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Stronger and a Weaker, like unto Mafculine and Feminine, doth hold in all 

 Living Bodies. It is confounded fometimes *, As in fome Creatures of Pu- 

 trefaction, wherein no Marks of Dijlwffion appear : and it is doubled fome- 

 times As in Hermaphrodites : But generally there is a Degree of Strength 

 inmoft Species. 



The Participles or Con finer s between Plants and Living Creatures, me fuch 

 chiefly,as are Fixed, md have no Locall Motion of 2^;w^,though they have 

 a Motion in their Parts, Such as are OyJlers,Cockles,md fuch like. Thereis a 

 Fabulous Narration, that in the Northern Countries, there mould be an Herb 

 that groweth in the likenefs of a Lamb, and feedeth upon the Grajs, in 

 fuch fort, as it will bear the Grajs round about. But I fuppofe that the 

 Figure maketh the Fable ; For fo we fee, there be Bee-Flowers, &c. And 

 as for the Grafs, it feemeth the Plant, having a great Stalk, and T &p, doth 

 prey upon the Grafs a good way about, by drawing the $#yce of theEarth 

 from it. 



The Indian Fig bowetb his Roots down fo low, in one year, as of it felf 

 ittaketh Root again: And fo multiplyeth from 2?^ to Root-? Making of 

 one T ree a kind oi Wood. The Caufe is,the Plenty of the Sap,md the Softnefs 

 of the Stalk, Which maketh the Bough, being overloaden, and notfliffely 

 Upheld, weigh down. It hath Leaves, as broad as a Tittle T arget, but the 

 Fruit no bigger than Beanes. The Caufe is, for that the continuall Shade in- 

 creafeth the Leaves, and abateth the Fruit ; which neverthelefs is,ofaplea- 

 fantTaite. And that; no doubt) is caufed, by the Supplenefs and Gentlenefs 

 of thejuyce of that Plant, being that which maketh the Boughs alfo fo 

 Flexible. 



It is reported by one of the Ancients, "that there is a certain Indian T ree ; 

 having few,but very great Leaves, three Cubits long, and two broad And 

 that the Fruit being of good Tarte, groweth out of the Barke. It may be, 

 there be Plants that pour out the Sap fo faft, as they have no leifure, either 

 to divide into many Leaves, or to put forth Stalks to the Fruit. With us 

 Trees generally have fmall Leaves in comparifon. The Fig hath the great- 

 eft And next it the Vme,Mulberrie, and Sycamore ; And the leaft are thofe 

 of the Willow, Birch, and Thorn. But there be found Herbs with far greater 

 Leaves than any Tree ; As the Bur, Gourd, Cucumber, and Colewort. The 

 Caufe is, (like to that of the Indian Fig,) the hafty and plentiful Putting forth 

 of the Sap. 



- There be three Things in ufe for Sweetnefs Sugar, Honey, Manna. For 

 Sugar, to the Ancients it was fcarce known, and little ufed. It is found in 

 Canes: <$Mre, whether to the fir It Knuckle, or further up f And whether the 

 very Bark of the Cane it felf do yeeld Sugar or no < For Honey, the Bee ma- 

 keth it, or gathereth it But 1 have heard from one, that was induft rious 

 in Husbandry, that the labour of the Bee is about the Wax-, And that he 

 hath known in the beginning of May, Honey-Combes empty of Honey, And 

 within a fortnight when the fweet Dewes fall, filled like a Cellar. It is re- 

 ported by fome of the Ancients, thit thereis a Tree called Occhu-s,m the Val- 

 leys of Hyrcania, that diftilleth Honey in the Mornings. It is not unlike, 

 that the Sap and T ears of fome T rces, may be fweet. It may be alfo, that 

 fome fweet juyces, fit for manyufes, may be concocted out of Fruits, to 

 the Thicknefs of Honey, or perhaps of Sugar ; The- likelieft are Rafins of the 

 i Sun,F^,and Corrans : TheMeanes may be enquired. 

 1 T he Ancients report of a T ree, by the Perfian Sea, upon the Shore-Sands, 

 \ which 



