natural history IX century it be certain that all body whatsoever though they  have no sense yet they have perception for when one body be apply to another  there be a kind of election to embrace that which be agreeable and to exclude  or expel that which be ingrate and whether the body be alterant or alter  evermore a perception precede operation for else all body will be alike one to  another and sometime this perception in some kind of body be far more subtle  than the sense so that the sense be but a dull thing in comparison of it we  see a weather glass will find the least difference of the weather in heat or  cold when man find it not and this perception also be sometime at distance as  well as upon the touch as when the load stone draw iron or flame fire naphtha  of Babylon a great distance off it be therefore a subject of a very noble  enquiry to inquire of the more subtle perception for it be another key to open  nature as well as the sense and sometime better and beside it be a principal  mean of natural divination for that which in these perception appear early in  the great effect come long after it be true also that it serve to discover  that which be hide as well as to foretell that which be to come as it be in  many subtle trial as to try whether seed be old or new the sense can inform  but if you boil they in water the new seed will sprout soon and so of water  the taste will not discover the best water but the speedy consume of it and  many other mean which we have heretofore set down will discover it so in all  physiognomy the lineament of the body will discover those natural inclination  of the mind which dissimulation will conceal or discipline will suppress we  shall therefore now handle only those two perception which pertain to natural  divination and discovery leave the handle of perception in other thing to be  dispose elsewhere now it be true that divination be attain by other mean as if  you know the cause if you know the concomitant you may judge of the effect to  follow and the like may be say of discovery but we tie our self here to that  divination and discovery chief which be cause by a early or subtle perception  the aptness or propension of air or water to corrupt or putrify no doubt be to  be find before it break forth into manifest effect of disease blast or the  like we will therefore set down some prognostic of pestilential and  unwholesome year the wind blow much from the south without rain and worm in  the oak apple have be speak of before also the plenty of frog Grashappers fly  and the like creature breed of putrefaction do portend pestilential year great  and early heat in the spring and namely in may without wind portend the same  and general so do year with little wind or Thunder great drought in summer  last till towards the end of August and some gentle shower upon they and then  some dry weather again do portend a pestilent summer the year follow for about  the end of August all the sweetness of the earth which go into plant and tree  be exhale and much more if the August be dry so that nothing then can breathe  forth of the earth but a gross vapour which be apt to corrupt the air and that  vapour by the first shower if they be gentle be release and come forth  abundant therefore they that come abroad soon after those shower be common  take with sickness and in Africa no body will stir out of door after the first  shower but if the shower come vehement then they rather wash and fill the  earth than give it leave to breathe forth present but if dry weather come  again then it fix and continue the corruption of the air upon the first shower  begin and make it of ill influence even to the next summer except a very  frosty winter discharge it which seldom succeed such drought the lesser  infection of the small pock purple fever ague in the summer precedent and  hover all winter do portend a great pestilence in the summer follow for  putrefaction do not rise to his height at once it be good to lie a piece of  raw flesh or fish in the open air and if it putrefy quick it be a sign of a  disposition in the air to putrefaction and because you can be inform whether  the putrefaction be quick or late except you compare this experiment with the  like experiment in another year it be not amiss in the same year and at the  same time to lie one piece of flesh or fish in the open air and another of the  same kind and bigness within door for I judge that if a general disposition be  in the air to putrefy the flesh or fish will soon putrefy abroad where the air  have more power than in the house where it have less be many way correct and  this experiment will be make about the end of march for that season be like to  discover what the winter have do and what the summer follow will do upon the  air and because the air no doubt receive great tincture and infusion from the  earth it be good to try that expose of flesh or fish both upon a stake of wood  some height above the earth and upon the flat of the earth take may-dew and  see whether it putrify quick or no for that