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881 Of the Hiflorie of Plants* T 



I b; 2. 



keth a man in fome fore weake and feeble : which thing Quid feemeth alfo tn a 7i ; — "— 



thus; ro Ul °* of, writi D9 



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Vt Venus eneruat vires ^(ic copid vini 

 Et tcntatgrtffas^ dtbilit at que pedes. 



As Venery the vigour fpends, fo ftore of Wine 

 Makes man to ftagger,makes his ftrength decline. 



A 



Ksithen* 



KAthtn, 



B 



that AmfbiSiyort king of Athens was the firft that allaied wine, as hauine Lrnfd A 7 K V° mh ) 

 nyfm , wherefore he faitb,that thofe who in that manner drunke it remained in health a ? "* 

 had their bodies feeble and ouerweakened with pure and vnmixed wine ' e:0rc 



The manner of mingling or teraperingofwinewasdiuers:for fometimes to one oarrnf • 



there were added two,and fometimes three or foure of waterjor to two parts of »•„<. a™ ? mne > 



of a lefle delay was that which con fi fted of equall parts of wine and water thrceo 'W 



Theold Comedians did tbinke that this lefler mixture was fufficient to make men macbm™ 

 10m was Mficptheuswliofe words be extant in Athene. "'*u,among 



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'fith 



D 



Hipper a tt m the feuenth booke of his Aphotifmcsfaith,thatthis manner of tempering ofirin, 

 and water by equall parts brmgeth as it were a light pleafant drunkennefT^andthatitiskind S 

 remedy againft difquietnefTe,yawnings 3 andfhiuerings 5 and this mingling belongeth to the ftton 



E Suchkinde of wines they might be which in times paft the Scythians were reported of theold 

 writers to drinke, who for this caufe doe call vnmixed wine the Scythians drinke And they that 

 drinke fimple wine fay, that they will Scitbyzare, or do as the Scythians do,as wemay readein the 

 tenth booke of K^ithetuus. 



F The Scythians, as Hipper am and diuers other of the old writers affirme, be people of Germany 

 beyond the floud Danubius,whichisaIfocalledIfter:Rhene is a riuer of Scythia : and Cym hi- 

 uing pafled ouer Ifter is reported tohaue come into the borders of the Scythians. 



G And in this our age all the people of Germany do drinke vnmixed wine,which groweth in their 

 owne country,and likewife other people of the North parts, who make no fcruple at all to drinke 

 oftbe ftrongeft wines without any mixture. 



f Of the liquor which is diftilled out of Wine ^ commonly 



called, Aqua vita*. 



H HPHere is drawneouc of Wine a liquor,which in Latine is commonly called \^tqu viu> or wa- 

 ter of life, and alfo ^4 r qud ar dens, or burning water, which as diftilled waters are dravvneoutof 

 herbes and other things, is after the fame manner diftilled out of ftrong wine, that is to fay, by ccr- 

 taine inftruments made for this purpofe,which are commonly called Limbeckes. 



I This kinde of liquor is in colour and fubftance like vnto waters diftilled out of hcrbes,aod alio 

 refembleth cleere fimple water in co!our,but in faculty it farre differeth. 



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becaufe 



L 



man. 



It is called Ardens, burning, for that it is eafily turned into a burning flame : for feeing it is not 

 any other thing than the thinneft and ftrongeft part of the wine, it being put to the flame of fire, is 



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quickly burned. 



end of tb 

 n rWr.afld 



of thinner parts : which is made more pure by often diftilling. vr 



N This 



eafe, or 



water diftilled out of wine is good for all thofe that are made cold either by a long ' 

 through age,as for old and impotent men : for it chcrifheth and increafcth natura I N ^ 

 vpholdeth ftrength,repaircth and augmenteth the fame : it prolongeth life, quickeneth all tn 

 fes,and doth not only preferue the memory, but alforecouercth it when it is loft : it ftarpene 

 fight. rr " , ififf 



O It is fit for thofe that are taken with the Catalepfie (which is a difeafe in the braine proj* £ 

 of dnnefle and cold) and are fubjea to dead flecpes, if there be no feuer joyned 5 it ft ' ae ™ k ' e . \t 

 weakenefle,trembling,and beating of the heart ; it ftrcn^theneth and heateth a feeble itom ^ 

 confumeth winde both in the ftomacke, fides, and bowels 5 it raakcth good concoaion o 



and is a fingular remedy againft cold poyfons. 



P It hath fuch force and power,in ftrengthenii 



ftr-m-s Jf g 



