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XXVIII The Lntroduciton. 
Northern Natiens, Goths, and Vandals, who by their Numbers and 
Strength overcame moft Parts of the World, ended not their Victories 
‘till by coming over the Alps they tafted and drank the Wines, 
whence they ftop’d their Conquefts, became Effeminate, and not 
Fruitful. 
Madera Wine is the next moft general Drink mixt with Water; ‘cs 
very ftrong, and a fort of Xeres or Sherry; “tis of two forts, the Whice 
ufually the ftrongeft, tho’ thought not to keepfolong, and therefore 
not usd fo much, or the Red Wine made of the White, with fome 
tinto or deep Red Wine put co it, which may preferve it, The Wines 
from the Weftward Ifles are thought unwholefome, both becaufe of 
the Grapes and mixture of Lime, Jeffo, or Plaifter, in making. 
The longer or fhorter time that Wine made of Red Grapes ftays fer- 
menting with the Husk, the more or lefs itis ting’d, and the longer 
or fhorter time it will keep, and the more or l\efs it is Auftere or 
Stiptick, The Virgine Wine, which has but a very fmall time ftood 
on the Husks, foon is ready for drinking and fine, and foon Spoils ; 
that which has a greater Tincture keeps longer, as being impregnated 
with fome parts of the Husk, as hop’d Beer keeps longer than Ale ; 
and that fore of Oil which has ftood longer with the Rind and 
Scone of the Olives, keeps much longer than that call’d Virgin Oil 
which has not been falted. Madera Wines have this particular to 
them, different from French Wines, and all others coming hither, 
that it keeps better in a hot Place, and expos’d to the Sun, than in 
a cool Cellar ; whereas the other Wines brought hither muft be kepe 
cool, and will for all that remain but a {mall time without being 
prickt and turning fower. 
Syder, Beer and Ale, do not keep well here, they huff, and fly 
in this ftrange Climate, and few Casks are opened with any of thefe 
Liquors bottled, where they are not broken at leaft one third of 
them ; but Mum keeps very well. 
The {mall Beer coming hither is ufually faid to be brew’d with 
Barbados Aloes inftead of Hops, the one being cheaper than the other. 
The common Drink of London, that is Beer and Ale, alone or mixt, 
is very much coveted here, the Beer is often fowerifh, and the Ale 
is generally too {weat and heavy, the one too old, and the other not 
well wrought (hence, as [have heard, few belonging to a Brew- 
houfe will tafe any Ale ) whence it fhould feem to drink thefe Li- 
quors {hould be very unhealthy. And yet more to drink {mall 
Beer, which is the fecond or third running off of the Male, whence 
it muft come that a great many Feculencies remain in the Blood. 
Notwithftanding all this, ’tis certain our Fore-fathers, who drunk thefe 
Liquors for common drink, lived to as great an Age with as much 
Health as we. 
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