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j We ba'Vt aijo fair and large Baths, of fever al Mixtures, for thi Cure 

 of Difeafes^wd the refloringof Mans Body from Arefaction : And 

 other for the Confiming o f it in Strength o/Sinews, vital Parts, 

 and the Very Juyce and Subfhnce of th Body. 



WehaVtalfo large and Various Orchards, awd Gardens ; Wherein 

 we do not jo much refpeEl Beauty, as V met) of Ground and Soil, proper 

 for divers Trees and Herbs : A nd fome very fpacious, Ibhm Trees and 

 \ Berries arefet , whereof we make divers J$inds of Drinks, be fides the 

 Vine-yards. In thefe we pratlife likewife all Conclufions of Grafting, 

 and Inoculating , as well of Wild -Trees, as Fruit-Trees, whichpro- 

 duceth many EfjeBs : J nd we make (by A 1 1) in the Jame Orchards, 

 \and Gardens, Trees, and Flowers, to come earlier or later than their 

 Seafons; And to come up and bear more fpeedily than by their Natu- 

 ral Courfe they do. We make them dfo by Art greater much than their 

 Nature A nd their Fruit greater, and fleeter , and of differings Tafte, 

 Smell , CoIour ; and Figure, from their Nature. A nd many of them 

 loe fi Order , that they become of Medicinal Ufe. 



We haVz afo Means to make divers Plants rife, by Mixtures of 

 Eaiths without Seeds; And liktmfe to make divers New Plants, 

 differing from the Vulgar ; and to make om Tree or Plant turn into ano- 

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We have alfo Parks, and Enclolureso/^Sorfto/Bcafts, and Birds- 

 which "toe ufe not only for <view or %areneffe , but likewife for DilTecli- 

 ons and Trials; That thereby lot may take light, what may be wrought 

 upon tfo Body of Man. Wlwem we find many fir angeEffeBs j As 

 Continuing Life in them , though divers Parts, which you account Vi- 

 tal , be perifhed, and taken forth-, Refufcitating of fome that feem 

 Dead in Appearanee; A nd the like. We try alp all Poy (ons, and other 

 j Medicines ufm them , as Veil of Chirurgery, as Phyfick. By Art 

 j likewife f&e make them Greater or Taller , than their Kind is; And 

 \contrariw\fe Dwarf them and slay their Growth: We make them more 

 I Fruitful! and Bearing than their Kind is-, And contrary "fci/e Barren 

 ! and not Generative.^ Ijo we make them differ in Colour,Shapc, Activi- 

 ty many waits. VVt find Means to make ' Commixtures and Copu- 

 lations of diver fe Kinds ; which have produced many New Kinds, 

 and them not Barren, as the general Opinion is. V/e make a number of 

 Kinds of Serpents , Worms, Flies, Fifties, ^/putrefaction; where- 

 of fome 'are advanced (in effeB ) to £e perfect Creatures, like Beafts, 

 or Birds ; And haVe Sexes, and do propagate. Neither do Toe this by 

 Chance, but we k no"w before band,ofwhat Matter and Commixture, 

 ivhat Kind oj thofe Creature wiUarife. 



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