             Butter
             half
             so
             long
             .
          
           
             Here
             you
             are
             to
             understand
             ,
             that
             all
             sorts
             of
             Food
             that
             quickly
             tend
             and
             turn
             to
             putrifaction
             are
             not
             to
             be
             counted
             so
             good
             as
             those
             that
             by
             their
             innate
             Vertue
             and
             
               Essent●al
               Salt
            
             ,
             will
             continue
             good
             a
             considerable
             time
             ,
             as
             all
             sorts
             of
             
               Grains
               ,
               Whe●t
               ,
               Barley
               ,
               Rye
               ,
               Peas●
               ,
               Beans
               ,
               Fruits
               ,
            
             &c.
             since
             they
             are
             far
             more
             strong
             ,
             firm
             and
             spirituous
             ,
             than
             any
             sort
             of
             Flesh
             or
             Fish.
             Not
             but
             that
             there
             is
             the
             same
             Essential
             
             and
             pure
             S●lt
             in
             these
             ,
             as
             in
             Grains
             ,
             or
             rather
             greater
             ,
             but
             the
             gross
             phlegmatick
             Body
             overcomes
             it
             ,
             and
             as
             soon
             as
             the
             Sensitive
             Life
             is
             destroyed
             ,
             the
             good
             Vertues
             are
             in
             a
             moments
             time
             dissipated
             and
             tend
             to
             corruption
             ,
             and
             though
             it
             be
             sal●ed
             ,
             yet
             the
             Salt
             doth
             not
             ,
             nor
             hath
             any
             power
             to
             extinguish
             or
             purge
             forth
             this
             gross
             Body
             of
             Corruption
             ,
             but
             the
             Spirituous
             parts
             of
             the
             Salt
             do
             incorporate
             and
             joyn
             with
             the
             Essential
             parts
             of
             the
             Flesh
             ,
             and
             captivate
             the
             gross
             body
             for
             a
             season
             ,
             that
             it
             cannot
             proceed
             to
             putrifaction
             ,
             but
             in
             length
             of
             time
             ,
             viz
             ▪
             two
             ,
             three
             ,
             four
             ,
             five
             ,
             six
             ,
             seven
             or
             eight
             months
             ,
             the
             gross
             body
             continuing
             so
             powerful
             ,
             and
             the
             more
             pure
             parts
             or
             Essensial
             Salts
             both
             in
             the
             Flesh
             and
             Salt
             do
             by
             degrees
             waste
             ,
             suffocate
             or
             evaporate
             ,
             and
             then
             the
             Original
             fierce
             Poysonous
             forms
             of
             Saturn
             and
             Mars
             grow
             strong
             and
             powerful
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             greedy
             hunger
             quickly
             destroy
             all
             the
             remaining
             good
             Vertues
             ,
             and
             then
             all
             falls
             into
             Corruption
             ,
             from
             which
             there
             is
             no
             recovery
             .
             And
             indeed
             so
             powerful
             in
             Flesh
             and
             Fish
             is
             the
             gross
             Phlegmy
             Corruptive
             part
             ,
             that
             there
             
             is
             no
             way
             found
             that
             can
             continue
             it
             very
             long
             from
             Putrifaction
             ;
             the
             best
             course
             to
             preserve
             it
             sweet
             ,
             sound
             and
             wholsome
             is
             to
             dry
             Fish
             very
             well
             ,
             and
             the
             same
             may
             be
             done
             with
             Flesh
             ,
             but
             with
             more
             difficulty
             ,
             and
             this
             is
             far
             the
             healthiest
             way
             .
             But
             I
             know
             no
             reason
             why
             People
             should
             be
             so
             fond
             of
             this
             sort
             of
             morose
             Food
             ,
             or
             sustain
             any
             such
             difficulty
             to
             preserve
             it
             so
             extraordinary
             long
             ,
             since
             the
             Lord
             our
             Bountiful
             Creator
             has
             in
             a
             superabundant
             manner
             supplied
             and
             furnisht
             us
             with
             varieties
             of
             brave
             ,
             noble
             ,
             friendly
             and
             most
             fragrant
             sorts
             of
             sound
             healthy
             Foods
             ,
             easily
             providable
             ,
             and
             which
             may
             in
             all
             particulars
             gratifie
             all
             the
             ends
             and
             necessities
             of
             Nature
             .
          
           
             To
             conclude
             this
             matter
             —
             Salt
             moderately
             used
             especially
             with
             
               Flesh
               ,
               Fish
               ,
               Butter
            
             and
             Cheese
             does
             prove
             of
             excellent
             use
             and
             benefit
             ;
             for
             it
             naturally
             
               warms
               ,
               cheers
               ,
               comforts
            
             and
             settles
             weak
             or
             disordered
             Stomachs
             ,
             prevents
             
               b●lching
               ,
               vomitings
            
             ,
             and
             other
             Inconveni●n●ies
             o●
             t●at
             Nat●re
             ;
             but
             if
             〈◊〉
             be
             immodera●ely
             used
             or
             eaten
             ,
             then
             
             it
             hath
             the
             contrary
             operations
             .
             And
             in
             many
             Countries
             where
             Salt
             is
             scarce
             ,
             People
             li●e
             very
             healt●y
             without
             it
             to
             great
             Ages
             .
             For
             as
             he
             that
             drinks
             all
             Water
             will
             never
             want
             any
             other
             Drink
             ,
             so
             Custom
             makes
             every
             thing
             not
             only
             a
             second
             Nature
             ,
             but
             causes
             great
             s●eming
             Wants
             to
             be
             where
             there
             is
             no
             real
             or
             natural
             cause
             for
             it
             ;
             and
             so
             Salt
             is
             very
             unpleasant
             to
             such
             as
             have
             never
             or
             very
             seldom
             eat
             any
             .
          
           
             
               But
               some
               may
               say
            
             ,
             How
             can
             fat
             Foods
             or
             things
             be
             eaten
             without
             Salt
             ?
          
           
             'T
             is
             true
             ,
             if
             you
             have
             accustomed
             your self
             to
             eat
             plenty
             of
             Salt
             with
             such
             Foods
             ,
             then
             your
             Palate
             and
             Stomach
             will
             not
             without
             trouble
             ,
             and
             some
             reluctancy
             ,
             receive
             them
             without
             Salt
             ;
             but
             if
             you
             had
             never
             eaten
             any
             Salt
             with
             them
             ,
             then
             you
             would
             have
             counted
             them
             much
             sweeter
             without
             ;
             though
             all
             fat
             Foods
             that
             proceed
             from
             Beasts
             do
             really
             want
             Salt
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             abundance
             of
             gross
             humidity
             ,
             but
             all
             f●t
             or
             Unctious
             things
             that
             proceed
             from
             the
             Vegetable
             Kingdom
             ,
             do
             not
             need
             any
             Salt
             ,
             they
             being
             so
             sweet
             and
             clean
             in
             their
             Radi●●s
             ,
             that
             if
             you
             incorporate
             Salt
             with
             
             them
             ,
             (
             unl●ss
             it
             be
             just
             when
             you
             eat
             them
             )
             i●
             will
             destroy
             their
             natural
             Vertues
             ;
             which
             does
             further
             shew
             the
             purity
             and
             excellency
             of
             the
             one
             ,
             and
             the
             evil
             or
             grossness
             of
             the
             other
             .
             And
             this
             let
             all
             men
             know
             ,
             and
             that
             of
             a
             truth
             ;
             That
             there
             are
             no
             
               Iuices
               ,
               Oyls
               ,
               Fat
               's
            
