\fbe Qmncnnx Naturally Considered. 



dionfromanimallproduftion, the holy 

 |Scripturc defcribeth the vegetable crea 

 tion ; And while ie divideth plants but 

 into Herb and Tree, though it feemeth 

 to make but an accidental divHion, from 

 magnitude, it tacitely containeth the 

 natural! diftinftion of vegetables , ob- 

 fcrved byHerbarifts, and comprehend 

 ing the four kinds.For fince the moft na- 

 turall diftinftion is made from the pro- 

 du&ion of leaf or ftalk, and plants after 

 the two firft feminall leaves,, do either 

 roceeed to fend forth more leaves, or 

 ftalk, and the foliousand ftalky emit 

 on diftinguiCheth herbs and trees, and 

 ftand Authentically differenced , but 

 from the accidents of the ftalk. 



The ^Equivocall produftion of things 

 under undifcerned principles, makes a 

 large part of generation, though they 

 item to hold a wide univocacy in their 

 fet and certain Originals, while almoft 

 every plant breeds its peculiar infeft, 

 moft a Butterfly, moth or fly, wherein 

 the Oak feemsto contain the largeft fe- 

 iminality, while the Julus, Oak, apple, 

 woolly tuft, foraminous roundles 

 K4 upon 



