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subtle as his morality was accommodating, 

 declared, formally, that a fast was not bro- 

 ken by chocolate prepared with water; 

 thus wire-drawing, in favor of his peni- 

 tents, the ancient adage: "Liquidum non 

 frangit je junium" 



The earliest intimation of the introduc- 

 tion of cocoa into England is found in an 

 announcement in the Public Advertiser of 

 Tuesday, i6th June, 1657 (more than a 

 hundred and thirty years after its introduc- 

 tion into Spain), stating that "in Bishops- 

 gate street, in Queen's Head alley, at a 

 Frenchman's house, is an excellent West 

 India drink, called chocolate, to be sold, 

 where you may have it ready at anv time ; 

 and also unmade, at reasonable rates." 



Two years later, in the Mercurius Po- 

 liticus for June, 1659, it is stated that 

 " Chocolate, an excellent West India drink, 

 is sold in Queen's Head alley, in Bishops- 

 gate street, by a Frenchman who did for- 



