Century . V I. 
ready cried and knowne. Fur chefe Later rnuft betaken as you I 
&i<k them ■ But the Orlier doelcueiiPornc bianke at tfa elnueh - ! 
titigprQniijes ,and Axioms. J 
Fird therefore you mud make account* that if you will haue one 
Plant change into another, you mud hau etheNourijbmnt ouer-rule the 
Seed , And therefore you are to practice it by Nourijhmeuts as contrary 
as may be,to the Nature oixhtHerbt&o neuertheleflc as th tHerb may 
gro\v 5 And likewiie with Seeds that are of the Weakeft Sort,and haue 
lead Vigour. You lrall doc well therefore, to take Marfh Herbs, and 
Plant them vpon lops of Hills, ond Champaigncs,And inch Plants ns 
require much Moiftiire,vpon Sandy and very dry Grounds. As for Ex¬ 
ample Marfh-illowes, an d Sedge, vpon Hills - CucumberandiLenuce- 
Sccds ,andColewd. ts,vpon a Sandy Plot : Socontrariwife plant Bujhes 
Heath-Ling, and Brakes, vpon awet ox Marfh Ground . This I conceiue 
alfo, that ail Efcdtnt and Garden-Herbs ,fet vpon the Tops of Hills will 
prone more Medicinally though lelfe Efculent , than they Were before. 
And it may be likewiie, fome ivilde-Herbs you may make Sallee Herbs. 
This is the fir it Rule for Transmutation of Plants. 
The fecopd Rule fnall.be to bury fome few Seeds, of the Herbe you 
would change* amonglRothcr Seeds ; And then you lhallfee, whether 
the Iuyce of thole other seeds , doe not fo qualific the Earth,’ as ic will 
alter the Seed,whereupon you worke.As for Example” 5 Put Parjly-Seed 
among ft Onion-Seed-, Or Lettuce-Seed amongft Parfly-Seed - Or BafiU 
Seed among ft T hyme-Seed ; And fee the Change of Tafte,or otherwile" 
But you fhall doe well, to put the Seed you would change, into alittle ; 
linnen Cloth, that it mingle not \Hth the forraine Seed. j 
The third Rule fhall be, the Making of fome Medley or Mixture of 
Barth, with fome other Plants bruifed, oxshauen, either in Leafe or ' 
£"*As for example, make Earth with a Mixture oiColewort-Leaues 1 
damped, and fet in it Artichoakes,or Parfnips-,So take Earth made with 
Mai or am, or Origanum^ or wilde-lhyme, bruiied, or damped, and fer in 
it Fennell-Seed, &c. In which Operation, the Procefle of Nature dill 
will be^ ( as I conceiue) not that the Herbe you worke vpon fhould 
draw the Iuyce of the Forraine Herbe - (For that Opinion we haue for 
merly fei.ecdcd -) But that there will be a New Confeftion of Mould 
which perhaps will alter the Seed^ and yer not to the kinde of the for¬ 
mer Herbe. 
The fpurrhRule inallbe, remark* what Herbs, fome Earthidoeput 
fortnof tlymfelucs , And totake that Earth, and to Pot it, or ro He (Jell 
it •, And in that ro let the Seedy on would change: As for example take 
from vnder Walls, or the like, where Nettles put forth in abundance 
the Earrh.which you fhall there finde, without anv String , or Root of 
| ™ ytnlcs > And Pot that Earthy and fee in ic Stock-giMtwres] or 
iNdl-Jiorvres, &c. Or fovv in the Seeds of them . And lee what the 
Euent will be:Or take Earth, that you haue prepared to put ioxthMuJh- 
romes , 
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