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dies. As it affords Plenty of animal Spirits 
which invigorates the Nerves and Fibres, 
they attenuate, mix, and prepare the Blood 
for Secretion and Excretion 5 by this Pro- 
perty, and its Multitude of effential Salts, it 
fcours the Glands and Lymphatics, cleanfes 
away the Vifcidities of the Blood ; it forti- 
fies the Stomach, and promotes Digeftion 
in the Bowels, by its gently ftimulating the 
mufcular Fibres, attenuates the Vifcidities 
lodged in the Glands, and affords nervous 
Juice. But Hydromel, that is, Honey and 
Water boiled, and kept unfermented, with 
Cinnamon, Ginger, and Nutmegs, is a pow- 
erful Cleanfer of the Lungs; it helps Ex- 
pectoration, and {heaths the fharp prickling 
Salts which tickle the trachasal Glands ; for 
it not having undergone Fermentation, 
abounds with many oily Parts and Salts, 
which not being fo minute and fubtile as in 
the other, prick not, nor ftimulate the 
Nerves and Glands ; neither are the oily 
Parts fo grofs as to cloy and load the fmaff 
Veflels of the Lungs, but foften and fmooth 
them, {heath the {harp irritating Salts, and 
fmooth the Infides of the Veflels with a 
noble balfamic Litus , which defends them 
from 
