ANIMADVERSION. 



IF fome of the foUorving DifcourfeS feem lefs con-* 

 Jiant, or (upon occafion) repugnant to one anothery 

 they are to be confiderd as relating to the fe'z/eral 

 gufts, and guides of pcrfons and Countries; and not 

 to be looked upon as recommended Secrets, much lefs im- 

 pos'd, farther then upon Tryal they may pro've grateful to 

 the Publick, and thedijferent inclinations of thofervhoaf- 

 feSi thefe Drinks : nor in reafon ought any to decry what is 

 propos'dfor the univerfal Benefit ; fince it cojis them nothing 

 but their ci^vility tofo many obliging Perfons. If the 'Title 

 <?/ Aphorifms (which indeed was intended but for ihejirft 

 Sheets ofM^ Beiile ^though y by a miHah^ of the Printers, con- 

 tinnd O'ver the reft of the Difcourfes}y^ew to point atfome- 

 thing more dogmatical, or arrogant *, let the equal Reader 

 pleafe to h^ow , that there is nothing lefi intended by the 

 R. Society ^then {o to pronounce concerning any their moft aC' 

 curate Experipients \ Thefe being but occafonal Papers en- 

 ter d into their Rcgifter, and thrown into this form as Re* 

 pofitories more apt and at hand', and becaufe ( as If aid) they 

 do not pretend to fine, and elaborate Methods, but to the 

 Things as they may be ofufe, and are in their kjnd confidet- 

 able. 



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