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holds, which being diflblved by the weather-, is imbibe d by the 

 Earth, as hinted before in Chap. 4. of this Effay. 



7 r. The 2 d fort I firft obferved about Watlington, and the two 

 Britwels, where they ftrew them on their Land with good fuccefs ; 

 & I have heard fince of feveral other places where they do the fame. 

 To this purpofe they purchafe Taylers fhreds, which yet retain- 

 ing fomwhat of the fait of the Fulling- earth with which they were 

 dreft, do well enough ; but I judge them not fo good as other 

 old rags firft worn by men and women, which muft needs befide be 

 very well fated with urinous fa Its, contracted from the freat and 

 continual perftiration attending their Bodies. And in this Opini- 

 on I am confirmed by Sancl. Sancloriut, who is pofitive, that our 

 infenfible evacuations, tranfcend all ourfenfible ones put together k , to 

 that eycefs, that of eight pounds weight of meat and drink, be taken 

 by a man in one day, bk infenfible transpirations ufe to amount to five \ 

 Now if fo, our deaths muft needs be fo filled with a well rectified 

 fait, left behind in the percolation of the fleams of our bodies, that 

 there can be nothing more rational, if well confidered, then that 

 they fliould be a very fit manure for Land, when unfit for other 

 ufes. 



72. As to the quantities of Corn fown on the fldtute Acre, they 

 differ much in proportion to the richnefsof m?annefsofthe land; 

 about two bufiels of wheat and vetches, two buf/jels and \oibarly, 

 oats, and peas, and a quarter of ^2/7* fufficing the poorer ; where- 

 as the richer Land mil take up three bufiels or more of wheat or 

 vetches, three bufiels and \ or upwards of barly, oats, peas, and 

 fomtimes fix bufiels of beans : Yet I have known fome able Huf- 

 bandmen afford more Seed to their poor than rich Land, giving 

 this reafon, That the Seed in the rich does Hilar t i. e. fprout into 

 feveral blades and fpread on the ground, whereas on the poor 

 Land its fprouts come all fingle, which therefore, fay they, re- 

 quires the more feed. 



73. In the choice of their feed they have a double re fpeft, 

 firfcto the grain itfelf, andfecondly to the AWit grew on. As 

 to the firft, they take care that it be clear of all manner of feeds ; 

 that it be handfom round Corn, of an equal cize, which fome of 

 them call Even fiooting Corn, or well brefied ; fuch Corn being for 

 the moft part full of kernel, and the likelieft to give ftrongrcots. 



k S. Sznclorli Medic'ma: Statiae, Lib. i.fett.i. Aphorism. 4. ' Ibid Aphorifm 6- 



And 



