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Moreover, as opposed to the allegation that tobacco was "not used by Englishmen in many years after" 1565, there is the remark by William Harrison, in his "Chronologie," 1588, that in 1573 "the taking in of the smoke of the Indian herbe called Tobacco, by an instrument formed like a little ladell, whereby it passeth from the mouth into the head and stomach, is gretlie taken up and used in England."
The Social History of Smoking George Latimer Apperson 1897
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The "little ladell" describes the early form of the tobacco-pipe, with small and very shallow bowl.
The Social History of Smoking George Latimer Apperson 1897
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Harrison's "Chronologie," under date of 1573, says: "In these daies the taking in of the smoke of the Indian herbe called 'Tabaco' by an instrument formed like a little ladell, whereby it passeth from the mouth into the hed and stomach, is gretlie taken-up and used in England, against Rewmes and some other diseases ingendred in the longes and inward partes, and not without effect."
Captain John Smith Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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Harrison's "Chronologie," under date of 1573, says: "In these daies the taking in of the smoke of the Indian herbe called 'Tabaco' by an instrument formed like a little ladell, whereby it passeth from the mouth into the hed and stomach, is gretlie taken-up and used in England, against Rewmes and some other diseases ingendred in the longes and inward partes, and not without effect."
The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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Comment posted on July 1st, 2010 at 2: 22 pm by nick ladell
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