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ilike unto Mafculine and Feminine, doth hold in all Living Bodies. It is con- 
| founded fometimes ; as infome Creatures of PutrefaGion, wherein no marks 
of diftin@ion appear 5 and it is doubled fometimes, asin Hermaphrodites : 
| but generally there is a degree of ftrength in moftSpecics. 
The Participles or Confiners between Plants and Living Creatures, are 
| fuch chiefly as are fixed, and have not Local Motion of remove; though | 
| they have a Motion in their parts,fuchas are Oyfterss Cockles, and fach like, 
Thereis afabulous Narration, That inthe Northern Countreys there fhould be : 
an Herb that growethin the likencfs of a Lamb, and feedeth upon the Grafs, 
| infach fort, as it will bear the Grafs round about. But, I fuppofe, that the 
Figure maketh the Fable ; for lo we fee there be Bee-flowers, &c. And as 
for the Grafs, it feemeth the Plant, having agreatitalk andtop, doth prey 
pea the Grafs a good way about , by drawing the Juyce of the ‘arth 
rom it. : 
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He Indian Fig boweth his Roots down fo low in one year, as of it felf it 
i taketh Rootagain; andfo multiplieth from Root to Root, making of 
Riffly upheld, weigh down. Ithath Leaves as broad as‘a little Target, but 
| the Fruitno biggerthan Beans. The caufe is, for that the continual fhade in- 
' creafeth the Leaves, and abateth the Fruit; which neverthelefs is ofa plea- 
fant tafte. And that (no doubt) is caufed, by the fupplenefs and gentlenefs 
of the Juyce of that Plant, being that which maketh the Boughs alfo fo | 
“flexible. a , 
it is reported by one of the Ancients, that there is a certain Indian Tree, | 
having few, but very great Leaves, three cubits long, andtwo broad; and |, 
thatthe Fruit being of good tafte, groweth ont of the Bark. It maybe ‘there 
be Plants that pour out the Sap1{> faft, as they have noleifure, either todivide: |) 
into many Leaves, orto put forth Stilksto the Fruit. With us Trees gene- 
| rally have {mall Leaves i comparifon: The Fighaththe greateit, and next 
it the Pine, Mulberry, and Sycamore, andthe leaftate thofeof the Willow, Birch, 
and Thorn. Butthere be found Herbs with far greater Leavesthan any Trees: |, 
as the Bur, Gourd, Cucumber, and Colewort. Thé caufeis, (like to that of the in’ 
| dian Fig) the hafty and plentiful putting forth of the Sap. Nhe | 
There be three things in ufe for fweetnels, Sugar, Honey, AZunna) For |, 
Sugar, co the ~4nciems it was fearce known, and little ufed. It is found’ in’ | 
Canes; Quere. whether to the firft Knuckle, or farthertp? and whether the: 
very Bark of the Cane ic felf doyield Sugar, orno'? For Huney, the Bee 
maketh it, or gathereth it 5 but Thaveheard from one; that was induftrions 
}in Husbandry, thatthelabor of the Bee is aboutthe Wax,’ atid that hehath 
Knownin thebeginning of Azzy, Honey-Combs empty of Honey, and within 
| afortnight, when the {weet Dews fall, filled’like a Cellar. ‘It is reported by | 
fome of the _Ancients,that there isa Tree called Occhus, in'the Valleys of Ayr- | 
| cania, that diftilleth Honey in the Mornings. It is not unlike, that the Sap’ | 
and Tears of fome Trees maybe fweet. It may be alfo, thatfome {weet fuy- 
ces, fitformany ufes, may be concoéted cut of Fruits, to the thicknels of | 
Pecney, or perhaps of Sugar; the likelicft are Rafins of the Sun, Figs, and 
‘Corrans : The Means may be enquired. ‘ #8350 tk 
) ‘~The -ncients report of a Tree, by the Perfian Sed, upon sustain | 
BeASs 0. which }* 
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an} apt ensuelitothink, that this fame Binarium of a ftronger and a wéaket, 
Century VIET. ies 24 
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612. 
Experiments — 
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one Tree a kinde cf Wood. Thecaufeis, theplenty of the Sap, and the |ronchivg 
foftac{s of theftalk, which maketh the Bough, being over-loaten, andnot |°"""* 
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