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like Wort, and will ferment of itfelf, and 
become a Galen's Ale. It may therefore 
be fuppofed that Men would early be di- 
rected, either by Art or Accident, to fo 
obvious an Invention. 
To which may be added, that if we con- 
fider the Lives and Manners of the Antedi- 
luvians, we fhall find juft Caufe to fufpect, 
that they were not confined to fimple Ele- 
ment. It is probable their Paflions were 
heated and agitated by more fpirituous Li- 
quors 5 at leaft, nothing could be more likely 
to. produce that Violence with which the 
Earth was then filed. It is confefted, fuch 
Confiderations as thefe do not prove that 
Malt Liquor was in Ufe among the Antedi- 
luvians ; but yet they feem to afford fufii- 
cient Grounds for a reafonable Conjecture. 
Of the Effects of fermented Liquors in ge- 
neral ^ and the Manner how they are pro* 
duced. 
The following Effects upon human Bo- 
dies, are common to all throughly fermented 
vinous Liquors. 
1. When drunk they heat the Body, 
Though the Barley, whereof the Ale or 
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