'fbe Quincunx Naturally Considered. 



The feminall nebbe bath a defined 

 and (ingle place, and not extended unto 

 both extremes* And therefore many 

 Coo vulgarly conceive that Barley and 

 Oats grow at both ends ; For they a- 

 rife from one ptwftilio or generative 

 nebbe, and the Speare fliding under 

 the husk, fir ft appeareth nigh the toppe. 

 But in Wheat and Rye being bare the 

 fprouts are feen together. If Barley un- 

 hulled wou'd grow, both would appear 

 at once. But in this and Oat- meal the 

 nebbe is broken away, which makes 

 them the milder food* and lefle 

 apt to raife fermentation in Decofti- 

 ons. 



Men taking notice of what is out 

 wardly vifible, conceive a fenfible prio- 

 | rity in the Root. But as they begin from 

 one part, fo they feem to ftart and fee 

 out upon one fignall of nature* In Beans 

 | yet foft, in Peafc while they adhere 

 I unto the Cod, the rudimentall Leafe 

 j and Root are difcoverable- In the 

 i Seeds of Rocket and Muftard, (prouting 

 i id Glafles of water, when the one is ma- 

 lufeft the other is alfo peeccptible* In 



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