likewise may disclose the quality  of the air and vapour of the earth more or less corrupt a dry march and a dry  may portend a wholesome summer if there be a shower April between but  otherwise it be a sign of a pestilential year as the discovery of the  disposition of the air be good for the prognostic of wholesome and unwholesome  year so it be of much more use for the choice of place to dwell in at the  least for lodge and retire place for health for mansion house respect  provision as well as health wherein the experiment above mention may serve but  for the choice of place or seat it be good to make trial not only of aptness  of air to corrupt but also of the moisture and dryness of the air and the  temper of it in heat or cold for that may concern health diverse we see that  there be some house wherein sweet meat will relent and bake meat will mould  more than in other and Wainscoats will also sweat more so that they will  almost run with water all which no doubt be cause chief by the moistness of  the air in those seat but because it be better to know it before a man build  his house than to find it after take the experiment follow lie wool or a  sponge or breed in the place you will try compare it with some other place and  see whether it do not moisten and make the wool or sponge c more ponderous  than the other and if it do you may judge of that place as situate in a gross  and moist air because it be certain that in some place either by the nature of  the earth or by the situation of wood and hill the air be more unequal than in  other and inequality of air be ever a enemy to health it be good to take two  weather glass match in all thing and to set they for the same hour of one day  in several place where no shade be nor enclosure and to mark when you set they  how far the water come and to compare they when you come again how the water  stand then and if you find they unequal you may be sure that the place where  the water be low be in the warm air and the other in the cold and the great  the inequality be of the ascent or descent of the water the great be the  inequality of the temper of the air the prediction likewise of cold and long  winter and hot and dry summer be good to be know as well for the discovery of  the cause as for diverse provision that of plenty of haw and Heps and Briar  very have be speak of before if Wainscast or stone that have use to sweat be  more dry in the beginning of winter or the drop of the eaves of house come  more slow down than they use it portend a hard and frosty winter the Cause be  for that it show a inclination of the air to dry weather which in winter be  ever join with frost general a moist and cool summer portend a hard winter the  Cause be for that the vapour of the earth be not dissipate in the summer by  the sun and so they rebound upon the winter a hot and dry summer and autumn  and especial if the heat and drought extend far into September portend a open  beginning of winter and cold to succeed towards the latter part of the winter  and the beginning of the spring for till then the former heat and drought bear  the sway and the vapour be not sufficient multiply a open and warm winter  portend a hot and dry summer for the vapour disperse into the winter shower  whereas cold and frost keep they in and transport they into the late spring  and summer follow bird that use to change country at certain season if they  come early do show the temperature of weather accord to that country whence  they come as the winter bird namely woodcock Feldefares c if they come early  and out of the Northern country with we show cold winter and if it be in the  same country then they show a temperature of season like unto that season in  which they come as swallow bat cuckoo c that come towards summer if they come  early show a hot summer to follow the prognostic more immediate of weather to  follow soon after be more certain than those of season the resound of the sea  upon the shore and the murmur of wind in the wood without apparent wind show  wind to follow for such wind breathe chief out of the earth be not at the  first perceive except they be pen by water or wood and therefore a murmur out  of cave likewise portend as much the Upper region of the air perceive the  collection of the matter of tempest and wind before the air here below and  therefore the obscure of the small star be be a sign of tempest follow and of  this kind you shall find a number of instance in our inquisition de wind great  mountain have a perception of the disposition of the air to tempest soon than  the valley or plain below and therefore they say in Wales when certain hill  have their night cup on they mean mischief the Cause be for that tempest which  be for the most part breed above in the middle region as they call it be soon  perceive to collect in the place next it the air and fire have subtle  perception of wind rise before man find it we see the tremble of a candle will  discover a wind that otherwise we do not feel and the flexuous burn of flame  do show the air begin to be