l, it will make it as wholesome and pleasant as wine. The
like vsage doth Perry require.

These drinks are very wholesome, they coole, purge, and preuent hot
Agues. But I leaue this skill to Physicians.

{SN: Fruit.}
The benefit of your Fruit, Roots and Hearbs, though it were but to eate
and sell, is much.

{SN: Waters.}
Waters distilled of Roses, Woodbind, Angelica, are both profitable and
wondrous pleasant, and comfortable.

{SN: Conserue.}
Saffron and Licoras will yeeld you much Conserues and Preserues, are
ornaments to your Feasts, health in your sicknesse, and a good helpe to
your friend, and to your purse.

He that will not be moued with such vnspeakable profits, is well worthy
to want, when others abound in plenty of good things.

CHAP. 17.

_Ornaments._

Me thinks hitherto we haue but a bare Orchard for fruit, and but halfe
good, so long as it wants those comely Ornaments, that should giue
beauty to all our labours, and make much for the honest delight of the
owner and his friends.

{SN: Delight the chiefe end of Orchards.}
{SN: An Orchard delightsome.}
{SN: An Orchard is Paradise.}
{SN: Causes of wearisomnesse.}
{SN: Orchard is the remedy.}
For it is not to be doubted: but as God hath giuen man things
profitable, so hath he allowed him honest comfort, delight, and
recreation in all the workes of his hands. Nay, all his labours vnder
the Sunne without this are troubles, and vexation of mind: For what is
greedy gaine, without delight, but moyling, and turmoyling in slauery?
But comfortable delight, with content, is the good of euery thing, and
the patterne of heauen. A morsell of bread with comfort, is better by
much then a fat Oxe with vnquietnesse. And who can deny, but the
principall end of an Orchard, is the honest delight of one wearied with
the works of his lawfull calling? The very workes of, and in an Orchard
and Garden, are better then the ease and rest of and from other labours.
When God had made man after his owne Image, in a perfect state, and
would haue him to represent himselfe in authority, tranquillity, and
pleasure vpon the earth, he placed him in _Paradise_. What was
_Paradise_? but a Garden and Orchard of trees and hearbs, full of
pleasure? and nothing there but delights. The gods of the earth,
resembling the great God of heauen in authority, Maiestie, and abundance
of all things, wherein is their most delight? and whither doe they
withdraw themselues from the troubleso