. The workes of the most high and mightie prince, Iames, by the grace of God, king of Great Britaine, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c. . A COVNTERBLASTE TO TOBACCO. —MM—. Hat the manifold abufes of this vile cu-ftome of Tobacco taking, may the better beefpied,it is fit, that firlt you enter into con-fideration both of the firil originall thereof,andlikewife of the reafbns of the firlt entrythereof into this Countrey. Forccrtainelyas fuch cuttomes, that haue their firilinfti-tution either from a godly, neceflary,or ho-nourable ground, and are firil brought in,by the meanes of fome
. The workes of the most high and mightie prince, Iames, by the grace of God, king of Great Britaine, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c. . A COVNTERBLASTE TO TOBACCO. —MM—. Hat the manifold abufes of this vile cu-ftome of Tobacco taking, may the better beefpied,it is fit, that firlt you enter into con-fideration both of the firil originall thereof,andlikewife of the reafbns of the firlt entrythereof into this Countrey. Forccrtainelyas fuch cuttomes, that haue their firilinfti-tution either from a godly, neceflary,or ho-nourable ground, and are firil brought in,by the meanes of fome worthy, vertucus,and great Perlonage,are euer,and molt iuftly,holden in great and reuerenteftimation and account, by all wife, vertuous, and temperate fpirits: Somould it by the contrary, mftly bring a great difgrace into that fort of cu-itomes, which hauing their originall from bale corruption and barbaritie,doc in like fort, make their firlt entry into a Countrey, by an inconfiderateandchildim affectation of Noueltie, as is the trew cafe of the firit inuenti-on of Tobacco taking,andofthe firit entry thereof among Tobacco be-ing a common herbe, which (though vnder diue
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