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forby itsaftual heat it retre/h'd the weary, and did fcve- 
ral other Services, as Wine thatadlcd by a potential hear. 
The general ufe of it quickly made it a Trade in great 
Townsj and the frequent ufe of it made it bedefked 
ftronger and ftronger, till the exceffive Drinkers would 
take whole Spoonfuls of the Oyl that fwims on the top, 
as our great Drinkers arrive from Wine to Brandy, and 
from thence to more burning Spirits. 
Intothefe Publick-houies they would come by Hun- 
dreds, and among them Strangers would venture, where 
they learn'd the Cuftom, and carried it to their own 
Countries 5 for one Mr. R%ftall an Merchant, 
whom I knew, went to Leghorn in i^yi, and there 
found a Coffee-houfe,. To the fame Houfc of Merchan- 
dife where this RajlaU was, came Mr. Darnel Edwardf a 
Merchant from Smyrna, (where Coffee had been u fed im- 
memoriaily) who brought with him. Anno i5j2, a Grtek 
Servant, namedT'^/g'^^, who made his Coffee, which 
he drank two or three Difhes at a time, twice or thrice a 
Day* 
The fame Year Edwards came over Land into England^ 
and Married the Daughter of one Alderman H»dgei a 
Merchant, who lived 1 think in jf^^/^-j*'*. H(ydges 
ufed with great delight to drink Corf^ with Ed- 
wards^ fo it is likely, th it this EdiPtrdf was the firft 
that brought Coffee into Enghnd^ although I am in- 
form'd that Dr. ff^rz/^^ thefa nouslnvenccr of the Cir- 
culation of the Blood, dij frequently ufe it^ 
After thi§ it grew mor^in ule m leveral private Hou- 
feSvwhich encouraged Mr. £in?4r^/ to fct up PaJ^a for 
a Coffee-man, who got a Shed in the Church-yard of 
%U Michael Cornhily where he had great Cuftom, info- 
much that the Ale-houfe- keepers tearing it fJiould fpoil 
their Trade, Petitioned the Lord Mayor againft him, at 
fcdging his not being a Freeman. Upon this Alderman 
H9dges]oymA as a Partner with Pafyua one Bondman his 
Coach- 
