fcrikdy rmy ^oth prepare and inform thofe that are embarked in 
that adventure^ and alfo give the Light of various Arguments 
t0OHr domeflicks. 
Chronology affords us the hefl view of all Times pafl • lutj af- 
ter aB Emendations , is (lil involvd in much ebfcuritj : There 
arefrejh E(fayesto extricate the difficulties and [ever al hands at 
work^toremarkthe ProduSfs of all former Ages. 
Medical obfervations of peculiar curio fttj ^ and the Singularities 
of Humane Bodies are not pretermitted. The Reftlefnefs of parti- 
cles in Solid Bodies reprefented ^ and mode^ly argued. Botanicks 
happily entertained ^ and reduced to a Natural Method, The Syl- 
van^ Hortulan and olitory affairs ^ for Forrefls, Groves y Orchards^ 
Nurferies^and fruitful Gardens revived with great vigor ^and with- 
manifold fupplies. Vegetables brought under a Fhilofophical con- 
^deration * T he Motion and the ufes of Sap in Trees dtjcufed : T he 
nearer affinity of their fever al parts incfuired, to the intention of al- 
tering-^ mixing and multiplying divers kinds very many ways. The 
Musk' melon how to be cultivated togreat perfe^ion^ &c, 
Thfiswe have briefiy touched, whatpartsef nfeful Philofophy are 
now advancingtyandthe[e being the labours and (ludies of others,! 
prefumCil may ^without offence to tiny good men^claimthe freedom to 
give them due appUufe. And now ^ let Envy fnarle ^ it cannot 
pop the wheels of A^ive Philofophy , in no part of the known 
mrld. Not in France^ either in Paris or Caen. Not in li^Xy , 
either income, Naples, Milan^Florence^Venice. Bononia, (?r Pa- 
dua. Mnone of the Univerftties j either on this or that fide of the 
Seas. Madrid and Lisbon , all th& be(l Spirits in Spain and 
Portugal p and the fpatious and remote dominions to them belong- 
ing % the Imperial Court y and the Princes of G^xmmy the 
Morthern Kings , andtheir befl Luminaries \ andeven thefrozer^ 
Mufcovice ^.^^^ Ruffian ^ have all taken the operative fermtnt > 
md it works highland prevails every way^ to the encouragement of 
dl [mcere lovers cf Knamledg andFertuf^^ 
