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The following of the Plough hath been apptoved for refrefhing thie 
‘ Spirits, and procuring Appetite; but to do it in the Plougbing tor Wheat 
lor Rye isnotfo good; becauie the Barth hath fpentherfweet breath in Vege-| 
a tables put forth inSummer. It is better therefore to do it when you fow | 
“|Barley. But becaufe Ploughing is tied to Seafons, it is beft to cake thé Air | 
lof the Earth new turned up by digging with the Spade, or ftanding by him | 
“Ithat diggeth. Gen:lewomen may dothermfelves much good by Kneeling upon | 
a Cuthion,and Weeding. And thefe eninge you may practifein the beft Sea_ | 
fons ; which is.ever the carly Spring, before the Earth putteth forth the | 
; | Vegetables, and in thefweeteft Earth youcanchufe. Itwouldbe done allo | 
| when the Dew isa little off the Ground, leftthe Vapor be too moift. I knew 
iB great Man that lived long, who had a clean Clod of Earthbrought to 
| him every morning as he fate in his Bed; and he would hold his head 
| over ica good preety while. 1 commend alfo fometimes in digging of 
| new Earth, to pourin fome Malmfey or Greek Wine, that the Vapor of 
4 the Earth and Wine together may comfort the Spirits the more ; pro- 
4 vided always it be not taken for a Heathen Sacrilice or Libation to the 
| Earth. . . 
| ~ They have in Phyfick ule of Pomanders, and knots of Powders for drying 
| of Rheums, comforting of the Heart, provoking of Sleep, &c. for though 
, thofe things be not fo {trong as Perfumes, yet you may have them continu- 
| ally in yourhand, whereas Perfumes you can take but av times; and be- 
‘| fides, there be divers things that breath better of themfelves then when 
| theycome to the Fire; as Nigella Romana, the Seed of CWelanshinm, Amo- 
| mam, Orc. 3 ri | 
| There be two things which (inwardly ufed) do cool and condenfe 
| the Spirits ; and I wifh thefame to be tried outwardlyin Vapors. The one 
‘is Nive; which] wouldhave diffolvedinMalmfey, or Greek Wine. and fo 
| the fmell of the Wine taken; or, if you would have it more forcible, pour 
| of ic uponaFire-pan well heated, as they do Rofe-water andVinegar. Tlic 
| other is, the diftilled Water of Wilde Poppey ; which I wifh co be mingled 
| at half with Rofe-water, and fo taken with fome mixture of a few Clovesin a 
| Perfuming- pan. The like would be done with the diftilled Water of Saffron- 
Flowers. : 
reous Appetite ; which they may do by the refrefhing and calling forthof 
the Spirits. | 
. Incenfe and Niderous fmells (fuch as were of Sacrifices) ere thought to 
intoxicate the Brain, and ‘to difpofe men to devotion; which they may do 
by a kinde of fadnefs and contriftation of the Spirits, and partly alfo by 
Heating and Exalting them. We fee that amongft the Jews, the principal 
perfume of the Santuary was forbidden all common ufes. 
There be fome Perfumes prefcribed by the Writers of Natural Magick; 
| which procure pleafant Dreams; and {ome others (as they fay) that procure 
Prophetical Dreamis, as the Seeds of Flax, Fleawort, Cc. 
It is certain, that Odors do ina {mall degree, nourifh, efpecially the 
Odor of Wine ; and we fee Men an hunered do love to fimell hot Bread. 
Teisrclated, that Democrims when he lay a dying, hearda Woman in the 
_Houfe complain,that the fhould be kept from being at a Feaftand Solemni- 
ty (which fhe much defired to fee) becaufe there would be aCorps in the 
Houle : Whereupon he caufed Loavesof new Bread to be fent for,and open- 
: jea-thctn; and poured a little Wine into them, and fo kept himfelf alive with 
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