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no Ufe but for Cyder j that if a Thief deal it, he 
“ would incur a fpeedy Vengeance; it being a 
“ furious Purger ; but, being joined with well chofen 
u Crabs, and referved to a due Maturity, becomes 
f< richer than a good French Wine; but, if drank 
tl before the Time, it ftupefies the Roof of the 
“ Mouth, affaults the Brain, and purgeth more vio- 
“ lently than a Galenijt .” This Quality, he appre- 
hends, will fufficiently fecure the Fruit from being 
ftolen, tho’ the Trees fhould be planted in the moft 
remote Grounds. 
Of the Quality of the Liquor he fays, “ That, ac- 
“ cording as it is managed, it proves ftrong Rhenzfh , 
“ Backrac , yea pleafant Canary , fugar’d of itfeif, 
t( or as rough as the fierceft Greek Wine, opening 
<c or binding, holding one, two, three, or more 
“ Years that no Mortal can yet fay at what Age 
“ it is paft the bed. This (adds he) we can fay, 
<£ that we have kept it till it burn as quickly as 
<c Sack, draws the Flame like Naphtha , and fires the 
“ Stomach like Aqua Vitee? He faith, “ That he 
11 made Trial at his own Houfe with Wine d' Hay, 
li by a Merchant of Brtftol highly extoll’d, which, 
“ compar’d with a Liquor made of Crabs and wild. 
“ Pears, was fo much inferior, in the Judgment of 
<£ all, that the Comparifon was ridiculous.” And he 
further relates, “ That a Gentleman (Sir H. Lingen) 
“ a great Planter, and expert in many Experiments, 
u had then by him many Tuns of a Liquor made 
“ with this Mixture of Fruit, which he, by a defigned 
<£ Equivocation, called Pearmaine Cyder, that car- 
“ ried the Applaufe from all Palates ——that all his 
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