             ,
             or
             any
             thing
             of
             that
             nature
             ,
             whic●
             depraved
             Man
             makes
             Food
             of
             ,
             that
             a●e
             so
             rich
             ,
             clean
             ,
             simple
             ,
             wholsome
             and
             grateful
             to
             Nature
             ,
             as
             the
             
               Oyls
               ,
               Fat
               's
               ,
               &c.
            
             of
             Grains
             ,
             and
             other
             things
             that
             proceed
             from
             the
             Vegetative
             Kingdom
             .
             What
             production
             of
             Animals
             is
             for
             Food
             fit
             to
             be
             rankt
             in
             equal
             esteem
             with
             the
             Oyl
             either
             of
             Olives
             or
             Nuts
             ?
             The
             former
             is
             enricht
             with
             such
             an
             essential
             Salt
             in
             it self
             ,
             as
             can
             for
             several
             years
             preserve
             it
             soun●
             and
             good
             ;
             whereas
             the
             
               Animal
               Fat
            
             is
             so
             gross
             and
             corrupt
             ,
             that
             it
             will
             presently
             turn
             to
             Putrefaction
             ,
             if
             you
             have
             not
             the
             assistance
             of
             the
             grand
             
               Pillar
               of
               Salt
            
             ,
             the
             fierce
             original
             or
             unseparated
             Body
             .
             Is
             Flesh
             to
             be
             valued
             equal
             to
             Bread
             ,
             which
             is
             deservedly
             enti●ul●d
             ,
             
               The
               Staff
               of
               Life
            
             ,
             and
             under
             which
             we
             are
             taught
             by
             our
             Lord
             to
             comprehend
             all
             things
             necessary
             to
             our
             
             subsistence
             here
             below
             ,
             in
             that
             Petition
             ,
             
               Give
               us
               this
               d●y●o●r
               da●ly
               B●ead
               ?
            
             Is
             Flesh
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             (
             ●hic●
             is
             gross
             humid●
             subject
             to
             putre●action
             in
             the
             hig●est
             degree
             ,
             always
             attended
             with
             dying
             Groans
             and
             dolorous
             Cryes
             ,
             Rage
             ,
             Violence
             a●d
             Oppression
             ,
             and
             in
             it self
             bo●h
             not
             healthy
             ,
             and
             also
             unpleasant
             to
             the
             Palate
             and
             Senses
             ,
             if
             once
             enlightned
             ,
             and
             not
             debauched
             by
             custom
             )
             fit
             to
             be
             comp●●ed
             with
             Bread
             ,
             a
             brave
             ,
             noble
             ,
             f●●m
             ,
             innocent
             ,
             substantial
             ,
             healthy
             Food
             ,
             and
             proper
             for
             
               Angelical
               Me
            
             ?
             Nay
             ,
             the
             Fruits
             that
             proceed
             from
             the
             
               Animal
               Kingdom
            
             ,
             viz.
             Milk
             the
             most
             noble
             and
             useful
             of
             them
             all
             ,
             cannot
             we
             use
             and
             dignifie
             with
             the
             most
             delicious
             Juices
             that
             flow
             from
             the
             
               Vegetative
               Regions
            
             ,
             as
             the
             various
             sorts
             of
             excellent
             
               Wines
               ,
               Cyder
               ,
               Ale
               ,
               B●er
               ,
               &c.
            
             which
             if
             temperately
             used
             supply
             the
             wants
             of
             Man
             ,
             and
             gratifie
             Nature
             to
             the
             highest
             ,
             and
             by
             their
             ow●
             i●nate
             alt
             preserve
             their
             own
             Bodies
             ,
             without
             being
             beholding
             to
             the
             grand
             original
             
               Pillar
               of
               Salt
            
             ?
             What
             have
             you
             in
             your
             
               Animal
               ●ore
            
             that
             can
             match
             the
             vast
             var●eties
             of
             noble
             fragrant
             
               Herbs
               ,
               Seeds
               ,
               Grains
            
             ,
             and
             Fruits
             ,
             
             whose
             Number
             is
             beyond
             any
             humane
             Capacity
             to
             coun●
             ?
             The
             one
             smells
             sweet
             ,
             and
             fills
             the
             Air
             with
             most
             
               plea●ant
               odoriferous
               Scents
            
             ,
             ravishing
             the
             Senses
             of
             man
             ,
             and
             serving
             ●im
             both
             for
             Food
             and
             
               Physick
               ,
               Vse
            
             and
             
               ●e
               sure
            
             ;
             whereas
             the
             other
             stinks
             ,
             and
             fi●ls
             the
             Ear●h
             with
             Ordure
             ,
             and
             sends
             up
             Fumes
             alike
             unpleasant
             and
             unhealt●y
             ,
             and
             by
             no
             Art
             can
             long
             be
             preserved
             from
             Putrefaction
             and
             Rot●enness
             .
             And
             as
             in
             these
             ,
             so
             in
             many
             other
             respects
             ,
             the
             
               Vegetative
               Productio●s
            
             so
             far
             transcend
             the
             Animal
             ,
             as
             to
             Food
             ,
             that
             whether
             you
             respect
             Innoce●cy
             or
             
               W●olsomness
               ,
               D●light
            
             or
             Cleanliness
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             comparison
             to
             be
             made
             between
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             XXXII
             .
          
           
             Of
             the
             Scurvey
             ,
             and
             its
             Generation
             .
          
           
             THe
             SCURVEY
             is
             of
             late
             Years
             become
             an
             Epidemical
             ,
             or
             almost
             gener●l
             Disease
             amongst
             English
             people
             ,
             the
             principal
             Causes
             of
             which
             are
             Intemperance
             ,
             
             and
             want
             of
             care
             in
             some
             of
             the
             following
             particulars
             :
          
           
             1.
             
             By
             eating
             too
             much
             in
             quantity
             ,
             beyond
             the
             power
             of
             the
             digestive
             Faculty
             ,
             so
             tha●
             the
             natural
             heat
             cannot
             make
             any
             perfect
             separation
             ,
             whence
             Crudities
             and
             noxious
             Juices
             are
             generated
             ,
             which
             do
             replenish
             the
             Joynts
             and
             Members
             ,
             and
             not
             only
             cause
             the
             Blood
             to
             be
             thick
             ,
             but
             infect
             it
             with
             a
             sharp
             keen
             fretting
             Quality
             ,
             which
             discolours
             the
             Flesh
             and
             Skin
             ,
             and
             makes
             the
             Limbs
             and
             Members
             ake
             with
             pain
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             frequent
             eating
             of
             Foods
             that
             are
             of
             a
             contrary
             Quality
             to
             the
             Constitution
             ,
             which
             do
             secretly
             wound
             the
             pure
             Spirits
             ,
             and
             put
             Nature
             out
             of
             her
             natural
             way
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Improper
             Preparations
             of
             Food
             ,
             which
             do
             render
             them
             burthensom
             to
             Nature
             ,
             generating
             evil
             Nourishment
             ,
             bad
             Blood
             ,
             and
             i●
             pure
             Spirits
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             The
             frequent
             eating
             of
             moist
             phlegmatick
             Food
             ,
             which
             naturally
             dull
             ,
             stupifie
             and
             drown
             the
             Senses
             ,
             and
             makes
             the
             Sweet
             Oyl
             burn
             dim
             ,
             which
             causes
             Indisposition
             and
             unpleasant
             Humors
             .
          
           
           
             5.
             
