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<NAME>Emma Leeson Huber</NAME>
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<HEAD>A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE EXCELLENT VERTUES OF THAT Sober and whole&s;ome Drink, CALLED COFFEE, AND ITS INCOMPARABLE EFFECTS IN PREVENTING or CURING MOST DISEASES INCIDENT TO HUMANE BODIES.</HEAD>
<Q>&mdash;Flore&s;cat Arabica Planta.</Q>
<P><FIGURE>
<P>THE DESARTS OF ARABIA.</P>
<FIGDESC>depiction of coffee plants and a coffee house</FIGDESC>
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<LG>
<L>WHen the &s;weet Poi&s;on of the Treacherous Grape,</L>
<L>Had Acted on the world a General Rape;</L>
<L>Drowning our very Rea&s;on and our Souls</L>
<L>In &s;uch deep Seas of large o'reflowing Bowls,</L>
<L>That New Philo&s;ophers Swore they could feel</L>
<L>The Earth to Stagger, as her Sons did Reel:</L>
<L>When Foggy Ale, leavying up mighty Trains</L>
<L>Of muddy Vapours, had be&s;ieg'd our Brains;</L>
<L>And Drink, Rebellion, and Religion too,</L>
<L>Made Men &s;o Mad, they knew not what to do;</L>
<L>Then Heaven in Pity, to Effect our Cure,</L>
<L>And &s;top the Ragings of that Calenture,</L>
<L>Fir&s;t &s;ent among&s;t us this <HI>All-healing-Berry,</HI></L>
<L>At once to make us both <HI>Sober</HI> and <HI>Merry.</HI></L>
<L><HI>Arabian</HI> Coffee, a Rich Cordial</L>
<L>To Pur&s;e and Per&s;on Beneficial,</L>
<L>Which of &s;o many Vertues doth partake,</L>
<L>Its Country's called <HI>Felix</HI> for its &s;ake.</L>
<L>From the Rich Chambers of the Ri&s;ing Sun,</L>
<L>Where <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word">, and all good Fa&s;hions <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> beg<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">n,</L>
<L>Where Earth with Choice&s;t Rarities is ble&s;t,</L>
<L>And dying <HI>Phoenix</HI> builds Her wondrous Ne&s;t:</L>
<L>COFFEE arrives, that Grave and whole&s;ome Liquor,</L>
<L>That heals the Stomack, makes the Genius quicker,</L>
<L>Relieve, the Memory, Revives the Sad,</L>
<L>And chears the Spirits, without making Mad;</L>
<L>For being of a Clean&s;ing QUALITY,</L>
<L>By NATURE warm, Attenuating and Dry,</L>
<L>Its con&s;tant U&s;e the &s;ullene&s;t Griefs will Rout,</L>
<L>Removes the Drop&s;ie, gives ea&s;e to the Gout,</L>
<L>And &s;oon di&s;patcheth where&s;oever it finds</L>
<L>Scorbutick Humours, Hypochondriack winds,</L>
<L>Rheums, Pti&s;icks, Pal&s;ies, Jaundi&s;e, Coughs, Catarrhs,</L>
<L>And what&s;oe're with Nature leavyeth Warrs;</L>
<L>It helps Dige&s;tion, want of Appetite,</L>
<L>And quickly &s;ets Con&s;umptive Bodies Right;</L>
<L>A Friendly Entercour&s;e it doth Maintain,</L>
<L>Between the Heart, the Liver, and the Brain,</L>
<L>Natures three chiefe&s;t VVheels, who&s;e Jars we know,</L>
<L>Threaten the whole Microco&s;me with overthrow;</L>
<L>In Spring, when Peccant Humours Encrea&s;e mo&s;t,</L>
<L>And Summer, when the Appetite is lo&s;t,</L>
<L>In Autumn, when Raw Fruits Di&s;ea&s;es Breed,</L>
<L>And VVinter time too cold to Purge or Bleed;</L>
<L>Do but this Rare <HI>ARABIAN</HI> Cordial U&s;e,</L>
<L>And thou may'&s;t all the Doctors Slops Refu&s;e.</L>
<L>Hu&s;h then, dull QUACKS, your Mountebanking cea&s;e,</L>
<L>COFFEE's a &s;peedier Cure for each Di&s;ea&s;e;</L>
<L>How great its Vertues are, we hence may think,</L>
<L>The VVorlds third Part makes it their common Drink;</L>
<L>The Amourous Gallant, who&s;e hot Reins do fail,</L>
<L>Stung by Conjunction with the Dragons-Tail:</L>
<L>Let him but Tipple here, &s;hall find his Grief</L>
<L>Di&s;charg'd, without the Sweting-Tubs Relief;</L>
