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Day and Night, without Intermiffion, to 
God. After he had watched many Years, 
being one Day weary, and over-fafted, he 
unluckily dropt afleep ; awaking next Day 
full of Sorrow for breaking his folemn Vow, 
he cut off both his Eye-brows, thefe In- 
ftruments of his Crime, and with Indigna- 
tion threw them on the Ground. Return- 
ing next Day to the fame Place, behold out 
of his Eye-brows were grown two beautiful 
T ea Shrubs. Darma eating fo’me of the 
Leaves, was prefently filled with holy Joy 
and Strength to purfue his divine Medita- 
tions. He prefently communicated to his 
Difciples what great Benefit he had found 
from Tea, which they publifhed to Man- 
kind. Thus, lay the JapaneJe , were the 
Virtues of Tea difcovered. The Fable , 
however ridiculous it feems, (hews us, i. 
Their long Ufe and great Efiecm of Tea . 
2. Its Serviceablenefs in fome Diforders of 
the Eyes. 3. Its great Efficacy againfi: Dull- 
nefs, Drowfinefs, and Wearinefs, 
But its Ufe in Europe is of much later 
Date, for it is only about 140 Years fince the 
Dutch Eaft-lndia Company (who firft im- 
ported it, and raifed its Reputation with 
C 3 us) 
