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 5$ The Caufes and Cure extending and mixing into one univerfal, common Contagion this, I fay, being the Cafe here under Examination, why any at all 'Sur- vive, muft be owing either to theGoodnefs of their Constitution, or to proper Means to defend againft its Infe&ion, or to conquer it when received •, which naturally brings us 'to confider thefe two important Ends, of Prefer-* V4tion and Cure, A S for the Firfi of thefe, the common Experience, of meaner People being moftly carried off, admoniihes all to live upon as nu- tritive and generous a Diet as can be procured j and fuch Things as not only yield due Nou- rishment, but Plenty of Spirits, and what eafily perfpi.res. For there are many Things of good Nourimment, that are not eafily per- Ipired ; fuch as all light and vifcid Subftan- ces, as Pork, Fiih, and the like, which there- fore are very apt to go into Fermentation, and generate Corruption ; in ihort, whatever even the common People have Notions of, as apt to bring Surfeits, ought to be avoided, and fuch Means of Siibfirlance complied with, as generate a warm, rich Bloody and in Pro- portion to the Ways of Living at other times, ihould every one, except thole who accuftom themieives to Jliot and Excefs, indulge him- felf at a higher Rate-, ROAST-