Now having thus lived in several Countries, and alwaies in subjection, they must needs have suffered many commixtures; and we are sure they are not exempted from the common contagion of Venery contracted first from Christians. Nor as fornications unfrequent between them both; there commonly passing opinions of invitement, that their Women desire copulation with them rather then their own Nation, and affect Christian carnality above circumcised venery. It being therefore acknowledged, that some are lost, evident that others are mixed, and not assured that any are distinct, it will be hard to establish this quality upon the _Jews_, unless we also transfer the same unto those whose generations are mixed, whose genealogies are _Jewish_, and naturally derived from them. Again, if we concede a National unsavouriness in any people, yet shall we find the _Jews_ less subject hereto then any, and that in those regards which most powerfully concur to such effects, that is, their diet and generation. [SN: _The Jews generally very temperate._] As for their diet whether in obedience unto the precepts of reason, or the injunctions of parsimony, therein they are very temperate; seldom offending in ebriety or excess of drink, nor erring in gulosity or superfluity of meats; whereby they prevent indigestion and crudities, and consequently putrescence of humors. They have in abomination all flesh maimed, or the inwards any way vitiated; and therefore eat no meat but of their own killing. They observe not only fasts at certain times, but are restrained unto very few dishes at all times; so few, that whereas St. _Peters_ sheet will hardly cover our Tables, their Law doth scarce permit them to set forth a Lordly feast; nor any way to answer the luxury of our times, or those of our fore-fathers. For of flesh their Law restrains them many sorts, and such as compleat our feasts: That Animal, _Propter convivia natum_ [SN: Quanta est gula, quæ sibi totos ponit Apros! Animal propter convivia natum.], they touch not, nor any of its preparations, or parts so much in respect at _Roman_ Tables, nor admit they unto their board, _Hares_, _Conies_, _Herons_, _Plovers_ or _Swans_. Of _Fishes_ they only taste of such as have both fins and scales; which are comparatively but few in number, such only, saith _Aristotle_, whose Egg or spawn is arenaceous; whereby are excluded all cetaceous and cartilagious _Fishes_; many pectinal, whose ribs are rectilineal; many costal, which have their ribs embowed; all spinal, or such as have no ribs, but only a back bone, or somewhat analogous thereto, as _Eels_, _Congers_, _Lampries_; all that are testaceous, as _Oysters_, _Cocles_, _Wilks_, _Scollops_, _Muscles_; and likewise all crustaceous, as _Crabs_, _Shrimps_ and _Lobsters_. So that observing a spare and simple diet, whereby they prevent the generation of crudities; and fasting often whereby they might also digest them;