THE GARDEN OF CYRUS 



Beside, in this kind of aspect the sight being The great 

 not diffused, but circumscribed between long t j ie 

 parallels and the eTnovaaoyxo? and adumbra- 

 tion from the branches, it frameth a penthouse 

 over the eye, and maketh a quiet vision : and 

 therefore in diffused and open aspects, men 

 hollow their hand above their eye, and make 

 an artificial brow, whereby they direct the dis- 

 persed rays of sight, and by this shade pre- 

 serve a moderate light in the chamber of the 

 eye; keeping the pupilla plump and fair, and 

 not contracted or shrunk, as in light and vag- 

 rant vision. 



And therefore Providence hath arched and 

 paved the great house of the world, with colours 

 of mediocrity, that is, blue and green, aboveand 

 below the sight, moderately terminating the 

 acies of the eye. For most plants, though green . 

 above ground, maintain their original white be- 

 low it, accordingtothecandour of their seminal 

 pulp: and the rudimental leaves do first appear 

 in that colour, observable in seeds sproutingin 

 water upon their first foliation. Green seeming 

 to be the first supervenient, or above ground 

 complexion of vegetables, separable in many 

 upon ligatureorinhumation,assuccory, endive, 

 in 



