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and. Seentt. 3 it attracteth from: remote parts, it feparates, corrodes, incideth, heat- 
eth, burneth, and inflameth, it refolves, difcuffeth, excoriates, exulcerates, and 
Strongly inciteth to.expergation ; if of more thin parts, it is diuretical; if of 
thicker, cauftick: it is* more intenfe in dryer bodies, and more remifs where 
there is an-aqueous-hymidity. It is hot and dry, ex aqua & terra attenuata, 3. Acid, 
or ammoniacal,.,Je-penetrateth the tongue with its tenuity, yet without any ma- 
nifeft heat, It confifteth of tenuous, cold, and dry parts, as vinegar, the juice 
of lemons, .&c. It penetrateth and incideth no lefs than the harp fapour, 
therefore it incideth, attenuates, ,biteth, detergeth, referates obftructions, repels, 
and dries: and by sreafon of its, penetrating coldneis, it repels all Auxions ; and 
by its ficeity {tops all eruptions of blood. Alfo it helps naufeoufnefs, corrodethi, 
and, condenfates without heat; it exafperates and refifts putrefaétion, It: is-of 
doub:ful qualities, fiery and aqueous, hot and cold, and of all contraries, - It is 
cold and dry in the fecond degree, aqua ignita cum balitu terreo. 4. Nitrous, which 
is in a mean between falt and bitter ; 5 yet weaker than this and more intenfe than | 
other: it is biting and corroding, as nitre. It openeth the belly, and purgeth 
the reins, terra fpiritibus compulfa. 5 Sale, or ferous. At corrodeth. the tongu 
by exiccation, yet neateth not much ; it coniifteth in a mean matter 1 with. heat 
and drynefs, and is generated of that which is terrene and dry, attenuate. and 
preaffate by heat with an aqueous humidity, fo not altogether terrene, as falt: 
therefore it contracteth the pores, incideth, detergeth, digefteth, and drinketh up 
humidity by its dryneis, witnout any manutcit fenic of heat, and fo refitts putre- 
faétion. It openeth, bitetn, exafperateth, abftergeth, cleanfeth, troubleth, pra- 
voketh to expuifion, purgeth, fubverteth the ftomach, caufeth thirft, dryeth, de- 
obftructs, aggregates, condenfeth, roborateth, and sonceaFiashe: Be i boeand dry 
in the fecond degree, _ and corrofive. 6, Sweet, fat, honey-like. face sat 
dilateth the tongue, and is pleafant, having no exuperant pall and bane j ina 
mediocrity, as fugar and honey ; therefore it levigates what is exafperated, leni- 
fies, maturates, concoéts, is anodyne, and only nourifheth ; alfo it digefts, rarifi 
diftributes, loofeth, filleth the liver, ftops the ipleen, and is hot and moilt i in 
the. firft degree, and of terraqueous parts. 7. Acerb, aftrictory, pontick, or alu- 
minous. It contraéteth the tongue, ane. doth unequally exafperate the fame - 5 
‘€xiccation ; it is near to the aultere, but ‘more troublefome to the tongue, asi 
gent, sold, and dry. The matter thereof is terrene and dry, without any n 
€, in which coldnefs is exadlly predominant with ficcity, as Vv ice: 
therefore auesali. ‘it sronliete alll as ase ingent:) it Sapte the force : eA 
Mours; as dry, it doth coarétat : ast 