<L>Nor have the LADIES Rea&s;on to Complain,</L>
<L>As fumbling Doe-littles are apt to Faign;</L>
<L>COFFEE's no Foe to their obliging Trade,</L>
<L>By it Men rather are more Active made;</L>
<L>'Tis &s;tronger Drink, and ba&s;e adulterate VVine,</L>
<L>Enfeebles Vigour, and makes Nature Pine;</L>
<L>Loaden with which, th' Impotent Sott is Led</L>
<L>Like a Sowc'd Hog&s;head to a Mi&s;&s;es Bed;</L>
<L>But this Rare Settle-Brain prevents tho&s;e Harms,</L>
<L>Conquers Old Sherry, and brisk Clarret Charms.</L>
<L>Sack, I defie thee with an open Throat,</L>
<L>VVhil&s;t Tru&s;ty COFFEE is my Antedote;</L>
<L>Methinks I hear Poets Repent th'have been,</L>
<L>So long Idolaters to that &s;parkling Queen;</L>
<L>For well they may perceive 'tis on Her &s;core</L>
<L><HI>APOLLO</HI> keeps them all &s;o Cur&s;ed Poor;</L>
<L>Let them avoid Her tempting Charms, and then</L>
<L>VVe hope to &s;ee the VVits grow Aldermen;</L>
<L>In Brieif, all you who Healths Rich Trea&s;ures Prize,</L>
<L>And Court not Ruby No&s;es, or blear'd Eyes,</L>
<L>But own Sobriety to be your Drift,</L>
<L>And Love at once good Company and Thri&s;t;</L>
<L>To VVine no more make VVit and Coyn a Trophy,</L>
<L>But come each Night and Frollique here in Coffee.</L>
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<HEAD>The <HI>RULES</HI> and <HI>ORDERS</HI> of the COFFEE-HOUSE.</HEAD>
<LG>
<L><HI>Enter Sirs freely, But fir&s;t if you plea&s;e,</HI></L>
<L><HI>Peru&s;e our Civil-Orders, which are the&s;e.</HI></L>
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<LG>
<L>FIr&s;t, Gentry, Trade&s;men, all are welcome hither,</L>
<L>And may without Affront &s;it down Together:</L>
<L>Pre-eminence of Place, none here &s;hould Mind,</L>
<L>But take the next fit Seat that he can find:</L>
<L>Nor need any, if Finer Per&s;ons come,</L>
<L>Ri&s;e up for to a&s;&s;igne to them his Room;</L>
<L>To limit Mens Expence, we think not fair,</L>
<L>But let him forfeit Twelve-pence that &s;hall Swear:</L>
<L>He that &s;hall any Quarrel here begin,</L>
<L>Shall give each Man a Di&s;h t' Atone the Sin;</L>
<L>And &s;o &s;hall He, who&s;e Complements extend</L>
<L>So far to drink in COFFEE to his Friend;</L>
<L>Let Noi&s;e of loud Di&s;putes be quite forborn,</L>
<L>No Maudlin Lovers here in Corners Mourn,</L>
<L>But all be Brisk, and Talk, but not too much</L>
<L>On Sacred things, Let none pre&s;ume to touch,</L>
<L>Nor Profane Scripture, or &s;awcily wrong</L>
<L>Affairs of State with an Irreverent Tongue:</L>
<L>Let Mirth be Innocent, and each Man &s;ee,</L>
<L>That all his Je&s;ts without Reflection be;</L>
<L>To keep the Hou&s;e more Quiet, and from Blame,</L>
<L>VVe Bani&s;h hence Cards, Dice, and every Game:</L>
<L>Nor can allow of VVagers, that Exceed</L>
<L>Five &s;hillings, which oft-times much Trouble Breed;</L>
<L>Let all that's lo&s;t, or forfeited, be &s;pent</L>
<L>In &s;uch Good Liquor as the Hou&s;e doth Vent,</L>
<L>And Cu&s;tomers endeavour to their Powers,</L>
<L>For to ob&s;erve &s;till &s;ea&s;onable Howers.</L>
<L>La&s;tly, Let each Man what he calls for Pay,</L>
<L>And &s;o you're welcome to come every Day.</L>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>Paul Greenwood,</HI> and are to be &s;old at the &s;ign of the <HI>Coffee-Mill</HI> and <HI>Tobacco-Roll</HI> in <HI>Cloath-fair</HI> near <HI>We&s;t-Smithfield,</HI> who &s;elleth the be&s;t <HI>Arabian</HI> Coffee-Powder and Chocolate, made in Cake or in Roll, after the <HI>Spani&s;h</HI> Fa&s;hion, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> 1674.</P>
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