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fea-water into thefire as the wood burneth.[In fome parts of Spaine theré be fale {prings,ourof G 
which they draw water in maner of that brine,which they call Muria.|]Butthofe verely of France 
and Germanie be of opinion,thatie skilleth much what wood it is that fervethto the making of. 
fuch fire, Oke they hold the beft,as being a fewcll,the fimple afhes whereof mixed with nothing: 
clfe,may goe forfalt. And yet in fome places they efteeme Hazell wood meeter for this purpofe. 
Now when the faid wood is on fire and burning,they poure {alt liquor among, whereby not only 
the afhes but the very coales alfo will rurne tobee fale. But all fale madeiin this fort of wood, is: 
blacke. Lread in Theophraffws, Tharthe Iflanders of Imbros were wont to voile in water, the a- 
thes of reeds and canes,untill {ach time as there remained little moifture unconfumed, andthat — 
which was leftthey ufed for{alt. The brine and pickle wherein flefh or fith hath beene keprfalt,if 
itbe boiled afecond time untill the liquor be {pent and confumed,returneth tothe own nature, yy 
and becommeth falt againe.Certes,we find, That the fale thus made of the pickle of Pilchars or. 
Hearings, is of all other moft pleafant in taft.As touching the {alt made of fea-water, that of the: 
Ile Cypres,and namely that which commeth from Salamis,is commended fox the belt. Burof 
poole fale, there isnone comparable to the Tarentine and Phrygian, e{pecially thatwhich they. 4 
call Tatteus,of the lake Tatca.And in truth,both thefe kinds of faltbe goodfor theeyes.Thefale 
brought out of Cappadocia in little earthen pipes, hath the bame to make the skin flicke and 
faire: But for to lay the fame plaine andeven,and make it looke full and plumpe withoutrivels,the 
falt which I called Cittieus hath no fellow. And therefore women after they bee newly delivered 
of child, ufe toannoint and tub their bellies with this falc,incorporat together with Gith or Ni- 
geliaRomana, [he drieft faltis evermore the ftrongeit in taft. The Tarentine faltis taken forto I 
be moft pleafant,and whireft withal]. Ocherwife, the whiter that fale is,the more brittle itis and 
readier to crumble and fall to pounder. There is no {alt but raine water will make it {weet & frefh. 
Themore pleafant it will bee and delicat to the taft,in cafe the deaw fall thereupon: but North- 
eatt winds engender moft plentie thereof.In.a Southerly conftitution of the weather,and name- 
ae antho. |y when the wind is full South, you fhall fee no faltengendered. The * floure of fale (commonly 
dreth Flor {au €alled Sperma-Ceti) is never bred but when the Northeaft winds doc blow. The falt Tragafecus 
wheras indeed will neither {pit,crackle,leape,nor {parkle in the fire;no more will Acanthius(focalled of a towne 
hates: -** of chatname:) neither doth the fome of falt,znor the gobbets & fragments,ne yet the thin leaves 
another thing, OF Makes thereof. Thefalt of Agrigeatum, a citie in Sicilie will abide the fire and make no fpark- 
as blavelt the ling s put it into water,it will keepea {pitting and crackling.Great difference thereisinfalrinre- 
hy thensmeor gard of the colour, At Memphis [¢.Caire ]in Egypt, thefaltis of averydeepred:butaboutthe — 
semafemafa~ river Oxusin Ba&triana more tawnie or enclining toarufler. And the Centuripine fale within 
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wiasebss —— Sicilieis purple. About Gelain the fame Ifland,the falt is fo bright and cleare,tharit will: repre- 
fenta mans face,as in amitroir. In Cappadocia, the Minerall {alt which they dig,is of a,yellow 
Saffron colour,tranfparent,and of a moft redolent {mell. Forany ufe in Phyficke,the Tarentine 
fale was in old time highly commended above the beft : after which theyetteemed moft, allthe 
ee fea falessand of that kind the lighter, and that which efpecially isof the nature of fome, For the. 
_ *eyes of horfes and Boeufes,they made great reckoning of the Tragafean falt, andthatof Gra- 
nado or Eeetica in Spaine.For dreffing of viands and cates; forto bee eaten alfo with meats the 
beter is that falt, which fooner melzeth andrunneth to water. That alfowhich bynamureismoi- fp 
fter than others,they holdto bee better for the kitchin or the table (for leffe bitterneffe it hath). 
and {uch is thatof Attica and Euboea. Forto pouder and keepe flefh mear,the drie falt &.quick 
at tongues end is thought to be meerer than other,as we may fee in the falt of Megara,Morcover a 
there is a certaine confice or condited {alt, compounded alfowith {weet {pices and aromaticall = 
drougs : which may bee eatenas.a daintie kind of gruell or fauce ; for it ftirreth upandwhetreth — — 
appeuce,eac the fame with any other meats: infomuch, as amongft an infinitenumberofiother 
fauces,this carieth away the taftfromthem all;forit hath a peculiar {match byitfelfe,whichisthe. 
caufe,that the pickle Garum is fo much foughtafter for to give an edge to our ftomack.And not 
onely wemen are follicited and moved by falt more than by any thing elfetoour meat;bur mut. 
tons, Boeufes,and Horfesalfo have benefit therby in tharrefpe@ :they feedthe bener,givemore M 
ftore of milke, andthe cheefemade thereof hathamorédaintie and commendable taft byahat 
-meanes. And toconclude all.in one word, the life of mankind touldnot ftand withourfalt,fone- 
ceflarie an element(if I may fo fay)it is for the maintenance vf our life,thaethe very delightsand.: - 
pleafares of the mind alfo are exprefled by no. better tearme than fale for fuch gifts and “— 
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