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As to the pretended Obstructions which Chocolate is said to occasion from its astrictive Quality, they are so far from being afraid of it in

The Natural History of Chocolate Being a Distinct and Particular Account of the Cocoa-Tree, its Growth and Culture, and the Preparation, Excellent Properties, and Medicinal Vertues of its Fruit

It was an awful stroke of Providence in taking away Mr. Pierpont in whose assistance I promised my seK much benefit to the Place and much Ease and Comfort to my self, and it is the more astrictive, because our Young Men are feared to be infected with Arminian and Prelatical notions; so that it is Difficult to supply his Place.

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