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    A Counter-Blaste to Tobacco
    A Counter-Blaste to Tobacco
    A Counter-Blaste to Tobacco
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    A Counter-Blaste to Tobacco

    By King of England James I and Edmund Goldsmid

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    Release dateNov 27, 2013
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      A Counter-Blaste to Tobacco - King of England James I

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      Title: A Counter-Blaste to Tobacco

      Author: King James I.

      Editor: Edmund Goldsmid

      Release Date: November 5, 2005 [EBook #17008]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A COUNTER-BLASTE TO TOBACCO ***

      Produced by Julie Barkley, Josephine Paolucci and the

      Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

      A

      COVNTER-BLASTE

      TO

      TOBACCO.

      This Edition is limited to seventy-five Large Paper copies, and two hundred and seventy-five Small Paper copies, issued only to Subscribers.

      Bibliotheca Curiosa.

      A

      COVNTER-BLASTE

      TO

      TOBACCO.

      (WRITTEN BY KING JAMES I.)

      EDITED BY

      EDMUND GOLDSMID, F.R.H.S.

      PRIVATELY PRINTED, EDINBURGH.

      1884.

      A Covnter-Blaste To Tobacco.

      IMPRINTED AT LONDON

      by R.B.

      Anno 1604.

      TO THE READER.

      As euery humane body (deare Countrey men) how wholesome soeuer, be notwithstanding subiect, or at least naturally inclined to some sorts of diseases, or infirmities: so is there no Common-wealth, or Body-politicke, how well gouerned, or peaceable soeuer it bee, that lackes the owne popular errors, and naturally enclined corruptions: and therefore is it no wonder, although this our Countrey and Common-wealth, though peaceable, though wealthy, though long flourishing in both, be amongst the rest, subiect to the owne naturall infirmities. We are of all Nations the people most louing and most reuerently obedient to our Prince, yet are wee (as time has often borne witnesse) too easie to be seduced to make Rebellion, vpon very slight grounds. Our fortunate and off prooued valour in warres abroad, our heartie and reuerent obedience to our Princes at home, hath bred vs a long, and a thrice happy peace: Our Peace hath bred wealth: And Peace and wealth hath brought foorth a generall sluggishnesse, which makes vs wallow in all sorts of idle delights, and soft delicacies, The first seedes of the subuersion of all great Monarchies. Our Cleargie are become negligent and lazie, our Nobilitie and Gentrie prodigall, and solde to their priuate delights, Our Lawyers couetous, our Common-people prodigall and curious; and generally all sorts of people more carefull for their priuate ends, then for their mother the Common-wealth. For remedie whereof, it is the Kings (as the proper Phisician of his Politicke-body) to purge it of all those diseases, by Medicines meete for the same: as by a certaine milde, and yet iust form of gouernment, to maintaine the Publicke quietnesse, and preuent all occasions of Commotion: by the example of his owne Person and Court, to make vs all ashamed of our sluggish delicacie, and to stirre vs up to the

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