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At mihi qua Generis Series cib Origine pergat , 
Aut qua fint Partus Pignora char a met , 
Qua Mala , quantaque Datnna feram Mortalibus 
agris 
Quo Jim vifta Modo , quo reprimenda Metu . 
CHAP. V. 
Of C r D E R. 
T HIS Liquor owes its Invention to a 
Norman , who much admired the 
delicate Flavour of Apples j and long Ob- 
fervati6n aflures us, that fuch as chiefly 
drink Cyder, are more healthy and ftrong, 
and have a better Completion than fuch as 
are accuftomed to Wine or Ale. Both my 
Lord Bacon and Dr. Baynard tell us of fe- 
veral Perfons near an hundred, and fome 
above, who, having feldom ufed any other 
Liquor, were very active and vigorous at 
that Age. It is certainly more nourilhing 
than Wine, for not being fo thoroughly 
fermented, its Spirits are lefs fubtile and 
impetuous ; and being more intangled in a 
vifcous Phlegm, and more diluted with 
Water, they exhale not fo fpeedily. And 
becaufe it is lefs fpirituous than Wine, it is 
therefore more cooling and moiftening, and 
lefs intoxicating ; but for the fame Reafon, 
when 
