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<p n="431">But by above fourscore other Inferior Trades as appear by the<lb></lb>
Constables Returns; particularly by all Chandlers many Weaver<lb></lb>
Severall Tobacconists, <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55601_occ608">Shoemakers</rs>
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, <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMGO55601_occ609">Carpenters</rs>
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, Barbers Taylors<lb></lb>
Dyers Labourers and others, there being in the hamlet of<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMSMGO55601_geo432">Bethnal Green</rs>
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upwards of Ninety Weavers who sell this<lb></lb>
Liquor; by which Means, this Temptation great as it<lb></lb>
is nor become, is allways near at Hand, And it is searce<lb></lb>
possible for persons in Low Life to go any where, or to<lb></lb>
be any where without being drawn in to taste, and by<lb></lb>
degrees to like and approve of this pernicious Liquor</p>
<p n="432">Your Commee after having us'd the most proper Method<lb></lb>
which Occurr'd to them, in Order to know the Number of,<lb></lb>
those Houses, proceeded to Enquire according to your Directions<lb></lb>
into the Mischiefs arising from thence, and from the<lb></lb>
Immoderate use of these Liquors & more Especially of<lb></lb>
Geneva: And these to their great Concern appear to be<lb></lb>
of the highest Nature, and most lasting Consequences<lb></lb>
affecting not only particular persons and Families, But<lb></lb>
also the Trade of the Nation & the publick Welfare,<lb></lb>
With Respect to particular persons it deprives them<lb></lb>
of their Money Time Health and Understanding,<lb></lb>
Weakens and destroys their naturall strength and Consti-<lb></lb>
-tutions and thereby kenders them useless to themselves as well<lb></lb>
as to the Community: And when their Spirits are raised by<lb></lb>
drinking to Excess, they are often carried to a Degree of<lb></lb>
extrageous passion, And become bold & daring in Committing<lb></lb>
Robberies and other offences for an Immediate Livelyhood.</p>
<p n="433">Further They who Indulge themselves in this<lb></lb>
foernicious Custom are thereby rendred incapable of hard<lb></lb>
Labour as well as indisposed to it; their health is ruin'd<lb></lb>
And their Lives by degrees Destroyed; Besides the Fatall<lb></lb>
Effects it has on their Morals & Religion, being generally<lb></lb>
so Stupifyed, that it is difficult to find time to give any<lb></lb>
advice to Such persons, or if a proper time is ever found<lb></lb>
the good Effects or Impressions of what may have been said<lb></lb>
is presently Effac'd & washed away by a Dram or two of<lb></lb>
this pernicious Liquor.</p>
<p n="434">With Regard to the Female Sex we find the Contagion has<lb></lb>
Spread even among them, And that to a Degree hardly possible<lb></lb>
to be Conceived. Unhappy Mothers habituate themselves to<lb></lb>
these distill'd Liquors, whose Children are born weakly & Sickly<lb></lb>
and often look Shrived & old, as the they had Numbered many<lb></lb>
Years; Others again daily give it to their Children whilst young<lb></lb>
and learn them even before they can go to taste & approve<lb></lb>
of this Certain great Destroyer; And with Respect to the<lb></lb>
Women themselves, it has this further ill Effect, that by<lb></lb>
Inflaming their flood and stupifying their Senses they<lb></lb>
Expose themselves an Easy prey to the attacks of vicious men.</p>
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