Mr. Oldenburgh to Mr. Willughby. $71 



fuppofe it to be 'with Poyfion y becaufie, after the Combat, 

 when Jhe went away lank and empty of her Poyfion, her 

 whitenefis alfo difiappeafd. "The latter end of May is the 

 right Seafon for fuch Spiders , and it feems to me not 

 only a rhetorical Flour i ft) , but a philofophical "Truth^ 

 that the fame Mxy-flowers-dew fills the Spider with 

 Poyfon^ -and the Bee with Honey, 



To this the fame Dr. adds thefe Particulars. 



I brought home (faith he) Ye filer day many hundred 

 fieedling Beeches in my Glove, and planted them, where 

 they grow .very kindly ^ and this Day many more feeds 

 of Elm (a rare Timber in this part of Kent). But what 

 ffiees are thofe , Sir 5 / alfo brought home by hundreds 

 in a fimall Basket , and planted on Saturday lafil in my 

 Nur fiery , which bear ripe fiweet Nuts at or under fix 

 Months growth ? And of thofe Nuts fiome are fib large 

 that half the weight of it is borne up on high by one 

 free , and the other half by another , and appeals a 

 fiufftcient load to them both. And what Fruit or Seed 

 is that , and of what Free , ' which being fiet of' fibwn 

 at Michaelmas, and having lain in the Earth tilP now 9 

 and fihot out from it two fair Frees , Js as founds entire 

 and fiweet, as the Barley-Grain when malted and gently 

 dried in the Sun? And if you know what it is % why 

 may it not be malted and brewed-, the Spirits of it being 

 fib quick and Balfiamick, that it not only recovers the life 

 of dead Barley -drink , but prolongs it when recover d\ 

 which the Chymical Balfiamick Oil of Sulphur cannot fib 

 perform.. ■ ,7" 



So far he. This I thought fit to communicate to 

 you, and fhall be very glad to receive your Thoughts 

 on all. 



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