unquiet and so do coal of fire by cast off the ash  more than they use the Cause be for that no wind at the first till it have  strike and drive the air be apparent to the sense but flame be easy to move  than air and for the ash it be no marvel though wind unperceived shake they  off for we usual try which way the wind blow by cast up grass or chaff or such  light thing into the air when wind expire from under the sea as it cause some  resound of the water whereof we speak before so it cause some light motion of  bubble and white circle of froth the Cause be for that the wind can be  perceive by the sense until there be a eruption of a great quantity from under  the water and so it get into a body whereas in the first put up it come in  little portion we speak of the ash that coal cast off and of grass and chaff  carry by the wind so any light thing that move when we find no wind show a  wind at hand as when feather or down of thistle fly to and from in the air for  prognostic of weather from live creature it be to be note that creature that  live in the open air sub diamond must needs have a quick impression from the  air than man that live most within door and especial bird who live in the air  free and clear and be apt by their voice to tell tale what they find and  likewise by the motion of their flight to express the same water fowl as  seagull more hen c when they flock and fly together from the sea towards the  shore and contrariwise LandBirds as crow swallow c when they fly from the land  to the water and Beatrice the water with their wing do before show rain and  wind the Cause be pleasure that both kind take in the moistness and density of  the air and so desire to be in motion and upon the wing whither soever they  will otherwise go for it be no marvel that water foul do joy most in that air  which be like water and LandBirds also many of they delight in bath and moist  air for the same reason also many bird do prune their feather and goose do  gaggle and crow seem to call upon rain all which be but the comfort they seem  to receive in the relent of the air the heron when she foares high so as  sometime she be see to pass over a cloud show wind but kite fly aloft show  fair and dry weather the Cause may be for that they both mount most into the  air of that temper wherein they delight and the heron be a water foul take  pleasure in the air that be condense and beside be but heavy of wing needs the  help of the gross air but the kite affect not so much the grossness of the air  as the cold and freshness thereof for be a bird of prey and therefore hot she  delight in the fresh air and many time fly against the wind as trout and  salmon swim against the stream and yet it be true also that all bird find a  ease in the depth of the air as swimmer do in a deep water and therefore when  they be aloft they can uphold themselves with their wing spread scarce move  they fish when they play towards the top of the water do common foretell rain  the Cause be for that a fish hate the dry will not approach the air till it  grow moist and when it be dry will fly it and swim low beast do take comfort  general in a moist air and it make they eat their meat better and therefore  sheep will get up betimes in the morning to feed against rain and cattle and  deer and Conneyes will feed hard before rain and a heifer will put up his nose  and snuff in the air against rain the Trifoile against rain swell in the stalk  and so stand more upright for by Wet stalk do erect and leave bow down I here  be a small read flower in the stubble field which country people call the  wincopipe which if it open in the morning you may be sure of a fair day to  follow even in man ache and hurt and corn do engrieve either towards rain or  towards frost for the one make the humour more to abound and the other make  they sharp so we see both extreme bring the gout worm vermin c do before show  likewise rain for earthworm will come forth and Moules will cast up more and  flay bite more against rain solid body likewise before show rain as stone and  wainscot when they sweat and box and peg of wood when they draw and wind hard  though the former be but from a outward Cause for that the stone or wainscot  turn and Beatrice back the air against it self but the latter be a inward  swell of the body of the wood it self appetite be move chief by thing that be  cold and dry the Cause be for that cold be a kind of indigence of nature and  call upon supply and so be dryness and therefore all sour thing as vinegar  juice of lemon oil of vitriol c provoke appetite and the disease which they  call appetite of a dog consist in the matter of a unpleasantly and glassy  phlegm in the mouth of the stomach appetite be also move by sour thing for  that sour thing induce a contraction in the nerve place in the mouth of the  stomach which be a great Cause of appetite as for the Cause why onion and salt  and pepper in bake meat move appetite it be by vellication of those nerve for  motion whet as for worm wood olive caper and other of that kind which  