The Preface. 
cuting this deftgn of publijhing to the world 
what I had done and objervcd in, Firjl, The 
Experimenting the different natures of Trees 
and S oi Island of making them agree better one 
with the other than naturally they would dot, 
rv her by fever alforts of Fruit may be propagated 
in fuchplaces where otherwife they could not. 
Secondly, In the manner of grinding Apples, 
by a new-invented Engine that doth much fa¬ 
cilitate the labour and charge formerly expend¬ 
ed about it. Thirdly , In the way of fermenting 
this Liquor, and means of purifying and pre- 
ferving it j with fever al other Rules, Directi¬ 
ons, and Obfervations, more than what are ge¬ 
nerally known or taken notice off wherein I 
have taken as much delight and pains, as the 
fubjett and my lei Jure can afford. And I doubt 
not but it will yield the Reader content andfa- 
t is faction, a It hough there may be fever al things 
inferted that may not feern new, but borrow'd 5 
its fo in mojl Treatifes,it being an ufualfaying, 
That Nil diftum quod non di&um prius, E- 
very thing hath been difcourfed of before^ Me- 
thodus fola Artificem olfcendit. The Method 
and Manner of performing what hath beet: 
diifcourfed of, is here Jhewn: and without an 
intermixture of the fame that hath been fpokgn 
or written of this SubjeU, it's impoffibte to 
make it CO tuple at.But in that it is Jo accurt and 
■ • fuccinft. 
