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T H E Boge: which is the beauty of the plant, and of none of the leatt ule i in 
phyfic, groweth yearly, and it is to be gathered when it is in its prime, 
As for the time of gathering them, let the planetary hour, and the plant they come 
ef, be obferved, as above directed; as for the time of day, let it be when. the fun 
fhines upon them, that they may be dry; for, if you gather either flowers or herbs 
when they are wet ordewy, they will not keep. Dry them well in the fun, and keep 
them in papers near the fire. So long as they retain their colour and {mell they are 
ood either of them bree gone, fo is their virtue alfo. 
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OF SEEDS, ojswl 
THE feed is that part of the plant which is endued with faculty to bring fortis ae 
like, and it contains potentially the whole plant itfelf. od ab 
As for place, let them be gathered from the places where they delight to grow. 
Let them be fully ripe when they are gathered, and forget not the celeftial harmony 
before-mentioned, for I have found by experience that their virtues are twice as great 
at fuch times as others: there is an appointed time for every thing under the dun. 
When you have gathered them, dry them a little in the fun before you Jay themap. 
. ‘Tou need not be fo careful of keeping them fo near the fire as the other before-men- 
tioned; becaufe they are fuller of fpirit, and therefore not fubject to corrupt, AS 
ter the time of their duration, it is palpable they will keep a.great many yearss,Yels 
: they are © belt the firft year, and this 1 make appear by a good, argument, they, ay 
4 fooneft the firft year they be fet, therefore then are ssid in their si 
: sway matter to renew them yearly. 2 at Aig oved 
also eb eclistrgt-<isi: ; bina jue near 
OF ROOTS. a3 bal 
OF roots, chufe fuch as are neither rotten nor worm-eaten, but proper in their 
atte; eotouy, and fmell; fuch as exceed neither in foftnefs nor hardnefS. 
“Give t me: ear e here to deny the vulgar opinion, that the fap: falls. ‘down ‘into. the 
| root in ‘the autumn, and rifes ; again in the fpring, as men go to bed at ‘night, and rife 
: again in the morning ; ; which idle tale of untruth is fo grounded in the heads, not only 
of the vulgar, but alfo of the learned, that men cannot drive it out by reafon: ‘If the 
fap fall into the root in the fall of the leaf, and lie there all the winter, then 1 i | 
