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unite and fet together their Tim- 

 ber-pieces and feveral Works of- 

 tentimes with double Joynts^ 

 vvhich^ although they are no thick' 

 er than a (ingle one might be made^ 

 yetftanding at a diftancCj have a 

 greater ftrength than that could 

 have. And the fame Architefture 

 will have the fame ufe in the "Trnnh^ 

 of Plants^ inmoft whereoPtis ve- 

 ry apparent 5 as for initance^ in 

 Corn : For Nature defigning its 

 Sa^ a great Afcent for its higher 

 maturity 5 hath given it a tall 

 7'runkj^ but to prevent its ravenous 

 defpoiling either of the Ear or 

 Soyl 5 although it "be tall^ yet 

 are its fldes but thin : and becaufe 

 again ^ it Should grow not only 

 tallaad thriftily, bnt for avoiding 

 propping up^ ftrongly too ^ there- 

 fbre, as its height is over-propor- 

 tioned to the thinnefsof itsfides3 

 {o is its Circumference alib 5 being 

 fo far dilated as to parallel a ^iU 



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