participate of bitterness they move appetite by abstersion so as there be four  principal cause of appetite the refrigeration of the stomach join with some  dryness contraction vellication and abstersion beside hunger which be a  emptiness and yet over fast do many time cause the appetite to cease for that  want of meat make the stomach draw humour and such humour as be light and  choleric which quench appetite most it have be observe by the ancient that  where a rainbow seem no hang over or to touch there breathe forth a sweet  smell the Cause be for that this happen but in certain matter which have in  themselves some sweetness which the gentle due of the rainbow do draw forth  and the like do safe shower for they also make the ground sweet but none be so  delicate as the due of the rainbow where it fall it may be also that the water  it self bath some sweetness for the rainbow consist of a Gloeration of small  drop which can possible fall but from the air that be very low and therefore  may hold the very sweetness of the herb and flower as a distil water for rain  and other due that fall from high can preserve the smell be dissipate in the  draw up neither do we know whether some water it self may not have some degree  of sweetness it be true that we find it sensible in no pool river nor fountain  but good earth new turn up have a freshness and good send which water if it be  not too equal for equal object never move the sense may also have certain it  be that bay-salt which be but a kind of water congeal will sometime smell like  violet to sweet smell heat be requisite to concoct the matter and some  moisture to spread the breath of they for heat we see that wood and spice be  more odorate in the hot country than in the cold for moisture we see that  thing too much dry lose their sweetness and flower grow smell better in a  morning or evening than at noon some sweet smell be destroy by approach to the  fire as violet wall flower gilly flower pink and general all flower that have  cool and delicate spirit some continue both on the fire and from the fire as  rise water c some do scarce come forth or at least not so pleasant as by mean  of the fire as juniper sweet gum c and all smell that be enclose in a fast  body but general those smell be the most grateful where the degree of heat be  small or where the strength of the smell be allay for these thing do rather  woo the sense than satiate it and therefore the smell of violet and rise  exceed in sweetness that of spice and gum and the strong sort of smell be best  in a weave a far off it be certain that no smell issue but with emission of  some corporeal substance not as it be in light and colour and in sound for we  see plain that smell do spread nothing that distance that the other do it be  true that some wood of orange and heath of rise marry will smell a great way  into the sea perhaps twenty mile but what be that since a peal of ordnance  will do as much which move in a small compass whereas those wood and heath be  of vast space beside we see that smell do adhere to hard body as in presume of  glove c which show they corporeal and do last a great while which sound and  light do not the excrement of most creature smell ill chief to the same  creature that void they for we see beside that of man that pigeon and horse  thrive best if their house and stable be keep sweet and so of cage bird and  the Cat bury that which she void and it hold chief in those beast which feed  upon flesh dog almost only of beast delight in of an ill smell odour which  show there be somewhat in their sense of smell differ from the smell of other  beast but the Cause why excrement smell ill be manifest for that the body it  self reject they much more the spirit and we see that those excrement that be  of the first digestion smell the worst as the excrement from the belly those  that be from the second digestion less ill as urine and those that be from the  three yet less for sweat be not so bid as the other two especial of some  person that be full of heat likewise most putrefaction be of a odious smell  for they smell either of an ill smell or mouldy the Cause may be for that  putrefaction do bring forth such a consistence as be most contrary to the  consistence of the body while it be sound for it be a mere dissolution of that  from beside there be another reason which be profound and it be that the  object that please any of the sense have all some equality and as it be order  in their composition but where those be want the object be ever ingrate so  mixture of many disagree colour be ever unpleasant to the eye mixture of  discordant sound be unpleasant to the ear mixture or hotch potch of many taste  be unpleasant to the taste harshness and ruggedness of body be unpleasant to  the touch now it be certain that all putrefaction be a dissolution of the  first from be a mere confusion and unformed mixture of the part nevertheless  it be strange and seem to cross the former observation that some putrefaction  and excrement do yield excellent odour as civet and musk and as