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Show Th ihe Sry ~OU 2. §, Lect. VI. TASTS maybe diftinguifhed by thefe Three general ways. Firft, with refpect to the Senfation it {elf Secondly, with refpect to its Duration and Terms.’ Thirdly, with refpect to its Subject. byits Species, 4. §. The Senfation it felf is differenced two ways, andbyits Degrees. With refpe&t to the Species, Tafis are Simple, or Compounded. By Simple Tafts, 1 mean not fuch, as are never foundin conjunction with other Tajis: but the Simple or Single Modes of Tust, although theyare mixed with divers others in the fame Body. As for example, the Tafte of a Peppin, is Acidulcis 5 of Rhubarb, Amaraftrin. and therefore Compounded inboth, cid 14. §. Again, Tas/s are either Continual, as molt commonly: or Intermittent 5 as that of Dracontium, efpecially in the Root. For after it feems to be loft andextinguifhed 5 it will then again ( chiefly upon the ENG of the Tongue and Goontes ) be plainly heightened and re- viv'd. _ 15+ §- Yet in the Peppin, the A- Bitteris one Simple Tafte, and the Aftringentis another. Two faults have here been committed 5 the defeGtive Ei#- meration of Simple Tafts 5 and reckoning them indiftinétly among fome others which are Compounded. 6. § SIMPLE Tajfts, ( of which, properly fo called, there are commonlyreckoned but Six or Seven Sorts, ) are, at leaft Sixteen. Fiff,Bitter, as in Wormwood: to which,the contraryis Stveet,as in Sugar. Thirdly, Somer, as in Vinegar: to which, the contraryis Salt. Fifthly, Hot, as in Cloves: whereto, the contrary is Cold. For we may as properly fay, a Cold Taffe, asa Hot Tafte: there being fome Bodies, which do manifeftly imprefs the Sex/é of Cold upon the Tovgne, though not by Touch, So doth Sal Pruelle, although the Liquor wherein it is diflolved, be firft warmed. 7. §. Seventhly, Aromatick. For it doth not more properly agree to an Odour, than a Taffe, to be Aromatick. And that an Aromatick Tafte, is dinftin& from an Hot, is clear; In that, there are many Bodies of a Hot Tafte,fome meanly and others vehemently Hot ; which yet are not in the Jeaft Aromatich: as amongft others,is apparent in Exphor- bium. So that although an Aromatick Taffe be often conjoyned with Heat yet it isnot that Heat it felf, but another dinftin& Sen/e. 8. §. Eighthly, Naufeous or Maligzant, contrary to the former. Such as is perceived, together with the Affringent and Bitter, in Rhuvarb; or with the Bitter, and Sweet, in Aloes. It may be called Malignant, becaufe diftaftful although mixed in a low degree with other Tufts : whereas other Tats will render one anothergrateful. "9. §. Again, Tufts may properly befaid, to be Soft or Hard. A Soft Tate, is either Vapid, asin Watery Bodies, Whites of Eggs, Starch, Fine Boles, &c. 10. §. Or Unéfuows, asin Oyls, Fat, &c. A Hard Tafte is Fourfold, fe. Penetrant, Stupifacient , Afiringent, Pungent. ‘facient. Contrary to a Vapid, are Penetrant and Stupi, : i 11. § Penetrant, isa kind of Tafe, which worketh it felf into the Tongue (as fome Infeés into the Skiz) without any Pungency; as 10 the Root and Leavs of Wild Cucumer. Stupifacient, as in the Root of Black Hellebore. Whichbe12. §. ing chew’d, andfor fometime reteined upon the Tongue; after a few minutes, it {eemeth to be benum’d and affected with a kind of Paralytick Stupor 5 or as when it hath been a little burnt with eating or fupping of any thing too hot. 13. §, Contrary to an Unttuous Tafte, are Aftringent, and Pwn- gent 5 asin Galls, and spirit of Sal Aromanick. 14. $ IM hh Lafily, Tafts are either Still, as ufually 5 or may be called Tremulows, as the Heat produced by Pyrethrum, Diftiné from that of Cloves, Ginger, and many other Hot Bodies, inthat there the Heat one Simple Tafte, and the Sweetanother 3 and foin Rhubarb, the 5. §. of Tafts, is fill but here in Pyrethrum, ’tis joyned with a kind of Vibration + as when a Flameis brandifhed with a Lamp-Furnace. Thus far ofthe Sorts of sizple Tafts. 16. § COMPOUNDED Tosare very numerous; being made by the various Conjuniion of Simple Tafis , as Words are of Letters. Sometimes oftwo, as in Saccharum Saturni, of Aftringent and Sweet. Sometimes three, asin Aloes, Malignant, sitter and Sweets int Rhubarb, Malignant, Aftringent and Bitter. Sometimes four, as in Agarich , Malignant, Aftringent, Bitter and Sweet, And in fome Bo- dies, five or fix Species may be joyned together. 17. §- For themore accurate Ob/ervation whereof, there are thefé eafie Rules. That not too many betafted at one time: leaft the Longue being furcharged, become lefs critical. That the Mouth be wathed with warm water betwixt every tafting. And that thofe things be firft tafted which producc a lefs durable Taffe; that fo one may be throughly extinguifhed, before another be try'd. 18. §. Ofthe numerous Conjunétions of Tafts, which may thus be obferved, there are only Six to which the penury of Language hath allowed (if I maycall them) Proper Names, {c. Acerbus, Aufferus, Acris, Muriaticus, Lixivys & Nitrofys. Mott of which are commonly taken in to make up the numberof Simple Tafts. But very improperly; being allof them Compounded and Decompounded Tufts : to which Cla they ought therefore to be refer'd. For 19. §. Auftere, is Aftringent and Bitter; asin the green and foft Stones of Grapes. 20. §. Acerb, properly fo called, is Astringent and Acid; as in the Juyce of unripe Grapes. 21. §. Acris, is alfo Componnded. Forfirft, fimply Hot, it is not: becaufe there are many Hot Bodies, which are not Acria3 asthe Roots of Zedoary, Yarrow, Contrayerva. Nor Secondly,is it fimply Pungent, becaufe there are alfo Bodzes,which are Nox-acria pungentia of which kind is the Root of Arum, Wherefore Acritude, is Pungency joyned with Heat, 22. §. Muriatick, is Saltnefs joyned with fome Pumgency, as in common Salt, 23. §. Lixivial, is Saltnefs joyned with Pungency and Heat, 24. §. Nitrous, is Saltnefs joyned with Puxgency and Cold. 25. §. Befides thefe Six, or perhaps one or two more, thereare, as is faid, a great number of Conjuéfions, for which we have no Proper Names. Yor admit that there were but Te species of Simple Tafts, fe. thefe Tex, Amarus, Dulcis, Acidus, Salfus, Calidus, Frigidus, Aromatics, Malignus, Aftringens, Pungens. And of thefe Tex, but Two, orat moft, but Three to be compounded togetherin any one Body, Ifonly Two, they produce 45 Compounded Tafts. Te For the Firf?, may be |