ADVICE

of Sir Walter Raleigh to his Son, IN re-
pdrd to the Vice of Drunkenness. .
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of Sir Walter Raleigh to his Son, IN re-


gard to the Vice Of Drunkenness. ).


Take especial care that thou delight not
n wine, or strong drink for there never
was man that came to honor or prefer
rnent that Yoved it; for it transformer a
man into beast, decayeth health, posoneth
the breath, destroyeth natural heat, brings a
mans stomach to an artificial heat, deform-
eth the face, rotteth the teeth, and, to con-
clude, maketh a man contemplate, soon
old, and despised of all wise and worthy
men; hated in thy servants, in thyself, and
companions; for it is a bewitching and IN
lectious vice; and remember my words,
that it were better for a man to be subject to
any vice than to it for all other vanities
and sins are recovered, but drunkard will
never shake off the delight of beastliness !;
for the longer it possesseth man, the more
he will delight in it; and the older he grow
eth, the more he shall be subject to it; for
it dnlleth the spirits and destroyeth the body,
as ivy doth the old tree, or as the worm
that engendereth in the kernel of the nut


Take heed, therefore, that such care
less canker pass not thy youth, nor such a
beastly infection thy old age; for then shall
all thy life be but as the life of beast, and
after thy death, thou shalt only leave a
shameful infamy to thy posterity, who shall
study to forget that such one was their
father. Anacharsis saith, sThe first draft
serveth for health, the second for pleasure,
the third for shame, the fourth for mad
ness;' but in youth there is not SO much as.
one draught permitted, for it putteth fire to.
fire, and wasteth the natural heat of the
sbody.l And, thernfore, except thou de-
sirest to hasten thine end, take this for a


general rule, that thou never add any arti-


fcial heat to the body by liquors, or spices,


until thou find that time hath decayed thy


natural heart, and the sooner thou begin
nest to help nature, the sooner she will for
sake thee, and trust altogether to art"