             The
             common
             eating
             of
             Flesh
             ,
             without
             di●●inction
             ,
             or
             regard
             had
             to
             the
             season
             of
             the
             Year
             ,
             healthfulness
             or
             unhealthfulness
             of
             the
             Creatures
             ,
             which
             do
             as
             it
             were
             corrupt
             the
             very
             Radix
             of
             Nature
             ,
             from
             whom
             proceed
             various
             Diseases
             ,
             as
             
               Pthycks
               ,
               Stoppages
               of
               the
               Breast
               ,
               Phlegm
               ,
            
             and
             
               Phlegmatick
               Humors
            
             ,
             which
             makes
             the
             Spirits
             dull
             and
             impure
             ,
             whence
             do
             arise
             heavy
             ,
             lumpish
             Dispositions
             ,
             with
             ravenous
             fierce
             Inclinations
             and
             cruel
             Passions
             ,
             which
             cause
             many
             of
             them
             to
             use
             such
             evil
             Words
             ,
             demonstra●ing
             that
             the
             dark
             center
             of
             Wrath
             is
             awakened
             ,
             and
             does
             predominate
             ;
             for
             all
             evil
             Words
             are
             generated
             from
             the
             fierce
             wrathful
             or
             devilish
             Nature
             .
             This
             every
             one
             ought
             to
             consider
             ,
             as
             in
             those
             two
             common
             Passions
             ;
             when
             the
             poysonous
             and
             fierce
             fury
             of
             Saturn
             and
             Mars
             is
             stirred
             up
             ,
             are
             not
             most
             then
             apt
             to
             belch
             forth
             vain
             ,
             wicked
             and
             hel●ish
             Speeches
             as
             
               Swearing
               ,
               Cursing
            
             ,
             and
             not
             only
             impiously
             prophaning
             the
             holy
             Name
             of
             God
             ,
             but
             even
             challenging
             ,
             and
             as
             it
             were
             daring
             his
             Tremendous
             Majesty
             ,
             (
             whose
             Wrath
             is
             a
             consuming
             Fire
             )
             to
             damn
             and
             confound
             them
             ,
             and
             calling
             
             their
             fellow
             Creatures
             ,
             
               Dogs
               ,
               Whelps
               ,
               Sons
               of
               Whores
               ,
               Devils
               ,
            
             and
             a
             hundred
             of
             the
             like
             evil
             Names
             .
             Now
             consider
             O
             Man
             !
             from
             what
             Root
             such
             Word
             :
             do
             take
             their
             Birth
             ?
             And
             so
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             do
             not
             all
             good
             Men
             ,
             and
             ot●e●s
             ,
             when
             pleased
             or
             in
             good
             Humours
             ,
             breathe
             forth
             am●cable
             loving
             Words
             or
             Discou●ses
             ,
             there
             being
             more
             ,
             either
             good
             or
             evil
             ,
             in
             words
             than
             most
             imagin
             ,
             for
             they
             declare
             what
             Kingdom
             has
             the
             upper
             dominion
             in
             them
             ;
             nor
             is
             it
             unobservable
             ,
             that
             the
             word
             Scurvey
             denotes
             well
             and
             evil
             Affection
             of
             Mind
             ,
             and
             a
             cross
             way-ward
             peevish
             ill
             conditioned
             D●sposition
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             a
             disordered
             habit
             of
             Body
             ,
             and
             not
             without
             cause
             ,
             since
             they
             both
             proceed
             from
             the
             same
             occasion
             or
             radical
             cause
             of
             mans
             precipi●ating
             himself
             into
             the
             dark
             Ab●sse
             or
             Cruelty
             ,
             preying
             upon
             and
             devouring
             his
             fellow
             Creatures
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             The
             much
             eating
             of
             Flesh
             and
             Fish
             does
             generate
             in
             some
             Complexions
             
               cloded
               Blood
               ,
               King's-Evil
               ,
               Plurisies
               ,
               Scabs
               ,
               Leprosi●s
               ,
            
             and
             many
             other
             mangie
             Diseases
             ;
             or
             
               Dropsies
               ,
               heaviness
               of
               the
               Spirit
               ,
            
             and
             in
             some
             it
             causeth
             
               Feavers
               ,
               Swellings
               of
               the
               Members
               ,
            
             also
             the
             
             
               Gout
               ,
               Stone
            
             ,
             and
             many
             other
             unnatural
             Di●●empers
             ;
             which
             at
             last
             having
             reduced
             the
             Body
             into
             a
             general
             discrasie
             or
             unnatural
             Ferment
             ,
             terminates
             in
             the
             Scurvey
             ,
             as
             so
             many
             stinking
             Puddles
             into
             one
             Common-Shore
             ;
             for
             indeed
             the
             Scurvey
             is
             a
             Complication
             of
             several
             Diseases
             and
             Disorders
             ,
             as
             appears
             by
             the
             various
             and
             very
             different
             Symptoms
             ,
             appearing
             on
             such
             as
             are
             afflicted
             therewith
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             By
             eating
             most
             sorts
             of
             Food
             ,
             whilst
             the
             fiery
             Heat
             is
             in
             it
             ,
             not
             suffering
             the
             sulpherous
             Vapours
             and
             ●erce
             ,
             Fumes
             to
             seperate
             ,
             after
             't
             is
             prepared
             ,
             which
             causes
             a
             Scorbutick
             Itch
             to
             possess
             the
             Blood
             ,
             and
             swells
             the
             Body
             with
             win●y
             Humors
             .
          
           
             8.
             
             By
             eating
             too
             often
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             before
             the
             former
             Meal
             be
             concocted
             ,
             which
             does
             not
             only
             dull
             ,
             and
             indispose
             the
             whole
             Body
             ,
             but
             also
             it
             generates
             Crudi●ies
             and
             evil
             Juices
             ,
             which
             cause
             Stoppages
             ,
             and
             shortness
             o●
             Breath
             .
          
           
             9.
             
             By
             drinking
             too
             much
             in
             Quantity
             of
             rich
             Cordial-d●ink
             ,
             which
             irritates
             and
             awakens
             the
             cen●ral
             Spirits
             ,
             and
             by
             degrees
             destroys
             the
             digestive
             
             Faculty
             and
             natural
             Heat
             ,
             and
             hurts
             the
             Blood.
             
          
           
             10.
             
             The
             drinking
             
               small
               Beer
            
             that
             is
             brewed
             after
             Ale
             and
             strong
             Beer
             ,
             which
             is
             nothing
             but
             the
             washing
             of
             the
             Grains
             ,
             viz.
             a
             sour
             nauseous
             Quality
             ;
             nothing
             breeds
             worse
             Blood
             than
             the
             frequent
             drinking
             of
             such
             Liquor
             .
          
           
             11.
             
             The
             drinking
             of
             Ale
             not
             well
             fermented
             ,
             or
             such
             as
             has
             the
             Barm
             or
             Yest
             beaten
             into
             it
             ,
             as
             is
             usual
             for
             Brewers
             to
             do
             in
             London
             ,
             to
             make
             it
             seem
             strong
             ,
             sweet
             and
             full
             in
             the
             Mouth
             ,
             such
             Drin●●
             is
             very
             offensive
             to
             Nature
             ,
             it
             generates
             Phlegm
             〈◊〉
             th●
             Stomach
             ,
             dulls
             the
             edge
             of
             the
             Appetit●
             ,
             furs
             the
             Passages
             ,
             sends
             dulling
             Fumes
             and
             Vapours
             into
             the
             Head
             ,
             and
             breeds
             bad
             Blood
             ;
             likewise
             new
             small
             Beer
             and
             Ale
             is
             pernicious
             .
          
           
             12.
             
