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Show COFFEE TREE, S04 905 COFFEE TREE. left Paris and came to London; he was succeeded by other Ar. amongst which number Mr. de la Croix was one; andthat from menians and Persians, but not with much success, for want of that time he had continued to drink it, being supplied by some address and proper places to dispose of it, genteel people not Armenians whosettled at Paris, and by degrees brought it into caring to be seen in those places where it was sold. However, not long after, when some Frenchmenhadfitted up for the pur- reputation in that city. It was known some years sooner at Marseilles; for in 1644 some gentlemen, who accompanied Mr. de la Haye to Constantinople, brought back with them ontheir return, not only some coffee, but the proper vessels and apparatus for making and drinking it, which were particularly magnificent, and very different from what are now used amongst us. However, until the year 1660coffee was drunk only by such as had been accustomed to it in the Levant, and their friends: but that year some bales were imported from Egypt, which gave a great number of persons an opportunity of trying it, and contributed very muchto bringing it into general use; andin 1671 certain private persons at Marseilles determinedfor the first time to open a coffee-house in the neighbourhood of the Exchange, which succeeded extremely well: people met there to smoke, talk of business, and divert themselves with play; it was soon crowded, particularly bythe Turkey merchants, and traders to the Levant. ‘These places were found very convenient for discoursing on, andsettling matters relative to, commerce; and shortly after the numberof coffee-houses increased amazingly : notwithstanding which there was not less drunk in private houses, but a much greater quantity, s0 that it became universally in use at Marseilles and in the neighbouring cities. Before the year 1669 coffee had not been seen at Paris, except at Mr. Thevenot’s, and some ofhis friends; nor scarce heard of but from the account of travellers. That year wasdistinguished by the arrival of Soliman / ga, ambassador from sultan Mahomet the Fourth. This must be looked upon as the tru period of the introduction ofcoffee into Paris ; for that minister andhis retinue brought a considerable quantity with them, which they presented to so many persons of the court and city, that niany became accustomed to drink it, with the addition ofa little sugar ; and some, who had found benefit by it, did not choose to be without it. The ambassadorstaid at Paris from July 1669 to May 1670, which was a suflicient time to establish the custom hehad introduced. Two years afterwards an Armenian, of the name of Pascal set up acoflee-house, but, meeting with little encouragemen! pose spacious apartments in an elegant manner, ornamented with tapestry, large looking-glasses, pictures, and magnificent lustres, and beganto sell coffee, with tea, chocolate, and otherrefreshments, they soon became frequented by people of fashion and men of letters, so that in a short time the numberin Paris increased to three hundred. Forthis account of the introduction of the use of coffee into Paris, we are indebted to La Roque’s Voyageinto Arabia Felix. Wenowcome to trace its first appearance in London. It appears from Anderson’s Chronological History of Commerce, that the use of coffee was introduced into London some years earlier than into Paris; for in 1652 one Mr. Edwards, a ‘Turkey merchant, brought home with hima Greek servant, whose name was Pasqua, whounderstood the roasting and making of coffee, till then unknown in England. This servant was the first who sold coffee, and kept a house for that purpose in George-yard, Lombard-street. Thefirst mention of coffee in our statute books is anno 1660 (12 Car. II. cap. 24.), when a duty of fourpence waslaid upon every gallon of coflee made andsold, to be paid by the maker. The statute of the 15 Car. II. cap. xi. § 15. ann. 1663, dir¢ ts, that all coffee-houses should be licensed at the general quarter sessions of the peace for the county within which they are to be kept. In 1675 king Charles issued a proclamation to shut up the coflee-houses, but in a few days suspended that proclamation by asecond. They were charged with being seminaries ofsedition *. *“ This proclamation was issued about a month after the king had dined tt the corporation of London, at Guildha ll, on their lord mayor’s day, October 29, 1675. At this feast the king afforded the citizens abundant matter for animadversion, in which they indulged themselves so much to w ‘ dissatisfaction, and that of his cabal ministry, that a proclamation sued, December 20, for shutting Jup and suppressing all coffeeses5 ° because in such houses, and by occasion of the meeting of disaf@ persons in them, divers false, malicious, and scandalous reports were { . . 7 . . . and read abroad, to the defamation of his majesty s government, |