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thereof to Phyficians : Bat zstothQitUks in Mechamcal Arts^ they take 
notice of what fomeor other of them perform i t.g.) \n the maceration of 
Hcmpjin the whitening of Linnen, in the tincture of Wool and Silk, in the 
dreffing of Leather, in the tempering of Tron,in the boyling of Lcgums, in 
the watering of Plants,inthe drinking of Cattel^and the like. 
Touching the obfervations of their different Weights and Confflencer^ 
they intimate, that they can be better made at the fpring-head,where they 
have not been alter*d in their c@mpofition,nor confiftencc. However they 
defcribe the particular Inftruments by them employed for obfervations of 
this nature. 
IIL COCHLEARIA Curiofa, or theCuriofitiesofSc\XTvy'grz(s,rifntte}ttn 
LatinhyVvn Andr. Molimbrochius Leipfig, and EngUlh^d by Dr^ Th. 
Sherley Phyfician in ordinary to his Majejiy, London, in 80. i6j6. 
THE Ingenious Interpreter of this Book being of opinion, that the 
Author hath handled the Subjed thereof fo fully, that there remains 
little more to befaid upon it thanwhat he hath taken notice of,andbeingde- 
firous that thofe of his Countrymen who are unacquainted with the Latin 
tongue might reap the benefit of it as well asScholars^thought good to em^ 
ploy thofe hours of vacancy ,a]low*d him from other bufineis, to put it into 
Englijh. Therein the Reader will find not only a Defcription of the feveral 
kinds of this Plant, with its feveral Names, Place and Time of growth, 
temperature,and general vertues,but alfo an enumeration of the particular 
ufo, medicinal vertues, and manner of applying each part of this Plant v 
together with a good defcription of all forts of Medicines preparable from 
it,eitherby the Galenick or Chymical way : Befides that it will inftrudall 
forts of perfbns, how to make Wines^SauceSjSyrups^and diftiil*d waters of 
this Plant,for the good of their fick and languifliing neighbours. 
lVj!rt^9 Hreatifis'tths one^Medical^ofthe GOVtybyUctm^nBakcho^ Senior^ 
of Utrecht, repding at Batavia in the E^fl-Indies s the other^ partly Chi'- ■ 
rtergtcal ^partly Medical, containing fome Obfervations and TraBic.es rela- 
ting to fome Extraordinary Cafes of Women in 'Travel^ andio fome other 
uncommon Cafes ofVifeafes in both Sexes s by Hen.van Roonhuyfe, Phy-- 
fician in ordinary at Amfterdam. Englijh'd ottt of Dutch. London in 80. 
TH E Author of the/ir/l- of thefe two Treatifes, after he hath given us 
his thoughts of the true nature of the Gout,making it^in its true ori- 
giHja little inward fwelling within the perioftium or membran that covers 
the bones, caufed from a dry and cold ill-natur'd vapour, driven thither 
out of the arteries,and by being there inclofedjdi lending that moft fenfible 
membraUjandfo producing violent pains i after,! fay, he hath delivered this 
as the nature of this Difeafejand withal examin'd all other opinions hither- 
to received of the fame jHe is very particular, from Experiencejboth made 
upon himfelf and others, in defcribing the Cure of the Gout, and that by 
burning with a foft and woolly fubftance, calPd Moxa^ made by a skilful 
preparation of a certain dried Herb,highly valued by the Chinefes and Ja^ 
fonefes of which he fent over a quantity to his Brother at Vtrecht^ from 
whence Mr. Pitt in St. P^s Cfc»rcfe-jf^rrf hath procured a parcel for the 
