GABRTKL PLATT.F.S. 



hidden TreafM'e. 



It is certainc that the new provifion of manure' 

 b)'Lime, aflicf;, Mark', Mulliljgc, and rcfidenceof 

 water, and by the reltoi the Inventions, will equa- 

 lize and overmatch the great tjuantitie ot fatnefTe 

 carried ye.uvly into the Sea, itihe fhrae frail be in-. 

 duftiioiill y put in pradufeithc fubterrancall vapours 

 yearcly elevate a great quantitie of tatnelTe, 

 though in IbmephKCb more abundantly then in o- 

 thers •, fori h.ivcknowne arable land borne good 

 f cornetinieoutof niinde, with every third yeares 

 relland tallowing, \v;ithontany manure at all, but 

 onely by thi> fubterrancall vapour arifing I'roni 

 fome fubterrancall fat flibltancc: but though this 

 be but in fonie fpeciali places , yet there is noquc- 

 ftion but that It helpeth well m all places , though 

 of It ielfe It be not fuiiicient without addition of 

 jnuiurc; but ifallmenwouldbcruledbynie , wc 

 would nut onelvpuL thefe workcs in pracbfe very 

 indufaioiilly for the generall good, thereby totc- 

 itifieour iove to allnien both living, and yet to 

 come • but alio we would makeufc of my firilln-- 

 vcnnon mentioned in my full C hapter,vi/. to bow 

 the knee of the heart, inllead oi the ulual and com- 

 plemcrtall bowing ot'thek!iee of the body, to the 

 Donor ofall co(xlnefIe j then might we have firmo 

 confidence, hiving formerly teliiiied our love to 

 God, by the generall love otall hiscreatnres,efp€- 

 ciiilly thole ol ou;- own kind ,tlut he would. fend the 

 fornierandthchticrramein due l^afoD, .wJtbouc 

 ^ O 3 f^antmg, 



A patre from Gabriel Plattes' "Discovery of Treasure.'''' 



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