THE 
preface. 
;Hc prittcip.il defign of the etch¬ 
ing Treatifefis the improve¬ 
ment and increafc of the mofl 
excellent Liquor this Ijle of 
Great Britain affords 5 which 
hath of late years been brought 
into ufe, and very much admired by n/ojl, 
through the means and indujlry of many wor¬ 
thy perfons who havevery much addedtoitsre- 
putation. Tet is it not become fo general a 
Drinks its probably it may be in time , becaufe 
the greater part of the people England are not 
ns yet convinced of the advantage that will a- 
rife by the propagation of the Trees that yield 
this noble Drink^nor acquainted with the right 
method of planting them : neither do they un¬ 
derflan d the true and genuine way of extrud¬ 
ing or preparing it. Which hath been the oc- 
cajionthat many have exclaim'd againfi it for 
a mean dull Drinks 
Thus hath this Liquor been undervalued by 
thcignorantyvhich diclprevent a long time ma¬ 
ny from undertaking its improvement. The 
Planters alfo have been difeouragd either by 
B 2 the 
