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Th ere is hardly found a Plamt, thatyeeldeth ' a Red Juyce,m the Blade, or 

 Bar % Except it be the T ree that beareth Sanguis Draconis : Which groweth 

 chiefly in the Jfland Soquotra: The Herb Aramanthus, (indeed,) is Red 

 all over-, And Br aft lis Red in the Wood: And fo is Red Sawders. The Tree of 

 Sanguis Draconis > groweth in the form of a Sugar- Loaf. It is like, the 

 Sap of that P/^,concocl:eth in the Body of theTw. For we fee that Grapes, 

 and Pomegranates^ Red in the J«^ 5 but are G>«» in the Tear : And this 

 maketh the T ree of Sanguis Draconis leller towards the T cp ; Becaufe the 

 tfuyce hafteneth not up •, And befides,it is very Aflringent And therefore 

 of Slow Motion. 



It is reported, that Sweet iWtf/j,beiidcs tha t upon the Apple Trees, grow- 

 eth like wife (fometimes) upon Poplars $ And yet (generally) the P^;- is a 

 Smooth Tree of Bark, and hath little Mofs. The Mofs of the Lanx-Tree 

 burneth alfo fweet,and fparkleth in the Burning. <$uare of the Mofjes of 

 odor ate T%ees\ As Cedar, Cyprefs, Lignum Aloesfec. 



The Death that is moft without Pain, hath been noted to fee, upon the 

 T aking of the Potion of Hemlock •, which in Humanity was the Form of Ex- 

 ecution oi Capital/offenders in Athens. The Poyfon of the Afpejthat Cleopatra 

 ufed,hath fome affinitie with it. The Cauje is,tor that the T orments of Death 

 are chiefly raifed by the Strife of the Spirits ^ And thefe Vapours quench the 

 Spirits by Degrees •, Like to the Death of an extreme Old Man. I 

 conceive it is lefs painfull then Opium, becaufe opium hath Parts of Heat 

 mixed. 



There be Fruits,ihat are Sweet before they Ripe - As Mirabolanes 5 So 

 Fennell-Seeds are Sweet before they ripen,and after grow Spicy. And fome 

 never Ripen to be Sweet ^ As T amarinds, Barberries, Crabs, Sloes, &c. The 

 Cauje is, for that the former Kind have much and fubtile Heat, which cau- 

 feth Early Sweetnefs •, The latter have a Cold and Amide J'uyce ; which n© 

 Heat of the Sun can fweeten. But as for the Mirabolane, it hath Parts of 

 Contrary Natures For it is Sweet and Aflringent. 



There be few Herbs that have a Salt T afle •, And contrariwife all Bloud of 

 Living Creatures hath a Saltnef ': The C4///f may be, for that Salt, though 

 it be the Rudiment of Life, yet in Plants the Originall T afle remaineth not 

 For you lhall have them Bitter, S our e, Sweet, Biting, but feldome Salt : But in 

 Living Creatures, all thole High T aftes may happen to be (fometimes ) in the 

 Humours, but are feldome in the Flejh, ot Subflance $ Becaufe it is of a more 

 0)/)/ A T rf/#/r h which is not very Sulceptible of thofe T ajles 5 And the-S'^/r- 

 #f/ut felf of is but a light, and fecret Saltnef s: And even among 



Plants, fome do participate of Saltnef, as Alga Marina, Samphire, Sccrvy- 

 Grafs,&c. And they report, there is, in fome of the Indian Seas, a Swimming 

 Plant , which they call Salgaz m, fpreading over the in fuch fort, as one 

 would think it were a Meadow. It is certain, that out of the Afhes, of all 

 P!ams,thty extract a Salt^ which they ufe in Medicines. 



It is reported by one of the Ancients, that there is an Herb growing in 

 the Water^Ccilkd Li nc of Hs , which is full of Prickles : This Herb putteth forth 

 mother fmall out or the Leaf , which is imputed to fome Moifure^ 

 that is gathered between the Prickles, which Putrified by thcS/wz, Germi- 

 natetb. But I reme mber alfo I have feen, for a great Rarity, one Rofe grow 

 out of another ,like Honey-Suckles, that they call T op and T op-gallants. 



Barky , (as appeareth in the Malting,) being fteeped in Water three dayes, 

 and afterwards the Water drained from it, and the Barley turned upon a dne 

 foar, wlllfprout, half an Inch long at leaft: And if it be Jet alone, and 



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