Facetiae : Musarum deliciae, or, The Muses recreation, conteining ...

Fancies and Fantasticks. 431Tobacco doth help to regaine,On fairer conditions,Than many Physitians,Puts an end to much grief and paine.It helpeth digestion,Of that there's no question,The gout, and the toothach, it easeth :Be it early, or late,'Tis never out of date,He may safely take it that pleaseth.Tobacco preventsInfection by sents,That hurt the brain, and are heady,An Antidote is,-Before you're amisse,As well as an after remedy.The cold it doth heat,Cools them that do sweat,And them that are fat maketh lean :The hungry doth feed,And, if there be need,Spent spirits restoreth again.Tobacco infusedMay safely be usedFor purging, and killing of lice :Not so much as the ashesBut heals cuts and slashes,And that out of hand,The Poets of old,Many fables have told,in a trice.