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too plentiful, nice Diet ; or of Intempe- 
rance, Raking, or Intriguing : Whereas if 
thefe were narrowly fcann’d into, there 
would be juft as much Reafon to blame 
the Bread and Cheefe they eat when Chil- 
dren, or their drefting Mifs Dolly . Or if 
they are pinched in the Argument, that it 
has, and may ftill do Service, they then 
fay, we run the Hazard of an Infection 
with foreign and worfe Difeafes, which lie 
fecret and hid in the imported Leaf ; as tho # 
the fame Objection did not lie againft the 
Sugar ufed with it, and all other Things 
imported either for Food or Phyfick, and 
with a great deal more Juftice, for feveral 
Reafons. And to ftrengthen their Caufe, 
they hale all in for Votaries on their Side, 
who give us but necefiary Cautions againft 
an exceffive, unfeafonable, and improper 
Ufe of it ; than which nothing can be more 
unfair, and a greater Sign of a defperate 
forlorn Caufe. But not venting themfelves 
againft the Plant, they bafely turn their 
virulent Pen againft the Importers , treating 
them in a manner that deferves Contempt. 
Others go more flily to work, and will 
have the Virtues of I'ea to be induftrioufly 
magnified 
