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The Anatomy of Tobacco

Now, to make reference to these four kinds of matter more easy, each hath had a memorial letter assigned to it as follows:—

Necessary Matter	Q.
Contingent Necessary Matter	U.
Contingent Unnecessary Matter	I.
Impossible Matter	D.

Which letters being compounded into one word Quid give the whole division of matter; or, as the Schoolmen do name it, the "Quidditas," which Quidditas being subdivided and cut up, appeareth in Synopsis, ut infra.

Q. Necessary Matter  Tobacco. U. Contingent Necessary Matter  $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$ Pipes. Cigar Tubes. I. Contingent Unnecessary Matter  $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ Tobacco Pouches. R. Cigar Cases. O. Tobacco Jars. T. D. Impossible Matter  $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ Canes. B. Brown Paper. O. Non-nicotinous Herbs. S. Opium. H.

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