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lowed, caufeth a kind of pricking in the Throat 5 as when one is pro- 
voked bya tharp Rheum. 
tr. §, And that this Taffe or Senfe, is truly diftin® from either 
the Heat, Pungency, or Acritude upon the Tongue, it is hence further 
manifeft 5 In that Pyrethrum, which is very Hot, and Cortex Winteranus 
which is very Pungent upon the Tongue 5 yet their Fuyce being {wal- 
lowed, caufeth no Heat, Pungency or Exafperation in the Throat. 
12. §. Lafily, if we will take the word ( Ta) in a larger fenfe, 
the Ocfophagus it {elf may be faid to be fometimes the subjeff thereof 5 
as of the Heat produced by the Root of Common Wormwood. For of 
this Heat it is remarquable, that being firft perceived on the Tip of the 
Tongue, it thence maketh its tranfit to the Root of the Toxgue, and fo 
into the Throat, and by degrees defcends into the very Gulet 5 where 
it feemeth to warm the Stomach; and fo continues, in fome degree, 
almoft § ofan hour. And the Travjition and Defcent of this Heat is 
made, although none of the Fuyce be fwallowed, Andinthis maner 
Tasts are diftinguifhed with refpect to their Subjec#. 
13. §. So that the general Diverfities of Tafts are thefe. With 
refpect to their Species, they are Simplices vel Compofiti; To their De- 
gree, Remiffi vel Intenfis Yo their Duration, Breves vel Diuturni 5 
To the Terms of their Motion, Celeres vel Tardi ; and Jaftly, To their 
Subjed, Fixi, Diffufivi & Tranfitivi. 
14. 9. I HAVE thus endeavourd to draw up a Scheme or Inventory 
of the feveral forts of Taffs. In which, fomemay think, that I have 
over done: and that as Galez hath been cenfured for being too curi- 
ons in the Diftinétions of Pulfes; fo have I been, in thefe of Ta/ts. 
Not to enquire now, how far the Differences of the Pulfe may be ex- 
tended, or be fit to be taken notice of ; I {hall only fay, That we have 
not fo much reafon to cenfure him, if he hath given us fome few which 
are coincident; as we have to thank him, for obferving fo many which 
are really difting. 
15. §. By the Scheme of Taits here reprefented, we may be able, 
fo to enumerate the Adodes of any Taff, as to make a Scientifich Defini- 
tion of it. Which is pleafant Ivstruéfion to any inquifitive mind; thefe 
things being all matter of fenfe and demonftration ; wherein lyeth, 
though not always the moft plaufible, yet the moft fatisfying Philo/o- 
phys and where men, after they are grown weary with turning round, 
are oftentimes contented to reft. 
16. §. But the ufefulnef of this Sche will further appear, in two 
refpedts 5 /c.In conducting us to a cleerer and more particular Explication 
of the Caufés of Tafts: and the Inveftigation of the Virtues of thofe , 
Bodies in whichthey refide. Whereof in the following Chapters. 












