             By
             drinking
             stale
             strong
             Beer
             ,
             which
             is
             boyled
             a
             long
             time
             with
             Hops
             ,
             this
             sort
             of
             Drink
             is
             pernicious
             ,
             it
             heats
             the
             Blood
             ,
             swells
             the
             whole
             Body
             ,
             generates
             in
             some
             Complexions
             a
             hard
             gretty
             substance
             in
             the
             Reins
             and
             Bladder
             .
          
           
           
             13.
             
             By
             drinking
             various
             sorts
             of
             Wine
             ,
             when
             need
             and
             nature
             doth
             not
             require
             it
             ,
             which
             do
             irritate
             the
             Spirits
             ,
             heat
             the
             Blood
             ,
             destroy
             the
             Appetite
             ,
             and
             indisposes
             the
             whole
             Body
             .
          
           
             14.
             
             By
             accustoming
             themselves
             to
             
               close
               Houses
               ,
               warm
               Clothings
               ,
               soft
               Feather-Beds
               ,
            
             and
             
               lying
               long
               in
               Bed
            
             ,
             which
             does
             soften
             and
             weaken
             Nature
             that
             she
             becomes
             impotent
             ,
             and
             hinders
             the
             free
             circulation
             of
             the
             Blood.
             
          
           
             15.
             
             Idleness
             ,
             and
             want
             of
             proper
             Exercise
             in
             open
             airy
             places
             ,
             destroys
             the
             Health
             and
             weakens
             the
             whole
             Body
             .
          
           
             16.
             
             By
             visiting
             the
             
               Shades
               of
               Venus
            
             too
             often
             ,
             and
             forcing
             Nature
             beyond
             her
             Inclinations
             and
             Power
             ,
             which
             does
             corrupt
             her
             in
             the
             very
             Radix
             ;
             and
             this
             is
             frequently
             done
             by
             ●●imulating
             Nature
             with
             gluttonous
             Provocations
             ,
             high
             compounded
             Foods
             ,
             and
             rich
             Cordial
             Drinks
             ,
             viz.
             such
             as
             need
             no
             Teeth
             to
             chew
             them
             ,
             nor
             Stomach
             to
             digest
             them
             ,
             that
             being
             done
             already
             in
             the
             Preparation
             .
          
           
             17
             By
             
               Carking
               Cares
            
             and
             
               Perturbations
               of
               Mind
               ,
               Passions
            
             of
             Love
             and
             
               Hatred
               ,
               Superstition
               ,
               Envy
            
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             .
          
           
           
             These
             are
             some
             of
             the
             Intemperances
             that
             have
             destroy'd
             the
             Health
             b●th
             of
             the
             Body
             and
             Mind
             ,
             even
             in
             the
             very
             Radix
             ;
             and
             indeed
             when
             I
             consider
             the
             various
             Disorders
             that
             Mankind
             daily
             commits
             ,
             I
             cannot
             admire
             at
             the
             great
             number
             of
             cruel
             Diseases
             they
             are
             afflicted
             with
             ;
             but
             rather
             I
             am
             apt
             sometimes
             to
             wonder
             that
             there
             are
             any
             that
             escape
             ,
             or
             that
             so
             many
             do
             out-live
             Childhood
             ;
             but
             it
             must
             be
             said
             ,
             That
             through
             the
             custom
             of
             ill
             usage
             and
             disorders
             ,
             great
             numbers
             do
             croud
             through
             many
             Inconveniences
             ;
             as
             in
             the
             most
             fatal
             〈◊〉
             some
             escape
             .
          
           
             
               Rules
               and
               Directions
               for
               su●h
               as
               are
               Wise
               and
               Well
               minded
               ,
               and
               would
               prevent
               the
               Scurvey
               ,
               and
               other
               Diseases
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               MEats
               and
               Drinks
               ought
               not
               to
               be
               taken
               ●hat
               are
               too
               strong
               for
               Nature
               ,
               but
               rather
               she
               ought
               always
               to
               be
               stronger
               than
               the
               Food
               ,
               and
               so
               the
               Stomach
               and
               the
               Natural
               Heat
               will
               be
               able
               to
               digest
               and
               make
               perfect
               Separation
               ,
               whence
               will
               be
               generated
               good
               
               Blood
               and
               pure
               brisk
               Spirits
               ,
               and
               they
               always
               make
               the
               Body
               light
               lights●me
               and
               agile
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               Meats
               or
               Drinks
               ought
               not
               to
               be
               taken
               that
               are
               of
               a
               contrary
               Nature
               or
               Quality
               to
               the
               Constitution
               ;
               but
               such
               as
               are
               simple
               in
               their
               kind
               ,
               agreeable
               to
               the
               ●omplexion
               ,
               and
               as
               near
               as
               may
               be
               ,
               equal
               in
               the●r
               parts
               ,
               which
               will
               breed
               good
               ●lood
               ,
               and
               encrease
               the
               Spirits
               ,
               and
               keep
               the
               Passages
               free
               from
               Obstructions
               ,
               and
               give
               strength
               to
               all
               the
               members
               of
               the
               Body
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               Neither
               ought
               any
               to
               eat
               to
               Dullness
               ;
               for
               if
               healthy
               People
               feel
               themselves
               oppressed
               after
               Meals
               ,
               they
               ought
               to
               make
               abatement
               in
               the
               quantity
               .
               Do
               not
               most
               People
               before
               eatting
               and
               drinking
               find
               themselves
               qui●k
               ,
               brisk
               and
               lightsom
               ,
               provided
               they
               have
               not
               ,
               either
               by
               over-labour
               or
               fasting
               too
               long
               ,
               evaporated
               or
               wasted
               their
               Spirits
               ?
               But
               after
               their
               eating
               a●d
               d●inking
               ,
               because
               they
               do
               it
               immoderately
               ,
               they
               are
               sensible
               of
               a
               cloging
               heaviness
               &
               dull
               Indisposition
               ,
               which
               is
               a
               certain
               sign
               that
               the
               necessity
               and
               conveniency
               of
               Nature
               is
               exceeded
               ;
               
               for
               the
               intention
               of
               Food
               is
               to
               refresh
               ,
               not
               to
               oppress
               or
               incommode
               her
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               The
               pleasure
               of
               the
               Palate
               in
               eating
               a●d
               d●inking
               is
               prolonged
               many
               degrees
               beyond
               the
               necessity
               of
               the
               Stomach
               ,
               especially
               where
               Foods
               or
               Drinks
               are
               made
               by
               Art
               and
               Compulsition
               ,
               enticing
               ,
               and
               many
               P●ople
               thereby
               over-charge
               themsel●es
               ,
               before
               they
               are
               aware
               ,
               whence
               Crudities
               ,
               noxious
               Juices
               ,
               and
               many
               cruel
               Diseases
               are
               generated
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               end
               Death
               it self
               ;
               therefore
               let
               all
               Persons
               watch
               over
               themselves
               in
               this
               respect
               ,
               and
               take
               the
               wise
               mans
               advice
               ,
               
                 To
                 set
                 a
                 Knife
                 to
                 th●ir●
                 Throat
              
               ;
               that
               is
               ,
               to
               take
               up
               a
               Resolution
               of
               Temperance
               whenever
               they
               find
               their
               Appe●ites
               tempted
               ,
               and
               like
               to
               be
               inveigled
               ,
               and
               drawn
               in
               to
               Excess
               .
            
             
               5.
               
