1 2 Coffee Planting. 



It much quickens the spirits, and makes the heart 

 lightsome ; .... It suppresseth fumes exceed- 

 ingly, and therefore is good against the head- 

 ache, and will very much stop any defluxion of 

 rheums that distil from the head upon the stomach, 

 and so prevent and help consumptions and the 

 cough of the lungs. It is excellent to prevent 

 and cure the gout, dropsy, and scurvy. It is 

 known to be better than any other drying drink 

 for people in years, or children that have any 

 running humours upon them, as the King's Evil, 

 &c. It is a most excellent remedy against the 

 spleen, hypochondriac winds, and the like. It 

 will prevent drowsiness, and make one fit for 

 business, if one have occasion to watch, and there- 

 fore you are not to drink of it after supper, unless 

 you intend to be watchful. ... It is observed 

 that in Turkey, where this is generally drunk, 

 that they are not troubled with the stone, gout, 

 dropsy, or scurvy, and their skins are exceeding 

 clear and white. It is neither laxative nor re- 

 stringent. 



" Made and sold in St. Michael's Alley, in Corn- 

 hill, by Pasqua Rosee, at the sign of his own head!' 



Mr. Timbs also tells us, that in the French 

 colonies, where coffee is more used than among 

 the English, gout is scarcely known. 



It is not only the berry of the coffee plant 



