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         James I, King of England, 1566-1625.
      
       
         
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             A counterblaste to tobacco
             James I, King of England, 1566-1625.
          
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           A
           COVNTERBLASTE
           TO
           Tobacco
           .
        
         
           ¶
           Imprinted
           at
           London
           by
           R.
           B.
           
             Anno
          
           1604.
           
        
         
      
       
         
         
           ¶
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           
             AS
             euery
             humane
             body
          
           (
           deare
           Countrey
           men
           )
           how
           wholesome
           soeuer
           ,
           is
           notwithstanding
           subiect
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           naturally
           inclined
           to
           some
           sorts
           of
           diseases
           ,
           or
           infirmities
           :
           so
           is
           there
           no
           Common-wealth
           ,
           or
           Body-politicke
           ,
           how
           well
           gouerned
           ,
           or
           peaceable
           soeuer
           it
           bee
           ,
           that
           lackes
           the
           owne
           popular
           errors
           ,
           and
           naturally
           enclined
           corruptions
           :
           and
           therefore
           is
           it
           no
           wonder
           ,
           although
           this
           our
           Countrey
           and
           Common-wealth
           ,
           though
           peaceable
           ,
           though
           wealthy
           ,
           though
           long
           flourishing
           in
           both
           ,
           be
           amongst
           the
           rest
           ,
           subiect
           to
           the
           owne
           naturall
           infirmities
           .
           VVee
           are
           of
           all
           Nations
           the
           people
           most
           louing
           and
           most
           reuerently
           obedient
           to
           our
           Prince
           ,
           yet
           are
           wee
           (
           as
           time
           hath
           often
           borne
           witnesse
           )
           too
           easie
           to
           be
           seduced
           to
           make
           Rebellion
           ,
           vpon
           very
           
           slight
           grounds
           .
           Our
           fortunate
           and
           oft
           prooued
           valour
           in
           warres
           abroad
           ,
           our
           heartie
           and
           reuerent
           obedience
           to
           our
           Princes
           at
           home
           ,
           hath
           bred
           vs
           a
           long
           ,
           and
           a
           thrice
           happy
           peace
           :
           Our
           Peace
           hath
           bred
           wealth
           :
           And
           Peace
           and
           wealth
           hath
           brought
           foorth
           a
           generall
           sluggishnesse
           ,
           which
           makes
           vs
           wallow
           in
           all
           sorts
           of
           idle
           delights
           ,
           and
           soft
           delicacies
           ,
           the
           first
           seedes
           of
           the
           subuersion
           of
           all
           great
           Monarchies
           .
           Our
           Cleargie
           are
           become
           negligent
           and
           lazie
           ,
           our
           Nobilitie
           and
           Gentrie
           prodigall
           ,
           and
           solde
           to
           their
           priuate
           delights
           ,
           Our
           Lawyers
           couetous
           ,
           our
           Common-people
           prodigall
           and
           curious
           ;
           and
           generally
           all
           sorts
           of
           people
           more
           carefull
           for
           their
           priuat
           ends
           ,
           then
           for
           their
           mother
           the
           Common-wealth
           .
        
         
           For
           remedie
           whereof
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           
             Kings
          
           part
           (
           as
           the
           proper
           Phisician
           of
           his
           Politicke-body
           )
           to
           purge
           it
           of
           all
           those
           diseases
           ,
           by
           Medicines
           meete
           for
           the
           same
           :
           as
           by
           a
           certaine
           milde
           ,
           and
           yet
           iust
           forme
           of
           gouernment
           ,
           to
           maintaine
           the
           Publicke
           quietnesse
           ,
           and
           preuent
           all
           occasions
           of
           Commotion
           :
           by
           the
           example
           of
           his
           owne
           Person
           and
           Court
           ,
           to
           make
           vs
           all
           ashamed
           of
           our
           sluggish
           delicacie
           ,
           and
           to
           stirre
           vs
           vp
           to
           the
           practise
           againe
           of
           all
           honest
           exercises
           ,
           and
           Martiall
           shadowes
           
           of
           VVarre
           ;
           As
           likewise
           by
           his
           ,
           and
           his
           Courts
           moderatenesse
           in
           Apparell
           ,
           to
           make
           vs
           ashamed
           of
           our
           prodigalitie
           :
           By
           his
           quicke
           admonitions
           and
           carefull
           ouerseeing
           of
           the
           Cleargie
           ,
           to
           waken
           them
           vp
           againe
           ,
           to
           be
           more
           diligent
           in
           their
           Offices
           :
           By
           the
           sharpe
           triall
           ,
           and
           seuere
           punishment
           of
           the
           partiall
           ,
           couetous
           and
           bribing
           Lawyers
           ,
           to
           reforme
           their
           corruptions
           :
           And
           generally
           by
           the
           example
           of
           his
           owne
           Person
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           due
           execution
           of
           good
           Lawes
           ,
           to
           reforme
           and
           abolish
           ,
           piece
           and
           piece
           ,
           these
           old
           and
           euill
           grounded
           abuses
           .
           For
           this
           will
           not
           bee
           
             Opus
             vnius
             diei
             ,
          
           but
           as
           euery
           one
           of
           these
           diseases
           ,
           must
           from
           the
           
             King
          
           receiue
           the
           owne
           cure
           proper
           for
           it
           ,
           so
           are
           there
           some
           sorts
           of
           abuses
           in
           Common-wealths
           ,
           that
           though
           they
           be
           of
           so
           base
           and
           contemptible
           a
           condition
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           too
           low
           for
           the
           Law
           to
           looke
           on
           ,
           and
           too
           meane
           for
           a
           
             King
          
           to
           interpone
           his
           authoritie
           ,
           or
           bend
           his
           eye
           vpon
           :
           yet
           are
           they
           corruptions
           ,
           aswell
           as
           the
           greatest
           of
           them
           .
           So
           is
           an
           Ant
           an
           
             Animal
             ,
          
           aswell
           as
           an
           Elephant
           :
           so
           is
           a
           VVrenne
           
             Auis
             ,
          
           aswell
           as
           a
           Swanne
           ,
           and
           so
           is
           a
           small
           dint
           of
           the
           Toothake
           ,
           a
           disease
           aswell
           as
           the
           fearefull
           Plague
           is
           .
           But
           for
           these
           base
           sorts
           of
           corruption
           in
           Common
           wealthes
           ,
           not
           onely
           the
           
           
             King
             ,
          
           or
           any
           inferior
           Magistrate
           ,
           but
           
             Quilibet
             e
             populo
          
           may
           serue
           to
           be
           a
           Phisician
           ,
           by
           discouering
           and
           impugning
           the
           error
           ,
           and
           by
           perswading
           reformation
           thereof
           .
        
         
           And
           surely
           in
           my
           opinion
           ,
           there
           cannot
           be
           a
           more
           base
           ,
           and
           yet
           hurtfull
           ,
           corruption
           in
           a
           Countrey
           ,
           then
           is
           the
           vile
           vse
           (
           or
           rather
           abuse
           )
           of
           taking
           
             Tobacco
          
           in
           this
           Kingdome
           ,
           which
           hath
           mooued
           me
           ,
           shortly
           to
           discouer
           the
           abuses
           thereof
           in
           this
           following
           little
           Pamphlet
           .
        
