Pound, the rest he supplied with _Daucus_ Seeds; but to be more
particular, in a Mug of this Person's Ale I discovered three several
Impositions. _First_, He underboil'd his Wort to save its Consumption:
_Secondly_, He boiled this Seed instead of the Hop; and _Thirdly_, He beat
the Yeast in for some time to encrease the strength of the Drink; and all
these in such a _Legerdemain_ manner as gull'd and infatuated the ignorant
Drinker to such a degree as not to suspect the Fraud, and that for these
three Reasons: _First_, The underboil'd wort being of a more sweet taste
than ordinary, was esteemed the Produce of a great allowance of Malt.
_Secondly_, The _Daucus_ Seed encreased their approbation by the fine
Peach flavour or relish that it gives the Drink; and _Thirdly_, The Yeast
was not so much as thought of, since they enjoyed a strong heady Liquor.
These artificial Qualities, and I think I may say unnatural, has been so
prevalent with the Vulgar, who were his chief Customers, that I have known
this Victualler have more Trade for such Drink than his Neighours, who had
much more wholsome at the same time; for the _Daucus_ Seed tho' it is a
Carminative, and has some other good Properties, yet in the unboil'd Wort
it is not capable of doing the Office of the Hop, in breaking thro' the
clammy parts of it; the Hop being full of subtil penetrating Qualities, a
Strengthener of the Stomach, and makes the Drink agreeble, by opposing
Obstructions of the _Viscera_, and particularly of the Liver and Kidneys,
as the Learned maintain, which confutes the old Notion, that Hops are a
Breeder of the Stone in the Bladder.




CHAP. XI.