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Time, nor the Authority on which his Story is built, it may juftly 
be call’d the fecond Part of the fabulous Hiftory of Coffee. Af- 
ter having obferv’d in general how many excellent Medicines have 
been found out by chance 5 fuch as the Ufe of the DiUamnus for 
drawing out Arrows, firfl taught by Deer j the Virtues of CV- 
landtne for Weakneffes in the Eyes, which we owe to the Swal- 
lows 5 of luy, to the wild Boar, of Kue ^ to the Weafel 5 of 
^'ild Marjoram^ to the Stork : That the Hippotamus firfl fhew’d 
us the Operation and Ufe of letting blood, the Ihis that of 
Clyflers, and fuch like : He begs leave to tell the Cardinal de 
Comitihusy to whom his Treatife on Coffee is addrefs’d in form of 
a Letter, that this Liquor was as much a Proof of fortuitous Ex- 
perience, as any of thofe mention’d : And this, he is confident, 
will appear by the following Narrative. 
‘ A certain Perfon who look’d after Camels or Goats as 
^ others report, which laft is the common Tradition among the 
^ People of the Eafl, complain’d to the Religious of a neighbour- 
* ing Monaflery in the Kingdom of Ayaman, that his Herds 
' twice or thrice a Week not only kept awake all the Night long, 
^ but fpent it in frisking and dancing in an unufual manner. 
* The Prior of the Monaflery, led by his Curiofity to weigh this 
^ Matter ferioufly, concluded this mufl happen from what thefe 
* Creatures fed upon. Marking therefore diligently that very 
' Night, in Company with one of his Monks, the Place where 
^ the Goats, or Camels, paflur’d when they danc’d, he found 
* there certain Shrubs or Bufhes, on the Fruit, or rather Berries 
^ of which they fed. He refolv’d to try the Virtues of thefe 
^ berries himfelf, and accordingly boiling them in Water, and 
^ drinking the Liquor, he found by Experience that it kept him 
^ awake in the Night. Ever afterwards he enjoin’d the daily Ufe 
^ of it to his Monks, which, by keeping them from Sleep, made 
‘ them more readily and Purely attend the Devotions tliat they 
^ were obliged to perform in the Night-time. The longer they 
‘ continued to ufe it, the more they experienced its wholefome 
‘ EfFe6ls, and how much it every way conduced to keep them in 
^ perfect Health ; and by this means it came to be m requefl 
^ throughout that whole Kingdom : and in progrefs of time, 
^ other Nations and Provinces of the Eafl fell into the Ufe of it. 
^ Thus, by a meer Accident, continues Banejtusy and the won- 
‘ derful Providence of the Almighty, the Fame of its Whole- 
‘ fbmenefs fpread itfelf more and more, even to the Weflern Parrs, 
^ more efpecially thofe of Europe. The Turks themfelves are wont 
^ to own, that thefe Monks were the Inventors of this Liquor, 
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