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lufhious, it were good to make Triallin Powder of su*dr\ Or in Syr rap 
o{wine, ontly Boy led to Height. Both thefe would likewife be tried in 
Orenges, Limns » and Pomgranats • For the Powder of Sugar, and Syrrup 
of trimf, will ferue for more times than once. 
The Conferuation of Fruit would be alfo tried in Feffels, filled with fine 
Sand , or with Powder of Chalke • Or in Male and Flower j Or in Dufttf 
Oake-wood • Or in Mill. 
Such Fruits, as you appoint for Long Keeping, you mu ft gather before 
they be full Ripc$ And ma Faire and Dry Day , towards No one • And 
when the wind blowethnot South • And when the Mooneis vnder the 
Earth 5 And in Decreafe. 
Take Grapes, and hang them in an Empty Teffell, well Stopped; And 
fetth e Tie fell, not in a Cellar, but in fome dry Place 5 And it is faid, they 
willlaft long. But it is reported by fome, they will keepe better, in a 
FeJfeUhalk full of Wine, fo that the Grapes touch not the wine. 
Jt is reported, that the Preferuing of the Salke, helpeth to preferne 
the Grape ; Efpeciallyif the Stalkehe put into the Pith of Elder, the Elder 
not touching the Fruit . 
It is reported by fome of the Ancients^ that Fruit put in Bottles , and 
the Bottles let downe into wells vnder Water, will keepe long. 
Of Herbs and Plants , fome are good to eat Raw; As Lettuce, Endmc, 
Purjlane, Tarragon, Creffes, Cucumbers, Musk-Melons, Raddifbfec. Others 
onely after they arc Boy led, or haue Puffed the Fire, As Parfiey, Clary, 
Sage, Par (nips. Turnips, j4Q>ar ague, Artichoakes, (though they alfobeing 
young are eaten Raw: ) But a Number of Herbs , are not Efculent at all; 
As wome-Wood, Grajfe, Greene-Come, Centory , Hyffope, Lauender, Balme, 
See. The Canfes are, for that the Herbs, that are not Efculent , doe want the 
two Taftes, in which Nourifhment refteth; Which are. Eat, and Sweety 
And haue (contrariwife) Bitter and Oucrftrong Taps, ora Payee fo 
Crude, as cannot be ripened to the degree of Nourifhment. Herbs and 
Plants, that are Efculent Raw, haue Fatneffe, or Sweetnefje, (asallEfcu- 
lent Fruits $) Such are Onions, Lettuce, Sec. But then it rnuft bee inch a 
Fatneffe, (for as for Sweet Things , they are in effect alwaies Efculent) as 
is not Ouer-groffe, and Loading of the Stomach, For Ppar [nips and Leeks 
haue Fatneffe ; But it is too Grofleand Heauy without Boyling. It muft 
bealfo inaSubftance fomewhat Tender; For we fee Wheat, Parley, Ar¬ 
tichoakes , are no good Nourifhment, till they haue Palled the Fm? s But 
the Fire doth ripen, andmaketh them foft and tender, and fo they be-! 
come Efculent. As for Radifb and Tarragon, and the like, they are for j 
Condimentts, and not for Nourifhment . And euen fome of thofe Herbs, i 
which are not Efculent, are notwithftanding Feculent-, As Hops, Broome,\ 
See. Outre what Herbs arc good for Drinke^ befides the two aforena- j 
med 5 For that it may (perhaps) eafe the Charge of Brewing, if they | 
make Bcere to require lefle Matt , or make it laft longer. j 
Parts fit for the Nourifhment of Man, in Plants, are Seeds, Roots, and ; 
Fruits-, But chiefly Seeds, and Roots. For Leaues, theygiueno Nonrifhf 
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