               Your
               Meats
               and
               Drinks
               ought
               in
               every
               respect
               to
               b●
               properly
               prepared
               ;
               for
               Food
               ill
               dressed
               does
               destroy
               Health
               in
               a
               secret
               ,
               yet
               Powerful
               manner
               .
               S●me
               will
               but
               ha●f
               do
               it
               ,
               others
               over-do
               it
               ,
               both
               are
               great
               and
               dangerous
               Errors
               ,
               so
               that
               the
               S●omach
               cannot
               draw
               any
               good
               Nourishment
               from
               it
               for
               the
               Body
               ,
               
               and
               so
               the
               Blood
               is
               thickned
               ,
               the
               Spi●its
               wounded
               ,
               and
               many
               Diseases
               are
               multiplied
               .
            
             
               6.
               
               All
               sorts
               of
               Flesh
               ,
               and
               other
               gross
               Foods
               that
               are
               boy●●d
               ,
               o●ght
               to
               be
               boyled
               in
               plenty
               of
               Water
               ,
               with
               brisk
               quick
               Fires
               ,
               without
               intermission
               ,
               and
               as
               soon
               as
               they
               begin
               to
               boyl
               ,
               the
               Vessel
               should
               be
               uncover●d
               until
               it
               be
               done
               ;
               which
               will
               pres●rve
               the
               pure
               balsamick
               Vertues
               and
               Spirits
               ,
               whence
               the
               pure
               delightful
               Taste
               ,
               Smell
               and
               Colour
               do
               proceed
               .
            
             
               7.
               
               Forbear
               to
               eat
               Flesh
               without
               distinction
               ,
               more
               especially
               in
               
                 Iu●y
                 ,
                 August
                 ,
                 September
              
               and
               Oct●ber
               ;
               for
               then
               the
               Flesh
               of
               all
               sorts
               of
               Cat●el
               is
               more
               subject
               to
               putrifaction
               than
               at
               an●
               other
               season
               ,
               not
               only
               from
               the
               heat
               of
               the
               Weather
               ,
               but
               because
               the
               Sun
               is
               then
               declining
               ,
               which
               causes
               all
               other
               things
               to
               do
               so
               too
               ;
               and
               the
               Grass
               on
               which
               they
               feed
               is
               weak
               ,
               fainty
               and
               phl●gmatick
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               reason
               why
               their
               fat
               is
               then
               so
               soft
               and
               greasie
               that
               it
               will
               not
               duly
               take
               salt
               ,
               and
               more
               especially
               if
               hard
               d●iven
               ,
               as
               most
               Cattel
               kill'd
               about
               Lond●n
               ,
               and
               other
               great
               Cities
               ,
               has
               been
               ;
               therefore
               in
               the
               foremention'd
               
               Months
               the
               
                 Griping
                 of
                 the
                 Bowels
              
               and
               
                 p●●nicio●s
                 F●av●rs
              
               do
               reign
               more
               than
               at
               any
               other
               time
               of
               the
               year
               .
            
             
               8.
               
               Forbear
               the
               freq●ent
               eating
               of
               Fish
               wit●out
               regard
               had
               to
               the
               Season
               ,
               or
               to
               their
               cleanness
               or
               uncleanness
               ,
               or
               their
               being
               killed
               after
               they
               are
               taken
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               by
               a
               Wound
               ,
               which
               would
               cause
               the
               free
               evacuation
               of
               the
               original
               Properties
               of
               Saturn
               and
               Mars
               ,
               which
               is
               seldom
               done
               by
               the
               ignorant
               Fisher-men
               ,
               but
               they
               let
               them
               dye
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               strangle
               or
               suffocate
               themselves
               ,
               whereby
               the
               pure
               Spirits
               and
               sweet
               Vertues
               (
               by
               the
               Agony
               of
               the
               Creature
               at
               the
               departure
               of
               Life
               )
               are
               fixt
               or
               overcome
               ;
               for
               the
               original
               Venoms
               ,
               in
               which
               all
               Life
               consists
               ,
               are
               then
               so
               terribly
               stirred
               up
               and
               aggitated
               ,
               that
               they
               immediately
               suffocate
               the
               pure
               Spirits
               and
               sweet
               Oyl
               ,
               if
               there
               be
               not
               a
               Wound
               made
               ,
               whereby
               those
               raging
               Poysons
               may
               freely
               pass
               away
               in
               the
               Vehicle
               of
               the
               Blood.
               For
               this
               Reason
               Experience
               ,
               that
               all
               Flesh
               ,
               as
               of
               Fowls
               ,
               or
               the
               like
               that
               a●e
               strangled
               ,
               will
               not
               eat
               so
               sweet
               and
               pleasant
               as
               others
               that
               have
               a
               
               Wound
               made
               and
               bleed
               plentifully
               ,
               but
               hath
               a
               stronger
               and
               grosser
               Taste
               and
               Smell
               ,
               nor
               will
               it
               breed
               so
               good
               Blood
               or
               Nourishment
               as
               the
               other
               .
            
             
               9.
               
               Remember
               that
               you
               eat
               not
               before
               the
               former
               Foods
               be
               digested
               ;
               nothing
               is
               a
               greater
               Preserver
               of
               Health
               than
               proper
               Fasting
               ,
               it
               cleanseth
               the
               Stomach
               ,
               keeps
               the
               Passages
               from
               being
               furr'd
               ,
               prevents
               
                 Stoppages
                 ,
                 Colds
              
               and
               
                 Shortness
                 of
                 Breath
              
               ,
               and
               makes
               People
               
                 Aiery
                 ,
                 strong
              
               ,
               and
               of
               
                 good
                 clean
                 Complexions
              
               .
            
             
               10.
               
               Drink
               moderate
               and
               simple
               Drinks
               ,
               not
               exceeding
               either
               in
               Quantity
               or
               Quality
               ,
               for
               fear
               you
               waste
               and
               destroy
               your
               Health
               ;
               and
               be
               sure
               let
               your
               Drink
               be
               well
               fermented
               ,
               clear
               and
               free
               from
               that
               
                 Yeasty
                 Quality
              
               ,
               which
               most
               of
               your
               Ale
               in
               London
               is
               subject
               unto
               ;
               nor
               such
               Small-Beer
               as
               is
               there
               commonly
               put
               off
               by
               Chandlers
               ,
               which
               the
               Brewers
               make
               after
               the
               brewing
               of
               their
               Ale
               and
               
                 strong
                 Beer
              
               ,
               being
               little
               better
               than
               the
               washing
               of
               their
               Vessels
               and
               contains
               a
               sour
               nauseo●s
               Property
               ,
               that
               heats
               the
               Blood
               and
               hurts
               the
               Body
               .
            
             
               11.
               
               Let
               your
               ordinary
               Drinks
               be
               mild
               and
               friendly
               to
               Nature
               ,
               not
               
                 stale
                 ,
                 
                 hard
                 ,
                 sour
                 ,
              
               nor
               too
               new
               ;
               for
               all
               these
               are
               prejudicial
               .
            
             
               12.
               
               Let
               your
               Habit
               or
               Day-Clothing
               be
               moderate
               ,
               rather
               thin
               than
               thick
               ,
               whereby
               the
               pleasant
               vapours
               of
               the
               Air
               may
               freely
               court
               Nature
               ,
               and
               be
               suckt
               in
               at
               the
               Pores
               as
               by
               Spunges
               on
               all
               parts
               ,
               which
               will
               continually
               cheer
               ,
               comfort
               and
               refresh
               the
               Spirits
               and
               whole
               Body
               ,
               and
               makes
               your
               Limbs
               strong
               ,
               nimble
               and
               lively
               ,
               preventing
               
                 Drought
                 ,
                 unnatural
                 Heat
              
               ,
               and
               the
               like
               Indispositions
               .
            
