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abounding with Tartar, that Tartar gives a 
greater Stimulus to the VefTels, and by its 
Roughnefs corrugates and draws up the 
Fibres more, whereby they become ftron- 
ger, and keep their Tone longer, even 
when its Spirits are fpent. It alfo abounds 
more with fubtile fine earthy Parts, which 
nourilhes and makes up the Wafte and 
Abrafions of the Veflels. For thefe Rea- 
fons Mead approaches nearer the Nature of 
Spanijh and Portugal Wines, only it has 
lefs Earth, and their Earth is too grofs to 
anfwer the End of true Nutrition. Mead 
is excellent in all Languifhings and Decays 
of Nature ; it is a Milk for old People, 
a great Strengthener of the Solids of the 
Phlegmatic, an Attenuater of the Blood, an 
Invigorater of the loaded abdominal Veflels, 
and a powerful Reviver of the Spirits of 
melancholy Perfons. As Cyder is chiefly 
adapted for Summer Service, fo is this for 
Winter Ufes ; as Cyder is to be drunk with 
Meals, and as an Afternoon cheering Glafs, 
fo this anfwers bell a Morning Whet. It is 
a powerful Diuretick, cleanfes the Kidneys, 
Ureters, and Bladder, of all fandy, fabulous, 
mucilaginous, gravelly, and exotic, tardy Bo- 
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