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a Triall to make T obacco more Aromatically and better Concoblcd here ! 
in England, were a Thing of great profi t w Some haue gone about to doe ! 
it by Drenching the Englijh Tobacco , in a Deccilion or infujion of Indian 
Tobacco: But thofe are but Sophiftications, and Toyes. for Nothing 
chat is once Perfe&,and hath run his Race, can receiue much Amend" 
menr.You muft euer refort to theBeginning of Things for Melioration. 
The Way of Maturation of Tobacco muft, as in other Plants 3 be, from 
the Heat . Either of the Earth, or of the Sunne : We fee fome Leading 
of this in Musk-Melons j which are fowne vpon a Hot Bed , Dunged be- 
low,vponaBanckeiturnedvpon the South Sunne, togiue Heat by Re - 
flexion • Laid vpon Tiles , which increafcththe Heat-, And couercd with 
Straw to keepe them from Cold. They remoue them alfo,which addeth 
fome Life : And by thefe Helps they become as good in England , as in 
Italy , or prouence . Thefe and the like Meancs, may be tried in Tobacco. 
Enquire alfo of the Steepingof the t Roots, in fome inch Liquor- as may 
giue them Vigour to put forth Strong. 
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Beats, working 
the fame Ef- 
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fj Eat of the Sun,ior theMaturation of Fruits-ffea and the Heat ofvi- 
Sriuification oiLiuingCreatures , are both reprdentedand fupp]ied,by 
the Heat of Fire, And likewife 3 the//c<#j of the Sunne ^ and Life,* are repre- 
fented one by the other.Titw.f, fee vpon the Backs of chimneyes , doe ri¬ 
pen Fruit fooner. Vines , that haue bcene drawne in at the Window of 
a Kit chin, haue lent forth Grapes ripe a Month( at Ieaft ) before others. 
Stoues,at the Backe of Walls, bring forth Orenges here with vs. Egos, 
as is reported by fome, haue beene hatched in the warmth of anOuen.lt 
is reported by the Ancients, that the Ejlrich Layeth her Egs vndcr Sand, 
where the Heat of the Sunne difclofeth them. 
Experiment 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching Smiling 
and Dilatation 
ia Sojling. 
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~n Arley in th e Boy ling fwelleth not much-, wheat fw elleth more 5 Rize 
■ Jextremely ^ In fo much as a Quarter of a Pint(vnboy led) will arife 
to a Pintboiled.The Caufe( no doubt) is, for that the moreClofe and 
Compact the Body is, the more it will dilate : Now Barley is the moft 
Hollow •, wheat more Solide than that ; and Rize moft Soiide of all. It 
may be alfo that fome Bodies haue a Kinde of Lento w, and more Deper- 
tibleNature than others-As we fee it euident in Colouration-, Fora Small 
Quantity of Saffron, will Tint more, than a very great Quantity of Bn- 
Jill, or wine. 
Experiment 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching the Dul- 
seration of 
Fruits. 
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TT^Ruit groweth Sweetby Rowling, or Preffrng them gently with the 
jP Hand-, As Rowling-Peares,Damafins,&c.By Rottenneffe-, As Medlars, 
Seruices, Sloe's,Heps, &c.By Time-. As Apples,wardens.Pomgranats, &c. 
By certaine Speciall Maturations ; As by Laying them in Hay,Straw,tkc. 
And by Fire • As in Roafling. Stewing, Baking, &c. The Caufe of the 
Sweetneffeby Rowling, and Prejjing, is Emllitton, which they property 
enduce ; As in Beating of Stock-Fijb,Flefh ,&c. By R ottenneffe is ,for that 
the Spirits of the Fruit Joy Putrefaction-, gather Heat, and thereby difgeft 
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