V 
PREFACE. 
: Things , either in Diet or Medicine, that are 
equally beneficial to all . We may daily ob - 
ferve, that Tea throws fome into the Vapours , 
affcBs their Completion, Spirits, Nerves , 
&c. In others, it Jlruggles againjl Reten- 
tion, gives them the Colic or Gripes and af- 
fets not a few with Tremors , &c. Moft Au- 
thors have omitted to proportion its Strength, 
Quantity, Ufe, and Kind, for the medicinal 
Purpofe intended . Which ConJideratio?is are 
neither fujficient with refpet to the Plant 
itfelf nor to the People of different Nations, 
Conflitutions , Sexes, Conditions, and Ages , 
that ufe it. Since it is fo general a Tipple, 
we might reafonably expedl a Knowledge of 
its Nature and Properties fiould be fo too. 
To this Difcomfe on Tea is added, a fhort 
one on Milk ; and feme fmall Hints on Su- 
gar \ and, to compleat the Repafi, we have 
ferved up a Salver of Made-Wines. And \ 
that Gentlemen may not think tbemfelves ill 
ufed or negleBed, whilfi the Ladies are re- 
galing themfelves, we have entertained them 
with a Bowl of Punch, and Pipe of right 
Virginia Tobacco : And, that they may be 
A 2 happy 
