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Sap afcendeth into the Tr;/;^4 by 

 th^Lignous Body^ fo partly alfo by 

 the Tith. For a piece of Cotton 

 with one end immers'd in fbme tin- 

 ged Liquor^ and with the other e- 

 reftabove^ though it will not im- 

 bibe the Liquor fo far as to over- 

 run at the top^ yet fo as to advance 

 towards it^ it will 5 fo here^ the 

 Tith being a porous and (pongy 

 Body^and in its Vegetating ftate its 

 Pores alfo permeable^ as a curious 

 Filtre of Natures own contrivance^ 

 it thus advanceth 5 or as people 

 ufe tofay^ fucks up the Sap. Yet as 

 it is ieen of the Liquor in the Cot- 

 ton 5 fo lil^ewife are we to fuppofe 

 it of the Sap in the Tith 5 that 

 though it riftth up for fome way^ 

 yet is their fome term 5 beyond 

 which it rifeth not ^ and towards 

 which the motion of the afcending 

 Sap is more and more broken^weak 

 and flow ^ and fo the quantity 

 ; thereof lels and le(s. But becaufe 



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