are obnoxious; yet, since the _Nasturtia_ are singly, and alone as it
were, the most effectual, and powerful Agents in conquering and
expugning that cruel Enemy; it were enough to give the _Sallet-Dresser_
direction how to choose, mingle, and proportion his Ingredients; as well
as to shew what Remedies there are contain'd in our Magazine of
_Sallet-Plants_ upon all Occasions, rightly marshal'd and skilfully
apply'd. So as (with our [52]sweet _Cowley_) _If thro' the strong and
beauteous Fence_ _Of Temperance and Innocence,_ _And wholsome Labours,
and a quiet Mind,_ _Diseases passage find;_ _They must not think here to
assail_ _A Land unarm'd, or without Guard,_ _They must fight for it, and
dispute it hard,_ _Before they can prevail;_ _Scarce any Plant is used
here,_ _Which 'gainst some Aile a Weapon does not bear_. We have said
how necessary it is, that in the Composure of a _Sallet_, every Plant
should come in to bear its part, without being over-power'd by some Herb
of a stronger Taste, so as to endanger the native _Sapor_ and vertue of
the rest; but fall into their places, like the _Notes_ in _Music_, in
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