         
           If
           any
           thinke
           it
           a
           light
           Argument
           ,
           so
           is
           it
           but
           a
           toy
           that
           is
           bestowed
           vpon
           it
           .
           And
           since
           the
           Subiect
           is
           but
           of
           Smoke
           ,
           I
           thinke
           the
           fume
           of
           an
           idle
           braine
           ,
           may
           serue
           for
           a
           sufficient
           battery
           against
           so
           fumous
           and
           feeble
           an
           enemy
           .
           If
           my
           grounds
           be
           found
           true
           ,
           it
           is
           all
           I
           looke
           for
           ;
           but
           if
           they
           cary
           the
           force
           of
           perswasion
           with
           them
           ,
           it
           is
           all
           I
           can
           wish
           ,
           and
           more
           then
           I
           can
           expect
           .
           My
           onely
           care
           is
           ,
           that
           you
           ,
           my
           deare
           Countrey-men
           ,
           may
           rightly
           conceiue
           euen
           by
           this
           smallest
           trifle
           ,
           of
           the
           sinceritie
           of
           my
           meaning
           in
           greater
           matters
           ,
           neuer
           to
           spare
           any
           paine
           ,
           that
           may
           tend
           to
           the
           procuring
           of
           your
           weale
           and
           prosperitie
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           Counterblaste
           to
           Tobacco
           .
        
         
           THat
           the
           manifolde
           abuses
           of
           this
           vile
           custome
           of
           
             Tobacco
          
           taking
           ,
           may
           the
           better
           be
           espied
           ,
           it
           is
           fit
           ,
           that
           first
           you
           enter
           into
           consideration
           both
           of
           the
           first
           originall
           thereof
           ,
           and
           likewise
           of
           the
           reasons
           of
           the
           first
           entry
           thereof
           into
           this
           Countrey
           .
           For
           certainely
           as
           such
           customes
           ,
           that
           haue
           their
           first
           institution
           either
           from
           a
           godly
           ,
           necessary
           ,
           or
           honorable
           ground
           ,
           and
           are
           first
           brought
           in
           ,
           by
           the
           meanes
           of
           some
           worthy
           ,
           vertuous
           ,
           and
           great
           Personage
           ,
           are
           euer
           ,
           and
           most
           iustly
           ,
           holden
           in
           great
           &
           reuerent
           estimation
           and
           account
           ,
           by
           all
           wise
           ,
           vertuous
           ,
           and
           temperate
           spirits
           :
           So
           should
           it
           by
           the
           contrary
           ,
           iustly
           bring
           a
           great
           disgrace
           into
           that
           sort
           of
           customes
           ,
           which
           hauing
           their
           originall
           from
           base
           corruption
           and
           barbarity
           ,
           doe
           in
           like
           sort
           ,
           make
           their
           first
           
           entry
           into
           a
           Countrey
           ,
           by
           an
           inconsiderate
           and
           childish
           affectation
           of
           Noueltie
           ,
           as
           is
           the
           true
           case
           of
           the
           first
           inuention
           of
           
             Tobacco
          
           taking
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           first
           entry
           thereof
           among
           vs.
           For
           
             Tobacco
          
           being
           a
           cōmon
           herbe
           ,
           which
           (
           though
           vnder
           diuers
           names
           )
           growes
           almost
           euery
           where
           ,
           was
           first
           found
           out
           by
           some
           of
           the
           barbarous
           
             Indians
             ,
          
           to
           be
           a
           Preseruatiue
           ,
           or
           Antidot
           against
           the
           Pockes
           ,
           a
           filthy
           disease
           ,
           whereunto
           these
           barbarous
           people
           are
           (
           as
           all
           men
           know
           )
           very
           much
           subiect
           ,
           what
           through
           the
           vncleanly
           and
           adust
           constitution
           of
           their
           bodies
           ,
           and
           what
           through
           the
           intemperate
           heate
           of
           their
           Climat
           :
           so
           that
           as
           from
           them
           was
           first
           brought
           into
           Christendome
           ,
           that
           most
           detestable
           disease
           ,
           so
           from
           them
           likewise
           was
           brought
           this
           vse
           of
           
             Tobacco
             ,
          
           as
           a
           stinking
           and
           vnsauorie
           Antidot
           ,
           for
           so
           corrupted
           and
           execrable
           a
           Maladie
           ,
           the
           stinking
           Suffumigation
           whereof
           they
           yet
           vse
           against
           that
           disease
           ,
           making
           so
           one
           canker
           or
           venime
           to
           eate
           out
           another
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           good
           Countrey
           men
           ,
           let
           vs
           (
           I
           pray
           you
           )
           consider
           ,
           what
           honour
           or
           policie
           can
           mooue
           vs
           to
           imitate
           the
           barbarous
           and
           beastly
           maners
           of
           the
           wilde
           ,
           godlesse
           ,
           and
           slauish
           
             Indians
             ,
          
           especially
           in
           so
           vile
           and
           stinking
           a
           custome
           ?
           Shall
           wee
           that
           disdaine
           to
           imitate
           the
           maners
           of
           our
           neighbour
           
             France
          
           (
           hauing
           the
           stile
           of
           the
           first
           Christian
           Kingdom
           )
           and
           that
           cannot
           endure
           the
           spirit
           of
           the
           Spaniards
           (
           their
           King
           being
           now
           comparable
           in
           largenes
           of
           Dominions
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           Emperor
           of
           
             Turkie
          
           )
           Shall
           wee
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           that
           haue
           bene
           so
           long
           ciuill
           and
           
           wealthy
           in
           Peace
           ,
           famous
           and
           inuincible
           in
           Warre
           ,
           fortunate
           in
           both
           ,
           we
           that
           haue
           bene
           euer
           able
           to
           aide
           any
           of
           our
           neighbours
           (
           but
           neuer
           deafed
           any
           of
           their
           eares
           with
           any
           of
           our
           supplications
           for
           assistance
           )
           shall
           we
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           without
           blushing
           ,
           abase
           our selues
           so
           farre
           ,
           as
           to
           imitate
           these
           beastly
           
             Indians
             ,
          
           slaues
           to
           the
           
             Spaniards
             ,
          
           refuse
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           as
           yet
           aliens
           from
           the
           holy
           Couenant
           of
           God
           ?
           Why
           doe
           we
           not
           as
           well
           imitate
           them
           in
           walking
           naked
           as
           they
           doe
           ?
           in
           preferring
           glasses
           ,
           feathers
           ,
           and
           such
           toyes
           ,
           to
           golde
           and
           precious
           stones
           ,
           as
           they
           do
           ?
           yea
           why
           do
           we
           not
           denie
           God
           and
           adore
           the
           Deuill
           ,
           as
           they
           doe
           ?
        
         
           Now
           to
           the
           corrupted
           basenesse
           of
           the
           first
           vse
           of
           this
           
             Tobacco
             ,
          
           doeth
           very
           well
           agree
           the
           foolish
           and
           groundlesse
           first
           entry
           thereof
           into
           this
           Kingdome
           .
           It
           is
           not
           so
           long
           since
           the
           first
           entry
           of
           this
           abuse
           amongst
           vs
           here
           ,
           as
           this
           present
           age
           cannot
           yet
           very
           well
           remember
           ,
           both
           the
           first
           Author
           ,
           and
           the
           forme
           of
           the
           first
           introduction
           of
           it
           amongst
           vs.
           It
           was
           neither
           brought
           in
           by
           King
           ,
           great
           Conquerour
           ,
           nor
           learned
           Doctor
           of
           Phisicke
           .
        
