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J{ue he noteth for an hcrbe hardly growing there ^ J^pfe. 
Mary^ Lavender^ Southern- woad^ not at all • Bleed wort and Ce/on^ 
dine,hvit forrily j iluskmelons better than in old England^ &c. 
III. -^* Rational way of preparing JNIMJlS , VEGETABLES 
and MINERALS for a Phyfica/ufe t by Edw. Bolneft Med, 
Reg, Ord. London, 167 x. in 12». 
THis Author 5 having fooae years fince mh\% Medicina 
Inftaurata given a brief accompt of the Excellency of 
well, prepared Chymical Medicines, with thereafons why they 
were and ought tobeeftecmed (uch j did then promifethis 
Piece, wherein he uodertikes to teach the Manner of their 
Preparation^ by whichhe eftecms they arc made mofteffica- 
' cious,(afe and pleafant Medicines for the prefervation and re« 
ftauration of the Life of man* In the doing of which , he gf- 
YQ.i\iboth general inftruiJionSj^w^ particular Examplerin each 
kind, and of each Kingdome, as they fpeak ; which though, 
not many, yet are by him conceived as luflScient guides to a 
larger progrefs* 
He begins with the general way of preparing Animals into 
a true medicine ; and then defcending to the preparation of a 
particular Animaf^ he would have Students of Chymiftry cons 
fider, what vertues Phyfitians haveadfcribed to it, together 
with its dofe according to occafion, and the ftrength, age, 
and conftitution of the Patient, and a fit vehicle. It were to 
be wiflied, that fince this Author often fpeakethof ih^ Fixed: 
Salt drawn from Animals, he had obliged the curious Re ader 
with fpecifying, what quantity of fuch Salt he had by his own 
Operations obtained from Aniinals». 
He proceeds next to the manner of preparing Vegetable s^oh^ 
ftrving, that in them lies hid a very fubtil and pure sethereal^ 
and a fixed fubftance, the cherilher and fupporter of life , the 
food and nourifhmcnt of natural heat,, the root and foundati^ 
on of all its faculties : which fubftances whilft they are aboun- 
ding trees flourilh and bring forth fruiti but once decayingv, 
they grow unfruitfaL wither and dya. 
