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are the beji of Drinhf. 
Natives of moft of the known parts of the 
world,have made ufe oflbme Fruit or other, 
naturally growing in their own Countries, 
as the moft delicate of their Beverages. 
As the Blood of the Grape is preferr’d 
on the North-fide of the Tropicli of Cancer* 
almoft in every part ofthe Temperate Zone* 
unto the 49 Degree of Latitude, unlefs 
where the Laws of Mahomet forbid , whole 
Difciples often tranlgrels that Law even to 
excels, and much leflen that imaginary fin 
( as they fuppofe it otherwile to be ) if the 
Chriftians drefs their Vineyards, and pre¬ 
pare their Wines. 
SECT. III. 1 
The Reafons thereof. 
■, Neither is it without juft caufe that that 
Liquor is celebrated in thofe Countries a- 
boveany other Drink whatfoever, it being 
lb Homogeneal to the natures of thofe peo¬ 
ple that inhabit there. All Wines that pro¬ 
ceed from the Vine being of a corroborat¬ 
ive and mundificative nature, and withall 
have an exhilarating and vivifying faculty 
with them, that to thole whom the too fre¬ 
quent ufe hath not abated or dulled the 
edge 
