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an oily scumme upon it, and then to drink 

 it. 



" There is another way yet to drink choco- 

 latte, 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, 

 ingredients) being dissolved in cold water 

 with the Molinet, they take off the scumme 

 or crassy part, which riseth in great quan- 

 tity, 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 on 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 ex- 

 perience it hath been found that it doth 

 hurt by causing pains in the stomach, es- 

 pecially to women. 



" The third way of taking it is the most 

 used, and thus certainly it doth no hurt, 



