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erher only by the various preportions and mixtures, and vari- 
oufly fized pores of thefe two Bodies. 
But to return, befides thefe three Covcr?^ he finds a fourth, 
which is the innermoft, called by him the Secondine^ the con- 
cave of which membrane is filled with a tranfparent IfquorjOut 
of which the «S^ff.^f is formed. Through this membrane 5 the 
Li^nous Body ox Seed-branches^ diftribuced in the inner Coat, at 
laft flioot dowur^right two (lender Fibres ^ like twoNavils, 
one into each Lobe of the Bean; Thefe Fibres, from thefu- 
perficies of each Lobe, defcend a liitle way dircdly down j 
and then prefently each is divided into two Branches, 
on^ diftributed into the Lobes , the other into the l{adicU 
and Plume^ 
As for th^ Generation ihtSeed^ dependent upon the Hi* 
ftory delivered 3 he faith , that the .S^/j?/, having in the 7^(?<?f, 
TranJ(j and Leaves^ paffed divers Concoftions and Separati- 
ons , in the manner by him defcribed, 'tis at laft, in fome good 
maturityjadvanced towards \}[i^Seed. The more Copious and 
Cruder part hereof is sgain feparatcd by a free reception into 
the or other part analogous to it. The more Ejjential 
part is entertained in the Seed branches, which being confider^ 
ably long and very fine, the fap becoms therein, as in the 
Spermatie\ veffels^ ftill more mature. From hence it is next 
delivered up into the Coats of the Seed, as into a Womb^ and the 
«??<?^??^r part hereof is again difcharged to the outer Coat , as 
aliment good enough^ the finer ^ is tranfmitted to the inner^ 
which being a Parenchymous and more fpatious body, the Sap 
therefore is not herein a meer aliment, but in order to its being 
farther prepared by Fermentation. The Saphemg thus pre* 
pared in ih^inner c<M ^ as a liquor now apt to be the matter 
of the future Seed Embryo, by frefli fupplies is thence difcharg* 
edj or filrredj or tranfpired through the Secondine above* 
mentioned - and the depofiture thereof, anfwcrable to the 
ColliquameJitum m diViE^g^ or to the Semen muliebre , is at laft 
_ made into the Concave of the fame. The other part of the 
purefi fap^ imbofo m'd in the rnmulets of the Seed brancb^runs 2l 
Circle, and fo becoms 5 as the Semen ma/culinurn^ yet more 
elaborate.With this pureft Sap the faid ramuleU being fupplied, 
from 
