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Show The PREFACE. man agreesto the Artieles,and thus again after mutual engagements it muft be debated who were Competent Judges,andabjolutely Indifferent. M. Taylorpropofes Three, whereof the odd Number fhould by Vote determine : They wuft beof thefitteft Ages too, or rather the fitteft of all Ages, and fuch as were inur'd neither to Cider nor anyWine 5 andfo it was agreed, The Judges convene; viz. A Youth of ten years old, a Man of thirty, and a Third offixty; and by All thefe aljo our Vintner loft the Battel. But this is not enough 5 °Tis afsay'd again by Nine Judges,the Ternary thrice over; audthere tis loft alfo:To this we could add another, even of the Cider of Ledbury (which is not yet the beft of Herefordfhire ) which, when an experienced London-Vintner had tafted, he wift'd had been Poyfon 5 for that if it were known where he dwelt, it wouldutterly undohis Trade. And beret will conclude 30 for I think never was fairer Duel; vor can more be reafonably preten- ded to vindicate this Blefling of God, and our Native Liquor froz their contempt, andto engage our Propagators of it. Tofun up all: If Health be more precious than Opinion, fF wifh cur Tot veneficiis Admirers of Wines, to the prejudice of Cider, beheld but the Cheat themfelves 5 the Sophiftications, Transformations, Tranfimutations, Adulterations, Baftardizings, Brewings, Trickings, #ot to fay, even placerecogttur,¢y miraamurn rum efle Vinum ? Arfenical Compaflings ofthis Sophifticated God they adore 3 and that they had as true an \n{pection into thofe Arcana Lucifera, which the ingenioufly Priefts of his Temples (our Vintners ix their Taverns) do pradife 5 cited by D* Charleton, in aud then let thene drinkfreely that wills ’Agisiy.Q0tSag : --o-Give me good Cider. It is noted in our Aphorifins how wench this Beverage wasefteem ed by His late Majefty, and Court,andthere referr'd to all the Gentryo f the invironing Country, (v0ftrangers tothe beft VVines) wherfor feveral Summers znthe City of Hereford (fo encompafs'd with ftore of it,andbronght thither without charge, or extraordinary {abductions. ) et his ¢ Difcourfe of he Adulte the Adulte. The PREFACE. ibe comuendable ewulat ion of endeavouring tor aifea yet kindli der-fruit éf it be poffible, Ci and as agreeable to the Soil where which may prove init felfas ee a we pla nt it? And certainly phi way fairly be expected, fro , thi m the Trials, Culture, and Pro 4 ge of Kernel-Fruits of innumerab leforts, and from hopeful VVi the peculiarity of Grounds. ldies a aban It now remains, that 1 should makefo tenuate the tumultuary Method of th me A pologyfor mayfelf, to exmg Periods, Indeed it was avoided 5 and therefore in an Argument fo much dreffing the Seminary,Planti ng,amd modes of Graffing,z Indufiry avoided 5 fuc j h rude, and tmperfeFt arecgh eeaiahe in their efleem (and accordin g to my Lord Bacon's) thanSi ch as are ae dora'd with more pomp, and ofte ntous circumftances, for apreten Perfection. _The Time may com e when the richnefi, and fullnefsce to their Collections may wortbily of accomplifh that Hiftory of Agr invitefome more Induftrions Perfonto iculture, ofwhich thefe Pieces (like the lizabs of Hippolitus) are but {cat tered parts: And itis their grea ambitionfor the Publique teft Good, to provide Jfich Mate rials, as m2 ferve to Raife, avd Beautifie that moft defirable Stru@ure, 4 EVELYN. it was foldfor fix- pence the VVine-Quart, wotfor the {carcity, bat the excellency of it: Andfor the Red-ftrake, that it bas beenfeen there hundreds of tintes (with uchement and engaged competition) compar'd with the Ciderof other the moft celebrated Fruit, when after a while of vapour, no manfloodfor any other Liquor in comparifon. But itis from thefe Inftances (wayfomefay) when the VVorld fhall have multiplied Cider-Trees,that it willbe time enoughto give In{tru- ~ Gtions for the right Prefling axd Preferving of the Liquor. The ObjeGionis fair : But there are already more Perfons better furnifh'd with Fruit, than with DireCions howto uleit as they fhould ; when in plen- tiful years fo much Cider is impair'd bythe ignorant handling,andbe - comes dead andfowr, that many evenfurfeit with the Blefling 5 it being rarely feen in molt Countries, that any rewtains good, to {upply the defects of another year; andthe Royal Society would prevent allthis hazard by this free Antic ipation. And yet whenall this is faid, we undertake not to divine what excellent Ciderotherfoils way bear; wor dowepofitively extolthe Red-ftrake farther than the bounds and cor- fines of Herefordthire, for the Experiments me have produc’d; but becanfe there are doubtlefs many Jack {oils parfedly throughout this Nation 5 whyfhouldit not incite our Indultry to its atwoi# effort . and the POMONA: |