all others the worst: Since a Decoction of the _Chavva_ surprizingly effeminates both the Minds and Bodies of the _Persians_; by imitating whom, we shall never arrive at that Vigour and Hardiness, which _Julius Cæsar_, and _Cornelius Tacitus_, so much admired in our Forefathers. We have before observed, that _Amurath_, the fourth Emperor of the _Turks_, under Pain of Death, totally prohibited the Use of _Tobacco_, lest his Subjects should become barren. But we _Europeans_ heedlesly go on by the Abuse of _Coffee_, to emasculate ourselves like the _Persians_, who are fond of Sterility, and, according to _Olearius_, much more salacious than the _Europeans_; But of this Effect of _Coffee_ we shall afterwards treat. As the Fruit of the _Cacao_, or _Cacarate_, which resemble _Almonds_, are the Basis of _Chocolate_, they are found engraved in _Tabernemontan. Lib. 3. Cap. 16_. So that I shall here give no Cuts of them, since I have done that in _Quadripartit. Botan. Class. 3. No. 11, 12._ when, describing the Seed _Bon_, or _Ban_, which is also called _Buna_, or _Buncho_, and _Bunea_, or the Seed from which is prepared the _Coava_, _Caova_, _Cavve_, _Choava_, and _Cahvve_, which, by a Corruption, is, no doubt, the _Coffee_ of the _Europeans_. If it should be asked, to what Class of Simples, whether that of Herbs, or Trees, we are to refer the Plant which bears the Seed _Bon_, from which the Water of _Chavve_ is prepared, and which is also mentioned by _Olearius_, in _Itinerar. Persiæ, Cap. 17_. I answer, that some, ignorant of _Botany_, may take it for an Herb, whose Seeds resemble those of the _Turkish_ Corn, or the _Indian_ Corn, by _Bauhine_ called _Mays_, or for our Wheat: Whereas, it is no Herb, but a Tree, by _Olearius_, in the last quoted Passage, described in the following Manner: "The _Persians_, in smoaking _Tobacco_, have always the black Water of _Chavve_ present. The Fruit with which they prepare this Liquor is sent from _Egypt_; and, in the inner Side, resembles the _Turkish_, though on the outer Side, the _European_ Wheat. This Fruit is of the Bigness of a _Turkey Bean_, and the Shrub bears a white Flower. The Fruit, or Berries, they burn, or roast, in a dry Pan; after which they grind them, and boil them in Water, which they drink, and which has a Kind of hot, unpleasant Taste. It is esteemed a great Cooler; for which Reason it is drank by most; but if it is used to Excess, it extinguishes the Inclination to Venery, and induces Sterility." The Seed _Bon_, or _Ban_, is collected from a Tree bearing its own Name, if we may believe _Prosper Alpinus, Lib. de Plant. Egypt. Cap. 16_. This Author, after residing some Years in _Egypt_, saw the _Bhon-Tree_ in the Green-House of _Hali Bei_, the _Turk_. An intire Description and Cut of this Tree is also to be found in _Tom. 1. Lib. 4. Histor. Plantar. Univers. Cap. 5._ Since, therefore, _Alpinus_ compares this Tree to our _Euonymus_, and says,