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the L'lgnous Body being divided in- 

 to fmallFibres^ and thele running 

 all along their lax and fpongie Va- 

 renchjma. 5 they are thus a Body 

 fit for the imbibition of -6^.^p and ea- 

 fie growth. Now the Sa^ having a 

 free reception into the Leaves, it 

 Itil] gives way to the nextfucceed- 

 ing in the 'Branches and tninh^^ and 

 the voyding of the Sa^ in thefe^ 

 for the mounting of that in the 

 Ixoot^ and ingrefi of that in the 

 Mould. But were there no Leaves 

 to make a free reception of Sap ^ it 

 muft needs be ftagnant in all the 

 parts to the Root^ and (b the Root 

 being clogg'd^ its fermenting and 

 other OiKces will be voyded, and 

 fo the due growth of the whole. 

 As in the motion of a Watch^ al- 

 though the original term thereof 

 be the Spring, yet the capacity for 

 its cont nuance in a due meaftre 

 throughout all the Wheels^ is the 

 firee and eafie motion of the Bal- 

 lance. Laftlvj, 



