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And in this symphony might the noble Tasso bear 

 likewise his part; but that these are sufficient, & tria 

 sunt omma. 



37. For we have already spoken of that modern 

 art of tapping trees in the Spring, by which doubtless 

 some excellent and specific medicines may be attained ; 

 as (before) from the birch for the stone ; from elms 

 and elder against fevers ; so from the vine, the oak, 

 and even the very bramble, Qfc, besides the wholsom 

 and pleasant drinks, spirits, &c. that may possibly be 

 educed out of them all, which we leave to the 

 industrious, satisfying our selves, that we have been 

 among the first who have hinted and published the 

 ways of performing it. 



What now remains, concerns only some general 

 precepts, and directions applicable to most of that we 

 have formerly touched ; together with a brief of what 

 farther laws have been enacted for the improvement 

 and preservation of woods ; and which having dis- 

 patched, we shall with a short paraenesis touching 

 the present ordering and disposing of the Royal plant- 

 ations for the future benefit of the nation, put an end 

 to this rustick discourse. 



CHAPTER V. 



Aphorisms, or certain General Precepts of use to 

 the foregoing Chapters. 



i . Try all sorts of seeds, and by their thriving you 

 shall best discern what are the most proper kinds for 

 grounds, 



Quippe solo natura subest 



