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<HEAD>SADLERS New Tunbridge Wells NEAR ISLINGTON.</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">A full Account how they were found out: The excel|lent Medicinal Vertues of the Water, and Succe&s;s in &s;everal Di&s;ea&s;es: The manner of its Working, and Directions for the taking it.</HEAD>
<P>GReat and various are the Phy&s;ical Proper|ties of Waters in divers places: Not to amu&s;e the <HI>Reader</HI> with Tales of <HI>Pliny</HI> or more Modern <HI>Mandevils,</HI> who tell us of a Fountain at <HI>Bonitta</HI> (an I&s;le not far from <HI>Hi&s;pani|ola</HI>) which being Drank of, makes Old-Men Young again; of two others in <HI>Summatra,</HI> whereof one perpetually flows with pure natural Bal&s;om, and the other with incomparable good Oyl: Of the <HI>Sabbatical</HI> River that runs fiercely all the Week, but on the Seventh Day re&s;ts its Streams, and re|mains dry: Of the Fountain of the <HI>Sun</HI> in <HI>Lybra,</HI> that is almo&s;t Scalding hot at Midnight, Frozen at Noon, and but warm towards Night; we leave &s;uch Incredibles to the Fooli&s;h wonderments of tho&s;e that Love to be Bubled with far-fetcht <HI>Ro|mances:</HI> Nor need we look &s;o far abroad as the <HI>Spaw,</HI> or the Water of <HI>Burbon,</HI> &s;ince our own Hap|py <HI>Brittain,</HI> is as Richly Furni&s;h'd with tho&s;e flow|ing Bounties of Nature, as perhaps any &s;pot of the Univer&s;e, Witne&s;s our <HI>Sommer&s;et-&s;hire</HI> Baths, our <HI>York-&s;hire</HI> Spaw, our <HI>Tunbridge, Ep&s;om, Dullidge,</HI> (or rather <HI>Lewi&s;ham</HI>) <HI>Barnet</HI> and <HI>North-Hall</HI> Wa|ters, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> And as mo&s;t of the&s;e were within Memo|ry of Man di&s;covered, &s;o there may no doubt ma|ny others from time to time be found out, which on Tryal may prove of equal or more Noble concern|ment to the Intere&s;ts of Health; Of this kind we have a Notable In&s;tance in the&s;e Wells near <HI>I&s;ling|ton,</HI> which are the pre&s;ent Talk and Wonder of <HI>Lon|don,</HI> and all the parts adjacent, whence thou&s;ands daily Re&s;ort to them, and find much benefit by the u&s;e of the Water, which has been tryed and con&s;i|dered by mo&s;t of the Eminent Phy&s;itians about this City, (I Speak not of <HI>Quacks</HI> and <HI>Empericks,</HI> but of the Learned Members of that Honourable and Renowned Colledge, which at this day makes &s;o great a Figure among&s;t the Votaries of <HI>Ae&s;culapius</HI> throughout Chri&s;tendome) and is by them gene|rally approved as of good u&s;e in divers Di&s;tempers.</P>
<P>The manner how they were found out was thus, Mr. <HI>Sadler</HI> at the <HI>Mu&s;ick-Hou&s;e</HI> by the <HI>New-River,</HI> in the Foot-way from <HI>Clarkenwell</HI> to <HI>I&s;lington,</HI> hav|ing &s;ometime &s;ince Imployed Men to Digg for Gra|vel in his Back-&s;ide, they lighted upon a large Stone, and that being taken up, a Curb of Oak lay under it, almo&s;t con&s;umed to Du&s;t, then they found the Mouth of a very Fair Well, as if in Ancient times it had been much in u&s;e; They acquainting the Ma&s;ter of the Hou&s;e, and the Water being Ta&s;ted, and found to be of a Ta&s;t Plea&s;ant enough, yet dif|ferent from Common-Water, he Brewed Drink with it, which was found to be of a Purging Quality, but the Boiling as 'tis believed cau&s;ing tho&s;e particles whence it derived its Vertues, in a great Mea&s;ure to Evaporate, it was not much ta|ken Notice of till about three Weeks &s;ince, when &s;everal Per&s;ons Drinking quantities of it Raw, they &s;oon found its excellent effects, which engaged o|thers to try it, and the experience of all Joyning with the Judgment of the Learned, to confirm its Vertues, in few days it is advanced to General u&s;e, and two other Wells &s;ince di&s;covered, one in a Cel|lar, and another in the Garden of the next Hou&s;e, who&s;e Vertues is not yet known.</P>
