the ground, to breed worms, to melt with the Sun, to taste like fresh oyl, to be grounded in Mils, to be like Coriander seed, and of the colour of Bdellium. Again, It is not deducible from the Text or concurrent sentence of Comments, that _Rachel_ had any such intention, and most do rest in the determination of _Austin_, that she desired them for rarity, pulchritude or suavity. Nor is it probable she would have resigned her bed unto _Leah_, when at the same time she had obtained a medicine to fructifie her self. And therefore _Drusius_ who hath expresly and favourable treated hereof, is so far from conceding this intention, that he plainly concludeth, _Hoc quo modo illis in mentem venerit conjicere nequeo_; how this conceit fell into mens minds, it cannot fall into mine; for the Scripture delivereth it not, nor can it be clearly deduced from the Text. Thirdly, If _Rachel_ had any such intention, yet had they no such effect, for she conceived not many years after of _Joseph_; whereas in the mean time _Leah_ had three children, _Isachar_, _Zebulon_ and _Dinah_. Lastly, Although at that time they failed of this effect, yet is it mainly questionable whether they had any such vertue either in the opinions of those times, or in their proper nature. That the opinion was popular in the land of _Canaan_, it is improbable, and had _Leah_ understood thus much, she would not surely have parted with fruits of such a faculty; especially unto _Rachel_, who was no friend unto her. As for its proper nature, the Ancients have generally esteemed in Narcotick or stupefactive, and it is to be found in the list of poysons, set down by _Dioscorides_, _Galen_, _Ætius_, _Ægineta_, and several Antidotes delivered by them against it. It was I confess from good Antiquity, and in the days of _Theophrastus_ accounted a philtre, or plant that conciliates affection; and so delivered by _Dioscorides_. And this intent might seem most probable, had they not been the wives of holy _Jacob_: had _Rachel_ presented them unto him, and not requested them for her self.