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\foms Meats alfo, and Breads, and Drinks, which 
taken by AMen , enable them to Faft long after • 
iAnd fome other , that yfed make the yery Flefli of 
Mens Bodies, / enfibly , more Hard and Tough; 
zAnd their Strength farre greater, than otherwtfeit 
j would be . 
I Wee haue Difpenfatories, or Shops o/Medi^ 
! cines. Wherein jou may eafily thinkf , if Tree haue 
\fuch Variety of Plants, and Liuing Creatures, 
more than you haue in Europe, ( for wee know what 
you haue,) the Simples, Drugges, and Ingredi- 
ent sof Medicines, mufl likewife be in (o much the 
I greater Varietie. Wee haue them likewife of di - 
| tiers Ages, and long Fermentations. zAnd for 
! their Preparations, wee haue not onely att Manner 
of Sxquiftte Diftillations, and Separations, and 
effecially by Gentle Heats, and Percolations 
through diuerfe Strainers, yea and Subftances; 
But alfo exact Formes of Compofition , wherby 
they incorporate almofl as they were Naturall 
Simples. 
Wee haue alfo diuers Mechanicall Arts, which 
you haue not • zAnd Stuflfes made by them • As 
Papers, Linnen, Silkes, TilTues; daintyW orkes 
of Feathers of wonderful! Luflre • excellent Dies, 
and many others : zAnd Shops likewife as well 
for fuch as are not brought into Vulgar vfe atnongfl 
vs, as for thofe that are . For you mufl know , that 
of the Things before recited , many of them are 
growne into vfe throughout the Kfngdome ? "But 
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