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SECT. Ill; 
Ofth e Medicinal Vertues of Fruits , and 
Drinks made of them. 
It is not to be expeded that I fliould 
here give you an exa& account'of the ' 
effects thefe Fruits and Wines have on 
humane bodies, it more becoming a Gradu¬ 
ate in the Medicinal Science. But to abate 
what any may envioufly objeft againft the 
lalubnty of them, and to encourage our 
Country-men in the ufe of them, I ftaJi 
here give you what have been generally ob- 
lerved to be the virtues of feveral of our 
Country Fruits and Wines. 
As to Gardens and Orchards themfelves, of Gar- 
they have beeneftcemd thepureft of hu- deraini 
mane pleasures, and the created refrefh- 0rehards - 
ments ofthe Spirits of man : for theex- 
creifes of planting, grafting, pruning, and 
Walking in them, very much tendeth to 
Salubrity, as alfo doth the wholefome Airs 
found in them, which have been experi¬ 
enced not onely to cure feveral Diftem- 
pers incident to our nature, but to tend 
towards the prolongation of life. 
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