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with itis onelp that Whiche! nooeth make colde. All other 
wayes whiche daoth make colde, dooeth not come neere tos 
the cooling with ſnowe by a great wap, foꝛ this is moſt colde 
whiche is cooled with it, and all other wapes doo feeme 
whotte , beepng made tolde in the dewe, in Melles, 02 
with ſaltpeter, in compariſon of that whiche is made colde 
with ſnowe. And ſo it is a greate thing, and to bee muche 
eſteemed that in the teme of whot weather, when wee are 
made a burning coale, of the extreame heate ofthe tyme, 
when the dꝛieth is ſo great, that it maketh vs to ſounde and 
our bodies are ſo burning and ſweating, that wee haue fo 
gaffe a remedie with a lyttle Snowe, wee map dꝛinke fo 
colde as is conuenient loꝛ vs, and as colde as pou wyll, 
with all aſſuraunce of health giuing vs fo muche delighte 
and contentment that there is no price to bee eſteemed ta 
it, noꝛ vnderſtandiag that can expounde it, ot the whiche e⸗ 
uerꝝ one that dooth dꝛinke colde with ſnowe may be iudge of 
my Apologie whenthey do make an end do dzinke by means 
of the moſt colde ſnowe. i 
By that which is ſaid, it is ſeene what a thing ſnow is, ¢ 
hol tze vſe of it was eficemed amongit the people of old time 
foꝛ ta make cold ther with, e as the belt maner of theſe which 
are ta make colde withall, and moꝛe agreeable to our health 
and neceflitie, is that which is doone there with, ¢ alſo as the 
dzinking cold dath bꝛing fo many benefits and commodities, 
t the dꝛinking hat ſo man hurtes z diſcõmedities, ſeing that 
to ble it is to make leane, and dekilitate the ſtomack, it dootg 
make the meate to ſwim in it, it dot caʒrupt the digeſtion. 
whereby it doth conſume and weaken the body it ingendzeth 
winds it is the cauſe that the Winer is debilitated, weake⸗ 
ned, it cauſeth continuall dꝛieth, it doth not ſatiſñe our neteſ / 
litx it giueth paine and griefe and ether hurts, that he which” 
dooth vſe it , ſhall quickly feele tzem in bimielfe . The 
Which is contrary to them that do deinke colde beeing cold ol 
bis owne nature, oꝛ made cold with ſnom, fo2 that it Doth cos 
W ontack,ifit be ne arẽgthneth it, z doth 7 
