CHAPTER II. 



HISTORY OF THE USE OF COCOA. 



OOKING at 

 ( the early- 



works on the 

 use of Cocoa, we find 

 them very quaint and 

 speculative as to its 

 medicinal value, and 

 its effect upon the con- 

 stitution. 



In an extract 



from the " Harleian 



Miscellany," Vol. 8 



(1673), we find, "The 



grand Concern of 



England explained, in 



several proposals offered for the consideration of 



Parliament by a Lover of his Country." No. 6 



reads: "The sixth thing proposed is the prohibition of brandy, 



rum, coffee, chocolate and tea, and the suppressing of coffee-houses ; 



these hinder greatly the consumption of barley, malt and wheat, the 



J'reesnts of Cocoa and Other Fruits 



Brought to Benzonius. 



De Bry's " History of America." 



Frankfort : 1600. 



