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Chocolate - An Indian Drinke

Antonio Colmenero de Ledesma

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Chocolate - An Indian Drinke | Antonio Colmenero de Ledesma

Chocolate - An Indian Drinke

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The Author sings the praises of Chocolate. “By the wise and Moderate use whereof, Health is preserved, Sicknesse Diverted, and Cured, especially the Plague of the Guts; vulgarly called The New Disease; Fluxes, Consumptions, & Coughs of the Lungs, with sundry other desperate Diseases. By it also, Conception is Caused, the Birth Hastened and facilitated, Beauty Gain’d and continued.”
. . .>Chocolate.

Young Heires that have more Land then Wit,
When once they doe but Tast of it,
Will rather spend their whole Estate,
Then weaned be from Chocolate.

The Nut-Browne-Lasses of the Land
Whom Nature vayl’d in Face and Hand,
Are quickly Beauties of High-Rate,
By one small Draught of Chocolate.

Besides, it saves the Moneys lost
Each day in Patches, which did cost
Them deare, untill of Late
They found this Heavenly Chocolate.

Nor need the Women longer grieve
Who spend their Oyle, yet not conceive,
For ’tis a Helpe-Immediate,
If such but Lick of Chocolate.

Consumptions too (be well assur’d)
Are no lesse soone then soundly cur’d:
(Excepting such as doe Relate
Unto the Purse) by Chocolate.

Nay more: It’s vertue is so much,
That if a Lady get a . . .

Betty B 07/18/2014
I'm giving it 5 stars because a) it's a wonderful 17th century medical tract b) it's about chocolate c) it involves James Wadsworth.
Kara 11/30/2012

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Chocolate: Or, an Indian Drinke By the wise and Moderate use whereof, Health is preserved, Sicknesse Diverted, and Cured, especially the Plague of the Guts; vulgarly called.

Love. It.

OMG this book / essay / love letter to chocolate is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!

Its so good I almost feel like its a f
Ed 01/20/2009
PG Download. Interesting seventeenth century medical review of the usefulness of chocolate!

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