A house though otherwise beautiful, yet if it hath no garden belonging to it, is more like a prison than a house.

A house though otherwise beautiful, yet if it hath no garden belonging to it, is more like a prison than a house.

Herbes... comfort the wearied braine with fragrant smells which yielde a certaine kind of nourishment.

The confection made of Cacao called Chocolate or Chocoletto which may be had in diverse places in London, at reasonable rates, is of wonderful efficacy for the procreation of children: for it not only vehemently incites to Venus, but causes conception in women . . . and besides that it preserves health, for it makes such as take it often to become fat and corpulent, fair and amiable.