<P>The Indu&s;trious Stow in his Survey of <HI>London,</HI> p. 8.9. &amp; 10. Speaking of the Waters &s;erving that City, and mentioning <HI>Clerken-Well,</HI> tells us, that the &s;ame took Name of the Pari&s;h-Clerks in <HI>London,</HI> who (of old time) were accu&s;tomed there Yearly to A&s;&s;emble, and to Play &s;ome large Hi&s;tory of Ho|ly Scripture; and al&s;o, that near this <HI>Clerken-well</HI> there were four others, <HI>viz. Skinners-Well, Tod-Well, Loders-Well,</HI> and <HI>Rad-well,</HI> which are all de|cayed, and their places are hardly now (&s;aith he) to be di&s;cerned; and he wrote about Four&s;core Years &s;ince, for he Dedicated his Book to Sir <HI>Robert Lee</HI> Mayor, who was Mayor when King <HI>James</HI> came to
<PB REF="2">the Crown: Now whether the&s;e Three Wells were tho&s;e Antiently &s;o called, I will not determine: There is a Story abroad, grounded, 'tis &s;aid upon Tradition that in the times of Popery the&s;e Wells were in great Reque&s;t, and one of them called <HI>Pardon-Well;</HI> For the Crafty Prie&s;ts where ever they found a Phy&s;ical excellency in the Water of any Spring, 'twas but attributing it to &s;ome Saint, and pretending the Natural Vertues to be Miracu|lous, and obtained by Prayers, Ma&s;&s;es, Offerings, and the like, and then they could make their Mar|kets of it, as they do to this day of &s;illy <HI>Roman Ca|thololicks</HI> at <HI>Winefreds-Well</HI> in <HI>Wales,</HI> and <HI>Patricks-Well</HI> in <HI>Ireland, &amp;c.</HI> And 'tis &s;aid, that by rea&s;on of &s;uch abu&s;es after the Reformation, tho&s;e Wells were &s;topt up, and have &s;o remained hidden ever &s;ince, but I cannot find this Story confirmed in any Author that I have met with further than as a|fore&s;aid.</P>
<P>If it be inquired whence &s;ome Waters come to acquire the&s;e Natural Vertues above others, and to have &s;uch various Operations, and to be ap|propriated to this or that Di&s;ea&s;e, I an&s;wer briefly, becau&s;e &s;uch Springs in their Currents pa&s;s by or through &s;everal &s;orts of <HI>Earths,</HI> as Clay, Marle, Chalk, Brim&s;tone, Bitumen; or, <HI>Concrete Juices,</HI> as <HI>Vitriol, Allum, Salt, Nitre,</HI> or <HI>Metals,</HI> as Gold, Silver, Iron, Copper, Tin, or the like, with which, or &s;ome of which, the Bowels of the Earth are al|mo&s;t every where Repleni&s;h't, but much more in &s;ome places than others; Now the Water pa&s;&s;ing through the&s;e, does partake of the quality of each re&s;pectively, and &s;o become <HI>Ting'd</HI> or impregna|ted with diver&s;e properties adapted to &s;uch or &s;uch intentions of the Art of Healing; Nor is it to be wondred at, that &s;uch Waters &s;hould acquire a Tincture of tho&s;e things, for as &s;ome of them are wa&s;h't away and incorporated with, and others Swim along on the Topp of them; &s;o for <HI>Mine|rals,</HI> &s;ince every <HI>Dabbler</HI> in <HI>Chymistry</HI> can prepare &s;uch a penetrating <HI>Men&s;truum</HI> as &s;hall di&s;&s;olve the harde&s;t <HI>Metalls,</HI> and Cloath it &s;elf with their qua|lities: 'Tis not to be doubted but Natures lower Laboratory is productive by &s;everal Ferments of &s;uch powerful Men&s;truums, as are able to un|lock the Bo&s;om of <HI>Minerals,</HI> whereby their <HI>En|franchis'd Vertues</HI> are &s;uck'd in by tho&s;e <HI>Streams</HI> that pa&s;s that way.</P>
