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maketh the {ree of Sanguis Draconis leflertowards the top, becaufe the ved : 
haftneth not up; and befides, it is very Aftringent, and therefore of flow | 
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643. The Death, that ismoft without pain, hathbeen ncredt 
are chiefly raifed by the {trife of the Spirits ; andthefe Vapors quench the| 
Spirits by degrees ; like to the death of an extream old Man. J cone| 
ceive it is lefs painful then Cpium, becaufe Opium hath parts of heat} 
mixed. LM . i SO 
CAA. There be Fruits that are {weet before they ripen, as (Wérabolanes: & | 
44 | Yeap rabolanes ; 
Fennel-feeds are {weet before they ripen, and after grow fpicy ; and fome 
never ripento befweet ; as Tamarinds, Barbervies, Crabs, Sloes, @¢. The cauk 
is, for thatthe former kinde have muchand fubtile heat, which caufeth early] 
fwweetnefs ; the latter have acold and acide Juyce, which no heat of the) 
Sun can fweeten. Butas for the Mirabolane, it hath parts of contrary natures, 
for itis {weet and aftringent. 2 (e ae 
645. There be few Herbs that have a Salttafte; and contrarivife, all Blood} 
of Living Creatures hath afaltnefs ;: the caufe may be, for that Salt, though 
it be the Rudimenrof Life, yet in Plants the original tafte remaineth n 
for you fhall have them bitter, fowre, fweet, biting, but feldom fale: B 
Living Creatures, allthofe high taftes may happen to be (f{ometimes) in 
humors, but are feldom inthe flefh, or fubftance; becaufeitisof a n 
oyly Nature, which isnot very fufceptible of thofe taftes; and the fa] 
itfelf of Blood, is but alight and fecret faltnefs: And even among Play 
fome do participate of faltnefs, as ga Marina, Samphire, Scurvy Graf, 
And they report there is infome of the Indian Seas, a Swiming Plant, w 
| they call Salgazu, {preding ever the Sea, in fort, as one wouldthink it w 
'a Meadow. Itis certain, that out of the Afhes of all Plants, they extra 
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646. | Itisreportedby one of the eAncients, that there is an Herb, growi 
the Water, called Lincosé, whichis full of Prickles: This Herb putt ch 
another {mall Herbout of the Leaf, which isimputed to fome moifturc 
|is gathered betweenthe Prickles, which putrified by the Sun, germi 
Buc remember alfo, I have feen, fora great rarity, one Rofe groy 
another, like Honey Suckles, that they call Top and Top-gallant: 
| 647. |. Barley (asappeareth in the Malsng) being fteeped ir 
| anid afterwards the Water drained from it, andthe Barley f 
| "| Floar, will forout half an inch long, at leaft: And if it be 
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