             
               13.
               
               Let
               your
               Houses
               be
               Aiery
               ;
               your
               
                 Windows
                 large
              
               ,
               and
               often
               set
               open
               ,
               your
               
                 Beds
                 hard
                 ,
                 clean
              
               and
               sweet
               ,
               for
               which
               purpose
               Straw
               or
               Flock-Beds
               ,
               with
               Quilts
               on
               them
               ,
               will
               be
               much
               better
               than
               Feather-Beds
               ,
               and
               will
               not
               only
               prevent
               the
               generation
               of
               Vermin
               ,
               but
               make
               you
               more
               healthful
               ,
               and
               enable
               all
               the
               Limbs
               to
               discharge
               their
               respective
               Functions
               with
               ●ase
               and
               pleasure
               ,
               as
               I
               have
               at
               large
               demonstrared
               ,
               and
               given
               the
               Reasons
               thereof
               in
               my
               
                 Way
                 to
                 Health
              
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
             
               14.
               
               Forget
               not
               to
               use
               proper
               Exercises
               and
               Labour
               in
               open
               airy
               places
               ,
               which
               will
               prevent
               many
               occasions
               of
               Weaknesses
               and
               Obstructions
               ;
               and
               such
               as
               cannot
               or
               will
               not
               labour
               ,
               let
               them
               take
               good
               Walks
               every
               day
               by
               River-sides
               ,
               or
               on
               Downs
               and
               Plains
               .
            
             
               15.
               
               Observe
               the
               Rules
               of
               Chastity
               ,
               provoke
               not
               Nature
               ,
               nor
               turn
               her
               out
               of
               her
               simple
               and
               innocent
               way
               ,
               but
               use
               such
               
                 Meats
                 ,
                 Drinks
              
               ,
               and
               Exercises
               ,
               as
               will
               replenish
               her
               with
               brisk
               lively
               Spirits
               and
               Vertues
               ;
               neither
               ought
               you
               to
               give
               way
               to
               loose
               Imaginations
               ,
               but
               to
               abhor
               
                 unlawful
                 Lusts
              
               ,
               and
               to
               make
               use
               of
               the
               Remedy
               he
               hath
               permitted
               with
               Moderation
               ,
               and
               only
               for
               the
               ends
               for
               which
               the
               same
               was
               ordained
               .
            
             
               16.
               
               Avoid
               as
               much
               as
               may
               be
               ,
               
                 Compounded
                 Foods
              
               ,
               especially
               ●uch
               as
               have
               been
               invented
               to
               intice
               Nature
               beyond
               her
               proper
               Inclinations
               ,
               but
               content
               your selves
               with
               simple
               Meats
               and
               Drinks
               ,
               which
               you
               will
               find
               to
               be
               the
               Sinews
               of
               Health
               and
               Strength
               ,
               so
               that
               your
               Stomach
               and
               natural
               Heat
               shall
               continue
               good
               and
               vigorous
               all
               your
               appointed
               time
               .
            
             
             
               17.
               
               Let
               not
               
                 Carking
                 Cares
              
               ,
               nor
               Perturbations
               afflict
               your
               Minds
               about
               such
               things
               as
               are
               out
               of
               your
               power
               to
               help
               or
               remedy
               ,
               nor
               abandon
               your selves
               too
               much
               to
               any
               Passion
               ,
               be
               it
               
                 Love
                 ,
                 Hate
                 ,
                 Revenge
              
               ,
               or
               the
               like
               ;
               avoid
               
                 Envy
                 ,
                 Strife
                 ,
                 Violence
              
               and
               Oppression
               either
               to
               Man
               or
               Beast
               ;
               Stillness
               and
               
                 Complacency
                 of
                 Mind
              
               are
               two
               main
               Props
               to
               support
               our
               
                 Adamical
                 Building
              
               ;
               a
               cheerful
               Heart
               causeth
               the
               Countenance
               to
               shine
               ;
               a
               
                 good
                 Conscience
              
               is
               a
               continual
               Feast
               ,
               and
               Content
               is
               Nectar
               to
               the
               Spirits
               ,
               and
               Marrow
               to
               the
               Bones
               .
               Therefore
               study
               to
               be
               satisfied
               with
               your
               Portion
               ,
               and
               thank
               and
               bless
               God
               for
               his
               Bounties
               which
               you
               enjoy
               ,
               and
               use
               his
               Creatures
               for
               the
               end
               they
               were
               given
               thee
               ;
               and
               above
               all
               ,
               consider
               ,
               that
               thou
               art
               made
               in
               the
               Image
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               in
               thee
               is
               truly
               contained
               the
               Properties
               of
               all
               Elements
               ,
               therefore
               thou
               art
               obliged
               to
               imitate
               thy
               Creator
               ,
               and
               so
               to
               conduct
               thy
               ways
               that
               thou
               mayst
               attract
               the
               benign
               Influences
               of
               the
               Coelestials
               and
               Terrestrials
               ,
               and
               the
               
                 favourable
                 Irradiations
              
               of
               the
               superior
               and
               
                 inferior
                 Worlds
              
               ;
               and
               on
               the
               other
               side
               ,
               not
               to
               
               awaken
               the
               Dragon
               ,
               that
               is
               always
               lurking
               about
               the
               
                 Golden
                 Fruit
              
               in
               the
               
                 fair●
                 Garden
              
               of
               the
               internal
               Hesperides
               ,
               nor
               irritate
               the
               
                 Original
                 Poysons
              
               ,
               nor
               raise
               
                 Combustions
                 within
              
               ,
               by
               falling
               into
               
                 Disorders
                 without
              
               ;
               but
               managing
               all
               things
               in
               Temperance
               and
               Simplicity
               ,
               and
               hearkening
               to
               the
               Voice
               of
               Wisdom
               ,
               and
               the
               Dictates
               of
               Reason
               and
               Nature
               ,
               thou
               shalt
               transact
               the
               days
               of
               thy
               Pilgrimage
               here
               in
               Peace
               and
               Tranquility
               ,
               and
               be
               prepared
               for
               the
               fruition
               of
               more
               compleat
               and
               undisturbed
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               
                 endless
                 Felicity
              
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Observing
               the
               tedious
               methods
               of
               some
               unskilful
               Chyrurgeons
               ,
               together
               with
               their
               improper
               Compositions
               and
               unnatural
               Applycations
               ,
               which
               do
               not
               only
               Ruin
               and
               Vndo
               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
               Opperation
               ,
               far
               beyond
               any
               things
               hitherto
               known
               or
               published
               ,
               viz.
               
            
             
               An
               Excellent
               POULTICE
               .
            
             
               WHich
               does
               Cure
               
                 Burns
                 ,
                 Scalded-Limbs
                 ,
                 Boyls
                 ,
                 Fellons
                 ,
                 Tumers
                 ,
              
               proceeding
               either
               from
               
                 Choller
                 ,
                 Phlegm
              
               ,
               or
               Melancholly
               :
               Also
               Cures
               all
               
                 Infla●ations
                 ,
                 Contusions
              
               or
               Bruizes
               ,
               either
               
               with
               or
               without
               a
               Wound
               ,
               Vlcers
               ,
               old
               Wounds
               ,
               or
               
                 running
                 Sores
              
               ;
               also
               an
               excellent
               Remedy
               against
               all
               sorts
               and
               kinds
               of
               the
               Gout
               ,
               (
               and
               Inflamations
               of
               the
               Eyes
               ,
               let
               them
               proceed
               from
               what
               cause
               soever
               .
               )
               By
               asswaging
               the
               swelled
               part
               ,
               and
               easeth
               the
               torturing
               Pains
               thereof
               ,
               as
               it
               were
               in
               a
               moments
               time
               ;
               also
               it
               is
               admirable
               against
               sore
               Breasts
               ,
               and
               bites
               of
               Dogs
               ,
               or
               any
               other
               hurt
               of
               what
               kind
               or
               nature
               soever
               it
               be
               .
            
