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lent notwithftanding Feculent \ As Heps, Broom, &c. <$u&re what Herbs 

 are good for Brink^ befides the two aforenamed ; For that it may (perhaps) 

 eafe the Charge of Brewing, if they make Beer to require lefs Malt, or make 

 it laft longer. 



Parts fit for the Nourifhment of Man, in Plants, are Seeds^ Roots, and 

 Fruits But chiefly Seeds, 2nd Boots. For Leaves,they give no Nourishment 

 at all,or very little.-No more do flowers,or Bloj]omes,or stalkes. The Rea- 

 fonis, for that Roots, and Seeds, and Fruits, (inasmuch as all Plants confift 

 of an Oyly and Watrie Subftance commixed,) have more of the oily Subftance^ 

 And Leaves, F lowers, &c.of the Watrie. And fecondly,they are more ConcoU- 

 ed-, For the Root, which continueth ever in the Farth, is ftill Concocied by 

 the Earth - nnd Fruits, and Grains, (we fee) are half a year, or more, in 

 Concocting \ Whereas Leaves are out,and Perfect in a Month. 



Plants^ (for the molt part) are more ftrong, both in T ajle and Smell, in the 

 S?ei, than in the Leaf and i?^. The Caufe is, for that in Plants that are 

 not of a Fierce and Eager Sprit, the Vertue is encreafed by Concoction^ and 

 Maturation, which is ever moft in the Seed But in Plants that are of a 

 Fierce and Eager Spirit, they are ftronger whileft the Spirit is indofed in 

 the Root; And the Spirits do but weaken, and difEpate, when they come 

 to the Air and Sunne As we fee it in Onions fiarlickyBr agon Nay there 

 be Plants that have their touts very Hot, and Aromaticall ; And their Seeds 

 rather Jnfipide j As Ginger. The C<t#/i? is, (as was touched before,) for that 

 the Heat of thofe Plants is very Diflipable^ which under the Farth is contain- 

 ed and held in But when it cometh to the Air, it exhaleth. 



The J-uyces of Fruits are either Watrie, or Qylie. I reckon amongft the 

 Watrie, all the Fruits out of which Brink is exprefled ; As the Grape, the Ap- 

 ple, the P^r, the Cherry, the Pomegranate^ &c. And there arefome others, 

 whicb though they be not in ufe for Brink, yet they appear to be of the 

 fame Nature ; As Plums, Services, Mulberries, Rajps^ Orenges, Lmons, &c. 

 And for thofe J>uyces, that are fo flefhy, as they cannot make Brink 

 by Expreflion, yet (perhaps) they may make Brink by Mixture of 

 Water; 



Poculaque admijlis imitantur vitea Sorbis. 

 And it may be Heps and Brier- Berries would do the like. Thofe that have 

 Oylie ^uyces^ve ; Olives, Almonds, Nuts of all forts, Pine- Apples, &c. And 

 their ^uyces are all Inflammable. And you muft obferve alfo, that fome of the 

 Watrie Juyces, after they have gathered Spirit, will Burn and Enflame As 

 Wine. There is a Third Kind of Fruit, that is fweet, without either Sharp- 

 nefor Oylinef : Such as is the Fig, and the Bate. 



It hath been noted, that moft Trees, and fpecially thofe that bear Moft, 

 are'fruitfull but once in two yeares. The Caufe (no doubt) is,the, Expence 

 of Sap ; For many Orchard-T rees, well Cultured, will bear divers yeares 

 together. 



There is no T ree, which befides the Nat ur all Fruit ,doth bear fo many Bajl- 

 ard Fruits, as the Oake doth For befides the Acorne, it beareth Galls, 

 Oake- Apples^ and certain Oake- Nuts^ which are Inflammable •, And certain 

 Oake-Berries, fticking clofe to the Body of the T ree without Stalk. It bear- 

 eth alfo Miffeltoe, though rarely. The Caufe of all thefe may bejhe Clojene-fs 

 and Solidnefoi the Wood, and Pith of the Oake ; Which maketh feverall 

 fuyces find feverall Eruptions. And therefore, if you will devife to make 

 any Super- Plants, you muft ever give the Sap Plentifull Riling, and Hard 

 Iflue. 



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