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notefculent, are notwithftanding poculent; as Hops, Broom,ec. “.Quate, what 
Herbs are good for Drink, befides the two-aforenamed ; for that it m: , 
(perhaps) cafe the charge of Brewing; if they make-Beerto require lefs Male 
or make ivlaftlonger. ida! : vod ciw TL yet 
Parts fit forthe nourifhment of (Wan in Plants, are Seeds, Roots, and 
Fruits; butchiefly Seeds and Roots. For Leaves,they give no nourifhmentatall, | 
or very little; no moredo Flowers,ot Bloffoms, or Stalks. The reafomis, for} 
that Roots, and Seeds, and Fruit, (inasmuchasall Plans confit of an Oyly, 
and Watry fubftance commixed) have more of the Oyly fubitance, and} 
Leaves, Flowers,-c.. of the Watry.» And fecondly, they are more conco@ed | 
for the Reor, which continueth ever in the Earth, is ftilleconcoéted bythe | 
Earth; and Fruitsand Grains (we fee) archalf a year, or méreimconcodting ; | 
whereas Leaves are out, and perfe@tina Moneth. . ae Slotgod. aye 
Plants (for the moft part) aremore ftrong, both in tafte-and fmell inthe | 
Seed, than in the Leaf.and Root. Thecaulcis, for thatin ¢/ansthat are not} 
of afierce and eager fpirit, the vertue is increafed by Concoétionand Ma-| 
turation, which is ever moft in the Seed; but in Plants that are of afierce and} 
eager {pirit, they are {tronger whileft the {pirie is inclofed in the Root; and| 
the f{pirits do but weaken and diflipate, when they cometo the 4ir and Sun: | 
as we fee in Onions, Garlick, Dragon, ec. Nay, there be Plants that have their | 
Roots very hot and aromatical, andtheir Seeds rather infipideas Ginger. The} 
caufeis (as was touched before) forthatthe heat of thofe Plants is very diffiz 
pable; which underthe Zarth is containedand held in, but when it comet 
to the Air, it exhaleth. aa 
The Juyces of Fruits, are either WatryorOyly. Ireckonamonett the | 
Watry, all the Fruits, outof which, Drinkisexpreffed; as the Grape, the.dp- 
ple, the Peer, the Cherry, the Pomegranate; @c.. And there arefome others, which | 
though they be notin ufe for Drink, yet they appear to be of the famenaturé; | 
as Plums, Services, Mulbervies, Rafps, Orenges, Lemmons, &c. Andfor thofe Juyces | 
that are fo fielhy, as they cannot make Drink by Expreffion, yet perhaps) 
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Anditmay be Heps and Brier-Berries woulddo thelike. Thofe that have Oyly | 
Juyces, are Olives, Almonds, Nuts of all forts, Pine-Apples, Gc. and their Juyces| 
are allinflamable. And you muft obferve alfo,thatfome of the Watry Juyces, | 
after they have gathered {pirit, will burn and enflame, as Wine, Theteisa} 
third kinde of Fruiethat is{weet, without either fharpnefs or oylinefs ; fuch | 
as isthe Fg and the Date. \ 
Poculaque admifeis imitantur vitea Sorbis. 
Q34e It hath been noted,that moft Trees,and efpecially thofe that bear Mof, | 
are fruitful but once in two years. The caufe, no doubt, isthe expence of | 
Sap; for many Orchard Trees well cultured , will bear divers years toge- | | 
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635: There is no Tree, which befidesthe Natural Fruit, dothbear fo many } | 
| Baftard Fruits as the Ozk doth ; for befides the eA corm, it bearetl: Gals, | 
Onk-Applés, and certain O«k-Nuts, which are inflamable.; and cert: 
Oak. Berries {ticking clofe tothe Body of the Tree without Stalk. It bear 
alfo Miffelre; though rarely. The caufe of all thefe may be, the clofe 
}and folidnefs of the Wood, and Pithe of the Oak; whichmaketh fey 
| Juyces finde feveral Eruptions. | And therefore, if you will devife ton 
any SuperePlams , you muft ever give the Sap plentiful rifing, and. 
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