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Examples to the Virlgar, both in vanquifliinglazinefs, and luxu- 
ry alfo; as of old, Connnanders and Conquerors were more fa- 
mous for aufterc Sobriety, and more confpiciious for folid Vertucs, 
rjianfordelica^cies of TreatmentSj andfor the fplendor of their 
E^mpage, 
Andyec, fince good reafon requires, that^U fliouldbe careful 
to fend in JProvifions iov them that are engaged in hardier fervices 
for their Country 5 and fince Hofpitality hatha juft praife ; and it 
being alfo a chief point of Pra(fiical Philcfophy, to fupply Food 
and Rayments, and other Requefts for al! Mankind; I may here 
cake notice, that I have heard it boldly affirmed, that there is hoc 
a vfiholefom Vegetable in the world, if it be not odious to the guft, 
or too ftrongly Medical, whofe roots, or feeds, blolToms or leaves, 
fruir, ftems or pulp, may not, by Decoftions, Infufions, or Ex- 
trafts, with a mixture of fome Sugar, and fcafonable Ferment, yield 
food or liquors, to fuftain, corroborac, reftore and revive men. 
And 'tis believed, that a Juycc drawn from the /r<?/Z» Sugar-cane, 
doth refemble, and may challenge, or excel, the richeft wine of the 
Grape. . 
In this Teftimony, I confefs, my aim is for the benefit of Jam/ti* 
c^; and our other Sugar- Plantations* ^MeiUmius hath accounted 
fufficiently for the oU Beverages ; and our Wefi-lniian Colonies can 
increafe the number of rich Liquors, if they pleafe to do it. We 
hear of their Casks of Orenge-wine^ and weknownot yet, what 
their Lemons, or other delicious fruit will do* We have no news 
yet of the arrival in jE;^^/^^ of Ligons^f^/^-P/>;^, fomuchex- 
toll'd by his judicious palat ; or chat the Liquor of it is brought 
hicherwithoutdecay by any Art. And we iihould not defpair of 
our own, fince the Dutch had the wit to make the cops of our Sdge 
dryed pa(s in chin a for a far more precious Tihea , than their coflly. 
Theais to us ; zudomEaume hath the Bees fuffrage for the beft 
Hony 5 and our EnglifJi ^afro;!^ gives much 1 ife ro our befl: Elixirs^ 
For Foods ^ our late Books oWookerj do fay too much rather than 
too litle, and declare fufficientiy,that an mgenufaguU is not want- 
ing amongft us 5 and yet none have fajd enough of the exte^^f of nu- 
triment in cafes of Neccffity, as in Sieges, and on the Seas in long 
calms, or when by ftorms they haye loft their Sails, Mafts, Sterns, 
Perhaps it may be found, that Sea- plants and the Earth it 
ftlf mav yield food and bolussy as wholefoine for nourifijing, a$ they 
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