An account of several late voyages and discoveries
3ó The Sceo11tJ '"' ' of tl>e Yoy.1ge Hitherto we bave difcouríed of the Nonh. fea, but next of the Waves betwcen Hitland an~ Spi,zberge11 ; near Hitlanel thc fiream runn,t~ very fwift toward the Nortb, and it grows dailJ colder. It is to be obfervcd, that here the Waves the Sea run longer, almon as they do befi the narrow Channel bctween E,,gla11d a Fracein the Spanifb Sea, ( and what hath obferved hcretofore of the rowling and toíli of the Sea belongeth proper1y to this) with continual tofiing ofthe Ships, wbich maketh mcn Sea•ftek. The vomitiog and ficknefs is attributed the Sea-water; but it really procecdeth fr the great and continual motion of the Bod when oftentimes we are forced to creepon · four. Neither Meat nor Drink tafts well, tbe h akes and is giddy, ancl they are always rea ing to vomit. Cofiivenefs of the Body d generally accompany this Diftemper, and Uriae is highly aioged. 1 rcckon it no then if one is not ufed to ride in Coaches Waggons; only that it is always accomplni with a bad fromach and refileíneh. Thc beft R.emedies for this Diílemper 1 lieve, are Aromaticks chewed in ones moo as Cinamon, Cloves, Gai..!ngal, Ginger, N megs, and the like. Many think to drive t · Oiftemper away with fafring, but they w find themfelves mil\aken. Sorne drink S water, and believe that will make them \. m:
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