some think  amber grease for diverse take it though unprobably to come from the sperm of  fish and the moss we speak of from apple tree be little better than a  excretion the reason may be for that there pass in the excrement and remain in  the putrefaction some good spirit especial where they proceed from creature  that be very hot but it may be also join with a further Cause which be more  subtle and it be that the sense love not to be Ouerpleased but to have a c of  somewhat be in it self ingrate certain we see how discord in music fall upon  concord make the sweet strain and we see again what strange taste delight the  taste as Red-Herrings Caueary Parmizan c and it may be the same hold in smell  for those kind of smell that we have mention be all strong and do pull and  vellicate the sense and we find also that place where man urine common have  some smell of violet and urine if one have eat nutmeg have so too the slothful  general and indefinite contemplation and notion of the element and their  conjugation of the influence of heaven of heat cold moisture drought quality  active passive and the like have swallow up the true passage and process and  affect and consistence of matter and natural body therefore they be to be set  aside be but notional and ill limit and definite axiom be to be draw out of  measure instance and so assent to be make to the more general axiom by scale  and of these kind of process of nature and character of matter we will now set  down some instance all putrefaction come chief from the inward spirit of the  body and partly also from the ambient body be it air liquor or whatsoever else  and this last by two mean either by ingress of the substance of the ambient  body into the body putrify or by excitation and solicitation of the body  putrify and the part thereof by the body ambient as for the receive opinion  that putrefaction be cause either by cold or Peregrine and preternatural heat  it be but nugation for cold in thing inanimate be the great enemy that be to  putrefaction though it extinguish vivification which ever consist in spirit  attenuate which the cold do congeal and coagulate and as for the peregrins  heat it be thus far true that if the proportion of the adventive heat be great  predominant to the natural heat and spirit of the body it tend to dissolution  or notable alteration but this be wrought by emission or suppression or  suffocation of the Native spirit and also by the disordination and  Discomposture of the tangible part and other passage of nature and not by a  conflict of heat in version or main alteration of body there be a medium  between the body as it be at first and the body result which medium be corpus  imperfect abl. sing. and be transitory and not durable as miss smoke vapour  extracted juice  in the stomach live creature in the first vinification and  the middle action which produce such imperfect body be fit call by some of the  ancient inquination or inconcoction which be a kind of putrefaction for the  part be in confusion till they settle one way or other the word concoction or  digestion be chief take into use from live creature and their organ and from  thence extend to liquor and fruit c therefore they speak of meat concoct urine  and excrement concoct and the four Disgestions in the stomach in the liver in  the artery and nerve and in the several part of the body be likewise call  concoctions and they be all make to be the work of heat all which notion be  but ignorant catch of a few thing which be most obvious to man observation the  constant notion of concoction be that it shall signify the degree of  alteration of one body into another from crudity to perfect concoction which  be the Vltimity of that action or process and while the body to be convert and  alter be too strong for the efficient that shall convert or alter it whereby  it resist and hold fast in some degree the first from or consistence it be all  that while Crude and inconcoct and the process be to be call crudity and  inconcoction it be true that concoction be in great part the work of heat but  not the work of heat alone for all thing that further the conversion or  alteration as rest mixture of a body already concoct c be also mean to  concoction and there be of concoction two period the one assimilation or  absolute conversion and subaction the other maturation whereof the former be  most conspicuous in the body of live creature in which there be a absolute  conversion and assimilation of the nourishment into the body and likewise in  the body of plant and again in metal where there be a full transmutation the  other which be maturation be see in liquor and fruit wherein there be not  desire nor pretend a utter conversion but only a alteration to that from which  be most seek for man use as in clarify of drink ripen of fruit c but note that  there be two kind of absolute conversion the one be when a body be convert  into another body which be before as when nourishment be turn into flesh that  be it which we call assimilation the other be when the conversion