cherin hh Mundus fuhterraneiis alludes, when he Jay^ 
Nth aqua in potumr edit non modo faluberrimum, fed& fw- 
cundandis mulieribus mire opp or tunum, 2.116, Petrus Gturius a, 
gives us this memorable ftory out of C(2fius^ that when Phi- 
iadelphus King of ^gypt married his Daughter ^^r^;?7Vi?, 
to AntiochusY>Ang of the Aflyrians, he commanded her 
to drink of the water of Nile^ that fhe might make her 
Husband happy in a numerous offspring. 
By the Teftimony therefore Hippocrates Gallen 
Mathiolus d, Diofcorides^Fliny and Agricohi f, it appears 
to have been of great ufe in Phyfick. 
But here it is to be noted, that when Nitre by the 
afore mentioned Authors is prefcrib'd, that Nitre which 
is an ingredient of Gun-powder, is not to be underftood» 
Amongft the Moderns we have this account of it^Mon" 
fieur du Clos is of the Opinion that moft of the mine- 
ral Waters in France are impregnated with this fort of 
Nitre, and that a!l their Cures are done by it g. 
Molenbrochius 2iSivm% ^tmQcwvQoi Apf^^oiiitrnm to be 
of wonderful efficacy in the Stone : this I the rather 
credit, becaufe it's laid by Ju7ic\en in his Medicus, the 
Nitre of Nitria is of fo piercing a fpirit, that it doth not 
permit either Stone or Rock to be thereabout. And 
Ten ^ne in his Meditations de veteri medicina af- 
firms it to be of wonderful fuccefs in the iamediftem- 
pers. 
The next thing to be confidered is its ule in Agricul- 
tui'e, and in treating of this, I think it convenient to 
{2l) Arcanum cidularum,{h) de natura (3 morbis mulierum, 
{c) denitro. [d) comment Jn diof. (c) nat hiji. (f ) defoJJiL 
|g) mineral waters of Tr^LiiCQ. (h) de Arthrit. 
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