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them all. And as he fhews this in Mwerals^ fo he undertakes to 
do it in the Fermentation of Ammds in'diW the degrees of dige- 
ftion niadein their bodies ; deriving alfo thofe fpurioiis fernien- 
tationsof the Blood, that caufe Feavoursof alJ forts, from A- 
cids not congenial, but wholly difagreeable, and heightening the 
natural gentle fernienfation to an inflammation of the blood and 
other Juices : afcribing likewife all the foyfomus properties of 
Venemous Animals to the invigorated ferments of their juices , 
raifed to that height , as to become pcifonous fire, which by a 
bice or fling getting admiffion into the blood of a human body, 
will, according to their feveral degrees, in their paffage bear 
down and mortifie the fpirits thereof. Whence he endeavours to 
give an account of the efFefts of thofe Fury Serpents, we read 
of in Holy Writ, and of that matter called Gecco^ vomited by 
fome fort of venemous creatures, upon their being whipt and 
hung up (which exafperates their ferments;) which matrer is ufed 
by fome Indians as a fpeedy death to their Malefaftors^by prick- 
ing the skin under a nay] of the hand,and applying a litile quan- 
tity thereof to it, which immediately getting inro theblood,pre- 
fently fufpends the natural fermentation thereof^ and mortifying 
the fpirits^ kills prefently. 
Having (hew'd this in Minerals and Animals^ he attempts aff ) 
to verifie it in Vegetables^ viz,, that Vegetation is nothing elfe but 
a gentle collifion of the Vegetable Acid and Sulphur in every 
feed, after the loofeniHgof the body in the Earth ^ which ceafeth 
uot, till the body, fliap'd according lo the form of thofe minuxe 
types wrapt up in the feedlings, and often vlfible by MicroP 
copes, is in ail its pourtrayings brought upon the viGble ftage of 
the world. And from fuch a fermentation he would alfo deduce 
the Colors^ Sapors^ Odors of Vegetables, and their Medicinalqua- 
lifications, 2indihdt Prof agation h feeds ; as alfo the reduflior^ 
of Corn, Grapes, Fruits, .&c. into Bread and Drink ; obferving, 
that if the acidum of Palte, Muft, Wort, or the like fermentable 
liquors, be by the addition of any other thing precipitated, al- 
ter 'd, or mortified, then will thofe liquors never ferment ; fince 
that Quick-lime, Coral, Crabs-eyes, or any forr of fjct iJxtviaL 
Salts, being added thereto, before it begin, will pre^vent, or,, if 
while fermenting^ will ftop the fermentation. 
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