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they touch the Beard with the Tip of their Tongue, and wet it • And To 
fiicke the CroJJ'e in the Box , And then you fhall lee it turne finely and j 
foftly, three or foureT urnes; Whichiscaufcdby the vntwining of the 
Bear'd by the Moifture. You may fee it moreeuidently, if you fticke the | 
Croffebetweene your Fingers, in Stead of the Box 5 And therefore you 
mayfee, that this Motion, which is effeded by fo lit tie Wet, is ltronger 
than the Clofing or Bending of the Head of a Marigold. 
It is reported by fome, that the Her be called Roja-Solis , (whereof they 
make .Strong Waters,) will at the Noone day, when the Sunne fhineth 
hot and bright, haueagreat Dewvponit. And therefore, thatrheright 
Name is Kos Sold : which they impute to a Delight and Sympathy , that 
it hath with the Sunne. Men fauonr Wonders. It were goodfirft to bee 
fare, that the Dew that is found vponit, bee not the Dew of the Mor¬ 
ning Preferued, whentheDewof other Herbs is breathed away ; for it 
hatha fmooth andthickc Leafe, that doth not difeharge the Dew fo 
foone, as other Herbs that are more Spungy and Porous. And it may 
bee Purjhme , or fome other Herbe, doth the like, and is not marked. But 
, if itbecfo, that it hath more Dew at Noone, than in the Morning, then 
i fere it feemeth to bee an Exudation of the Herbe it felfc*. As Plums fweat 
when they are let into the Oticn : for you will not (Ihope)thinke, that 
itis like Gedeons Fleece oiWooll^ that the Dew fhould fall vpon that, and 
j no where elfe. 
It iscertaine, that the Honey-dew es are found more vpon Oake-Laues, 
than vpon dfh, or Beech, or the like • But whether any Caufebcc, from 
the Leafe it felfe, to concod the Hew • Or whether it bee onely, that the 
Leafeis Clofeand Smooth ; (And therefore drinketh not in the Dew, j 
butpreferuethit;) may bee doubted. It would bee well inquired, whe4 
ther' Manna the Hrug^ doth fall but vpon certaine Herbs or Leaner one¬ 
ly. Flowers thathauedeepe Sockets, doe gather in the Bottome, akinde 
of Honey ♦ As Honey-suckles • (both the Woodbine 5 and the Trifoile •) Lit - 
lies • and the like. And in them certainly the Flower beareth part with 
th eDew. 
The Experience is 3 that the Froth, which they call Wood/eare, (being 
like a kinde of Spittle,) is found but vpon certaine Herbs , and thole Hot 
Ones ; As Lmender^ Lauender-cotton^age^ H/Jfope , See. OftheGw/cof 
this enquire further; For it feemeth a Secret. There falleth alfb Mildew 
vpon Come^ and fmutteth it • But it may be, that the lame falleth alio vp¬ 
on other Herbs , and is not obferued. 
It were good, Triall were made, whether the great Confent bc- 
tWeene Plants and water\ which-is a principall Nourifhment of them* 
! will make an Attraction or Diftance, and not at Touch onely . Therefore 
take a Veffell, and in the middle of it make a falfe Bottome of conrfe 
Canualle : F ill it with Earth aboue the Canualfe, and let not the Earth 
be watred 5 Then fow fome good Seeds in that Earth ; But vnder the 
Cannalfe, fomchaife afoot in the Bottome of the Vefleil, lay a great 
Spunge t thorowly wet in water • And let it lye foTotneD*v*e . a wT 
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