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Show aire The Diverfitie : 202 |Let. VIF ee with all the 8 be compounded with all the 9 following; the Second, following 3 andfo, the relt: which together make 45. Butnoif the lefs 5 they produce {ame Ten be compounded by Threes together all doth plainly than 120 Variations : asby the Table made of them ay me §. Some fewof the ConjunGions therein fet down, may not which, will be found aQuallyexiftent in Nature. The abatement of appear. be much more than compenfated two ways. Firfi,by the other Six And by Species of Simple Tafts, which are alfo fometimes compounded, Quadruples, and perother more complex Conjunéfions, as of many haps fome Quintuple or Sextuple ones. Thusfar of the Sizple Species, and Conjunéfions of Tafts. and a7. §. THE DEGREES of Tafts are_alfo numerous; For herein. each Species, in every Conjundion, capable of Variation To take thofe the more accurate obferving whereof, it will be belt, in Specie: and Bodies, whofe Tafts are, as near as maybe, the fame true Dethat thofe be firft tafted, which arelefs {trong 5 wherebythe f gree will be moreprecifely taken. 2%. § The Tufts of Bodies will thus appear to be varied, in moft So the Species unto Five Degrees 5 and in fome of them, unto Tex. in the Root of Turmerick,, isbitter inthe Fir Degrees of Gentian, Férft Degree 5 Tenth. The Root of Carduus Benedittus, is Hot inthe the Teath. 80 the Green Pods or Seed-Cafes of Clematis peregrina, in that, allowing fome to vary under Five; yet by a moderate eftimate, of Tafts, leat Five Degrees. Which being added to the feveral Species feninall the Treble Conjuntfions of the aforefaid Table, come to 1800 es fibleand defineable Variations of Tafte. And thefe are the Diverfiti of Tafte, with refpeé to the Senfationit felf. varied by at we may reckon every Species, one with another, to be iavi Ff Taf Principinmwill beloft. And for the precife meafuring of all the Four Termes, it fhould be done by a Minute-Watch or a Minute-Glafs. For fo it will appear, that the Variations of each, are divers and remarquable. 3. §. To inftancefirft in thofe of the Principium. Which call, That {pace of time, betwixt the firft Contact of the Body to be tafted, and the firft manife(t Perception of the Tafze. For Example, thofe Bodies which are Acid, or Bitter, as Vinegar or Wormwood, are pre- fently perceiv'd, quatenus Acid or Bitter, upon the firlt Contaé; or have Principinmbreviffimum. Thofe Bodies which are Acria, have their Principium fomewhat longer. So the Seed-Cafes of Clematis peregrina, although they havea vehement Acritude, even inthe Tenth Degree 3 yet is not that Acritude fo foontalted, as the Bitterne/ of Rofés , which is but in the fecond. But the Principium of Hot Tafts, is generally longer than that of any other. So the Bitterne/s of the Root of Black-Helebore, which exceedeth not the fecond De- gree, is yet prefently tafted: but the Heat proceeding from the fame Root, and which afcendeth to the third Degree, is not perceivedat all, till after two full Adgzutes. And fo the Bitterne/s of Exula, which ex- ceedeth not the 4t Degree, yet is oonertafted than its Heat, which afcendeth to the 8th. 4. §. Next, inthof of the Augment. Which I call, That fpace, betwixtthe firft Perception of the Tajfe, till it be come to the heighth. Sothe Heat of Galangale, isnot only prefently perceived, butarifeth to the heighth within half a Mizute. But the Heat of the Rootof Ewula, comes not to the heighthtill after a whole Minute. And the Heat of Black-Hellebore, not till after four full Minutes from the firlt Contaéf. 5. §. The Statws, or {pace wherein the Tafte continuesin its heighth, is alfo divers. So the Heat of the Seed-Ca/e of Helleborafter, comes to its heighth, and begins to decline within half a Mizute; that of the Root of Garden-Scurvygrafs, not till after a Aénute 5 and that of the Root of Afarum, not till after two full Minutes. 6. §. And Laftly, the Declination, or the fpace betwixt the firft Gi Aes Remi{fion of the Tafte, andits total Extinéfon. For inftance, The Leavs of Millefolium, are Bitter in the 4% Degree, and Hot onlyin the 1 yet the Heat continues for fometime, and the Bitter prefently vanithes. Calamus Aromaticus, is Bitter in the 4t Degree, Hot inthe 1% and A- Of the DURATION and feveral TERMES of Tatts. Tafs, is by Petite HE nextgeneral wayof dinguifhing their Motion QB CSL = Si S me their Duration, and their Terms, or S of Intenfion and Remiffion from one Degree to T 5 &” 5 EP SASH another. For there are many Tas#s, which have their Motions analogous to thofe of Difeafes 5 and bythofe maybediftinguifhed in the {ame manner. For as of Difeafes, fo of TaSts, there are Four Times, as Phyficians call them, or Terms of Mo; tion; {c. Principium, Augmentum, Status, & Declinatio. which are 2. §. For the diftin@ obferving of which, thofe Bodies ; hard, andfo their taftable parts lefs eafily extractable by the Tongue, r the fhould be reduced to a fine Powder : otherwife, the true rea Yinci- WY it (ih romatick in the 34: yet the Bitter quickly vanifhes, the Heat conti- nues two Minutes, andthe Aromatick feven or eight. The Heat of the Root of Contrayerra, is extended, almoft to two Mimutes; the Pungency of Falap, almoft to fix 3 the Heat of Garden Scuraygra/s, to feven or eight. And even the Bitterefs of Wild Cucumer, to near a quarter of an hour. But the Heat of Exphorbium dureth muchlonger, as alfo that of Black Hellebore. fe. above half an hour. 7. §. Sothat the Avgmentum, is feldom extended beyond Four or Six Minutes, from the firft Conta: but the Declination, fometimes to Thirty, Fourty, ormore., Thus far of the Terms of Taff, or the man- ner of their Intenfion and Remiffion. |