_New Almonds yeild a Hot and slender juice, But bring new mischiefs by too often use._ And the small Nuts are not ill for our purpose; for they have almost the temper, which the Almons have; onely because they are dryer, they come nearer the temper of Choler; and doe therefore strengthen the Belly, and the Stomacke, being dryed: for so they must be used for the Confection; and they preserve the head from those vapours, which rise from the Belly: as it appeares by the said Author in these Verses. Bilis Avellanam sequitur; sed roborat alvum Ventris, & a fumis liberat assa caput. _Filberds breed Chollar, Th' Belly Fortifie, Benzoin the Head frees from Fumosity._ And therefore they are proper for such as are troubled with ventuosities, and _Hypochondriacall_ vapours, which offend the brain, and there cause such troublesome dreames, and sad imaginations. Those who mixe _Maiz_ or _Paniso_ in the _Chocolate_ doe very ill; because those graines doe beget a very melancholly humour: as the same Author expresseth in these Verses. Crassa melancholicum praestant tibi Panica succum Siccant, si penas membra, gelantque foris. _Grosse Eares of Corne have Cholorique juice (no doubt) Which dries, if taken inward; cooles without._ It is also apparantly windy; and those which mixe it in this _Confection_, doe it onely for their profit, by encreasing the quantity of the _Chocolate_; because every _Fanega_ or measure of [F] _Grani_ containing about a Bushell and a halfe, is sold for eight shillings, and they sell this _Confection_ for foure shillings a pound, which is the ordinary price of the _Chocolate_. [F] Maiz, or Indian Wheat The _Cinamon_ is hot and dry in the third degree; it provokes Urine, and helps the Kidneys and Reynes of those who are troubled with cold diseases; and it is good for the eyes; and in effect, it is cordiall; as appeares by the Author of these Verses. Commoda & urinae Cinnamomum, & renibus Lumina clarificat, dira venena fugat. (affert: _Cinnamon helps the Reines and Urine well, It cleares the Eyes, and Poison doth expell._ The _Achiote_ hath a piercing attenuating quality, as appeareth by the common practice of the Physitians in the _Indies_, experienced daily in the effects of it, who doe give it to their Patients, to cut, and attenuate the grosse humours, which doe cause shortnesse of breath, and stopping of urine; and so it may be used for any kind of Opilations; for we give it for the stoppings, which are in the breast, or in the Region of the belly, or any other part of the Body.