AND. COMPLETE HERBAL,. 13 
comes paffive, and is apt for diftribution and folidity, as bread, corn, Materia 
equalts receptibilis. 4, By Aphelogy, or the tactile quality or touch: fo pate 
tude is a fign of the abundance of terreftrial parts, or humid and congealed: 
huity of the fiery and erious: denfity of exiccation or congelation ; rarity a ; 
drynefs, hardnefs of ficcity and carthinels, except caufed by the repletion of 
humours : foftnefs of humidity, gravity is the companion of denfity : levity of 
rarity 5 clamminefs of humidity ; aridity or friability of ficcity 5 fmoothnefs of an 
arious or aqueous humidity; afperity of ficcity. 5 By allotofilogy, or difpofi- 
tion, or mutability : fo, that which the foonett receiveth heat, is counted hot ; 
and that moft cold which is. foonett congealed. 6. By pepeirology, or age, fo for 
the moft part, thofe things that are young, more humid; the old more dry; alfo 
whilft they are growing and immature, they have an aufterity, and acerbity 5 fo, 
cold. 7. By phyteuteriology, or the place of growth ; fo plants growing by lakes, 
are for the moft part. of a Sold, and moitt. temperature 5 the marthy, cold and, 
fomewhat dry: the fluviatile, ary a and. vyery hot: the ‘marine, cold and dry; thofe. 
of : a fat foil, are hot and moitt, , or temperate therein ; thofe of an hungry ground, 
hot and dry ; thofe of. @ mean. earth, tepid ond fuitable to man’s nature ;_ thofe of 
a fandy ground, hot and dry, and of thin parts; . thofe of a doubtfui growth, are, 
of a mixt temperature ; the amphibious, if growing in fpringy places, cold and.,. 7 
dry; if in litoral and marine, hot and dry ; the mountain plants are dry, hot, and: 
of fubtile parts; the field, moderately hot and dry; they that grow in hollow 
places, are cold and moift; the hilly, temperate; thofe that grow wild, are colder 
and dryer than the domeliick if of the fame fpecies, the dameftick are milder and 43 
more weak. 8. By protergafiology, or the operations of the firft four qualities, as.,. 
above faid- 2. By experience, which in certitude exceeds all the reft, and mutt. 
be made with a fimple body, without any external quality, and that in a tempe-_ 
rate fubject ; in alk which, that muft be diftinguithed which i is done per fe, from 
that which is per accidens. Thus of the way of finding out the manifeft qualities, - 
i.e. of the firft; after which the fecond are known, as arifing from the Grit 5 bur 
efpecially by fapor or tafte. 3 pee elds 6. cri fasjeesi ot ws 
Now follow the occult qualities ; which are difcovered, I. By phytogne m 
fignature, i.e. phytoptical or external, ‘either i in form, cclour,, or property 5, 
reprefenting the parts of man’s body, the humours, or difeafes 5 _and fo the appro- go 
_ priations are as follow. For the head in genera]. Walnuts, piony,. poppy, fqui Boa: 
larch-tree, its agarick, and turpentine, indian nut, and flowers of the. lilly of th 
valley, For the brain. Wood betony, fage, rofemary,. lavender, marjoram, 
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