Drink Wine, and profit;
Drink Beer, and grow thin;
Drink Water, and die.
[90] See Du Halde’s history of China, V. III. p. 362. He observes here, that bleeding is not entirely unknown amongst the Chinese.
[91] The late Owen Salusbury Brereton, Esq. a gentleman well known among the learned, had in his possession a MS. dated “apud Eltham, mense Jan. 22, Hen. viij.” intituled, “Articles devised by his Royal Highness (the title of Majesty was not given to our Kings till a reign or two after), with Advice of his Council, for the Establishment of good Order and Reformation of sundry Errors and Misuses in his Household and Chambers.” In p. 85, “The queen’s maids of honour to have a chet loaf, a manchat, a gallon of ale, and a chine of beef, for their breakfasts.” Compare the Archæologia, published by the Society of Antiquaries of London, Vol. III. p. 157. Hume’s History of England, Vol. IV. p. 499. Historia delle cose occorse nel regno d’Inghilterra in materia del Duca di Notomberlan dopo la morte di Odvardo vi. Venice, 1538.
[92] Philosophical Transactions, Vol. LX. 1770. p. 368, & seq.
[93] Sistens Observationes ad vires Theæ pertinentes. Lugd. Batav. 1769.
[94] See Anson’s Voyage round the World, 8vo. p. 366, and many later authorities.
[95] See likewise Du Halde’s History of China, Vol. II. p. 75, 130, et seq. Les Lettres Curieuses et Edifiantes des Jesuites.
[96] Milton’s Paradise Lost.