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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