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the Oaken leaf it self, to concoct; or whether it be only that theleasts close and smooch ( and therefore drinketh not in the d w,but preleTvech it )

That which in Scripture is called Manna, by the wisest of the C*hus Rhcd.Greeks was called A ’tgo/utAi, a hony-dew; and Celftu in h>s £ ‘ l£ FPhysick faith, by the Syrian dew is understood that which by a , j,

strange or forrein name is called Manna. c. iy

The present Manna, and that wherewith the Children of Is-rael were fed forty years in the Wilderness, d.ffer not muchfrom the hony-dew.

First, That Manna of the Israelites, and the manna used byPhysicians differ not much, Ft. Vdtfms^ and also lo. Fr. Picus p f . Valet deEarl of Mirandula attests the fame in certaine learned Verses, tecca. phil 0 -and Lmnius agrees hereto, faying, the Manna now in use bys 0 ?* 5 c *7Physicians is not much unlike the Manna that the I[rac Hies LemTnuiH-rb

fed of. bib, explicit.

The Hony-dew and Manna doe not substantially differ, theDew is not H any except it be gathered by the Bees. concoctedin their bodies, and condensates ( by their heat) in the combes;for when it is thicknedofit self, it is called dry manna - but if itbe no: coagulated it is called liquid manna, as a congealed dew,viscuous, and very pleasant to the taste, ok which sort is that Hipp-crat.ltb,which is called Cedria, mentioned by Hippocrates, and it is the d e vulneribus,fame which the Hebrew* call Manna; it is plentifully gache- Beiloniu*,

red of the greater Cedars on Mount Lib anus , and Mount tvriu ,

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The Characters of the present Manna agree to the Jews Exod. i<s. 14Manna;

First, it fell on the ground like a hoare Frost, in the night.

Secondly, the taste thereof was like Wafers made with hony,which agrees with the manna now in use.

Fhiid'y, it was gathered in the morning, before the Sunwaxed hot, for the heat thereof did dissolve it, and make it toevaporate and vanish away.

Fourthly, if it were kept, it bred Worms; I was informedfrom a learned Gentleman, that the Hony-dew hath bredWorms before night, of which he was an eye-witnels in ourCountry.

Some gather the excrements of Bees ( of a yellow colour, and

T • hony