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creafing the Luft or Spirit of the Root: Thefe things being more forcible | 
than ordinary compotts. ited : Pot since an 
A538. It is reported by one of the Ancients, that Artichoaks will be lefs prick- |) 
; ly, and more tender, if the Seedshave theirtops dulled or grated off upon . 
459. |'  Herbs willbe tenderer, and fairer,’ if you take them out of Beds when | 
they arenewly comeup, and remove them into Pots withbetter Earth: Phe |) 
remove from Bed to Bed was {poken of before; but that was-in feveral | 
years, \this isupon the fudden. ‘The caufe is the fame with otherremoves, |. 
formerly mentioned. |» (iu die g6u a3 A303 ahi a | 
460. Cole'vorts are reported by onelof the Ancients, to profperexceedingly, | 
and to be better.tafted, if they be fometimes watred iS aedsaten la : 
much more with Water mixed with Nitre’; the Spiritof whichislefs Adit | ~ 
\yrentthan Salt. } DIG 2, thy Lo posenallig 
461. It is reported, “That Cucumbers will prove more tender and dainty, if 
| their Seedsbe fteeped (little) in Milk; the caufemay be, for thatthe Seed 
being mollified withthe Milk, willbe too weak to draw the grofferJuyce of 
the Earth, butonelythe finer. Thefame Experiment may be made in Arti- 
choaks, and other Seeds:, when you would take away, either their Flafhi- | 
| nefs or Bitternefs.. They {peak alfo, thatthe like effect followeth of fteep- 
ing in Water mixed with Honey; but that feemeth tome not fo probable, | 
becaufe Honey hath too quick a Spirit. ; ious 
462. It is reported, That Cucumbers will be lefs Watry, and more Melon- | 
like, if inthe Pitwhere you fetthem, you fill it (half way up) with Chaff, or | 
{mall Sticks, and then power Earth upon them; for Cucumbers, asitfeemeth, | 
do extreamly affe& moifture, and over-drink themfelvess which this Chaff, | 
or Chips forbiddeth.. Nay itis further reported, That if when a Cucumber | 
is grown, you fet a Pot of water about five or fix inches diftance from it, | 
it will in Four’and twenty hours fhoot fo much out as to touch the Por; | 
which if it betrue, itis an Experimentof anhigher nature than belongeth | 
to this Title: Foritdifcovereth Perceptionin Plantsto move towards that | 
which fhould help and comfort them, thoughit be at adiftance. "The ancient } 
Tradition of the Vine is far more ftrange : It is, that if you feta ftake, or i 
prop; fomediftancefrom it, it will grow that way, whichis far ftranger (as } 
isfaid) than the other: For that Water may work bya Sympathy of At | 
traction :. But this of the Stake feemeth to bea reafonable difcourfe. ——‘F 
463. It hath been touched before,that Terebration of Trees doth make them } 
profper better. Butitisfound alfo, thatit maketh the Fruit {weeter, and | 
betters "Phe caufe is, forthat notwithftandingthe Terebration, they may | 
receive Aliment fufficient , andyetno more than they can wellturn, and |) 
| difgeft 3 and withal do fweat outthe courfeft and unprofitableft Juyce, even | 
as itisin Living Creatures; which, by moderate feeding, and cette sted 
fiyeat, attain the foundeft habit of Body. u a ee 
|. 464. As Terebration doth meliorate Fruit, fo, upon the like reafon, doth 
Letting of Plants Blood; as Pricking Vines, or other Trees, a‘ter they beof | 
>-x | fome growth, and thereby letting forthGum or Tears, though this be notto 
continue, asit is in Terebration, butatfome Seafons. Anditis reported, 
thatby this-artifice, Bitter Almondshave been turnedintofweet. 9 = 
it -465.- }} ~The Ancients for the Dulcorating of Fruit, docommend Swines r 
| / above allother Dung, which may be, becaufe of the moiftureof tha 
(| ee | whereby the Excrement hath lefs’Acrimony , for we fee Swines and] 
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