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I ltion,is, that Miffeltoe hathbecnc found to put forth vnder the Boughes^ 
j and not (only) aboueche Boughes t So it cannot be any Thing that rai- 
j Icth vpon the Bough. M/JJcltoe groweth chiefly vpon Crab-Trees, Apple - 
Trees, lometimes vpon Hajles And rarely vpon Oakes-, The Mi (felted 
whereofis counted very Medtcinail. Itiseuer greene, Winter and Sune- 
! mcr; And beareth a white Gliftering Berry : And it is a Plant vtterlydif- 
| fering from the Plant, vpon which it groweth. Two things therefore 
i maybe certainly fet downe: Firif, that Super-/atation muftbeby Abun- 
; dance of Sap, in the Baugh that putteth it forth: Secondly, that that Sap 
mutfbefuch, as the Tree dothcxcerne, and cannot ailimilate; For elle 
it would goe into a Bough • And bdides, it feemeth to bee more Fat and 
Vn&uous, than the Ordinary Sap ofthe Tree ; Both by theory, which 
isClammie* And bythattt continucth greene. Winter and Slimmer, 
which the Tree doth not. 
This Experiment of Miffeltoe may giue Light to other Pra&ifes.. 
Therefore Triad would bee made, by ripping of the Bough of a Crab- 
Tree in the Barite ; And watring of the wound euery Day, with warme 
Water Dunged , to fee if it would bring forth Mifjeltoe, oranvfuch like 
Thing. But it were yet more likely to trie it, with lome other watring, 
or Anointing , that were not fo Naturall to the Tree, as water is - As 
Oyle, or Bay me of Drinke , &c. Sotheybcefuch Things as kill not the 
hough. 
It were good to trie, what Plants would put forth, if they bee forbid¬ 
den to put forth their Naturall Boughes : Poll therefore a Tree, and co- 
uerit, feme thicknefle, with Clay on the Top; And fee what it will put 
forth. I fuppofe it will put forth Roots-, For lo will a Cions, being turned 
downe into Clay : Therefore* in this Experiment aKo, the Tree would be 
clofed with fomewhat, that is not fo Naturall to the Plant, as Clay is. 
Trie it with Leather , or Cloth , or Painting, fo it be not hurtfull to the 
Tree. And it is certainc, that a Brake hath beene knowne to grow out of 
a Pollard. 
A man may count the Prickles of Treet to be a kinde of Excrefcence ; 
For they will neuerbe-Boagfoj, nor beare Leaues. The Plants that haue 
Prickles, are Thornes, blacke and white • Brier-, Rofe ; Limon-Trees ; Crab- 
Trees ; Goofe- Berry • Berbery • Thefe haue it in the Bough 5 The Plants that 
haue Prickles in the Leafe, are • Holly . lumper • whin-bufb ■, Thijlle . Nettles 
alfo haue a fmall venomous Prickle ; So hath Barrage, but harmeleffe. 
The Caufe mult be Hajly Putting forth • Want of Moiflure . And the Clofe 
nejfe of the Barke For the Ha fie of the Spirit to put forth, and the Want of 
Nourifhment tO put forth a Bough, and the Clofeneffc of the Barke , caufe 
Prickles in Boughes -, And therefore they are enet like a Pyramis, for that 
the Moiflure fpendeth after a little Putting forth. And for Prickles 
in Leaues, they come alfo of Putting forth more luyce'mto the Leafe, than 
canfpread in the Leafe fmooth; And therefore the Leaues other wile are 
Rough, as Barrage and Nettles are. As for the Leaues of Holly, they are 
Smooth , but neuer Plaine , but as it were With Folds for the lame Caufe. 
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