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Show A General Defcription o After the Treatment 1s ended, generally they ply the Bowls with Wine,yet n perfonis forcedto drink mor then he pleafeth ; and though all their Cups ar equal in bignels,they never preflingly urge one another to Pledge The Wine th drink, isbrewed orboiled as our Beer, but isin n wife heady ; yet neverthelef fuch as drink too greata quantity of it, will find its firength'creep into his hea {o that fometimes here or there, one may be heard of that hath been dead drun withthis Wine, which has one good quality fufficient to encourag Ebriety, tha it does not make the hea ake the next morning like the Wine of E;rop Notwith{tanding all that hath hitherto been {aid, thefe peopl are very moderar in eating for theyalway rife from the Table with an appetite, {o that itisp marvel why they eat {o often, asfive or fix timesin a da 5 but they never eat o the {am Difh a {econd time, for whatever is left, is given tothe Se va ts M f of thefe great Invitations or Feaftings, aremadein the night and continue ver frequently till late next morning The ordinary and daily Meals are made by the Chinefes very early fo th ha an opinion, that if they fhould faft till noon, fome mif-fortun f o l be a t e that day. They are not curiousin their diet, for the eat all manner of flef without difference, as well that of a Horfe, as of an O they are great Lovers o Swines flefh, which they praife. as the moft delicious of any, an is preferred b them before any other. But the more ordinary {ort of people will fee uponan Carrion cither of a Horfe, Mule, Afs, Dogs, or any other Creatures. The ar likewife greatly delighted with dryed Sweet-meats, which they know ver wel how toorder. The Maandorines have always Comedians to A&, and Mufick t Play, whilft they are at Dinner, to raife delight in their well pleafed fenfes i e -- : ( ) 5 thatis extraordinary, for he is Obeyed U th Honoured, and Served, more then an th th St ~ Spiritual or Temporal Prince in the whole world befide. No perfon of wha condition or quality foever, may fpeak to him, but only the Gelubden, who wai upon him in his Chamber in the Palace, and his neareft Kindred, as his Sons an Daughters that live with him in the fame Palace. All the Magiftrates without th Palace (forthe Gelubden have their Degrees of Orders and Preferment) are onl {e th e e g B85 ST ol i ~ o to {peak to the King in writing, in the manner of a Petition, wherein their defire are fet forth with the moft humble expreflions imaginable Whenit is the New Year (which always begins with the New Moon, beforeo after the ninth of O&ober, at which timealfo they begin their Lent) an Embaffa dour 1s{ent from every general Province to falute the King. This Duty is performed cevery third year, with greater ftate, and fuch humble {ubmiffion, that the {eem in manner a fervile obedjence So upon the firfi day of the new Moon, rhe Magiftrates, every one in his ow City, mcet and bow to the Roya Throne which is adorned with PiGuresan lmages 5 then with exalted voices pray, that their King may live ten thoufan yeais 5 and this is loudly feconded by the redoubled Ecchoes of the people fome together. The fame honouris done to the Emperour upon his Birth-da throug the whole Empire; and upon the {ame day the Magifirates of Peking, angl g‘ Embatia e g T fee da th ef o g ---- m--- ne boylit in{pring-water, when it is well boyled, they put to it four timesas muc new Milk, with a little Salt ; this drunk warm, asthey fay, and generally believe has more vertue then the Philofophers ftone As to the reft of their Civilities, Manners, and Fafhions, they confift chiefly i the Honour, Duty, and Obedience which is fhown to the Emperour or King, an P m more hereafter But the beft of their liquors, it that which is made of Beans which is done after this manner; they take half a handful of the herb Chas, an ni lo bel Their ordinary and daily drink is hot Water (forlet their liquor be what i will, they fip it off warm) wherein Thea has been fteeped ; whereof we fhall {pea I % of ' |