be into a  body mere new and which be not before as if silver shall be turn to gold or  iron to copper and this conversion be better call for distinction sake  transmutation there be also diverse other great alteration of matter and body  beside those that tend to concoction and maturation for whatsoever do so alter  a body as it return not again to that it be may be call alteration mayor as  when meat be boil or roast or Fried c or when breed and meat be bake or when  cheese be make of cure or butter of cream or goal of wood or brick of earth  and a number of other but to apply notion philosophical to Plebcian term or to  say where the notion can fit be reconcile that there want a term or  nomenclature for it as the ancient use they be but shift of ignorance for  knowledge will be ever a wander and indigested thing if it be but a commixture  of a few notion that be at hand and occur and not excite from sufficient  number of instance and those well collate the consistence of body be very  diverse dense rare tangible pneumatical volatile fix determinate not  determinate hard soft cleave not cleave Congealeable not Congealeable  liquefiable not liquefiable fragile tough flexible Inflexible tractile or to  be draw forth in length intractile porous solid equal and smooth unequal  venous and fibrous and with grain entire and diverse other all which to refer  to heat and cold and moisture and drought be a Compendious and inutile  speculation but of these see principal our abecedarium nature and otherwise  Sparfim in this in our Sylva a wood nevertheless in some good part we shall  handle diverse of they now present liquefiable and not liquefiable proceed  from these cause liquefaction be ever cause by the detention of the spirit  which play within the body and open it therefore such body as be more Turgide  of spirit or that have their spirit more Sraitly imprison or again that hold  they better please and content be liquefiable for these three disposition of  body do arrest the emission of the spirit a example of the first two property  be in metal and of the last in grease pitch sulphur butter wax c the  disposition not to liquefy proceed from the easy emission of the spirit  whereby the gross part contract and therefore body Ieiune of spirit or which  part with their spirit more Willing be not liquefiable as wood clay free stone  c but yet even many of those body that will not melt or will hardly melt will  notwithstanding soften as iron in the Forge and a stick bath in hot ash which  thereby become more flexible moreover there be some body which do liquefy or  dissolve by fire as metal wax c and other body which dissolve in water as salt  sugar c the Cause of the former proceed from the dilatation of the spirit by  heat the Cause of the latter proceed from the open of the tangible part which  desire to receive the liquor again there be some body that dissolve with both  as gum c and those be such body as on the one side have good store of spirit  and on the other side have the tangible part indigent of moisture for the  former help to the dilate of the spirit by the fire and the latter stimulate  the part to receive the liquor of body some be fragile and some be tough and  not fragile and in the break some fragile body break but where the force be  some shatter and fly in many piece of fragility the Cause be a impotency to be  extend and therefore stone be more fragile than metal and so fictile earth be  more fragile than Crude earth and dry wood than green and the Cause of this  unaptness to extension be the small quantity of spirit for it be the spirit  that further the extension or dilatation of body and it be ever concomitant  with porosity and with dryness in the tangible part contrariwise tough body  have more spirit and sewer poor and moist tangible part therefore we see that  parchment or leather will stretch paper will not woollen Cloth will tenter  linen scarce all solid body consist of part of two several nature pneumatical  and tangible and it be well to be note that the pneumatical substance be in  some body the nature spirit of the body and in some other plain air that be  get in as in body desiccate by heat or age for in they when the Native spirit  go forth and the moisture with it the air with time get into the poor and  those body be ever the more fragile for the Native spirit be more yield and  extensive especial to follow the part than air the Native spirit also admit  great diversity as hot cold active dull c whence proceed most of the virtue  and quality as we call they of body but the air intermix be without virtue and  make thing Infioide and without any extimulation the concretion of body be  common solve by the contrary as ice which be congeal by gold be dissolve by  heat salt and sugar which be Excocted by heat be dissolve by cold and moisture  the Cause be for that these operation be rather return to their former nature  than alteration so that the contrary cure as for oil it do neither easy  congeal with cold nor thicken with heat the Cause of both effect though they  be