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"lodeedthe MufichHoufet^ where loofe People, may meet in the Even- 
ings, are fuffercd by Connivance, if not allowed by Authority, at Am- 
fierdam, for fome Politick Confiderations, and particularly, that the 
India Seamen, or others, when they are troubled with toe much Money, 
afier a long Voyage, may here have the convenience of disburthening, or 
foon ridding themCelvcs of that Incumbrance \ and may thereby be the 
fooner ready for another Voyage, But even tbefe Houfet do obferve fome 
Order. No boifierous Rudeneft, or fcandalous Obfcenitics are here permit- 
ted. And it a Couple do happen to agree Matters, ftrikeup a Bargain, and 
lefolve to try dangerous Experiments, they muft e’en retire from thence 
.to private Lodgings hard by, in order to commit their Follies. If mother 
•places of this famous City Frailties of this kind do come to be taken notice 
of-, and the or Magifrate, who has his Spies abroad, fliould receive 
information of fuch Adventures, he enters all Places immediately without 
oppolition, and where he finds Offenders, he infiidls fuch fV»e/ and Amerce- 
inents as will fufficiently difeourage Debauchery and the Lava is. foon 
difpatcht, being wholly in his own hands. 
Their lood if commonly lijh, and they do generally Teem to like it, and 
prefer it to Befh, for Guilo, as well as Cheapoefs. For here they ftudy 
not the Dainties of nor the or Luxury, Butin 
great Plenty they do live with great Frugality. Their they 5/ew, or 
Eoily and but feldom ^yafi. For their Fewel being T«r/, they cannot fo 
■Conveniently, or fo well ^yafi, as wedo with our Coals and Wood; Their 
Beer and MoU, that are publickly fold, arc wholefome, cool, and good, 
and fail not to quench the Thirrt ,• whereas the Liquors wccommonly meet 
with here in our Inns, and our London Brewing for Sale, is unhappily be- 
.come fuch zj^iyjiery, that a great deal of it will rather increafe than 
.quench the Thlrff. "Nimmeguen J^o//.,'that is fo plentifully tranf- 
ported about Hc/i/W, is a fort of much celebrated by them for 
.ICS fanative Virtues, like their Lrefh Herring in Summer. *Tis a well- 
tailed, mild, and wholefome Ale. And *tis hoped, that oar VarUament, 
when they have Icafure to confider it, will take fome care of the wholfom^ 
•nefs of our London Brewing, both by Brewers and Vintners^ fince our 
Health does depend as much (if not more) upon the goodnefs of the 
Liquors we drink, as it docs upon the Food ween; fince our Table-Beer, 
that is well Brew’d, is both a wholfome and pleafant Drink r And ladly, 
•fince we are -come to that Skill, or Pcrfe<5lion now*a-days, that we can 
make .without Grapes, Cyder without i^pples, and Beer without 
Malt. 
The 'hoine they drink is either a fweet, and to us a naufeous IjOhite- 
.wine, which they call French ffine, but generally fuch VIbttevewe. as Ican- 
<T»oc remember to have rafted in \France ; or elfe Khenijk and Old Hoek, 
J^he Khe.^njJ^they zvewtll known to make, or to ftore up plentifully, at 
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