         
           With
           the
           report
           of
           a
           great
           discouery
           for
           a
           Conquest
           ,
           some
           two
           or
           three
           Sauage
           mē
           ,
           were
           brought
           in
           ,
           together
           with
           this
           Sauage
           custome
           .
           But
           the
           pitie
           is
           ,
           the
           poore
           wilde
           barbarous
           men
           died
           ,
           but
           that
           vile
           barbarous
           custome
           is
           yet
           aliue
           ,
           yea
           in
           fresh
           vigor
           :
           so
           as
           it
           seemes
           a
           miracle
           to
           me
           ,
           how
           a
           custome
           springing
           from
           so
           vile
           a
           ground
           ,
           and
           brought
           in
           by
           a
           father
           so
           generally
           hated
           ,
           should
           be
           welcomed
           vpon
           so
           slender
           a
           warrant
           .
           For
           if
           
           they
           that
           first
           put
           it
           in
           practise
           heere
           ,
           had
           remembred
           for
           what
           respect
           it
           was
           vsed
           by
           them
           from
           whence
           it
           came
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           they
           would
           haue
           bene
           loath
           ,
           to
           haue
           taken
           so
           farre
           the
           imputation
           of
           that
           disease
           vpon
           them
           as
           they
           did
           ,
           by
           vsing
           the
           cure
           thereof
           .
           For
           
             Sanis
             non
             est
             opus
             medico
             ,
          
           and
           counterpoisons
           are
           neuer
           vsed
           ,
           but
           where
           poyson
           is
           thought
           to
           precede
           .
        
         
           But
           since
           it
           is
           true
           ,
           that
           diuers
           customes
           slightly
           grounded
           ,
           and
           with
           no
           better
           warrant
           entred
           in
           a
           Commonwealth
           ,
           may
           yet
           in
           the
           vse
           of
           them
           thereafter
           ,
           prooue
           both
           necessary
           and
           profitable
           ;
           it
           is
           therefore
           next
           to
           be
           examined
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           not
           a
           full
           Sympathie
           and
           true
           Proportion
           ,
           betweene
           the
           base
           ground
           and
           foolish
           entrie
           ,
           and
           the
           loathsome
           and
           hurtfull
           vse
           of
           this
           stinking
           Antidote
           .
        
         
           I
           am
           now
           therefore
           heartily
           to
           pray
           you
           to
           consider
           ,
           first
           vpon
           what
           false
           and
           erroneous
           grounds
           you
           haue
           first
           built
           the
           generall
           good
           liking
           thereof
           ;
           and
           next
           ,
           what
           sinnes
           towards
           God
           ,
           and
           foolish
           vanities
           before
           the
           world
           you
           commit
           ,
           in
           the
           detestable
           vse
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           these
           deceitfull
           grounds
           ,
           that
           haue
           specially
           mooued
           you
           to
           take
           a
           good
           and
           great
           conceit
           thereof
           ,
           I
           shall
           content
           my selfe
           to
           examine
           here
           onely
           foure
           of
           the
           principals
           of
           them
           ;
           two
           founded
           vpon
           the
           Theoricke
           of
           a
           deceiueable
           apparance
           of
           Reason
           ,
           and
           two
           of
           them
           vpon
           the
           mistaken
           Practicke
           of
           generall
           Experience
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           it
           is
           thought
           by
           you
           a
           sure
           Aphorisme
           in
           the
           Physickes
           ,
           That
           the
           braines
           of
           all
           men
           ,
           beeing
           
           naturally
           colde
           and
           wet
           ,
           all
           dry
           and
           hote
           things
           should
           be
           good
           for
           them
           ;
           of
           which
           nature
           this
           stinking
           suffumigation
           is
           ,
           and
           therefore
           of
           good
           vse
           to
           them
           .
           Of
           this
           Argument
           ,
           both
           the
           Proposition
           and
           Assumption
           are
           false
           ,
           and
           so
           the
           Conclusion
           cannot
           but
           be
           voyd
           of
           it selfe
           .
           For
           as
           to
           the
           Proposition
           ,
           That
           because
           the
           braines
           are
           colde
           and
           moist
           ,
           therefore
           things
           that
           are
           hote
           and
           drie
           are
           best
           for
           them
           ,
           it
           is
           an
           inept
           consequence
           :
           For
           man
           beeing
           compounded
           of
           the
           foure
           Complexions
           ,
           (
           whose
           fathers
           are
           the
           foure
           Elements
           )
           although
           there
           be
           a
           mixture
           of
           them
           all
           in
           all
           the
           parts
           of
           his
           body
           ,
           yet
           must
           the
           diuers
           parts
           of
           our
           
             Microcosme
          
           or
           little
           world
           within
           our selues
           ,
           be
           diuersly
           more
           inclined
           ,
           some
           to
           one
           ,
           some
           to
           another
           complexion
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           diuersitie
           of
           their
           vses
           ,
           that
           of
           these
           discords
           a
           perfect
           harmonie
           may
           bee
           made
           vp
           for
           the
           maintenance
           of
           the
           whole
           body
           .
        
         
           The
           application
           then
           of
           a
           thing
           of
           a
           contrary
           nature
           ,
           to
           any
           of
           these
           parts
           ,
           is
           to
           interrupt
           them
           of
           their
           due
           function
           ,
           and
           by
           consequence
           hurtfull
           to
           the
           health
           of
           the
           whole
           body
           .
           As
           if
           a
           man
           ,
           because
           the
           Liuer
           is
           hote
           (
           as
           the
           fountaine
           of
           blood
           )
           and
           as
           it
           were
           and
           ouen
           to
           the
           stomacke
           ,
           would
           therfore
           apply
           and
           weare
           close
           vpon
           his
           Liuer
           and
           stomacke
           a
           cake
           of
           lead
           ;
           he
           might
           within
           a
           very
           short
           time
           (
           I
           hope
           )
           be
           susteined
           very
           good
           cheape
           at
           an
           Ordinarie
           ,
           beside
           the
           cleering
           of
           his
           conscience
           from
           that
           deadly
           sinne
           of
           gluttonie
           .
           And
           as
           if
           ,
           because
           the
           Heart
           is
           full
           of
           vitall
           spirits
           ,
           and
           in
           perpetuall
           motion
           ,
           a
           man
           would
           therefore
           lay
           a
           heauy
           
           pound
           stone
           on
           his
           breast
           ,
           for
           staying
           and
           holding
           downe
           that
           wanton
           palpitation
           ,
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           his
           breast
           would
           bee
           more
           bruised
           with
           the
           weight
           thereof
           ,
           then
           the
           heart
           would
           be
           comforted
           with
           such
           a
           disagreeable
           &
           contrarious
           cure
           .
           And
           euen
           so
           is
           it
           with
           the
           Braines
           .
           For
           if
           a
           man
           ,
           because
           the
           Braines
           are
           cold
           and
           humide
           ,
           would
           therefore
           vse
           inwardly
           by
           smells
           ,
           or
           outwardly
           by
           application
           ,
           things
           of
           hot
           and
           drie
           qualite
           ,
           all
           the
           gaine
           that
           he
           could
           make
           thereof
           would
           onely
           be
           to
           put
           himselfe
           in
           a
           great
           forwardnesse
           for
           running
           mad
           ,
           by
           ouerwatching
           himselfe
           ,
           the
           coldnesse
           and
           moistnesse
           of
           our
           braine
           beeing
           the
           onely
           ordinarie
           meanes
           that
           procure
           our
           sleepe
           and
           rest
           .
           Indeed
           I
           doe
           not
           denie
           ,
           but
           when
           it
           falls
           out
           that
           any
           of
           these
           ,
           or
           any
           part
           of
           our
           bodie
           growes
           to
           be
           distempered
           ,
           and
           to
           tend
           to
           an
           extremitie
           beyond
           the
           compasse
           of
           Natures
           temperate
           mixture
           ,
           that
           in
           that
           case
           cures
           of
           contrary
           qualities
           ,
           to
           the
           intemperate
           inclination
           of
           that
           part
           ,
           being
           wisely
           prepared
           and
           discreetely
           ministred
           ,
           may
           be
           both
           necessarie
           and
           helpefull
           for
           strengthning
           and
           assisting
           Nature
           in
           the
           expulsion
           of
           her
           enemies
           :
           for
           this
           is
           the
           true
           definition
           of
           all
           profitable
           Physicke
           .
        
