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| Keywords: The Vertue of the COFFEE Drink..jpg The Vertue of the COFFEE Drink First publiquely made and sold in England by Pasqua Rosée THE Grain or Berry called Coffee groweth upon little Trees only in the Deserts of Arabia It is brought from thence and drunk generally throughout all the Grand Seigniors Dominions It is a simple innocent thing composed into a drink by being dry-ed in an Oven and ground to Powder and boiled up with Spring water and about half a pint of it to be drunk fasting an hour before and not Eating an hour after and to be taken as hot as possibly can be endured; the which will never fetch the skin off the mouth or raise any Blisters by reason of that Heat The Turks drink at meals and other times is usually Water and their Dyet consists much of Fruit the Crudities whereof are very much corrected by this Drink The quality of this Drink is cold and Dry; and though it be a Dryer yet it neither heats nor inflames more than hot Posset It forcloseth the Orifice of the Stomack and fortifies the heat with-in missing text that it's very good to help digestion and therefore of great use to be missing text taken about 3 or 4 a Clock afternoon as well as in the morning missing text It very much quickens the Spirits and makes the Heart Lightsome missing text It is good against sore Eys and the better if you hold your Head o-ver it and take in the Steem that way It supresseth Fumes exceedingly and therefore good against the Head-ach and will very much stop any Defluxion of Rheums that distil from the Head upon the Stomack and so prevent and help Consumptions; and the Cough of the Lungs It is excellent to prevent and cure the Dropsy Gout and Scurvy It is known by experience to be better then any other Drying Drink for People in years or Children that have any running humors upon them as the Kings Evil c It is very good to prevent Mis-carryings in Child-bearing Women It is a most excellent Remedy against the Spleen Hypocondriack Winds or the like It will prevent Drowsiness and make one fit for Busines if one have occasion to Watch and therefore you are not to drink of it after Supper unless you intend to be watchful for it will hinder sleep for 3 or 4 hours It is observed that in Turkey where this is generally drunk that they are not trobled with the Stone Gout Dropsie or Scurvey and that their Skins are exceeding cleer and white It is neither Laxative nor Restringent Made and Sold in St Michaels Alley in Cornhill by Pasqua Rosee at the Signe of his own Head Missing text inserted from an 1863 reprinting found in 'The book of days a miscellany of popular antiquities' pages 170-171 1652 http //vintage-ads livejournal com/3607660 html; http //books google com/books id Jk4BAAAAQAAJ printsec frontcover v onepage q f false St Michaels Alley Custom license marker 2012 07 25 PD-old-100 PD-1996 1652 texts Cafés in the City of London London in the 1650s Coffee advertising | ||||
