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We have alſo particular Pools where we make tryals upon Fiſhes,
as we have ſaid before of Beaſts and Birds.
as we have ſaid before of Beaſts and Birds.
We have alſo places for Breed and Generation of thoſe Kinds of
Worms and Flies which are of ſpecial uſe, ſuch as are with you, your
Silk-worms and Bees.
Worms and Flies which are of ſpecial uſe, ſuch as are with you, your
Silk-worms and Bees.
I will not hold you long with recounting of our Brew-houſes, Bake-
houſes and Kitchins, where are made divers Drinks Breads, and Meats,
rare and of ſpecial effects. Wines we have of Grapes, and Drinks of
other Juice, of Fruits, of Grains and of Roots; and of mixtures with
Honey, Sugar, Manna, and Fruits dried and decocted; alſo of the Tears
or Woundings of Trees, and of the Pulp of Canes; and theſe Drinks are
of ſeveral Ages, ſome to the age or laſt of forty years. VVe have Drinks
alſo brewed with ſeveral Herbs, and Roots, and Spices, yea, with ſeveral
Fleſhes, and VVhite-meats; whereof ſome of the Drinks are ſuch as they
are in effect Meat and Drink both; ſo that divers, eſpecially in Age, do
deſire to live with them with little or no Meat or Bread. And above all, we
ſtrive to have Drinks of extream thin parts, to inſinuate into the Body,
and yet without all biting, ſharpneſs, or fretting; inſomuch, as ſome of
them put upon the back of your hand, will, with a little ſtay, paſs through
to the palm, and yet taſte milde to the mouth. VVe have alſo VVaters
which we ripen in that faſhion as they become nouriſhing; ſo that they
are indeed excellent Drink, and many will uſe no other. Breads we have
of ſeveral Grains, Roots and Kernels, yea, and ſome of Fleſh and Fiſh
dried, with divers kinds of Levenings and Seaſonings; ſo that ſome do
extreamly move Appetites; ſome do nouriſh ſo, as divers do live of them
without any other Meat, who live very long. So for Meats, we have ſome
of them ſo beaten, and made tender and mortified, yet without all cor-
rupting, as a weak heat of the Stomach will turn them into good Chylus,
as well as a ſtrong heat would meat otherwiſe prepared. VVe have ſome
Meats alſo, and Breads, and Drinks, which taken by men, enable them to
faſt long after; and fome other that uſed, make the very Fleſh of Mens
Bodies ſenſibly more hard and tough, and their ſtrength far greater then
other wiſe it would be.
houſes and Kitchins, where are made divers Drinks Breads, and Meats,
rare and of ſpecial effects. Wines we have of Grapes, and Drinks of
other Juice, of Fruits, of Grains and of Roots; and of mixtures with
Honey, Sugar, Manna, and Fruits dried and decocted; alſo of the Tears
or Woundings of Trees, and of the Pulp of Canes; and theſe Drinks are
of ſeveral Ages, ſome to the age or laſt of forty years. VVe have Drinks
alſo brewed with ſeveral Herbs, and Roots, and Spices, yea, with ſeveral
Fleſhes, and VVhite-meats; whereof ſome of the Drinks are ſuch as they
are in effect Meat and Drink both; ſo that divers, eſpecially in Age, do
deſire to live with them with little or no Meat or Bread. And above all, we
ſtrive to have Drinks of extream thin parts, to inſinuate into the Body,
and yet without all biting, ſharpneſs, or fretting; inſomuch, as ſome of
them put upon the back of your hand, will, with a little ſtay, paſs through
to the palm, and yet taſte milde to the mouth. VVe have alſo VVaters
which we ripen in that faſhion as they become nouriſhing; ſo that they
are indeed excellent Drink, and many will uſe no other. Breads we have
of ſeveral Grains, Roots and Kernels, yea, and ſome of Fleſh and Fiſh
dried, with divers kinds of Levenings and Seaſonings; ſo that ſome do
extreamly move Appetites; ſome do nouriſh ſo, as divers do live of them
without any other Meat, who live very long. So for Meats, we have ſome
of them ſo beaten, and made tender and mortified, yet without all cor-
rupting, as a weak heat of the Stomach will turn them into good Chylus,
as well as a ſtrong heat would meat otherwiſe prepared. VVe have ſome
Meats alſo, and Breads, and Drinks, which taken by men, enable them to
faſt long after; and fome other that uſed, make the very Fleſh of Mens
Bodies ſenſibly more hard and tough, and their ſtrength far greater then
other wiſe it would be.
VVe have Diſpenſatories or Shops of Medicines, wherein you may
eaſily think, if we have fuch variety of Plants and Living Creatures, more
then you have in Europe, (for we know what you have) the Simples, Drugs,
and Ingredients of Medicines, muſt likewiſe be in ſo much the geater
variety. VVe have them like wiſe of divers Ages, and long Fermenta-
tions. And for their Preparations, we have not onely all manner of ex-
quiſit Diſtillations and Separations, and eſpecially by gentle Heats, and
Percolations through divers Strainers, yea and Subſtances; but alſo exact
Forms of Compoſition, whereby they incorporate almoſt as they were
Natural Simples.
eaſily think, if we have fuch variety of Plants and Living Creatures, more
then you have in Europe, (for we know what you have) the Simples, Drugs,
and Ingredients of Medicines, muſt likewiſe be in ſo much the geater
variety. VVe have them like wiſe of divers Ages, and long Fermenta-
tions. And for their Preparations, we have not onely all manner of ex-
quiſit Diſtillations and Separations, and eſpecially by gentle Heats, and
Percolations through divers Strainers, yea and Subſtances; but alſo exact
Forms of Compoſition, whereby they incorporate almoſt as they were
Natural Simples.
VVe have alſo divers Mechanical Arts, which you have not, and
Stuffs made by them; as Papers, Linnen, Silks, Tiſſues, dainty works of
Feathers of wonderful luſtre, excellent Dies, and many others; and Shops
likewiſe as well for ſuch as are not brought into vulgat uſe amongſt us,
as for thoſe that are. For you muſt know, that of the things before re-
cited, many are grown into uſe throughout the Kingdom; but yet, if
they did flow from our Invention, we have of them alſo for Patterns and
Principals.
Stuffs made by them; as Papers, Linnen, Silks, Tiſſues, dainty works of
Feathers of wonderful luſtre, excellent Dies, and many others; and Shops
likewiſe as well for ſuch as are not brought into vulgat uſe amongſt us,
as for thoſe that are. For you muſt know, that of the things before re-
cited, many are grown into uſe throughout the Kingdom; but yet, if
they did flow from our Invention, we have of them alſo for Patterns and
Principals.