         
           But
           first
           these
           Cures
           ought
           not
           to
           bee
           vsed
           ,
           but
           where
           there
           is
           neede
           of
           them
           ,
           the
           contrarie
           whereof
           ,
           is
           daily
           practised
           in
           this
           generall
           vse
           of
           
             Tobacco
          
           by
           all
           sorts
           and
           complexions
           of
           people
           .
        
         
           And
           next
           ,
           I
           deny
           the
           Minor
           of
           this
           argument
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           already
           said
           ,
           in
           regard
           that
           this
           
             Tobacco
             ,
          
           is
           not
           simply
           of
           a
           dry
           &
           hot
           qualitie
           ;
           but
           rather
           hath
           a
           
           certaine
           venemous
           facultie
           ioyned
           with
           the
           heate
           thereof
           ,
           which
           makes
           it
           haue
           an
           Antipathie
           against
           nature
           ,
           as
           by
           the
           hatefull
           smell
           thereof
           doeth
           well
           appeare
           .
           For
           the
           Nose
           being
           the
           proper
           Organ
           and
           conuoy
           of
           the
           sense
           of
           smelling
           to
           the
           braines
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           onely
           fountaine
           of
           that
           sense
           ,
           doeth
           euer
           serue
           vs
           for
           an
           infallible
           witnesse
           ,
           whether
           that
           Odour
           which
           we
           smell
           ,
           be
           healthfull
           or
           hurtfull
           to
           the
           braine
           ,
           (
           except
           when
           it
           fals
           out
           that
           the
           sense
           it selfe
           is
           corrupted
           and
           abused
           through
           some
           infirmitie
           ,
           and
           distemper
           in
           the
           braine
           .
           )
           And
           that
           the
           suffumigation
           thereof
           cannot
           haue
           a
           drying
           qualitie
           ,
           it
           needes
           to
           further
           probation
           ,
           then
           that
           it
           is
           a
           smoake
           ,
           all
           smoake
           and
           vapour
           ,
           being
           of
           it selfe
           humide
           ,
           as
           drawing
           neere
           to
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           ayre
           ,
           and
           easie
           to
           be
           resolued
           againe
           into
           water
           ,
           whereof
           there
           needes
           no
           other
           proofe
           but
           the
           Meteors
           ,
           which
           being
           bred
           of
           nothing
           else
           but
           of
           the
           vapours
           and
           exhalations
           sucked
           vp
           by
           the
           Sunne
           out
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           the
           Sea
           ,
           and
           waters
           ,
           yet
           are
           the
           same
           smoakie
           vapours
           turned
           ,
           and
           transformed
           into
           Raynes
           ,
           Snowes
           ,
           Deawes
           ,
           hoare
           Frostes
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           waterie
           Meteors
           ,
           as
           by
           the
           contrarie
           the
           raynie
           cloudes
           are
           often
           transformed
           and
           euaporated
           in
           blustering
           winds
           .
        
         
           The
           second
           Argument
           grounded
           on
           a
           show
           of
           reason
           is
           ,
           That
           this
           filthie
           smoake
           ,
           as
           well
           through
           the
           heat
           and
           strength
           thereof
           ,
           as
           by
           a
           naturall
           force
           and
           qualitie
           ,
           is
           able
           and
           fit
           to
           purge
           both
           the
           head
           and
           stomacke
           of
           Rhewmes
           and
           distillations
           ,
           as
           experience
           teacheth
           ,
           by
           the
           spitting
           and
           auoyding
           
           fleame
           ,
           immediatly
           after
           the
           taking
           of
           it
           .
           But
           the
           fallacie
           of
           this
           Argument
           may
           easily
           appeare
           ,
           by
           my
           late
           preceding
           description
           of
           the
           Meteors
           .
           For
           euen
           as
           the
           smoakie
           vapours
           sucked
           vp
           by
           the
           Sunne
           ,
           and
           staied
           in
           the
           lowest
           and
           colde
           Region
           of
           the
           ayre
           ,
           are
           there
           contracted
           into
           cloudes
           ,
           and
           turned
           into
           raine
           and
           such
           other
           watery
           Meteors
           :
           So
           this
           stinking
           smoake
           being
           sucked
           vp
           by
           the
           Nose
           ,
           and
           imprisoned
           in
           the
           colde
           and
           moyst
           braines
           ,
           is
           by
           their
           colde
           and
           wett
           facultie
           ,
           turned
           and
           cast
           foorth
           againe
           in
           waterie
           distillations
           ,
           and
           so
           are
           you
           made
           free
           and
           purged
           of
           nothing
           ,
           but
           that
           wherewith
           you
           wilfully
           burdened
           your selues
           :
           and
           therefore
           are
           you
           no
           wiser
           in
           taking
           
             Tobacco
          
           for
           purging
           you
           of
           distillations
           ,
           then
           if
           for
           preuenting
           the
           Cholike
           you
           would
           take
           all
           kinde
           of
           windie
           meates
           and
           drinkes
           ,
           and
           for
           preuenting
           of
           the
           Stone
           ,
           you
           would
           take
           all
           kinde
           of
           meates
           and
           drinkes
           that
           would
           breede
           grauell
           in
           the
           Kidneyes
           ,
           and
           then
           when
           you
           were
           forced
           to
           auoyde
           much
           winde
           out
           of
           your
           stomacke
           ,
           and
           much
           grauell
           in
           your
           Vrine
           ,
           that
           you
           should
           attribute
           the
           thanke
           thereof
           to
           such
           nourishments
           as
           bred
           those
           within
           you
           ,
           that
           behoued
           either
           to
           be
           expelled
           by
           the
           force
           of
           Nature
           ,
           or
           you
           to
           haue
           
             burst
             at
             the
             broad
             side
             ,
          
           as
           the
           Prouerbe
           is
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           other
           two
           reasons
           founded
           vpon
           experience
           ,
           the
           first
           of
           which
           is
           ,
           That
           the
           whole
           people
           would
           not
           haue
           taken
           so
           generall
           a
           good
           liking
           thereof
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           not
           by
           experience
           found
           it
           verie
           soueraigne
           and
           good
           for
           them
           :
           For
           answere
           
           thereunto
           ,
           how
           easily
           the
           mindes
           of
           any
           people
           ,
           wherewith
           God
           hath
           replenished
           this
           world
           ,
           may
           be
           drawen
           to
           the
           foolish
           affectation
           of
           any
           noueltie
           ,
           I
           leaue
           it
           to
           the
           discreet
           iudgement
           of
           any
           man
           that
           is
           reasonable
           .
        
