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I Some of the Ancients,and likewife diners of the Moderne Writers, | 
that haue laboured in NaturallMagick ,haue noted a Sympathy,between 
th e Sunne, Moone,and fome Principall star res-And certaine Herbs, and 
Plants. And lb they haue denominated fome Herbes Solar , and fome 
Lunar • And fuch likeToyes plit into great Words.lt is man if eft that 
there are lome Flowers , that haue Refpttt to the Sunne , in two Kindes •, 
The one by Opening and Shutting -, And the other by Bowing and Inch- 5 
ning the Head. For Mart-golds , T ulippds, Pimpernel!, and indeed mod I 
Flowers , doe open or fpread their leaues abroad, when the Sunne fhi- 
ncth ferene and faire: And againe, (in fome part, ) clofe them, or ga¬ 
ther them inward,eithcr towards Night,or when the Skie is ouer cart. 
Of this there needeth no fuch Solemne Reafon to be affigned 5 As to 
fay, that they reioyce at the Prefence of the Sunne ; And mourneat 
the Abfence thereof.For it is Nothing elfe, but a little Loading of the 
Leaues, and Swelling them at the Bottome, with the Moifture of the 
A ire, whereas the drie Aire doth extend them : And they make it a 
Peece of the wonder, that Garden clauer will hide the Stalke,when the 
Sunne fheweth bright • Which is Nothing,but a full Expan lion of the 
\esmes,¥ox the Bowingand Incliningihc Head • it is found in the great 
Flower of the Sunne • in Mari-golds •, wart-won *, Mallow Flowers , and 
others.'The Caufe is fomewhatmore Obfcurethan the former. But I 
take it to be no other, but that the Part againft which the Sunne bea- 
teth, waxeth more faint and flaccide in the Stalke • And thereby leflc 
able to fupport the Flower. 
What a little Moijlure will doe in Vegetables, euen though they be 
dead, and feuered from the Earth,appeareth well in the Experiment of 
luglers . They take the Beard of an Oatey which (if you marke it well,) 
is wreathed at the Bottome, and one fmooth entire Straw at the Top, 
They take only the Part that is Wreathed,and cut off the other, leaning 
the Beard halfe the Breadth of a finger in length. Then they make a lit- 
the Croffe of a £yjll, long-waies, of that Part of the Jgyjll, which hath 
the Pith^AndCrofte-waies of that peece ofthe j^7/,withoutPirh-The 
whole CroJJe being the Breadth of a Finger high. Then rhey pricke the 
Bottome where the Pith is,and thereinto they putth e Oaten-beard,lea 
ning halfe of it (Licking forth of the Then they rake akrrle whiu- 
Box ol wood,to dcceiue Men,as if fomewhat In die Box did worke the 1 
Feat: In which, with a Pinne,they make a little Hole, enough to cake j 
the Beard, but not to let the CroJJe finkc downe,but to rticke.Then like¬ 
wife by way of Importure,they make a Queftion- As, who is the Fai- 
reft Woman in the Company? Or,Who hath a Gloue, or CardpAnd 
caufeanother to name diuers Perfons: And vpoa euery Naming, they 
ftickc the Crop in the Box, hauing firft put it towards their Mouth, as 
if they charmed it- And the Crop ftirrethnotj But when they come to 
thePerfon that they would take-As they hold th eCrop to their month, 
they 
