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ment, at ail,or very little: No more doe Flowers,p\\Llo]Jomes,ov Stalker. 
The Reafoti is, tor that Roots, and Seeds,and Fruits , ( in as much as all 
Plants con lift of an Vily and watry Subfiance commixed,) haue more of 
the Oily Subfiancefi And Leaues,Flowers , &c.of the watry .. Andfecond- 
ly, they are more Concofted For the Root 5 which continued! ecier in the 
Earthy* hill Concoct eddy the Earthy And Fruits, and Graines, ( wee tee) 
are halfe a yeere, or more, in Concotting, Whereas Leaner are out, and 
Perfeft inaMonerh. 
Plmts(floxx.hc molf part) are more flrong, both in Tafie, and Smell, 
in the .sW, than in the Letife, and Root. The Caufe is, for that in Plants , 
i that are not of a Fierce apd Eager Spirit , the Vcrtue is increafed by 
\-C^ctdion,and Maturationyvhkh is euer molt in the So^Bpt’in plants, 
I that are of a Fierce andEager Spirit, they, are ftronger whiled tdcSpi- 
! rit isencloftd in the Root-, And the Spiritsd oe blit weaken and diffipate, 
when th£y come to the Aire,andSunnef;- As we lee it. inO nionspGarlick, 
Dragon , &c. Nay there be Plants , that haue their Roots, very Hot, and 
Aromatically And their Seeds, rather Infipide -, As Ginger. The Caufe is 
(as was touched before, ) for that th a Heat of thole plants is very Diih- 
pable . which vnder the Emh is eontained and held in , But when if 
commeth to the^/Vc,it exhaleth . 
The iuyees of Fruits are either Watry, or Oily * I reckon amongfl 
■ the tvatry, all the Fruits out of which Drinke isexprelTed-As the Grape, 
the Apple, the Peureyhe cherry , the Pomgranate&c. And there are fome 
others, which,though they be not in vie iox Dr inheres they appeare to 
be of the fame Nature iAsPlummes 7 Seruices,M-ulberries,RaJps, Orcngcs, 
Limoni, And for thofe Iuyees, that are fo fleihy,. as they cannot 
make Drinked y Expreffion, yet (.perhaps ) they may make Drinke by 
Mixture of water-,, 
Foculaqy admifiis imitantur vitea Sorbis. 
And it may bee Heps and Brier Berries would doe tjie like; Thofe that 
haue Oily Iuyce,axc-,Oliues, Almonds,Nuts ofall forts, Pine Apples, See. 
And their Iuyees art all Inflammable. And you muff obferue alfo, that 
fome ohhewatry Iuyees, after they haue gathered ty/nY,will Burrie and 
Enftame ; As wine.Thcxc is a.Third Kind of Fruityhatis fweet,wit.h- 
out either sharpnejfeox Oylinejje : Such as is the Fi^, and the Date. 
It hath beenc noted, that' mod T rees,and fpecially thofe that beare 
Mafl, are fruitfull but once in two yecres.The Caufe (no doubt )is, the 
Ex pbnee of Sapy For many Orchard-Trees, well Cultured, will beare di¬ 
ners yeers together. 
There is no T reC^which be (ides, the Naturall Fruit , doth beare fo ma¬ 
ny Bafiard- Fruits, as the Oakc doth : For befides the A come, it beareth 
Galls,Oakc- Apples,and ccxxaincOake-Nuts,which are I n t\ a m m a b 1 e<A n d 
ccnalncOake-BerrieSy flicking clofe to ihc Body otxhcTree, without 
Stalke.lt beareth alfo Mijfeltoe, though rarely. Th c Caufe ofall theie 
maybe, tl\e clofenefjea nd Solidnejje ofthe wood, and pith of the Oakc • 
Which tmketh feuerall Iuyees finde feuerall Eruptions. And therefore, 
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