ons. 3H 
Experiments 
in Confort, 
touching 
| Afeats and 
| Drinks chat 
| ave moft now- 
| rifhings 
| finde alfo, that Scorch Skinck (which is a Pottage of ftrong nourifhr 
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The caufe is, forthat Rabarb is a Medicine, which the Stomack in a fall} 
uantity doth digeft, and overcome (being not Flatuous nor Loathfome;) } 
and fo fendeth it tothe Mefentery Veins; and{o being opening, it helpeth down | 
Urine: But in agreater quantity, the Stomack cannot overcome it, and | 
fo it goeth tothe Guts. Pepper, by fome of the Ancients, isnoted tobe of the | 
fecondfort; which being in fmall quantity, moveth wind in the Stomack | 
or Guts, and foexpelled by Stool; but being in greater quantity, diffipatech | 
the wind, and it felf getteth to the Mefentery Veins, and foto the Liver andj 
Reins ; where, by Heating and Opening, it fendeth down Urine more | 
plentifully. oO te! Op eS 
E have fpoken of Evacwating of the Body, we will now {peak fome-|_ 
thing of the filling of it by Reftoratives in ‘Confumptions and Emaciating | 
Difeafes. In Vetegables, there is one part that is morenourifhing than |” 
another ; as Grains and Roots nourifh more than the Leaves, infomuch as | 
the Order of the Foliatans was put down by the Pope, as finding Leaves un- }. 
able to nourifh Mans Body. Whether there be that difference in the | 
Fleth of Living Creatures, is not well enquired ; as whether Livers, and | 
other Enrrails, be not more nourifhing than the outward Flefh. Wefinde F 
that amonglt the Romans, a Goofes Liver was agreat delicacy ; infomuch, | 
as they had artificial means to make it fair, and great ; but whetherit were | 
more nourifhing, appeareth not. It is certain, that (Warrow is more 
nourifhing than Far. And I conceive, that fome deco@ion of Bon 
Sinews, {tamped and well ftrained, would be a very nourifhing Brotk 