         
           Doe
           we
           not
           dayly
           see
           ,
           that
           a
           man
           can
           no
           sooner
           bring
           ouer
           from
           beyond
           the
           Seas
           any
           new
           forme
           of
           apparrell
           ,
           but
           that
           hee
           can
           not
           bee
           thought
           a
           man
           of
           spirit
           ,
           that
           would
           not
           presently
           imitate
           the
           same
           ?
           And
           so
           from
           hand
           to
           hand
           it
           spreades
           ,
           till
           it
           be
           practised
           by
           all
           ,
           not
           for
           any
           commoditie
           that
           is
           in
           it
           ,
           but
           only
           because
           it
           is
           come
           to
           be
           the
           fashion
           .
           For
           such
           is
           the
           force
           of
           that
           naturall
           Selfe-loue
           in
           euery
           one
           of
           vs
           ,
           and
           such
           is
           the
           corruption
           of
           enuie
           bred
           in
           the
           brest
           of
           euery
           one
           ,
           as
           we
           cannot
           be
           content
           vnlesse
           we
           imitate
           euery
           thing
           that
           our
           fellowes
           doe
           ,
           and
           so
           prooue
           our selues
           capable
           of
           euery
           thing
           whereof
           they
           are
           capable
           ,
           like
           Apes
           ,
           counterfeiting
           the
           maners
           of
           others
           ,
           to
           our
           owne
           destruction
           .
           For
           let
           one
           or
           two
           of
           the
           greatest
           Masters
           of
           Mathematickes
           in
           any
           of
           the
           two
           famous
           Vniuersities
           ,
           but
           constantly
           affirme
           any
           cleare
           day
           ,
           that
           they
           see
           some
           strange
           apparition
           in
           the
           skies
           :
           they
           will
           I
           warrant
           you
           be
           seconded
           by
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           Students
           in
           that
           profession
           :
           So
           loath
           will
           they
           be
           ,
           to
           bee
           thought
           inferiour
           to
           their
           fellowes
           ,
           either
           in
           depth
           of
           knowledge
           or
           sharpnesse
           of
           sight
           :
           And
           therefore
           the
           generall
           good
           liking
           and
           imbracing
           of
           this
           foolish
           custome
           ,
           doeth
           but
           onely
           proceede
           from
           that
           affectation
           of
           noueltie
           ,
           and
           popular
           errour
           ,
           wherof
           I
           haue
           already
           spoken
           .
        
         
         
           The
           other
           argument
           drawen
           from
           a
           mistaken
           experience
           ,
           is
           but
           the
           more
           particular
           probation
           of
           this
           generall
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           alleaged
           to
           be
           found
           true
           by
           proofe
           ,
           that
           by
           the
           taking
           of
           
             Tobacco
          
           diuers
           and
           very
           many
           doe
           finde
           themselues
           cured
           of
           diuers
           diseases
           ,
           as
           on
           the
           other
           part
           ,
           no
           man
           euer
           receiued
           harme
           thereby
           .
           In
           this
           argument
           there
           is
           first
           a
           great
           mistaking
           ,
           and
           next
           a
           monstrous
           absurditie
           .
           For
           is
           it
           not
           a
           very
           great
           mistaking
           ,
           to
           take
           
             Non
             causam
             pro
             causa
             ,
          
           as
           they
           say
           in
           the
           Logicks
           ?
           because
           peraduenture
           when
           a
           sicke
           man
           hath
           had
           his
           disease
           at
           the
           height
           ,
           hee
           hath
           at
           that
           instant
           taken
           
             Tobacco
             ,
          
           and
           afterward
           his
           disease
           taking
           the
           naturall
           course
           of
           declining
           ,
           and
           consequently
           the
           patient
           of
           recouering
           his
           health
           ,
           O
           then
           the
           
             Tobacco
          
           forsooth
           ,
           was
           the
           worker
           of
           that
           miracle
           .
           Beside
           that
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           thing
           well
           knowen
           to
           all
           Phisicians
           ,
           that
           the
           apprehension
           and
           conceit
           of
           the
           patient
           ,
           hath
           by
           wakening
           and
           vniting
           the
           vitall
           spirits
           ,
           and
           so
           strengthening
           nature
           ,
           a
           great
           power
           and
           vertue
           ,
           to
           cure
           diuers
           diseases
           For
           an
           euident
           proofe
           of
           mistaking
           in
           the
           like
           case
           ,
           I
           pray
           you
           what
           foolish
           boy
           ,
           what
           sillie
           wench
           ,
           what
           olde
           doting
           wife
           ,
           or
           ignorant
           countrey
           clowne
           ,
           is
           not
           a
           Phisician
           for
           the
           toothach
           ,
           for
           the
           cholicke
           ,
           &
           diuers
           such
           common
           diseases
           ?
           Yea
           ,
           will
           not
           euery
           man
           you
           meete
           withal
           ,
           teach
           you
           a
           sundry
           cure
           for
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           sweare
           by
           that
           meane
           either
           himselfe
           ,
           or
           some
           of
           his
           neerest
           kinsmen
           and
           friends
           was
           cured
           ?
           And
           yet
           I
           hope
           no
           man
           is
           so
           foolish
           as
           to
           beleeue
           them
           .
           And
           al
           these
           toyes
           do
           only
           proceed
           from
           the
           mistaking
           
           
             Non
             causam
             pro
             causa
             ,
          
           as
           I
           haue
           already
           sayd
           ,
           and
           so
           if
           a
           man
           chance
           to
           recouer
           one
           of
           any
           disease
           ,
           after
           he
           hath
           taken
           
             Tobacco
             ,
          
           that
           must
           haue
           the
           thankes
           of
           all
           But
           by
           the
           contrary
           ,
           if
           a
           man
           smoke
           himselfe
           to
           death
           with
           it
           (
           and
           many
           haue
           done
           )
           O
           then
           some
           other
           disease
           must
           beare
           the
           blame
           for
           that
           fault
           .
           So
           doe
           olde
           harlots
           thanke
           their
           harlotrie
           for
           their
           many
           yeeres
           ,
           that
           custome
           being
           healthfull
           (
           say
           they
           )
           
             ad
             purgandos
             Renes
             ,
          
           but
           neuer
           haue
           minde
           how
           many
           die
           of
           the
           Pockes
           in
           the
           flower
           of
           their
           youth
           .
           And
           so
           doe
           olde
           drunkards
           thinke
           they
           prolong
           their
           dayes
           ,
           by
           their
           swinelike
           diet
           ,
           but
           neuer
           remember
           howe
           many
           die
           drowned
           in
           drinke
           before
           they
           be
           halfe
           olde
           .
        
         
           And
           what
           greater
           absurditie
           can
           there
           bee
           ,
           then
           to
           say
           that
           one
           cure
           shall
           serue
           for
           diuers
           ,
           nay
           ,
           contrarious
           sortes
           of
           diseases
           ?
           It
           is
           an
           vndoubted
           ground
           among
           all
           Phisicians
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           almost
           no
           sort
           either
           of
           nourishment
           or
           medicine
           ,
           that
           hath
           not
           something
           in
           it
           disagreeable
           to
           some
           part
           of
           mans
           bodie
           ,
           because
           ,
           as
           I
           haue
           already
           sayd
           ,
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           temperature
           of
           euery
           part
           ,
           is
           so
           different
           from
           another
           ,
           that
           according
           to
           the
           olde
           prouerbe
           ,
           That
           which
           is
           good
           for
           the
           head
           ,
           is
           euill
           for
           the
           necke
           and
           the
           shoulders
           .
           For
           euen
           as
           a
           strong
           enemie
           ,
           that
           inuades
           a
           towne
           or
           fortresse
           ,
           although
           in
           his
           siege
           thereof
           ,
           he
           doe
           belaie
           and
           compasse
           it
           round
           about
           ,
           yet
           he
           makes
           his
           breach
           and
           entrie
           ,
           at
           some
           one
           or
           few
           speciall
           parts
           thereof
           ,
           which
           hee
           hath
           tried
           and
           found
           to
           bee
           weakest
           and
           least
           able
           to
           resist
           ;
           so
           sickenesse
           doth
           make
           her
           particular
           assault
           ,
           
