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Show A Difcourfe of Foreft-Trees. t Chap.XVI. kethe Incifion with a Chifel in the Body very neatly, Soeiethey ftitch a — of the Tree as a lingula to direct it into the appendent Vefel , which the fubjoyn'd Figure reprefents, and illuftrates with its improvement to our former Difcourfe = ‘Note; If therebe no fitting Arms, the hole thus obliquely perforated, andaFaucet or pipe inferted, will lead the Sap into the Recipient. Chap. XVIS- A Difcourfe of Foret-Trees; . rich Cordial, curing (asI am told ) Confumptions , and fuch ine terior Difeafes as accompany the Stone in the Bladder or Reins : . This Wine, exquifitely made,is fo trong, that the commonfort of frone-bottles cannotpreferve the fpirits, fo fubtile they are and wolatile and yet itis gentle, and very harmleffe in operation with- inthe body, and exceedingly fharpens the Appetite , being drank ante paflum : 1 will prefent you a Receipt, as it was fent me by a fair Lady. mo 9. To every Gallon of Birch-water put a quart of Hony well ftirr'd together ; then boyl it almoft an hour witha few Cloves ; and lite Limon-peel, keeping it well Cumm’d : Whenitis fufficiently boil’d, and become cold; add to it three, or four fpoonfulls of good Ale tomake it work. (which it will da like new Ale) and when the Te? begins to fettle, bottle it up as :you do other, winy Liquors. [twill ina competent time become a'mott brisk, and {piritous Drivk , which (befides the former virtues) :is a: very powerful opener, and doing wonders for cure of!the Ptifich, s This Wize may (if you pleafe ) be madeas fucceffully with szgarin ftead of Hoxy, tbj.to each Gallon of Water 5 ot: you may dulcifie it with Raifixs, and compofea Raifin-wine of it, I know: not whether the quantity of the fweet Ingredients might not’ be fomewhatreduc’d, and the operation improv'd.: Butl giveit as receiv'd, 10. But befides thefe, Beech, Alder, afh, Elder, Gc, would be attempted for Liquors : Thus Crabs,and even our very brambles, may poflibly yield us medical and ufeful Wines. The: Poplar was heretofore efteem’d more Phyfical than the Betula. The Sap. of (at leaft fourfcore years of age) who had lain fick of -a bloody Straugury( which by cruel torments reduc’d him to the very article of Death) was,under God, recover’d to perfect, and almoft miraculows health, and ftrength ( fo asto be able tofall ftoutly to his Jabour ) by one fole Draught of Beer, wherein was the decoffion ofthe internal bark of the Oak-tree; And I have feen a Compofi- (a. b.) the body of the Tree (g..) boar'd at that partof the Arm (f.) joyn'd to the Stem, with an Augre of an inch oF more diameter, according to the bigneffe of the Tree. (c.) 4 Part of the Bark bent down into the mouth of the Bottle (e.) 40 conduck the Liquor into it, (d.) the String about the Arm Cf.) by which the Bottle hamgs. 8. The Liguer of the Birch is efteem’d to have all the Virtues of the Spirit of Salt , without the danger of its acrimoxy 3 moft . powerful for the diffolving of the stexe in the Bladder: Helwont * fhews how to make a Beer of the Water; but the Wineis mee ric tion of anadmirable fedorific, and dinretic forall affections of the Liver, out of the like of the E/m, which might yet be drank daily as our Cophee is, and with no lefle delight; but Quacking isnot my Trade: Ifpeak onely here asa plain Husband-man, and a fimple Foreffer, out of the limits whereofI hope [have not unpardonably tranfgre(id. Paz wasa Phyficia#and he (you know) was Prefident of the Woods, But I proceed. M CHAP. ——— (like Cancers) were reputed incurable by any other Topic, then fome actual, or potential cautery : But, what is more noble; a dear Friend of mine affur’d me, that'a Country Neighbour of his’ 2! ee eee the Oak , juice, or decoction of the inner bark cures the Fafhions, ot Farcy, a virulent and dangerousinfirmity in Horfess and which |