Cap, IV. 



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We (hall not need to infert here what. Phyfitians wri e of 

 the miraculous eile&s of Tobacco, but leave the more curi- 

 ous to confult their Books, wherein they give a ftrange ac- 

 count thereof : Only this we fhall affirm, that the virtues of 

 it muft needs very great, ftnce it harh its courfe all over 

 the world,, and that in a manner all Nations upon Eaith, as 

 well thofe that are civil'Vd as thofe that (till continue in their 

 Barbarifm, have afforded it a kind reception, and have ad- 

 vis'd the taking of it : And though fome Piinces have prohi- 

 bited the ufe of it in their Territories, out of a fear that the 

 money of their Subje&s, which is rare and precious., fhouki be 

 turn'd into fmoak, and flip out of their hands for a thing 

 which (eems not to be fo neceflary to life 5 yet is there not 

 any but will allow it a place among the drugs and remedies of 

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The Ipore delicate and curious among thofe Nations who> 

 are difpos'd inro*hot Countries, qualifie it with Sage, Rx>fe- 

 m^'.y, and certain Perfumes, which give it a very pleafant 

 fcenc 5 and having reduc'd it to powder, they take it in at the 

 noftril. Thoic Nations who inhabit cold Countries, forbid 

 not Perforis of Quality the ufe of it .5 nay it is a perfection and 

 certain gallantry in the Ladies of thofe Parts, gracefully to 

 handle a Pipe, whereof the boal is of Coral or Amber, and 

 the head of Silver or Golcl, and to puff out the fmoak of this 

 herb without the lead: wrinkle or wry face, and to let it out 

 of the mouth after feveral little intervalls, which railing fo 

 many little vapours of a brownifh colour, feems a kind of 

 foil tofet off the cleernefs of jMir completion. . The com- 

 pofition we have before defcfibed, which heightens the good 

 fcent of Tobacco, will no doubt be kindly receiv'd by thofe 

 perfons who place the fmoking of a pipe of Tobacco among 

 the pleasures and enjoyments of this life. 



To conclude, it is not eafie to affirm what quantities of To- 

 bacco are fent away every year, only from the Ifland of S. Chri- 

 ftopbers-, and it is almoft a miracle to fee what numbers of 

 Snips come over out of England, France, Holland, and especi- 

 ally Zealand, and yet none returns empty : nay the fole tra- 

 ding which thelaft named Province maintain'd with this and 

 the neighbouring Iflands, raise! the greateft and wealthieff 

 houfes at Middkborough and Flujlnng.: nay to this day the 

 principal commerce of thofe two Cities, which are the moft 

 cpnfiderable of all Zealand, is from thefe Iflands, which are 

 to them what the Mines of Tern are to the Kingdom of spam. 



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