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the Sinner pall be tahn by her, Ecclef. vii. 26. That 

 Misfortune is not the only Punifhment of thofe who fuffer 

 themfelves to be taken ; they there often lofe the inefti- 

 rmble Treafure of Health, which they feldom recover, not 

 only becaufe in thofe temperate Climates they make lit- 

 tle Account of the Venereal Difeafes, notwithftanding 

 which they attain to the longeft old Age, but alfo becaufe 

 the Scarcity of Phyficians, who are only to be found in 

 three or four great Cities, does not afford them the Oppor- 

 tunity of being cured. Some Women only patch up their 

 Diftempers with Sarzaparilla, Ptifans of Mallows, and o- 

 ther Herbs of the Country, and efpecially the Ufe of Cau^ 

 teries, which are look'd upon as Specificks, and whereof 

 both Sexes alike make Provifion, which the Women fo lit- 

 tle endeavour to conceal, that, in their ferious Vifits, they 

 enquire after their Iffues, and drefs them for one another $ 

 fo that- we may apply to them that Text of Scripture, 

 James v. 2 , 3 . Tour Riches are corrupted, — your Gold and 



Silver is canker d, and the Ruft of them jhall eat your 



Flejh as it were Fire, for they ruin themfelves in debauch- 

 ing with the Women ; and they themfelves obferve, that 

 whether it is that God punifhes them for thofe criminal 

 Expences, or, as others think, that the Eftates they have 

 are unjuftly ufurp'd from the Indians, they are fcarce ever 

 feen to defcend to the third Generation. What the Father 

 rakes together with much Trouble, and often with much 

 Injuftice in the Adminiftration of Governments, the Sons 

 do not fail to fquander > fo that the Grandfons of the 

 greateft Men are often the pooreft. They are themfelves 

 fo far convinced of this Truth, that it is become a Proverb 

 in Spain, where they fay, No fe logra ?nas que hazienda de 

 las Indi'as : It thrives no better than an Indian Eftate. 



The Women, as I have faid, are the principal Caufe,* 

 Vanity and Senfuality render them infatiable as to Orna- 

 ments and good Feeding. Tho* the Make of their Habit 

 be of itfelf plain enough, and not very fufcepcible of 

 Changes in Fafhions, they love to be richly drefs 'd, what- 



foever 



