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from Pungency and Irritation, till they re- 
cover Strength and Elafticity, whereby they 
fhake off and propel any vifcid or faline 
Moifture which might fluff, load, or tickle 
them. Thus is Honey and Mead of un- 
fpeakable Service to theDifeafes of theBreaft. 
And alfo where the Bowels are fluggifli and 
inactive, and do not anfwer; or where they 
are too dry and ftiff, want glandular Moi- 
fture to expedite the Paffage of the Faces, 
this Mead is good, becaufe its grofs Salts 
prick and ftir up the Inteflines to their Of- 
fice, or its grofs Oil lubricates and foftens 
them, caufes the Glands to give way to the 
Impulfe of the circulating Blood, and their 
excretory Dudls are foftened and widened $ 
hence a larger Quantity of inteflinal glandu- 
lar Juice, whereby Stool is provoked. But 
vinous Mead has not this Effect, becaufe 
the Fermentation has fubtilized its Oil and 
Salts fo much, that they readily get through 
the firft Paffages into the Blood, without 
producing that Effect. The OEnomeli (/. e . 
Wine and Honey mixed) of the Antients, 
will ftill make die Wine more pe&oral, 
i» e. the Oil and vifcid Parts of the Honey 
will obtund, or fheath up the Tartar of the 
Wine, 
