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Wild Thyme, and Eye-bright,and a kind of Marjoram, and here and there ftalks of €a- | 
lamint; which is notaltogether void of wood, but conveniently fet with fome Trees — 
for fhade ; where the Sweet-briar-refe {mclleth fomething Musky and Aromatically. wf |) 
there be Revers, we fuppofe them rather hurtful than good, unlefs they be very fmall, | 
and clear,and gravelly. ; eee tea, 
It is certain that the morning air is more lively and refrefhing than the evening air, 
though the latter be preferr’d out of delicacy. : ; Feng oh 
‘We conceive alfo, that the ai /Lrred witha gentle windis more wholefome than 
the air of a ferene and calm skie; but the beft is, the wind blowing from the / ef inthe | ' 
morning, and fromthe North in the afternoon. baa 
~ Odoxrs are efpeqally profitable forthe comforting of the heart, yet not fo as though 
ag ood odour were the prerogative of a good air: for itis certain,that as thereare fome 
Peftilential airs which f{imell not fo illas others that are lefs hurtful; fo, on the contra- 
ry, there are fome airs moft wholfome and friendly to the /pzrits, which cith fine 
not at all, or are lefs pleafing and fragrant to the fenfe. And generally, where the air is 
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good, odours fhould be taken but now and then; for a continual odour, though never 
fo good, is burthenfome to the /pzrits. Li 
We commend above all others (as we have touched before) doar of Plants, grow- 
ing, and not plucked, taken in the open ar: the principal of that kind are Vzolets, 
Gullifowers, Pinks, Bean-flowers, Linse-tree-bloffoms, Vine-buds, Honey-fuckles, yellow Wall- 
flowers, Mask. Rofes, (for other Rofes growing are faftof theirfmells ) Srrawberry-leaues, 
efpecially dying, Sweet-briar, principally in the early Spring, wild Mint,Lavender flowered ; 
and in the hotter Countries, @renge-tree, Citron-tree,Myrtle,Lanrel: Therefore to walk 
or fit near the breath of thefe P/azts would not be neglected. sa | 
For the comforting of the Heart, we prefer cool {mels before hot {mells : therefore 
the beft perfume is, either in the morning, or about the heat of the day, to take an equal. 
portion of Vinegar, Rofe-water, and Claret-w ine, andto pour them upon a Fire-pan fome- 
what heated. 
Neither let us be thought to facrifice to our Mother the €4rth, though we advife, 
a in digging or ploughing the Earth for health, a quantity of claret-wine be-poured 
thereon. 
Oreuge-flower-water, pure and good, with a {mall portion of Rofé-warer and brisk wane, 
{nufted up into the noftrils, or put into the noftrills with a Syrange, after the manner of an 
Errhine, (but not too frequently) is very good. 
But champing (though we have no Berel’) or holding in the mouth onely of fuch } 
things as cheer the Spirits, (even daily done ) is exceeding comfortable. Therefore 
for) that purpofe make Grains or little cates of Amber-griece, Adusk,, Lignum-Aloes, 
Lignum Rhodium,Orras Powder,and Rofes; and let thofe Grains or Cakes bemade up with 
Rofe-water which hath pafled through alittle Izdian Balfam. i: { 
~The Vapours which arifing from things inwardly taken do fortifie and cherifh the | _ 
heart ought to. have thefe three properties, that they be Friendly, Clear, and Coolie? R 
for hot vapours are naught, and « aye it felf, which is thought to have onely an_ eating | 
vapour, is not altogether void of an Opiate quality, Now we ¢ I thofe ie Clear |} & 
which have more of the vapeur than of the exhalation, and which are notdinoaky, or | 
fuliginous, or unctuous, but moiftand equal. ae if a eee 
Out of that unprofitable rabble of cordials, a few usbiveo betaken into daily diet : 
inftead of all, smsber-griece, Saffron, and the grain of Keymes, of the hotter fort; Roots 
of Buglofs and Borrage, Citrons, Sweet Linzons,and Pearmains, of the colder fort, Alfothat 
way which we faid, both Gold and Pearls work x good cftcét, not onely within the 
veins, but in their paffage, and about the partsnearthe heart ; namely, by cooling, with- 
out any malignant quality. i Fs erate 
Of Bezoar-ftoxe we believe welt; becaufe of many trials: but then the manner of { 
taking it ought to be fuch, as the vertue thereof may more eafily be communicated to | 
the /persts: therefore we approve not the taking of it in Brotks or Syrups, or in Rofe- | 
water, or any fuch like ; but onely in wine, Cinnamon-water, ot thelike diftilled water, | 
but that weak or fmall, not burning or ftrong, CAS aay | 
_ Of the dffeétions we have {poken before ; we onely adde this, That every Nobl 
Refolute, and (asthey call it) Heroica! Defre, ftrengthneth and inlargeth the powers. 
the Heart. And touching the Heart thus much. UNE ST: ae 