             
               Take
               one
               quart
               of
               good
               Water
               ,
               
                 viz.
                 River
                 ,
                 Spring
              
               ,
               or
               Rain-Water
               ,
               the
               last
               being
               the
               best
               ,
               and
               as
               much
               small
               or
               ground
               Oatmeale
               as
               will
               make
               it
               thick
               ,
               fit
               for
               a
               Poultice
               ,
               unto
               which
               add
               two
               ounces
               of
               good
               Sugar
               ,
               and
               a
               handful
               of
               ●andelion
               cut
               small
               ,
               then
               put
               it
               over
               ●he
               Fire
               in
               an
               open
               convenient
               Vessel
               ,
               keep
               it
               stirring
               all
               the
               time
               till
               it
               be
               ●eady
               to
               Boyl
               ,
               or
               boyling
               hot
               ,
               the●●
               it
               is
               done
               .
            
          
           
             
               Another
               .
            
             
               Take
               one
               quart
               of
               Water
               ,
               and
               as
               much
               good
               well
               baked
               Household-Bread
               as
               will
               make
               it
               thick
               ,
               then
               add
               three
               ounces
               of
               beaten
               Raisins
               of
               the
               Sun
               ,
               and
               one
               ounce
               of
               Sugar
               ,
               and
               a
               
               glass
               of
               good
               new
               Ale
               ,
               stir
               all
               your
               Ingedients
               together
               ,
               and
               make
               it
               boyling
               hot
               over
               a
               clear
               quick
               Fire
               ,
               and
               then
               it
               is
               done
               .
            
          
           
             
               Another
               .
            
             
               Take
               one
               quart
               of
               good
               Ale
               ,
               three
               ounces
               of
               Raisins
               of
               the
               Sun
               beaten
               ,
               two
               ounces
               of
               good
               Sugar
               with
               some
               Mallow
               Leaves
               ,
               cut
               them
               small
               ,
               put
               them
               over
               the
               fire
               till
               boyling
               hot
               ,
               or
               ready
               to
               boyl
               ,
               then
               it
               is
               done
               .
            
          
           
             
               Another
               .
            
             
               Take
               one
               quart
               of
               Water
               ,
               as
               much
               Bread
               as
               will
               make
               it
               thick
               ,
               fit
               for
               a
               Poultice
               ,
               five
               ounces
               of
               Raisins
               of
               the
               Sun
               ,
               and
               one
               ounce
               of
               Coriander-se●●
               beaten
               with
               a
               glass
               of
               Ale
               ,
               make
               〈◊〉
               boyling
               hot
               ,
               and
               then
               it
               is
               done
               .
            
          
           
             
               Another
               .
            
             
               Take
               one
               quart
               of
               Water
               ,
               as
               much
               Bread
               as
               will
               make
               it
               thick
               ,
               two
               Ounces
               of
               Sugar
               ,
               and
               a
               Glass
               of
               good
               Sack
               or
               other
               Wine
               ,
               make
               it
               boyling
               hot
               ,
               and
               then
               it
               is
               done
               .
            
             
               Apply
               the
               forementioned
               Remedies
               to
               the
               part
               grieved
               ,
               viz.
               —
               Spread
               
               your
               Poultice
               indifferent
               thick
               ,
               on
               a
               Linnen
               Cloth
               ,
               that
               will
               cover
               the
               whol●
               part
               ,
               somewhat
               warmer
               then
               Milk
               from
               the
               Cow
               ,
               but
               not
               so
               hot
               as
               is
               usual
               ,
               for
               all
               extreams
               prove
               prejudicial
               to
               Wounds
               ,
               Sores
               ,
               and
               B●uises
               ,
               except
               it
               be
               on
               some
               particular
               occations
               .
            
             
               These
               Poultices
               you
               must
               apply
               every
               hour
               ,
               or
               every
               two
               hours
               ,
               (
               at
               least
               )
               in
               the
               day
               ,
               and
               three
               or
               four
               times
               in
               the
               Night
               ,
               if
               your
               Hurt
               or
               Wound
               be
               dangerous
               ,
               If
               not
               twelve
               or
               fourteen
               times
               in
               the
               Day
               and
               Night
               may
               do
               ,
               viz.
               
            
             
               When
               your
               Poultice
               has
               lain
               on
               one
               hour
               ,
               or
               an
               hour
               and
               a
               half
               ,
               or
               two
               at
               the
               most
               ,
               put
               it
               away
               off
               your
               Cloth
               ,
               and
               put
               fresh
               on
               ,
               and
               so
               keep
               a
               constant
               repetition
               of
               it
               for
               2
               ,
               3
               ,
               4
               ,
               5
               ,
               6
               ,
               7
               ,
               8
               ,
               9
               ,
               or
               ten
               days
               if
               occasion
               be
               ,
               but
               it
               will
               heal
               and
               cure
               most
               of
               the
               forementioned
               Evils
               much
               sooner
               ,
               if
               you
               observe
               this
               method
               ,
               —
               but
               remember
               to
               wash
               your
               Wounds
               or
               Sores
               between
               whiles
               with
               Sugar
               and
               Water
               ,
               and
               sometimes
               with
               fresh
               Butter
               and
               Water
               beaten
               together
               ,
               to
               keep
               it
               clean
               and
               plya●t
               .
            
             
             
               These
               are
               noble
               Poultices
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               Ingredients
               do
               cast
               a
               friendly
               aspect
               to
               each
               other
               ,
               being
               of
               a
               cleansing
               mild
               Balsamick
               Nature
               and
               Opperation
               ,
               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
               swinging
               objection
               ,
               viz.
               Why
               do
               you
               leave
               out
               of
               your
               Poultices
               the
               great
               l●gredie●t
               ,
               viz.
               the
               fulso●
               Grease
               of
               Swine
               and
               other
               Fat
               's
               ?
               which
               all
               skilled
               in
               the
               Art
               of
               curing
               ,
               have
               for
               the
               most
               part
               advised
               ,
               and
               for
               no
               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
               part
               ,
               if
               there
               were
               not
               some
               Fat
               's
               or
               Oyles
               ,
               the
               Poultices
               would
               occasion
               them
               to
               become
               ha●d
               and
               stiff
               ,
               and
               so
               stick
               to
               the
               Sore
               ,
               which
               we
               prevent
               by
               our
               
               often
               repetition
               for
               the
               Spirituous
               Vertues
               and
               Qualities
               of
               Fat
               's
               ,
               are
               so
               hid
               and
               lockt
               up
               in
               the
               oyly
               Body
               ,
               that
               Nature
               cannot
               separate
               nor
               draw
               forth
               their
               fine
               sweet
               Sp●rituous
               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
               impede
               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
               Spirits
               and
               lively
               Vertues
               are
               as
               it
               were
               on
               the
               Wing
               ,
               and
               therefore
               Poultices
               aptly
               compounded
               thereof
               ,
               their
               Vertues
               do
               in
               a
               moments
               time
               pe●etrate
               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
               ●o
               effect
               the
               Cure
               ,
               not
               only
               in
               a
               shorter
               time
               ,
               but
               much
               safer
               ,
               and
               with
               greater
               ease
               to
               the
               Patient
               .
               For
               by
               