           vpon
           such
           part
           or
           parts
           of
           our
           bodie
           ,
           as
           are
           weakest
           and
           easiest
           to
           be
           ouercome
           by
           that
           sort
           of
           disease
           ,
           which
           then
           doth
           assaile
           vs
           ,
           although
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           body
           by
           Sympathie
           feele
           it selfe
           ,
           to
           be
           as
           it
           were
           belaied
           ,
           and
           besieged
           by
           the
           affliction
           of
           that
           speciall
           part
           ,
           the
           griefe
           and
           smart
           thereof
           being
           by
           the
           sence
           of
           feeling
           dispersed
           through
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           our
           members
           .
           And
           therefore
           the
           skilfull
           Phisician
           presses
           by
           such
           cures
           to
           purge
           &
           strengthen
           that
           part
           which
           is
           afflicted
           ,
           as
           are
           onely
           fit
           for
           that
           sort
           of
           disease
           ,
           and
           doe
           best
           agree
           with
           the
           nature
           of
           that
           infirme
           part
           ;
           which
           being
           abused
           to
           a
           disease
           of
           another
           nature
           ,
           would
           prooue
           as
           hurtfull
           for
           the
           one
           ,
           as
           helpfull
           for
           the
           other
           .
           Yea
           ,
           not
           only
           will
           a
           skilfull
           and
           warie
           Phisician
           bee
           carefull
           to
           vse
           no
           cure
           but
           that
           which
           is
           fit
           for
           that
           sort
           of
           disease
           ,
           but
           he
           wil
           also
           consider
           all
           other
           circūstances
           ,
           and
           make
           the
           remedies
           sutable
           thereunto
           :
           as
           the
           temperature
           of
           the
           clime
           where
           the
           Patient
           is
           ,
           the
           constitution
           of
           the
           Planets
           ,
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Moone
           ,
           the
           season
           of
           the
           yere
           ,
           the
           age
           &
           complexion
           of
           the
           Patient
           ,
           &
           the
           present
           state
           of
           his
           body
           ,
           in
           strength
           or
           weakenesse
           .
           For
           one
           cure
           must
           not
           euer
           be
           vsed
           for
           the
           selfe-same
           disease
           ,
           but
           according
           to
           the
           varying
           of
           any
           of
           the
           foresaid
           circumstances
           ,
           that
           sort
           of
           remedie
           must
           be
           vsed
           which
           is
           fittest
           for
           the
           same
           .
           Whear
           by
           the
           contrarie
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           such
           is
           the
           miraculous
           omnipotencie
           of
           our
           strong
           tasted
           
             Tobacco
             ,
          
           as
           it
           cures
           all
           sorts
           of
           diseases
           (
           which
           neuer
           any
           drugge
           could
           do
           before
           )
           in
           all
           persons
           ,
           and
           at
           all
           times
           .
           It
           cures
           all
           maner
           of
           distillations
           ,
           either
           
           in
           the
           head
           or
           stomacke
           (
           if
           you
           beleeue
           their
           Axiomes
           )
           although
           in
           very
           deede
           it
           doe
           both
           corrupt
           the
           braine
           ,
           and
           by
           causing
           ouer
           quicke
           disgestion
           ,
           fill
           the
           stomacke
           full
           of
           crudities
           .
           It
           cures
           the
           Gowt
           in
           the
           feet
           ,
           and
           (
           which
           is
           miraculous
           )
           in
           that
           very
           instant
           when
           the
           smoke
           thereof
           ,
           as
           light
           ,
           flies
           vp
           into
           the
           head
           ,
           the
           vertue
           thereof
           ,
           as
           heauie
           ,
           runs
           downe
           to
           the
           little
           toe
           .
           It
           helpes
           all
           sorts
           of
           Agues
           .
           It
           makes
           a
           man
           sober
           that
           was
           drunke
           .
           It
           refreshes
           a
           weary
           man
           ,
           and
           yet
           makes
           a
           man
           hungry
           .
           Being
           taken
           when
           they
           goe
           to
           bed
           ,
           it
           makes
           one
           sleepe
           soundly
           ,
           and
           yet
           being
           taken
           when
           a
           man
           is
           sleepie
           and
           drowsie
           ,
           it
           will
           ,
           as
           they
           say
           ,
           awake
           his
           braine
           ,
           and
           quicken
           his
           vnderstanding
           .
           As
           for
           curing
           of
           the
           Pockes
           ,
           it
           serues
           for
           that
           vse
           but
           among
           the
           pockie
           Indian
           slaues
           .
           Here
           in
           
             England
          
           it
           is
           refined
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           deigne
           to
           cure
           heere
           any
           other
           then
           cleanly
           and
           gentlemanly
           diseases
           .
           O
           omnipotent
           power
           of
           
             Tobacco
          
           !
           And
           if
           it
           could
           by
           the
           smoke
           thereof
           chace
           out
           deuils
           ,
           as
           the
           smoke
           of
           
             Tobias
          
           fish
           did
           (
           which
           I
           am
           sure
           could
           smel
           no
           stronglier
           )
           it
           would
           serue
           for
           a
           precious
           Relicke
           ,
           both
           for
           the
           superstitious
           Priests
           ,
           and
           the
           insolent
           Puritanes
           ,
           to
           cast
           out
           deuils
           withall
           .
        
         
           Admitting
           then
           ,
           and
           not
           confessing
           that
           the
           vse
           thereof
           were
           healthfull
           for
           some
           sortes
           of
           diseases
           ;
           should
           it
           be
           vsed
           for
           all
           sicknesses
           ?
           should
           it
           be
           vsed
           by
           all
           men
           ?
           should
           it
           be
           vsed
           at
           al
           times
           ?
           yea
           should
           it
           be
           vsed
           by
           able
           ,
           yong
           ,
           strong
           ,
           healthful
           men
           ?
           Medicine
           hath
           that
           vertue
           ,
           that
           it
           neuer
           leaueth
           a
           man
           in
           that
           state
           wherin
           it
           findeth
           him
           :
           it
           makes
           a
           sicke
           
           man
           whole
           ,
           but
           a
           whole
           man
           sicke
           .
           And
           as
           Medicine
           helpes
           nature
           being
           taken
           at
           times
           of
           necessitie
           ,
           so
           being
           euer
           and
           continually
           vsed
           ,
           it
           doth
           but
           weaken
           ,
           wearie
           ,
           and
           weare
           nature
           .
           What
           speake
           I
           of
           Medicine
           ?
           Nay
           let
           a
           man
           euery
           houre
           of
           the
           day
           ,
           or
           as
           oft
           as
           many
           in
           this
           countrey
           vse
           to
           take
           
             Tobacco
             ,
          
           let
           a
           man
           I
           say
           ,
           but
           take
           as
           oft
           the
           best
           sorts
           of
           nourishments
           in
           meate
           and
           drinke
           that
           can
           bee
           deuised
           ,
           hee
           shall
           with
           the
           continuall
           vse
           thereof
           weaken
           both
           his
           head
           and
           his
           stomacke
           :
           all
           his
           members
           shall
           become
           feeble
           ,
           his
           spirits
           dull
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           end
           ,
           as
           a
           drousie
           lazie
           belly-god
           ,
           he
           shall
           euanish
           in
           a
           Lethargie
           .
        
