( 220 ) 
Fruit, far beyond the other Principles, ei- 
ther from the too luxurious State of the 
Plant, or from its being planted too deep in 
the Earth, its Handing fhaded from the 
Heat of the Sun, or from a cold wet Sea- 
fon. In all thefe Cafes the Fruit is crude 
and watery, and never comes to that Per- 
fection, which a due Proportion of efiential 
Salt and Oil would bring it to. This is 
the worfl of all Cyder, highly pernicious to 
the Phlegmatic, Aged, Studious, and Valetu- 
dinary, for it abounds with Vifcidities, which 
render the Blood fizy, and difpofe the Body 
for many ObftruCtions, Swellings, Dropfies, 
Cachexies, Scrophula’s, &c . It is only fit 
for quenching the Third: of hard Labourers, 
Mechanicks, and fuch as ufe much Exer- 
cife, and thefe muft ufe it fparingly, or ex- 
pert to frnart for it. 
A Jack of Brandy mixed with a Bottle 
of Cyder, when its decanted, is frequent in 
feveral Places, but Brandy is a needlefs Ad- 
dition to rough Cyder ; fweet Cyder is much 
bettered by it, and infipid Cyder highly re- 
quires it, before we can drink any Quantity 
of it with Safety; for above one half of the 
bed Brandy being an inflammable Spirit 
(which will all burn away) that's only ef- 
fential 
