The foure and twentieth Booke 
frame, For firft and formoft, the Oke and the Olive tree beare fuch mutual rancour and mallice 
(asit were) and are fo itiffely bent to warre one with another, that if a man replanrone of thefe: 
treesin the trench or holefrom whence the other was taken up,it willfurely die. Alfo,if an Oke 
be fet neare unto a Walnut tree, it will notlive. The Colewort and the Vine hate one another to 
the very death 3in fuch fort, that if a Vine ftand neare unto it, a man fhall fenfibly perceive the: 
fame to fhrinke away and recule backward from it : and yetthis wort,which maketh the vine thus 
to retire and flie, if itchaunce ‘to grow overagainft Origan or Cyclamnine, will foone wither 
and die. Moreover, itis commonly {aid That trees in the forreft fully growne,which have ftood 
many a yeare, and namely fuch as are readieto be fallen and laid along for timber,prove harder 
to be hewed and fooner wax drie,if aman touch them with his hand before hee fet the edge of 
the ax to their burt, And fome fay, chat pack-horfes, affes,and other labouring beafts which have 
Apples and fuch like fruit aload will quickly fhrinke and complaine under their burden, yea,and 
prefently run all co {weat (carrie they buta very fewto {peake of) unleffe the faid fruit, wherewith 
they are to be charged, be firft fhewed unto them. A fies find great contentment and good by fee- 
ding upon Fennell-geant or Ferula plants: and yet,to horfes, garrons,and other beats of catiage 
and draught, they areprefent poyfon, if they eat then: which is the caufe, thatthe Affeisa 
beaft confecrated unto the god Bacchus,as well asthe forefaid plant Ferula Over and befides(fee 
the admirable operation in Nature)the very infenfible and liveleflecreatures, yea the leaft thate 
be,mect every one of them with fome contrarie thing or other, which is their bane and poyfon: 
For, as our cookes know well ynough, the inner barke of the Linden tree {lived thin into broad 
flakes and fine bouleed flower together,doe drinke and fuck up the falt of viands, overmuch pou- 
dered,and make it frefh againe.Likewife, fale giveth a good rellifh to any meat thatis over{weet, 
and tempereth thofe thathave alufhious.and wallowith taft. If water be nitrous, brackifh,& bit- 
ter, put {ome fried Barley meale into it, within two hours and leffe it will be fo wellamendedand 
{weet, thataman may drinkethereof:and this isthe reafon that the {aid Barley mealeis put or- 
dinarily in thofe {trainers and bags through which wines doe paffe, that thereby they may be re- 
fined and drawne the fooner.Of the {amie operation alfoand effect there is a kind of chalkein the 
Ifland of Rhodes : and our cley here in Italie will doe as much. Thus you fee what enmitie & dif- 
cord there isin fome things. Contrariwife,wee may obferve in others,how wonderfully they ac- 
cord and agree rogether: For pitch will diflolve,{pread,and be drawne outwith oile,being both 
as they are of a fattie nature; oile alone will incorporat and mingle well with lime:and they hate 
water,the one as wellas the other. Gumsare f{oonerdiflolved and more eafily tempered with vi- 
negre than with any thing els; & inke with water :befides an infinit number of other fuch,which 
I thall have occafion to write of continually intheir due places . And indeed, this is the very 
ground and foundation of all our Phyficke. For(to fay a truth)Nature ordained atthe firft fuch 
things and none but fuch, for to be the remedies of our difeafes,which wee feed and live daily up- 
on ; even thofe which are foone found and as foone prepared, which bee readie athand, com- 
mon every where,and coft uslittle or nothing at all. But afterwards the world grew to bee fo full 
of deceit and coufenage, that fome fine wits and nimble heads devifed to fet up Apothecarie 
fhops,promifing and bearing us in hand,that every man might buy hislife andhealth there for 
money. Then anone a fort of compofitions, mixtures 8 confections were fet on foot,then there 
was no talke but of {trange and intricat receits, and thefe were bruited abroad for the only medi- 
cines,of wonderfull and unfpeakeable operations. So that now adaies we fe no other drugs but 
thofe that come from Arabia and India.And ifa man aile never fo little, or have the leaft puth or 
wheale abouthim, hee muft have fome coftly Phyficke forfooth for it: and a plaftre that came 
from asfarre as the red fea : whereas in truth, the rightremedies appropriat for every maladie, 
be no other than fuch as the pooreft man that is feedeth upon every night ordinarilyat his fup- 
per.But if we went no farther than to the garden for medicines, and fought after hearbes,fhrubs, 
and plants onely, for to cure our ficknefle or maintaine our health, certes there were not a bafer 
Occupation in the world than the profeffion of Phyfick, and Phyficians would benoughtfet by. 
But will you have the truth ? To this pafle are we come, the old world we have bidden farwell un- 
to: the auncient manners and rites of Rome citie are dead and gone ‘our {tate is grown fo much 
in greatneffe,as there is no goodnes left.Our victories and conqueits bee thefe, and nothing els, 
which have vanquifhed and fubdued us: forfubje& we muft acknowledge our felvesto ftrangers 
and forraine nations,fo long as Phyficke (one of their atts) is able tocommand.our sar 
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