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whenthe Dew of other Hers isbreathed away: For it hath a fmooth and 
thick Leaf that doth notdifcharge the Dew fofoon as other Herbs, thapare 
mpre Spungy and Porous. And itmay be Parflane, or fome other Herb dott 
the like, and isnotmarked. Buc if it befo, that it hathmore Dew at Noon | 
than inthe Morning, then fure it feemeth to be an cxudationof the Herb it| 
(elf. .As Plums fweat when they are fet into the Oven: For you will.nor Qj} 
hope)-think, thatitis like Gideons Fleece of Wooll, thatthe Dew thould fall | 
upon that, and no whercelfe. : mt iodieg 
It is certain, that the Hosy-dews are found more upon Ozk Leaves, than} 
upon Ash, or Beech, orthe like: But whether anycaufebe from the Leaf it : 
felf, to-conco& the Dew; or whether itbe onely, that the Leat is clofe and } 
{mooth (and therefore drinketh not in the Dew;, but preferveth it) maybe | 
doubted. Ie would be well inquired, whether Manna the Drug, doth fall | 
but upon certain Herbs or Leaves onely. Flowers that have deep Sockersy do} 
gather in the bottom, a kinde of Honey; as Honey-Suckles both the Woodbine, | 
and the Zrifoil) Lillies, and thelike. And in them certainly the#lower beareth | 
part withthe Dew. stay yon Ty cided 
.... The Experience is; That the Froth, which they call Woodfare, (being | 
like akinde of Spittle) is found but upon certain Herbs.and thofe hot ones; | 
as Lavender, Lavender-cotton, Sage, Eyfope, ec. Of the caufe of this effquire | 
further, for it feemeth. a fecret.;1here falleth alfo Mildew upon Comm, and } 
fmutteth ic: But itmay be, thatthe fame falleth alfoupon other Herbs, i and | 
is not obferved. | - noe wy nots ped iy 
It were good, Tryal were made, whether the great confentbetween | 
Plants and Water, which is a principal nourifhment of them, will makeanj|_ 
‘AttraGionor Diltance, andnot at touch onely.. Therefore take a Veflely | 
_and in the middle of it make a falfe bottom of courfe Canvas ; -fill ic with | 
Earth above the Canvas, and let not the Earth be watred, then fow fome'| 
good Seeds in that Earth : But under the Canvas, fome half a foot in| 
the bottom of the Veffel,lay a great Spunge, thorowly wetin Water ,, and | 
let it lic fomie ten days ; and fee whether the Seeds will {prout,and the Earth} 
become more moift, and the Spunge more dry. The Experiment formerly | 
mentioned of the Cucumber, creeping to the Potot Water, is far ftranger| 
than this. uch Saitaag 
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He altering of the Sent, Colour, or T afte of Fruit, by Infufing, Mixing, 
T or Letting intothe Bark, or Root of the Tree, Herb, or Flower, ‘any} 
Coloured, Aromatical, or Medicinal Subftance, -arebut fancies. The caufle ie 
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is, for that thofe things have pafled their period, and nourifh not; and alk] 
alteration of Vegetables, in thofe qualities, muft beby fomewhat that isapty 
to go into the nourifhment of the Plant. But this is true, tharwhere Kine} 
feed upon Wilde Garlick, their Milk tafted plainly of theGarlick. And the’ 
Flefh of Muttonsis better tafted where theSheep feed upan Wilde Thyme, | | 
and other wholfome Herbs. Galen alfofpeaketh of the curing of the Scirrus | 
of the Liver, by Milk of a Cow, that feedeth upon certain Herbs, and Honey 
in Spain {melleth (apparently) of the Rofemary, or Orenge, from whence the |) | 
Bee gather it: And thereis an old Tradition of a.Maiden that was fed w | 
Napellus, (which is counted the ftrongeft poyfonof all Vegetables) wh 
with ufe, didnot hurt the Maid, but poyfoned fome thathad ‘carnal 
pany with her. So, it is obferved by fome; that thereisa vertuous A 
and another without vertue, which appear tothe fhew alike ; but th 
tuous is taken from the Beaft, that fecdeth upon the Mountains, y 
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