The PREFACE. -^ 



Ndtto refine upon therareeffe&sof Cider, which if abohe all the moji 

 eminent., foberly to exhileraU the Spirits of us Hypochondfiacal Kland- 

 ers^ and by a. fpecific quality to chafe away that unfociabk Spleeo 

 roithout excefs \ the very Bloliome of the Pruit perfumes^ and purifies 

 the Ambient Air, tphich (as M. Beale well obferves in his Hereford- flii re 

 Orchards^ is conceivd conduces fo much to the conflant Health and 

 Longevity, for vphich that Country has been always celebrated^ fencing 

 their Habitations 4»<5^yn'ee? R.ecefles/r(?w Winds, andV^'mtcx-inva^- 

 ons^ the heat of the Sun, and his unfufierable darts : And \( (faith he) Hereford.fi}: 

 we may acknowledge grateful trifles^ for that they harbour a conftant Orch. p. 8. 

 Aviary of fweet Singers^ which are here retain'd without the charge 

 <£ Italian wires : To which I cannot but add his following option^ That 

 if at any time we are in danger of being hindred from Trade in For- 

 reign Countries^ our Englijh Indignation may (corn to feed at their 

 Tables^ to drink of their Liquors, or otherwife to borrow or buy of 

 Thefn, or of any their Confederates , fo long as our Native Joy le does 

 fupply us withluch excellent Neceiiaries. 



Nor is all this producd to redeem the Vi(\\\or from f^e fuperftition, 

 prejudice, and opinions of thoje Men rvho do fo much magnifie the juice 

 pf the Grape above it : If Experiments from undenyable fuccefs (in fpite 

 pf Vintners, and Bauds to mens PalatsJ were fufficient to convince us, 

 and reclaim the vitiated ^ or that it were pojfible to dijpute of the plea- 

 fantnefs, riches, and precedency of Drinks and Diets, and fo to pro- 

 vide for fit, competent, and impartialjudges:^ when by Nature, Nati- 

 on, or Climate (as well as by Cuftom and Education) we differ in thofe 

 Extreams. 



Moji parts of Africa, and Afia prefer Coffee before our Nobleji Li- 

 ^uorsi, India, the Roots and Vhms before our beji Cooled VeniConj 

 Almoji all the World crude Water, before our Country Ale and Beer 5 and 

 we Englifh being generally more for inlipid, lufcious, and gwfs Diet, 

 then for the fpicy, poignant, oylie, and highly rdiih'd, (witnefs our 

 univerjal hatred of Oy]s,FreT\ch-wine, or Rhenifh without Sugary our 

 doating on Curraus, F'lggs, Plum-pottage, Pies, Pudding, 4»^ Cake) 

 render yet the difficulty more arduous. But to make good the Experiment. 



About thirty years fmceone M Taylor (a perfon well l^norvn in Here- 

 iord-^xxc) chaUeng' d a London-Vintner (finding him in the Country) 

 ihat he would produce a Cider which flwuld excel his befl Spanifli or 

 French-wine .' The Wager being depofited. He brings in a good Red- 

 fi:rake to a private Houfe : On that Scene, all the Vintner could call to 

 be Judges jpr(?«tf««ce againfl his Wine ^ Nor would any man there drinks 

 French-wine (without the help o/Sugar^ nor endure Sack for a full 

 draught ^ and tolhofe who were not actujiomed to either, the more racy 

 danafics were no more agreeable then Malaga, too lufcious for the repeti- 

 tion.But this Wager being lofi,our Vintner renews his Chartel,w/'p» thefi 

 exprefi terms , of Competent and Indifferent Arhhvators: The Gentle- 

 man agrees to the Articles :, and thus again after mutual engagements it 

 mufi be debated who were Competent Judges, and abfolutely Indifferent. 

 M T aylov propojes Three, whereof the odd Number fiifould by Vote 

 determine : They mufi be of the fittefi Ages too, or rather the fittefi of all 

 Ages, and fiich as were inurd neither to Cider nor any Wine 5 and fb 

 it was agreed. The Judges convene ^ viz. A Youth of ten years old, a 

 Mzn of thirty, and aJhiid of fixty -^ and by All theik alfo our V'mtnex: 



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