         
           And
           from
           this
           weakenesse
           it
           proceeds
           ,
           that
           many
           in
           this
           kingdome
           haue
           had
           such
           a
           continuall
           vse
           of
           taking
           this
           vnsauorie
           smoke
           ,
           as
           now
           they
           are
           not
           able
           to
           forbeare
           the
           same
           ,
           no
           more
           then
           an
           olde
           drunkard
           can
           abide
           to
           be
           long
           sober
           ,
           without
           falling
           into
           an
           vncurable
           weakenesse
           and
           euill
           constitution
           :
           for
           their
           continuall
           custome
           hath
           made
           to
           them
           ,
           
             habitum
             ,
             alterā
             naturam
             :
          
           so
           to
           those
           that
           from
           their
           birth
           haue
           bene
           continually
           nourished
           vpon
           poison
           and
           things
           venemous
           ,
           wholesome
           meates
           are
           onely
           poisonable
           .
        
         
           Thus
           hauing
           ,
           as
           I
           truste
           ,
           sufficiently
           answered
           the
           most
           principall
           arguments
           that
           are
           vsed
           in
           defence
           of
           this
           vile
           custome
           ,
           it
           rests
           onely
           to
           informe
           you
           what
           sinnes
           and
           vanities
           you
           commit
           in
           the
           filthie
           abuse
           thereof
           .
           First
           ,
           are
           you
           not
           guiltie
           of
           sinnefull
           and
           shamefull
           lust
           ?
           (
           for
           lust
           may
           bee
           as
           well
           in
           any
           of
           the
           senses
           as
           in
           feeling
           )
           that
           although
           you
           bee
           
           troubled
           with
           no
           disease
           ,
           but
           in
           perfect
           health
           ,
           yet
           can
           you
           neither
           be
           merry
           at
           an
           Ordinarie
           ,
           nor
           lasciuious
           in
           the
           Stewes
           ,
           if
           you
           lacke
           
             Tobacco
          
           to
           prouoke
           your
           appetite
           to
           any
           of
           those
           sorts
           of
           recreation
           ,
           lusting
           after
           it
           as
           the
           children
           of
           Israel
           did
           in
           the
           wildernesse
           after
           Quailes
           ?
           Secondly
           it
           is
           ,
           as
           you
           vse
           or
           rather
           abuse
           it
           ,
           a
           branche
           of
           the
           sinne
           of
           drunkennesse
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           roote
           of
           all
           sinnes
           :
           for
           as
           the
           onely
           delight
           that
           drunkards
           take
           in
           Wine
           is
           in
           the
           strength
           of
           the
           taste
           ,
           &
           the
           force
           of
           the
           fume
           thereof
           that
           mounts
           vp
           to
           the
           braine
           :
           fot
           no
           drunkards
           loue
           any
           weake
           ,
           or
           sweete
           drinke
           :
           so
           are
           not
           those
           (
           I
           meane
           the
           strong
           heate
           and
           the
           fume
           )
           the
           onely
           qualities
           that
           make
           
             Tobacco
          
           so
           delectable
           to
           all
           the
           louers
           of
           it
           ?
           And
           as
           no
           man
           likes
           strong
           headie
           drinke
           the
           first
           day
           (
           because
           
             nemo
             repente
             fit
             turpissimus
          
           )
           but
           by
           custome
           is
           piece
           and
           piece
           allured
           ,
           while
           in
           the
           ende
           ,
           a
           drunkard
           will
           haue
           as
           great
           a
           thirst
           to
           bee
           drunke
           ,
           as
           a
           sober
           man
           to
           quench
           his
           thirst
           with
           a
           draught
           when
           hee
           hath
           need
           of
           it
           :
           So
           is
           not
           this
           the
           very
           case
           of
           all
           the
           great
           takers
           of
           
             Tobacco
             ?
          
           which
           therefore
           they
           themselues
           do
           attribute
           to
           a
           bewitching
           qualitie
           in
           it
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           is
           it
           not
           the
           greatest
           sinne
           of
           all
           ,
           that
           you
           the
           people
           of
           all
           sortes
           of
           this
           Kingdome
           ,
           who
           are
           created
           and
           ordeined
           by
           God
           to
           bestowe
           both
           your
           persons
           and
           goods
           for
           the
           maintenance
           both
           of
           the
           honour
           and
           safetie
           of
           your
           King
           and
           Common-wealth
           ,
           should
           disable
           your selues
           in
           both
           ?
           In
           your
           persons
           hauing
           by
           this
           continuall
           vile
           custome
           brought
           your selues
           to
           this
           shamefull
           imbecilitie
           ,
           that
           you
           
           are
           not
           able
           to
           ride
           or
           walke
           the
           iourney
           of
           a
           Iewes
           Sabboth
           ,
           but
           you
           must
           haue
           a
           reekie
           cole
           brought
           you
           from
           the
           next
           poore
           house
           to
           kindle
           your
           
             Tobacco
          
           with
           ?
           whereas
           he
           cannot
           be
           thought
           able
           for
           any
           seruice
           in
           the
           warres
           ,
           that
           cannot
           endure
           oftentimes
           the
           want
           of
           meate
           ,
           drinke
           ,
           and
           sleepe
           ,
           much
           more
           then
           must
           hee
           endure
           the
           want
           of
           
             Tobacco
             .
          
           In
           the
           times
           of
           the
           many
           glorious
           and
           victorious
           battailes
           fought
           by
           this
           Nation
           ,
           there
           was
           no
           word
           of
           
             Tobacco
             :
          
           but
           now
           if
           it
           were
           time
           of
           warres
           ,
           and
           that
           you
           were
           to
           make
           some
           sudden
           
             Caualcado
          
           vpon
           your
           enemies
           ,
           if
           any
           of
           you
           should
           seeke
           leisure
           to
           stay
           behinde
           his
           fellowe
           for
           taking
           of
           
             Tobacco
             ,
          
           for
           my
           part
           I
           should
           neuer
           bee
           sorie
           for
           any
           euill
           chance
           that
           might
           befall
           him
           .
           To
           take
           a
           custome
           in
           any
           thing
           that
           cannot
           bee
           left
           againe
           ,
           is
           most
           harmefull
           to
           the
           people
           of
           any
           land
           .
           
             Mollicies
          
           and
           delicacie
           were
           the
           wracke
           and
           ouerthrow
           ,
           first
           of
           the
           Persian
           ,
           and
           next
           of
           the
           Romane
           Empire
           .
           And
           this
           very
           custome
           of
           taking
           
             Tobacco
          
           (
           whereof
           our
           present
           purpose
           is
           )
           is
           euen
           at
           this
           day
           accounted
           so
           effeminate
           among
           the
           Indians
           themselues
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           market
           they
           will
           offer
           no
           price
           for
           a
           slaue
           to
           be
           sold
           ,
           whome
           they
           finde
           to
           be
           a
           great
           
             Tobacco
          
           taker
           .
        
         
           Now
           how
           you
           are
           by
           this
           custome
           disabled
           in
           your
           goods
           ,
           let
           the
           Gentry
           of
           this
           land
           beare
           witnesse
           ,
           some
           of
           them
           bestowing
           three
           ,
           some
           foure
           hundred
           pounds
           a
           yeere
           vpon
           this
           precious
           stinke
           ,
           which
           I
           am
           sure
           might
           be
           bestowed
           vpon
           many
           farre
           better
           vses
           .
           I
           read
           indeede
           of
           a
           knauish
           Courtier
           ,
           
           who
           for
           abusing
           the
           fauour
           of
           the
           Emperour
           
             Alexander
             Seuerus
          
           his
           Master
           by
           taking
           bribes
           to
           intercede
           ,
           for
           sundry
           persons
           in
           his
           Masters
           eare
           ,
           (
           for
           whom
           he
           neuer
           once
           opened
           his
           mouth
           )
           was
           iustly
           choked
           with
           smoke
           ,
           with
           this
           doome
           ,
           
             Fumo
             pereat
             ,
             qui
             fumum
             vendidit
          
           :
           but
           of
           so
           many
           smoke-buyers
           ,
           as
           are
           at
           this
           present
           in
           this
           kingdome
           ,
           I
           neuer
           read
           nor
           heard
           .
        
