Two broad-sides against tobacco / the first given by King James ... his Counterblast to tobacco. The second transcribed out of ... Dr. Everard Maynwaringe, his treatise of the scurvy. To which is added, serious cautions against excess in drinking: taken out of ... the same author ... With a short collection, out of Dr. George Thompson's Treatise of bloud; against smoking tobacco. Also many examples of God's severe judgments upon notorious drunkards ... by Mr. Samuel Ward. Concluding with two poems against tobacco [by J. Sylvester] and coffee [by G. Wither?]. Collected and published ... by J[ohn] H[ancock] Philanthrōpos.

  • James I, King of England, 1566-1625
Date:
1672
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Credit: Two broad-sides against tobacco / the first given by King James ... his Counterblast to tobacco. The second transcribed out of ... Dr. Everard Maynwaringe, his treatise of the scurvy. To which is added, serious cautions against excess in drinking: taken out of ... the same author ... With a short collection, out of Dr. George Thompson's Treatise of bloud; against smoking tobacco. Also many examples of God's severe judgments upon notorious drunkards ... by Mr. Samuel Ward. Concluding with two poems against tobacco [by J. Sylvester] and coffee [by G. Wither?]. Collected and published ... by J[ohn] H[ancock] Philanthrōpos. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    - _ . ... . [8] - : . which is affli&ed, as areonely fit for that fort of Difeafe, and do befi agree with the nature of that infirm part > which being abu- fed to a Difeafe of another nature, would prove as hurtful to the one, as helpful for the other > yea,not onely will a skilful and wary Phyfician be careful to ufe no Cure, but that which is fit for that fort of Difeafe *, but he willalfo confider all other circumftances, and make the Remedies futable thereunto,as the temperature of the Clime, where the Patient is,* the Conftitution of the Planets, the time of the Moon, the feafon of the Year, the Age and Complexi¬ on cf the Patient, the prefent Rate of his Body in firengrh or weaknefs; For one Cure mufi not ever be ufed for the felf fame Di¬ feafe, but according to the varying of any of the aforefaid Gircum- flances, that fort of Remedy mufi be ufed which is fitteft for the fame : where by the contrary in this cafe, fuch is the miraculous - Omnipotency of our firong-tafted Tobacco, as it cures all forts of Difeafes (which never any Drug could do before) in all Perfons,and at all times. It cures all manner of Diftillations, either in Head or Stomach f if you believe their Axioms) although in very deed it do both corrupt the Brain, and, by caufing over quick digeftion, fill the Stomach full of Crudities. It cures the Gout in the Feet, and Cwhich is miraculous^) in that very infiant when the fmoke thereof, as iight, flyes up into the Head, the vertue thereof, as heavy, runs down to the little Toe: It helps all forts of Agues jit makes a man fober, that was Drunk *> it refrefiies a weary man, and yet makes a man hungry ; being taken when they go to Bed, it makes one fleep foundly •, and yet being taken when a man is fieepy and • drowfie, it will, as they fay, awaken his Brain, and quicken his Un- derftanding *, As for curing of the Pox, itferves tor that ufe, but among the Pocky Indian Slaves. Here in England it i5 refined, and will not deign to cure here any other then cleanly and gentlemanly Difeafes. O omnipotent power of Tobacco J And if it could by the fmoke thereof chafe out Devils, as the fmoke of ‘fobias Fijh did (which,I am fure, could finell nofironger) it would ferve for a precious Relief, both for the fuperfiitious Priefis, and the infolent ■« Puritans, to caft out Devils withall. Admitting then, and not confeffirig, that the ufe thereof were : healthful for fome forts of Difeafes, (hould irbeufed for all Sick¬ ness ? (hould it be ufed by all men ? fhould it be ufed at all times ? yea, (hould it be ufed by able, young, firong, healthful men > Medicine hath that vertue, that it never leaves a man in that (Hte where?