produce by contrary efficient seem to be the same and that be because the  spirit of the oil by either mean exhale little for the cold keep it in and the  heat except it be vehement do not call it forth as for cold though it take  hold of the tangible part yet as to the spirit it do rather make they swell  than congeal they as when ice be congeal in a cup the ice will swell in stead  of contract and sometime rift of body some we see be hard and some soft the  hardness be cause chief by the Ieiunenesse of the spirit and their imparity  with the tangible part both which if they be in a great degree make they not  only hard but fragile and less endure of pressure as steel stone glass dry  wood c softness come contrariwise by the great quantity of spirit which ever  help to induce yield and session and by the more equal spread of the tangible  part which thereby be more slide and follow as in gold lead wax c but note  that soft body as we use the word be of two kind the one that easy glue place  to another body but alter not bulk by rise in other place and therefore we see  that wax if you put any thing into it do not rise in bulk but only give place  for you may not think that in print of wax the wax rise up at all but only the  depress part give place and the other remain as it be the other that alter  bulk in the session as water or other liquor if you put a stone or any thing  into they they give place indeed easy but then they rise all over which be a  false session for it be in place and not in body all body ductile and tensile  as metal that will be draw into wire wool and Towe that will be draw into yarn  or thread have in they the appetite of not discontinue strong which make they  follow the force that pull they out and yet so as not to discontinue or  forsake their own body viscous body likewise as pitch wax bird lime cheese  toast will draw forth and rope but the difference between body fibrous and  body viscous be plain for all wool and Towe and cotton and silk especial raw  silk have beside their desire of continuance in regard of the tenuity of their  thread a greediness of moisture and by moisture to join and incorporate with  other thread especial if there be a little wreathe as appear by the twist of  thread and the practice of twirl about of spindle and we see also that gold  and silver thread can be make without twist the difference of impressible and  not impressible figurable and not figurable mouldable and not mouldable  scissile and not scissile and many other passion of matter be Plebcian notion  apply unto the instrument and use which man ordinary practice but they be all  but the effect of some of these cause follow which we will enumerate without  apply they because that will be too long the first be the session or not  session of body into a small space or room keep the outward bulk and not fly  up the second be the strong or weak appetite in body to continuity and to fly  discontinuity the three be the disposition of body to contract or not contract  and again to extend or not extend the four be the small quantity or great  quantity of the pneumatical in body the five be the nature of the Pneumalicall  whether be Native spirit of the body or common air the six be the nature of  the Native spirit in the body whether they be active and eager or dull and  gentle the seven be the emission or detention of the spirit in body the eight  be the dilatation or contraction of the spirit in body while they be detain  the nine be the collocation of the spirit in body whether the collocation be  equal or unequal and again whether the spirit be coacervate or diffuse the ten  be the density or rarity of the tangible part the eleven be the equality or  inequality of the tangible part the twelve be the digestion or crudity of the  tangible part the thirteenth be the nature of the matter whether sulphureous  or mercurial watery or oily dry and terrestrial or MoAst and liquid which  nature of sulphureous and mercurial seem to be nature radical and principial  the fourteenth be the place of the tangible part in length or transverse as it  be in the warp and the woof of textiles more inward or more outward c the  fifteen be the Porofitie or imporosity betwixt the tangible part and the  greatness or smallness of the poor the sixteenth be the collocation and  pesture of the poor there may be more cause but these do occur for the present  take lead and melt it and in the amid of it when it begin to congeal make a  little Dint or hold and put quick silver wrap in a piece of linen into that  hold and the quick silver will fix and run no more and endure the hammer this  be a noble instance of induration by consent of one body with another and  motion of excitation to imitate for to ascribe it only to the vapour of lead  be less probable quare whether the fix may be in such a degree as it will be  figure like other metal for if so you may make work of it for some purpose so  they come not near the fire sugar have put down the use of honey insomuch as  we have lose those observation and preparation of honey