EARLY USE OF COCOA AND CHOCOLATE. 25 



the chocolatte, and then to boyle it again untill there comes an oily 

 scumme upon it, and then to drink it. 



" There is another way yet to drink chocolatte, which is cold, which 

 the Indians use at feasts to refresh themselves, and it is made after this 

 manner : The chocolatte (which is made with none, or very few, ingre- 

 dients) being dissolved in cold water with the Molinet, they take off 

 the scumme or crassy part, which riseth in great quantity, especially 

 when the cacao is older and more putrefied. The scumme they lay 

 aside in a little dish by itself, and then put sugar into that part 

 from whence was taken the scumme, and then powre it from en high 

 into the scumme, and so drink it cold. And this drink is so cold that it 

 agreeth not with all men's stomachs ; for by experience it hath been 

 found that it doth hurt by causing pains in the stomach, especially to 

 women. 



"The third way of taking it is the most used, and thus certainly it 

 doth no hurt, neither know I why it may not be used as well in Eng- 

 land as in other parts, both hot and cold ; for where it is so much used, 

 the most, if not all, as well in the Indias as in Spain, Italy, Flanders 

 (which is a coldcountrey), find that it agreeth well with them. True 

 it is, it is used more in the Indias than in the European parts, be- 

 cause there the stomachs are more apt to faint than here, and a cup of 

 chocolatte well confectioned comforts and strengthens the stomach. 

 For myself I must say, I used it twelve years constantly, drinking one 

 cup in the morning, another yet before dinner between nine or ten of 

 the clock ; another within an hour or two after dinner, and another be- 

 tween four and five in the afternoon ; and when I was purposed to sit 

 up late to study, I would take another cup about seven or eight at night, 

 which would keep me waking till about midnight. And if by chance 

 I did neglect any of these accustomed houres, I presently found my 

 stomach fainty. And with this custome I lived twelve years in those 

 parts healthy, without any obstructions, or oppilations, not knowing 

 what either ague or feaver was." 



