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ftronger Attradlion of thefe grofs earthy 
Cohefions, partly from the Subtilty of the 
Spirits themfelves, and their Difpofition to 
Motion, they are extricated from the Faces, 
fet at liberty, and go into the Liquor again. 
Then is the proper Time either to drink it, 
or draw it off into Bottles ; for if it ftands 
much longer, the Spirits are either abforb’d 
by the Cafk, or exhale and leave the Perry 
vapid and dead, after which it Toon becomes 
ropy and mothery ; or if the Spirits be 
again united to the Salts, it is fpiritlefs, and 
turns four and undrinkable; of all Perry, 
that which had Water mixed with it when 
it was made, fpoils the fooneft, and fines 
the leaft. Perry, becaufe of its Tartnefs 
when fine, ftrengthens the Stomach and 
Bowels much, and is therefore a good Af- 
tringent or Binder ; it wafhes off the Slime 
and Mucus from the Infide of the Inteftines, 
opens the Paffage to the Mouths of the 
Ladieals, clears them from all Mucus 3 or 
flimy Furring, invigorates their conftituting 
Membranes and Fibres, fcours the contort- 
ed Tubes of the Glands, unloads them of 
their adhefive and opprefiing Vifcidities, by 
ftimulating, invigorating, and exciting the 
delicate Veffels to cart it off, 2. By the 
1 Solidity 
