ded you add thereto fas I have always told you) true 

 Labour, as any Bread whatfoever , nay even as ei- 

 ther of^M.De-Greys forts of Bread,which he mentions 

 in his Gowpleat Horfemm 4° p. 1 32. f<:i. 40 efpecially 

 h\s laSi, which he fays is better Breads and a greater 

 Cgoler'^ and which he prefcribes to make thus, 



* TzkQH heat Meal out Peck, Rye-meal ^ Beans and 

 *• Oat-mealy all ground very fmall , of each half a 

 *Peck, j^ni feeds y^nd LicorijJj , of each one Ounce, 

 *' IVhite Sugar-Candy four 0[inCQS all in fine Powder^ 

 *" the yolks ^nd whites of Twenty Eggs well beaten , 

 *and fo much vy'hite-wine as will knead it into a 



* Pa^e , make this into great Loaves , bake them 

 'well, and after they be two or three days old, let 



* him eat of this Bread,but chip away the Ontfide^ 



Now the Reafon why I have cited this is , becaufe 

 1 have heard feveral ('who would be thought know- 

 ing Horfemen) applaud this very ^re^^ beyond any 

 other to be met with in any Book, tho for my part 

 I can find nothing f.vcf//f«f in the whole Compofuion. 



For firft Oat-meal tho it be ftrong , yet it is a dry 

 grain, hard oi digejlio-a , and a great dryer up of the 

 Blood, n^ Wheat is of a drying quality likewife , 

 tho it be light ^ for the Anifeed and Licorifljy they 

 are not only P/j}'/7c^/ but W alio-, Co that the Body 

 becomes over heated , and thereby cofllve. And yet 

 thefe People will not be perfwaded^ but thefe Drugs 

 will make him long-winded ; poflibly they might afiifh 

 him in Neighing^ asfomemen fay it doth Sorr^sicrs 

 in Vocal Muficitt wherein there is no Exerdfe of the 

 Body ufed ^ but where bodily flrengtb is required,! ani 

 apt to believe it more prejudicial than prof table. 



But here fome will objeil that there is Rye and 



Beanes both which are moifl/^ing •, efpecially the Rye 



wh ch is both cold and moyfi, and is the very reafon 



DeCrey himfelf gives why he put Rye into his latter 



F' Bread 



