( 2J° ) 
But the greateft Inconvenience artfing 
from habitual Smoaking is, that the 
Herb is of fuch an infatuating Nature, that 
thofe accuftomed to it cannot leave it off 
without the greateft Mortification, and a 
kind of Violence or Force done to their In- 
clination. Nay, many times, rather than 
want it they will rifque furprizing Hazards, 
and commit Ihocking Crimes to get it. It 
encourages needlefs, yea finful Drinking 
and Drunkennefs, enticing People to fpend 
whole Days and Nights not only alone, but 
in Taverns and Alehoufes, to the lamentable 
Confumption of Time, Money, and Senfes, 
to the Negledl of Family, Bufinefs, religi- 
ous, civil, relative, and focial; and paves 
the Way to a molt vicious and often a cri- 
minal Life ; Parents confume their Children 
and Families, Fortunes or Profits, and Chil- 
dren their Parents’s, whilft their Families 
are ready to ftarve ; many have bartered 
away their belt Effects for a Scantling of 
this inchanting Weed. Nay, Multitudes 
have fold one another into perpetual Slavery 
for a Trifle of it $ and thefe not only Stran- 
gers or Captives, but their own Country- 
men, yea their own Relations ; Princes 
have not^ only fold their Subje&s, but Pri- 
foners 
