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ever drank. It will keep good many Years, 
and has the true Virtue of the Elder in it* 
becaufe it is not chang’d by long and high 
Fermentation and Diftillation ; for thefe le- 
parate and fubtilize its Spirit, alter its natu- 
ral Properties, and leave it no other Virtue 
but what is common to other fpirituous 
Liquors, however fome may boaft of Ar- 
cana’s to bubble the Ignorant out of their 
Money. But feeing this Wine is moftly 
made with Raifins, I fhall confider firft the 
Virtues of them, then of the Berries, Rai~ 
fins are both foftening and adhefive, and have 
a fpecial Activity and Difpofition to Mo- 
tion, when joined with a fuitable Configu- 
ration of Parts ; by the firft of thefe, they 
thicken the too thin and ferous Humours, 
foften the faline, (harp, and tickling, check 
the impetuous Motion of the Blood, from 
a Sharpnefs, Pungency, Nakednefs, and 
Multitude of its Salts, which they fheath, 
blunt, or abforb ; and by their laft Propor- 
ty they are poflefs’d of fubtile Parts, which 
are proper to mix with, attenuate and carry 
away the Contents of Abfcefles and Ulcers ; 
they alfo abrade, and take along with them 
thufe mucous and vifcid Collections of Hu- 
mours 
