Bacon, Francis, Sylva sylvarum : or, a natural history in ten centuries

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[61.] The Operation upon the Juices of the Body. 4. The Hiſtory.
[62.] The Operation upon the Bowels for their Extruſion of Aliment. 5. The Hiſtory.
[63.] The Operation upon the Outward Parts for their Attraction of Aliment. 6. The Hiſtory.
[64.] The Operation upon the Aliment it ſelf for the Inſinuation thereof. 7. The Hiſtory.
[65.] The Operation upon the laſt Act of Aſsimilation. 8.
[66.] The Operation upon the Inteneration of that which begins to be Arefied, or the Malaciſſation of the Body. 9.
[67.] The Hiſtory.
[68.] The Operation upon the Purging away of old Juice, and Sup-plying of new Juice; or of Renovation by Turns. 10. The Hiſtory.
[69.] The Porches of Death.
[70.] The Hiſtory.
[71.] The Differences of Youth and Old Age.
[72.] Moveable Canons of the Duration of Life and Form of Death. Canon I.
[73.] The Explication.
[74.] Canon II.
[75.] The Explication.
[76.] Canon III.
[77.] The Explication.
[78.] Canon IV.
[79.] The Explication.
[80.] Canon V.
[81.] The Explication.
[82.] Canon VI.
[83.] The Explication.
[84.] Canon VII.
[85.] The Explication.
[86.] Canon VIII.
[87.] The Explicætion.
[88.] Canon IX.
[89.] The Explication.
[90.] Canon X.
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s5129" xml:space="preserve">THere be ſome Flowers, Bloſſems, Grains, and Fruits, which come more
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            early, and others which come more late in the year. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5130" xml:space="preserve">The Flowers
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              <note position="right" xlink:label="note-0153-02" xlink:href="note-0153-02a" xml:space="preserve">Experiments
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              in Conſort,
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              touching the
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              Seaſons in
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              which Plants
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              come forth.</note>
            that come early with us, are, Prime-Roſes, Violets, Anemonies, Water-Daffa-
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            dillies, Crocus Vernus, and ſome early Tulippa’s. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5131" xml:space="preserve">And they are all cold Plants,
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            which therefore (as it ſhould ſeem) have a quicker Perception of the heat
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            of the Sun increaſing, than the hot Herbs have, as a cold hand will ſooner
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            finde a little warmth, than a hot. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5132" xml:space="preserve">And thoſe that come next after, are Wall-
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            Flowers, Cowſlips, Hyacinths, Roſemary-flowers, &</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5133" xml:space="preserve">c. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5134" xml:space="preserve">And after them
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            Pinks, Roſes, Flower deluces, &</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5135" xml:space="preserve">c. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5136" xml:space="preserve">And the lateſt are, Gilly flowers, Holly-
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            Oaks, Larks-Foot, &</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5137" xml:space="preserve">c. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5138" xml:space="preserve">The earlieſt Bloſſoms are, the Bloſſoms of Peaches,
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            Almonds, Cornelians, Mezerions, &</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5139" xml:space="preserve">c. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5140" xml:space="preserve">And they are of ſuch Trees, as have
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            much moiſture, either Watery, or Oyly. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5141" xml:space="preserve">And therefore Crocus Vernus alſo,
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            being an Herb that hath an Oyly Juyce, putteth forth early. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5142" xml:space="preserve">For thoſe alſo
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            finde the Sun ſooner than the dryer Trees. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5143" xml:space="preserve">The Grains are, firſt Rye and
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            Wheat, then Oats and Barley, then Peaſe and Beans; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5144" xml:space="preserve">for though Green
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            Peaſe and Beans be eaten ſooner, yet the dry ones that are uſed for Horſe-
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            meat, are ripe laſt; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5145" xml:space="preserve">and it ſeemeth, that the fatter Grain cometh firſt. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5146" xml:space="preserve">The
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            earlieſt Fruits are, Strawberries, Cherries, Gooſeberries, Corrans; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5147" xml:space="preserve">and
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            after them early Apples, early Pears, Apricots, Raſps; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5148" xml:space="preserve">and after them, Da-
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            moſins, and moſt kinde of Plumbs, Peaches, &</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5149" xml:space="preserve">c. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5150" xml:space="preserve">And the lateſt are, Apples,
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            Wardens, Grapes, Nuts, Quinces, Almonds, Sloes, Brier-berries, Heps,
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            Medlars, Services, Cornelians, &</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5151" xml:space="preserve">c.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s5153" xml:space="preserve">It is to be noted, That (commonly) Trees that ripen lateſt, bloſſom
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            ſooneſt; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5154" xml:space="preserve">as Peaches, Cornelians, Sloes, Almonds, &</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5155" xml:space="preserve">c. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5156" xml:space="preserve">And it ſeemeth to be
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            a work of providence that they bloſſom ſo ſoon, for otherwiſe they could
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            not have the Sun long enough to ripen.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s5158" xml:space="preserve">There be Fruits (but rarely) that come twice a year; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5159" xml:space="preserve">as ſome Pears,
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              <note position="right" xlink:label="note-0153-04" xlink:href="note-0153-04a" xml:space="preserve">579.</note>
            Strawberries, &</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5160" xml:space="preserve">c. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5161" xml:space="preserve">And it ſeemeth, they are ſuch as abound with nouriſh-
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            ment, whereby after one period, before the Sun waxeth too weak, they
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            can endure another. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5162" xml:space="preserve">The Violet alſo, amongſt Flowers, cometh twice a
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            year, eſpecially the double White, and that alſo is a Plant full of moi-
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            ſture. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5163" xml:space="preserve">Roſes come twice, but it is not without cutting, as hath been formerly
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            ſaid.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s5165" xml:space="preserve">In Muſcovia, though the Corn come not up till late Spring, yet their
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            Harveſt is as early as ours. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5166" xml:space="preserve">The cauſe is, for that the ſtrength of the Ground
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            is keptin with the Snow; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5167" xml:space="preserve">and we ſee with us, that if it be a long Winter, it
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            is commonly a more plentiful year: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5168" xml:space="preserve">And after thoſe kinde of Winters like-
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            wife, the Flowers and Corn which are earlier and later, do come com-
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            monly at once, and at the ſame time; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5169" xml:space="preserve">which troubleth the Husbandman
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            many times: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5170" xml:space="preserve">For you ſhall have Red-Roſes and Damask-Roſes come toge-
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            ther, and likewiſe the Harveſt of Wheat and Barley. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5171" xml:space="preserve">But this hapneth
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            ever, for that the earlier ſtayeth the later, and not that the later cometh
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            ſooner.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s5173" xml:space="preserve">There be divers Fruit Trees, in the hot Countreys, which have Bloſ-
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            ſoms, and young fruit, and ripe fruit, almoſt all the year, ſucceeding one
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            another. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5174" xml:space="preserve">And it is ſaid, the Orenge hath the like with us, for a great part of
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            Summer, and ſo alſo hath the Fig. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5175" xml:space="preserve">And no doubt, the Natural Motion of
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            Plants is to have ſo: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5176" xml:space="preserve">But that either they want Juyce to ſpend, or they meet
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            with the cold of the Winter. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5177" xml:space="preserve">And therefore this Circle of ripening cannot
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            be, but in ſucculent Plants, and hot Countreys.</s>
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