               this
               Phylosophi●al
               Operation
               ,
               of
               repeating
               〈…〉
               doth
               mig●tily
               advance
               and
               forward
               the
               Cure
               :
               An●
               Note
               ,
               that
               every
               fresh
               Application
               of
               this
               Homogenial-●oultice
               to
               the
               grieved
               part
               ,
               do
               add
               n●w
               and
               fresh
               Supplies
               of
               Vertue
               ,
               for
               in
               all
               Operations
               of
               this
               Natur●
               ,
               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
               the
               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
               Ve●tues
               ,
               do
               give
               themselves
               forth
               and
               joyn
               or
               incorporate
               with
               their
               Similies
               ;
               even
               as
               the
               fine
               sweet
               spirituous
               Qualities
               of
               Maul●●o
               imbibe
               or
               give
               themselves
               forth
               
               and
               incorporate
               with
               the
               hot
               Water
               in
               your
               Mash-Tub
               ,
               in
               the
               method
               of
               Brewing
               ;
               therefore
               every
               Applycation
               do
               add
               new
               Su●plies
               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
               eve●y
               particular
               Quality
               in
               Nature
               ,
               has
               a
               Key
               in
               it self
               to
               open
               the
               Gate
               of
               its
               own
               Principl●
               ;
               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
               simpathetic●l
               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
               awakned
               by
               the
               long
               continuation
               thereof
               ,
               for
               these
               Reasons
               ,
               the
               long
               lying
               of
               Poultices
               and
               Plaisters
               ,
               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
               keen
               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
               sour
               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
               Physitians
               and
               Chyrurgeons
               do
               not
               understand
               Nature
               ,
               then
               there
               can
               be
               no
               certainty
               in
               their
               Operations
               or
               Cures
               .
            
             
               Also
               Note
               ,
               that
               during
               the
               time
               your
               Poultices
               ,
               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
               or
               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
               Digestion
               ,
               then
               those
               made
               thick
               ,
               therefore
               despise
               not
               our
               method
               ,
               nor
               our
               plain
               home-bred
               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
               ,
               prompts
               me
               to
               publish
               it
               ,
               whether
               you
               will
               follow
               the
               forementioned
               Rules
               or
               not
               ,
               I
               have
               done
               my
               Duty
               in
               offering
               it
               ,
               and
               therefore
               am
               satisfyed
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             THE
             CONCLUSION
             .
          
           
             THus
             have
             I
             presented
             thee
             (
             honest
             Reader
             )
             with
             some
             Observations
             ;
             nor
             shall
             I
             trouble
             my self
             to
             make
             Apologies
             for
             them
             t●
             any
             ,
             who
             having
             their
             Eyes
             blinded
             with
             the
             Dust
             of
             Custom
             and
             Tradition
             ,
             may
             be
             apt
             to
             condemn
             or
             slight
             these
             Advices
             ,
             as
             Heterodox-Paradoxes
             ,
             or
             
               needless
               Chymaerea's
            
             ;
             but
             let
             such
             Capers
             say
             what
             they
             please
             ,
             I
             am
             certain
             what
             I
             have
             deliver'd
             is
             agreeable
             to
             
               undisguised
               Nature
            
             ,
             and
             whoever
             shall
             act
             accordingly
             ,
             will
             certainly
             find
             very
             great
             Benefits
             accrewing
             
             in
             respect
             of
             Health
             both
             of
             Body
             and
             Mind
             ;
             but
             without
             Practice
             all
             Precepts
             are
             vain
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             fruitless
             ,
             unless
             it
             be
             only
             to
             remain
             as
             Monuments
             to
             reproach
             those
             Fools
             that
             despise
             and
             neglect
             them
             .
          
           
             I
             thought
             once
             to
             have
             proceeded
             further
             in
             this
             Treatise
             ,
             to
             have
             discovered
             the
             ways
             of
             making
             up
             or
             preparing
             most
             of
             the
             Medicines
             that
             are
             now
             a-days
             cry'd
             up
             ;
             but
             on
             second
             thoughts
             I
             desisted
             ,
             not
             as
             envying
             my
             Country-men
             any
             thing
             that
             might
             tend
             to
             their
             general
             good
             ,
             but
             for
             such
             Reasons
             as
             these
             :
          
           
             1.
             
             There
             are
             very
             few
             of
             the
             common
             Medicines
             that
             deserve
             that
             credit
             ,
             which
             by
             Knaves
             vapouring
             and
             Fools
             credulity
             they
             have
             obtained
             ;
             and
             to
             speak
             truth
             ,
             I
             humbly
             
             conceive
             the
             People
             had
             e'en
             as
             good
             be
             without
             them
             as
             have
             them
             ;
             and
             therefore
             I
             was
             very
             well
             content
             that
             the
             
               learned
               Doctors
            
             and
             their
             Labourers
             ,
             the
             Apothecaries
             ,
             should
             enjoy
             to
             themselves
             their
             
               Pharmacentick
               Mysteries
            
             ,
             or
             way
             of
             making
             of
             Medicines
             ;
             and
             when
             they
             have
             done
             ,
             let
             them
             alone
             ,
             take
             and
             use
             them
             too
             if
             they
             please
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Those
             that
             shall
             observe
             the
             Rules
             herein
             laid
             down
             ,
             of
             
               Temperance
               ,
               Choice
               of
               Diet
               ,
               due
               manner
               of
               Pr●paration
               ,
               &c.
            
             will
             (
             I
             am
             very
             confident
             )
             have
             little
             or
             no
             need
             of
             that
             which
             is
             commonly
             called
             Physick
             .
             And
             for
             others
             ,
             if
             I
             had
             set
             down
             never
             so
             many
             excellent
             Receipts
             for
             the
             cure
             of
             Diseases
             ,
             't
             is
             like
             they
             would
             have
             regarded
             them
             no
             more
             than
             these
             Directions
             for
             avoiding
             
             the
             same
             .
             He
             that
             scorns
             to
             prevent
             a
             Mischief
             fore-told
             ,
             scarce
             deserves
             a
             Remedy
             when
             he
             is
             fallen
             into
             it
             .
             But
             ,
          
           
             3.
             
             The
             
               discreet
               Reader
            
             will
             here
             find
             such
             things
             recommended
             to
             his
             use
             ,
             both
             in
             Health
             and
             Sickness
             ,
             which
             though
             they
             are
             more
             plain
             ,
             pleasant
             ,
             easie
             to
             be
             had
             ,
             and
             cheaper
             ,
             are
             not
             less
             effectual
             both
             to
             preserve
             and
             restore
             Health
             than
             those
             administred
             by
             the
             learned
             ;
             and
             in
             vain
             he
             
               goes
               about
            
             ,
             that
             may
             go
             to
             rights
             ;
             or
             gapes
             for
             a
             Remedy
             to
             be
             brought
             him
             by
             another
             from
             the
             Indies
             ,
             when
             he
             may
             make
             himself
             as
             good
             an
             one
             (
             and
             better
             )
             at
             home
             .
          
           
             What
             I
             have
             here
             candidly
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             plain
             familiar
             manner
             delivered
             ,
             I
             leave
             to
             
               God's
               Blessing
            
             ,
             and
             
             the
             Practice
             of
             all
             
               prudent
               Lovers
            
             of
             their
             Health
             ,
             and
             humble
             followers
             of
             Nature
             ,
             in
             her
             easie
             and
             innocent
             Methods
             .
             Farwell
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .