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remaineth notpFor you fhall hauethem Bitter,Sowre,Sweet, Biting, but 
fcldome Salt&ut in LiuingC natures , all thole High 7afies may happen 
tobe(fometimes ) in the Humours,but are fcldome in the Fleflj, or Sub- 
fiance-, Becaule it is ofa more Oily Natureyohxch is not very Sulecptiblc 
of thole Tafies ; And the Saltnejjei t felfe of Blond, is but a light,and fe- 
cret SaltneJJkAnd euen amongP laws fame doe participate o fsaltnejfe, 
as Alga Marina,Sumpire,Scuruy^Graffie file. And they report,there is,in 
fome of the Indian-Seas, a Swimming Plant, which they call Salgazus, 
fpreading ouer the Sea-pn luch fort, as one would’thinke it were a Mea¬ 
dow. It is certaine, that out of the Ajhes of all Plants, they extrad a Salt , 
which'they vfe in Medicines . 
It is reported by one of the Ancients, that there is anHerb growing in 
the water, called Lincofiis, which is full of Prickles: This Herbe putteth 
•forth another fmall Her be out of the Le'afe f which isimputecl to fome 
Moifiurep hat.is gathered betweene the PmHejjWhichPutrified by the 
^«e,Gcrminatcth. But I remember alfo I haue feene,for a great Ra¬ 
rity, one Rofe grow out ol another ,\ikeHoncy-Suckles,that they callTop 
and Toy gallants. 
Earley, ( as appearethin the Malting, ) being fteeped ii X water three 
dayes,and afterwards the water drained from it, and the Barley turned 
vpon a drie floare, will fprout, halfe an Inch long at leaf!: And if it bee 
let alone, and not turned,much more* vntill the Heart be out. Wheat 
will doe the fame.Try it alfo with Pcafe, and Beanes . This Experiment is 
not like that of the Orpin, and Semper-Vine For there it is 61 the old 
Store, for no water is added • But here it is noun’(Ted from the Water. 
The Experiment would be further driuen • for it appeareth already, by 
that which hath been faid,that Earth is notnecelfary to the hritSprou- 
ting of plants', £vnd we fee that Rofe-Buds let in water,will Blow.-Therer* 
fore try whether-the Sprouts of fuch Graines may not be railed to a fur¬ 
ther Degree: As to an Her be, or Flower , with water only* Or feme linali 
Commixture, of Earth: F01 if they will,it fhould feeme by the Expert- > 
ments before,both of the Malt, and of the Rofes, that they will come far 
falter on in water, than in Earth : For the Nourishment is ealilier drawne 
out of water,than out of Earth. It may giue fome light alio, that Drinke 
infufed whhplefh ,as that with theOp0/2 3 &:c.wilnourifh fa Her and eali¬ 
lier, than Meat and Drinke togerher.Try the fam ^Experiment with Roots, 
as well as with Graines : as for Example, take a Turnip , and fteepe it a 
while, and then dry it,and fee whether it will fprout. 
Malt in the Drenching will ("well- And that in fuch a mariner, as after 
the Putting forth in fprouts, and the drying vpon theKecle, there will 
be gained at leaft a Bufhellin eight, and yet the Sprouts are rubbed 
off* And there willbe a Bufhell of befides the Which I fup- 
pofe to be,not only by the loofe, and open Laying oftheT^tr, but by 
fome Addition of Subfiance, drawne from the Water, in which it was 
fteeped. 
Malt gathereth a Sweetnejfe to the Tafie, which appeareth yet more 
