Century VII. 



not turned,much more; untill the Heart be out. wheat will doe the fame. 

 Trie it alfo with Peafe, and Beanes. This Experiment is not like that of the 

 Orpin, and Semper-live • For there.it is of the old Store, for no Water is ad- 

 ded i But here it is nourifhed from the water. The Experiment would be 

 further driven: For it appeareth already, by that which hath been faid, 

 thatEarth,is not neceflary to the firft Sprouting of Plants; And we fee that 

 Rofe-Buds fee in Water,wi\\ blow:Therefore trie whether the Sprouts of fuch 

 Graines may not be raifed to a further Degree ; As to an Herb, or Flower, 

 with water onely 5 Or fome fmall commixture, of $0*$ : For if they will, 

 it fhould fcem by the Experiments before , both of the Malt, and of the Ro- 

 fes, that they will come farre fafter on in Wate r,than in Earth : For the Nou- 

 rishment is eafilier drawn out of 'water, than out of Earth. It may giue fome 

 light alfo,that Drink mf ufed with Flefb&s that with the Capon,&c.will nou- 

 rifh fafter and eafilier , than Meat and Drir.k together. Trie the fame Ex- 

 periment with Roots, as well as with Graines: As for Example,take ^Turnip, 

 and fteep it a while,and then drie it,and fee whether it will fprout. 



Malt in the Drenching will fwell; And that in filch a manner ,as after the 

 Putting forth in Sprouts, and the drying upon the Keele,there will be gai- 

 ned at leaft a Bufhel in eight, and yet the Sprouts are rubbed off; And 

 there will be a Bufhel oiDufl betides the Malt: Which I fuppofe to be,not 

 onely by the loofe, and open Laying of the Parts, but by fome Addition of 

 Sub/fiance, drawn from the Water jn which it was fteeped. 



Malt gathereth a Sweetnefje to the Tajle,which appeareth yet more in the 

 Wort. The Dulcorationoi Things is worthy to be tried to the full ^ For that 

 Dulcoration impor ceth a degree to Nourishment : And the Making of Things 

 Inalimentaly to become Jl internal, may be an Experiment of great Profit, for 

 Making new ViBual. 



Moft Seeds in the Growing,leave their Husk or Rind about the Root-, But 

 the Onion will carry it up , that it will be like a Cap upon the Top of the 

 Young Onion. The Caufe maybe, for that the Skin or Husk is not eafie to 

 break;as we fee by the Pilling of Onions,wha.t a holding Subftance the Skin is. 



Plants, that have Curled Leaves, doe all abound with Moifture; Which 

 commeth fo faft on,as they cannot fpread themfelves Plain,butmuft needs 

 gather together. The W eakeft Kinde of Curling is RoughneJJe; As in Clary, 

 and Burre. The Second is Curling on the Sides ; As in Lettuce , and Young 

 Cabbage: An.d the Third is folding into an Bead ; As in Cabbage full grown 

 and Cabbage Lettuce. 



It is reported,thatF/m , ) and P*W,e.fpecially iftheybeOWand Putrifed, 

 though they fhine not, as fome Rotten Wcods doe, yet m the fudden Breaking 

 they will fparkle like Hard Sugar. 



The Roots of Trees doe, (fome of them,) put down-wards deep into the 

 Ground^ As the Oake, Pine,Firre,tcc. Some fpread more towards the Sur- 

 face of the Earth; As the 4fh,CypreJJe-Tree)0live,&c. The Caufe of this lat- 

 ter may be, for that fuch Trees as love the Sunne,doe not willingly defcend 

 farre into the Earth; And therefore they are (commonly) Trees, that fhoot 

 up much; For in their Body, their defire of Approach to the Sunne 3 maketh 

 them f pread the letfe. And the fame Reafon,under Ground,to avoid Recefs 

 from the Sunne, maketh them fpread the more. And we fee it cometh to 

 paffe in fome Trees , which have been planted too deep in the Ground, that 

 for love of Approach to the Sunne they forfake their firft Root^ and put 

 I out another more towards the Topoi the Earth. And we fee alfo that 

 j the Olive is full of City Juice ; And Ajb maketh the beft Fire ; And 

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