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fee in the Difference between Bing and fine 
Hyfons-, a Canifter that contains 2 IB. of the 
laft, which is young and curled up fo clofe, 
will fcarce hold 1 lb. of the firft, which is 
gathered when the Leaf is old or half dead. 
Some have imagined that the Baftern Princes 
and Nobility preferred the Flower of Tea 
to all others, but on better Enquiry, it was 
found that the Flowers, was the fmall firft 
pluck’d Flowers of the Leaves of the earlieft 
Tea, not above two or three Days old ; 
which being moft valued and excellent, was 
therefore called the Prince or Flower of Tea , 
fold then from 45 to 140 Crowns a Pound, 
or dearer. So that from the different Times 
of gathering, Degrees of roafting and curl- 
ing, Ways of its flavouring, the Preparers , 
Sellers, and Buyers , are determined not to 
be behind-haod with the City Taylors , Man - 
tua-makers , and Milliners , in often fhifting 
Fafhions, fuited to the Whim and Humour 
of the Confumers. Ex. gr . What more 
wretched fainty Stuff, and miferable Tipple, 
even to the ftrong and healthy, far more 
hyfteric and hipo’d than Bing Tea ? What 
more nafty and naufeous Smell than Soap 
Sudds at your Nofe ? What more comfort- 
able 