         
           And
           for
           the
           vanities
           committed
           in
           this
           filthie
           custome
           ,
           is
           it
           not
           both
           great
           vanitie
           and
           vncleanenesse
           ,
           that
           at
           the
           table
           ,
           a
           place
           of
           respect
           ,
           of
           cleanlinesse
           ,
           of
           modestie
           ,
           men
           should
           not
           be
           ashamed
           ,
           to
           sit
           tossing
           of
           
             Tobacco
             pipes
             ,
          
           and
           puffing
           of
           the
           smoke
           of
           
             Tobacco
          
           one
           to
           another
           ,
           making
           the
           filthy
           smoke
           and
           stinke
           thereof
           ,
           to
           exhale
           athwart
           the
           dishes
           ,
           and
           infect
           the
           aire
           ,
           when
           very
           often
           ,
           men
           that
           abhorre
           it
           are
           at
           their
           repast
           ?
           Surely
           Smoke
           becomes
           a
           kitchin
           far
           better
           then
           a
           Dining
           chamber
           ,
           and
           yet
           it
           makes
           a
           kitchin
           also
           oftentimes
           in
           the
           inward
           parts
           of
           men
           ,
           soiling
           and
           infecting
           them
           ,
           with
           an
           vnctuous
           and
           oily
           kinde
           of
           Soote
           ,
           as
           hath
           bene
           found
           in
           some
           great
           
             Tobacco
          
           takers
           ,
           that
           after
           their
           death
           were
           opened
           .
           And
           not
           onely
           meate
           time
           ,
           but
           no
           other
           time
           nor
           action
           is
           exempted
           from
           the
           publike
           vse
           of
           this
           vnciuill
           tricke
           :
           so
           as
           if
           the
           wiues
           of
           
             Diepe
          
           list
           to
           contest
           with
           this
           Nation
           for
           good
           maners
           ,
           their
           worst
           maners
           would
           in
           all
           reason
           be
           found
           at
           least
           not
           so
           dishonest
           (
           as
           ours
           are
           )
           in
           this
           point
           .
           The
           publike
           vse
           whereof
           ,
           at
           all
           times
           ,
           and
           in
           all
           places
           ,
           hath
           now
           so
           farre
           preuailed
           ,
           as
           diuers
           men
           very
           sound
           both
           in
           
           iudgement
           ,
           and
           complexion
           ,
           haue
           bene
           at
           last
           forced
           to
           take
           it
           also
           without
           desire
           ,
           partly
           because
           they
           were
           ashamed
           to
           seeme
           singular
           ,
           (
           like
           the
           two
           Philosophers
           that
           were
           forced
           to
           duck
           themselues
           in
           that
           raine
           water
           ,
           and
           to
           become
           fooles
           aswell
           as
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           people
           )
           and
           partly
           to
           be
           as
           one
           that
           was
           content
           to
           eate
           Garlicke
           (
           which
           hee
           did
           not
           loue
           )
           that
           he
           might
           not
           be
           troubled
           with
           the
           smell
           of
           it
           ,
           in
           the
           breath
           of
           his
           fellowes
           .
           And
           is
           it
           not
           a
           great
           vanitie
           ,
           that
           a
           man
           cannot
           heartily
           welcome
           his
           friend
           now
           ,
           but
           straight
           they
           must
           bee
           in
           hand
           with
           
             Tobacco
             ?
          
           No
           it
           is
           become
           in
           place
           of
           a
           cure
           ,
           a
           point
           of
           good
           fellowship
           ,
           and
           he
           that
           will
           refuse
           to
           take
           a
           pipe
           of
           
             Tobacco
          
           among
           his
           fellowes
           ,
           (
           though
           by
           his
           owne
           election
           he
           would
           rather
           feele
           the
           fauour
           of
           a
           Sinke
           )
           is
           accounted
           peeuish
           and
           no
           good
           company
           ,
           euen
           as
           they
           doe
           with
           tippeling
           in
           the
           cold
           Easterne
           Countries
           .
           Yea
           the
           Mistresse
           cannot
           in
           a
           more
           manerly
           kinde
           ,
           entertaine
           her
           seruant
           ,
           then
           by
           giuing
           him
           out
           of
           her
           faire
           hand
           a
           pipe
           of
           
             Tobacco
             .
          
           But
           herein
           is
           not
           onely
           a
           great
           vanitie
           ,
           but
           a
           great
           contempt
           of
           Gods
           good
           giftes
           ,
           that
           the
           sweetenesse
           of
           mans
           breath
           ,
           being
           a
           good
           gift
           of
           God
           ,
           should
           be
           wilfully
           corrupted
           by
           this
           stinking
           smoke
           ,
           wherein
           I
           must
           confesse
           ,
           it
           hath
           too
           strong
           a
           vertue
           :
           and
           so
           that
           which
           is
           an
           ornament
           of
           nature
           ,
           and
           can
           neither
           by
           any
           artifice
           be
           at
           the
           first
           acquired
           ,
           nor
           once
           lost
           ,
           be
           recouered
           againe
           ,
           shall
           be
           filthily
           corrupted
           with
           an
           incurable
           stinke
           ,
           which
           vile
           qualitie
           is
           as
           directly
           contrary
           to
           that
           wrong
           opinion
           
           which
           is
           holden
           of
           the
           wholesomnesse
           thereof
           ,
           as
           the
           venime
           of
           putrifaction
           is
           contrary
           to
           the
           vertue
           Preseruatiue
           .
        
         
           Moreouer
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           great
           iniquitie
           ,
           and
           against
           all
           humanitie
           ,
           the
           husband
           shall
           not
           bee
           ashamed
           ,
           to
           reduce
           thereby
           his
           delicate
           ,
           wholesome
           ,
           and
           cleane
           complexioned
           wife
           ,
           to
           that
           extremitie
           ,
           that
           either
           shee
           must
           also
           corrupt
           her
           sweete
           breath
           therewith
           ,
           or
           else
           resolue
           to
           liue
           in
           a
           perpetuall
           stinking
           torment
           .
        
         
           Haue
           you
           not
           reason
           then
           to
           bee
           ashamed
           ,
           and
           to
           forbeare
           this
           filthie
           noueltie
           ,
           so
           basely
           grounded
           ,
           so
           foolishly
           receiued
           ,
           and
           so
           grossely
           mistaken
           in
           the
           right
           vse
           thereof
           ?
           In
           your
           abuse
           thereof
           sinning
           against
           God
           ,
           harming
           your selues
           both
           in
           persons
           and
           goods
           ,
           and
           raking
           also
           thereby
           the
           markes
           and
           notes
           of
           vanitie
           vpon
           you
           :
           by
           the
           custome
           thereof
           making
           your selues
           to
           be
           wondered
           at
           by
           all
           forraine
           ciuil
           Nations
           ,
           and
           by
           all
           strangers
           that
           come
           among
           you
           ,
           to
           be
           scorned
           and
           contemned
           .
           A
           custome
           lothsome
           to
           the
           eye
           ,
           hatefull
           to
           the
           Nose
           ,
           harmefull
           to
           the
           braine
           ,
           daungerous
           to
           the
           Lungs
           and
           in
           the
           blacke
           stinking
           fume
           thereof
           ,
           neerest
           resembling
           the
           horrible
           Stigian
           smoke
           of
           the
           pit
           that
           is
           bottomelesse
           .
        
      
    
     
  