<P>The&s;e <HI>New-Springs</HI> by their ta&s;t &s;eem to have a Tincture of Iron, and a <HI>Nitrous Salt,</HI> and &s;ome <HI>Sulphur,</HI> 'tis much of the Nature of tho&s;e other Waters, as <HI>Tunbridge, Ep&s;om,</HI> &amp;c. but &s;omewhat more moderate, and for weak Bodies and tender Natures, 'tis better than any of them, and for &s;tronger Con&s;titutions, 'tis but taking the larger Do&s;e: Its <HI>&s;en&s;ible</HI> Operation is chiefly by <HI>&V;rine</HI> and <HI>Stool,</HI> (but not violently) of which it cau&s;es a plentiful Evacuation; And therefore cannot but be an excellent Remedy in Di&s;ea&s;es cau&s;ed by Ob&s;tructions, as the <HI>Schirrus</HI> (or hard Tumours) of the Liver or Spleen, the Stone in the Bladder or Kidnies, and all difficulties of <HI>&V;rine,</HI> as al&s;o <HI>Fits of the Mother,</HI> the Virgins Feaver, and many Di&s;tempers of the <HI>Fair Sex,</HI> not convenient here to be mentioned; al&s;o in Drop&s;ies, Jaundice of both &s;orts, and &s;everal other tedious Di&s;ea&s;es; 'tis not doubted but Experience will find the&s;e Waters of &s;ingular good u&s;e, which many prove of un&s;peak|able benefit to Inhabitants of this Populous City, e&s;pecially the <HI>Poor,</HI> who have not Mony either to Fee Doctors or Apothecaries, or to maintain them|&s;elves at places Remote; whereas now, only for the charge of a moderate delicate walk, they may have the benefit of the&s;e happy Fountains and wa&s;h away their Di&s;ea&s;es, without drowning their Pur&s;es.</P>
<P>I &s;hall conclude with certain Directions for &s;uch as make u&s;e of this Water.</P>
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<ITEM>1. For the time of the Year, when ever the Wea|ther is clear or dry, you may take of it as well in the <HI>Winter</HI> as <HI>Summer,</HI> for in the <HI>Winter</HI> the Water is <HI>Stronge&s;t</HI> by an Antiperi&s;ta&s;is, and as for <HI>Coldne&s;s,</HI> I hold it the be&s;t way at all times, to drink it warm; I do not mean by boiling of it, for that may Eva|porate its Vertues, but by mixing Milk therewith, of which a quarter of a pint &s;calding hot, put to three pints of the Water, will make it a conveni|ent warmth to be drunk, &s;o as not to offend the Stomach, and this will be a competent Do&s;e for mo&s;t People at fir&s;t, tho&s;e that will drink more or le&s;s may proportion it accordingly.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. The be&s;t way will be to follow it con&s;tantly for a fortnight or three weeks together, and begin with a &s;maller quantity, and encrea&s;e every day to the highe&s;t quantity you intend to Drink, and then decrea&s;e again for &s;everal days before you leave it off proportionably.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3. Your walk from any part of <HI>London</HI> thither gently, will excite the Natural Heat and prepare the Body; and after you have drank, it will be good to walk a while, but not &s;o violently as to Sweat; have a care of Lying down on the ground, and of drinking &s;oon after it, at lea&s;t immoderate|ly, and e&s;pecially avoid (that Bane of <HI>Engli&s;h|men</HI>) <HI>Brandy,</HI> which in this ca&s;e will be very pernicious.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4. Remember to take with you a few <HI>Carraway Comfits,</HI> or a little pre&s;erved <HI>Angelica</HI> or <HI>Elecam|pane,</HI> to comfort the Stomach.</ITEM>
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<P>La&s;tly, let your food be Light, and of good quick Dige&s;tion, and after you have u&s;ed the Waters as long as you thing fit, be &s;paring in your Diet for three or four weeks at lea&s;t, to prevent Crudities, which Exce&s;s of Food will be apt to generate; But in dangerous Di&s;ea&s;es (and indeed in all ca&s;es if you can afford it) 'twill be requi&s;ite to have the Directions of an able Phy&s;itian, who by his skill from your particular Con&s;titution and Ha|bit of Body, may &s;o order you, as much to Im|prove the benefit of the Waters, and prevent all ill accidents.</P>
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<P>LONDON, <HI>Printed for</HI> B. Harris <HI>at the</HI> Royal-Exchange <HI>in</HI> Cornhill.</P>
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