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These and many more are the bitter Fruits that grow upon that unhappy Tree: God ha∣ving wisely annexed to every Evil its insepara∣ble Inconvenience: E∣very Vice hath its Sting, and every Vertue its Recompence; two Paths he hath made, the streight and crooked, and given commands that we should walk in the one, and eschew the other; the first leads to Felicity, the last to Mi∣sery, and Man hath
Understanding and Freedom, to know and chuse the best, and con∣sequently himself only too blame, if he prefer the worst.
* 1.1The last Particular to be observed in Meats and Drinks is the Or∣der of Feeding: What is to be eaten first, and what last: wherein two Things are principally, and in most People to be intended. 1. The Avoiding Obstructions. 2. The prevention of the Vapors ascending into the Brain. Obstructions are best avoided, by begin∣ning our Meals with those
things that are loosning, (contrary to our Cu∣stom) whereby the Passages are made slip∣pery, and the Victuals easily passable through the Bowels: Such are Figs, Straw berries, Cherries, Roasted-Ap∣ples, Prunes, &c. On the contrary astringent things are at first to be avoided; as Quinces, Medlers, Services, Bak'd Pears that are gretty, Peaches, Chees, Olives, all wch do close up the Bowels, and are there∣fore to be eaten in small quantities after Meals, as necessary to press
down that which was first eaten, to shut the Stomack and keep the Vapors from fuming in∣to the Head. If Laxa∣tives be eaten last, the Stomack will be apt to Qualms, Belchings, and Regurgitations, and (o∣ther Meats hindering their descention) they will easily corrupt, and will then impart their putrifaction. And this is all I shall say about Order, in which, as it is not convenient we be over-nice, for that the Victuals doth in some sort mix and blend in the Stomack,
yet since it cannot be supposed to be so per∣fectly done, but that the Order in egestion or casting out, is much the same with that of In∣gestion or taking in; so much care is necessary, as to prevent the manifest inconveniences I have mentioned. And so I have done with the second of the Non-Na∣turals, Meat and Drink. I come to the third, which is;
Order of Feed∣ing.