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_ © Wehaveallo particular Pools where we make tryals upon Fifhes, 
éc aswe have faid before of Bealts and Birds. 
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« Worms.and Flies which are of {pecial ufe, fuch as are with you, your 
se Silk-wormsand Bees. , 
«J will not hold you long with recounting of our Brew-houfes, Bake- 
} “houfesandKitchins, where are made divers Drinks, Breads, and Meats, 
«sare and of {pecial cffe@s. Wines we have of Grapes, and Drinks of 
*< other Juice, of Fruits, of Grains, and of Roots; andof mixtures with 
« Honey, Sugar, Manna, and Fruits dried and deco@ed ; alfoofthe Tears 
*« or Woundings of Trees, andof the Pulp of Canes; andthefe Drinks are 
« of feveral Ages, fome totheage or laftof forty years. VVe have Drinks 
|  alfo brewed with feveral Herbs, and Roots, and Spices, yea, with feveral | 
“¢ Flefhes,and VVhite-meats; whereof fome of the Drinks are fuchias they | 
‘¢ are in effet Meat and Drink both; fothat divers, efpecially in Age; do | 
«‘ defire to live with them with little or no Meat or Bread. And aboveall, we 
« ftrive to have Drinks of extream thin parts, to infinuate into the Body, 
«and yet without all biting, fharpnels, or fretting ; infomuch, asfomeof 
« them putupon the back of your hand, will, with a little ftay,pafs through 
‘© of feveral Grains, Roots and Kernels, yea, and fomeof Flefh and Fifh 
«© without any other Meat, wholive very long. Sofor Meats, we have fome 
| « of them fo beaten, and made tender and mortified, yet without all cor- | 
| “xuptifig, as a weak heat of the Stomach will turnthem into good Chylu, | 
4 “as well as aftrong heat would meatotherwife prepared.. VVchave fome | 
«© Meats alfo, and Breads, and Drinks, whichtzkenby men,-enable them to | 
‘« faft long after ; and forne other that ufed, make the very Flefh of Mens 
‘€ otherwife it would be. 
|“ quifit Diftillationsand Separations, and efpecially by gentle Heats, and 
« Percolations throughdivers Strainers, yea,and Subitances ; but alfo exa& 
“Natural Simples. - sarge ak bp eit | | 
* VVe have alfo divers Mechanical Arts, which youhave not, and 
| Stufts madebythem; asPapers, Linnen, Silks, Tiflues, dainty works of 
} “Feathers of wonderful luftre, excellent Dies,and many others; and Shops | 
| “likewife as well for fuch as are not brought into vulgar ufe among‘ us, 
“as forthofethat are. For you muft know, that of the things before re- 
¢g cited, many are grown into ufe throughout the Kingdom ; but yet, if 
| “ they did fow from our Inventions we have of them alfo for Patterns and 
« Principals. 
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« We have alfo places for Breed and Generatioti of thofe Kinds of | 
‘tothe palm; and yettafte milde to the mouth. VVe have alfo VVaters | 
« which we ripen in that fafhion as they become nourifhing ; fo thatthey |. 
| © areindeed excellent Drink, and many willufe noother. Breads we-have 
| «dried, with divers kinds of Levenings and Seafonings;, fothat fome do | 
| © extreamly move Appetites ; fomedo nourith fo, as divers do live ofthem | 
“Bodies {enfibly more hardand tough, and their ftrength far greater then | 
_  ©WVehave Difpenfatories or Shops of Medicines, wherein you may | 
| « eafily think, if we have fuch variety of Plants and Living Creatures, more | 
-| “then you have in Earope, (for we know what you have) the Simplcs,Drugs, | 
|“ and Ingredients of Medicines, muft likewife be in fo much thegeater | 
|«‘ variety. VVe have them likewife of divers Ages, andlong Fermenta- | 
“tions. And for their Preparations, we have not onely all mannerof ex- | 
“ Forms of Compolition, whereby they incorporate almoft as they were | 