which the ancient have  when it be more in price first it seem that there be in old time tree honey as  well as Bee-Honey which be the tear or blood issue from the tree insomuch as  one of the ancient relate that in Trebisond there be honey issue from the  boxtree which make man mad again in ancient time there be a kind of honey  which either of the own nature or by be will grow as hard as sugar and be not  so luscious as we they have also a wine of honey which they make thus they  crush the honey into a great quantity of water and then strain the liquor  after they boil it in a copper to the half then they pour it into earthen  vessel for a small time and after tun it into vessel of wood and keep it for  many year they have also at this day in Russia and those Northern country mead  simple which well make and season be a good wholesome drink and very clear  they use also in Wales a compound drink of mead with herb and spice but mean  while it be good in recompense of that we have lose in honey there be bring in  use a sugar mead for so we may call it though without any mixture at all of  honey and to brew it and keep it stale as they use mead for certain though it  will not be so abster sive and open and solutive a drink as mead yet it will  be more grateful to the stomach and more lenitive and fit to be use in sharp  disease for we see that the use of sugar in beer and ale have good effect in  such case it be report by the ancient that there be a kind of steel in some  place which will polish almost as white and bright as silver and that there be  in India a kind of brass which be polish can scarce be discern from gold this  be in the natural ure but I be doubtful whether man have sufficient refine  metal which we count base as whether iron brass and tin be refine to the  height but when they come to such a fineness as serve the ordinary use they  try no further there have be find certain cement under earth that be very soft  and yet take forth into the sun harden as hard as marble there be also  ordinary Quarries in Somerset shire which in the quarry cut soft to any  bigness and in the building prove firm and hard live creature general do  change their hair with age turn to be grey and white as be see in man though  some early some late in horse that be dapple and turn white in old squirrel  that turn grisly and many other so do some bird as cygnet from grey turn white  hawk from brown turn more white and some bird there be that upon their moult  do turn colour as robin Redbrests after their moult grow to be read again by  degree so do gold finch upon the head the Cause be for that moisture do chief  colour hair and feather and dryness turn they grey and white now hair in age  wax dry so do feather as for feather after moult they be young feather and so  all one as the feather of young bird so the beard be young than the hair of  the head and do for the most part wax hoar late out of this ground a man may  devise the mean of alter the colour of bird and the retardation of hear hair  but of this see the five experiment the difference between male and female in  some creature be not to be discern otherwise than in the part of generation as  in horse and mere dog and bitch dove he and she and other but some differ in  magnitude and that diverse for in most the male be the great as in man  pheasant peacock Turkey and the like and in some few as in hawk the female  some differ in the hair and feather both in the quantity crispation and colour  of they as He-Lions be Misute and have great maines the she be be smooth like  cat bull be more crisp upon the before head than cow the peacock and pheasant  cock and gold finch cock have glorious and fine colour the Henn's have not  general the he be in bird have the fair feather some differ in diverse feature  as buck have horn do none ram have more wreathe horn than ewe cock have great  comb and spur Henns little or none boar have great fang sow much less the  turkeycock have great and swell gills the Henry have less man have general  deep and strong voice than woman some differ in faculty as the cock among sing  bird be the best singer the chief Cause of all these no doubt be for that the  male have more strength of heat than the female which appear manifest in this  that all young creature male be like female and so be eunuch and geld creature  of all kind like female now heat cause greatness of growth general where there  be moisture enough to work upon but if there be find in any creature which be  see rare a over great heat in proportion to the moisture in they the female be  the great as in hawk and sparrow and if the heat be balance with the moisture  then there be no difference to be see between male and female as in the  instance of horse and dog we see also that the horn of ox and cow for the most  part be large than the bull which be cause by abundance of moisture which in  the horn of the bull fail again heat cause Pilosuy and crispation and so  likewise beard in man it also expel fine moisture which want of heat can expel  and that be the Cause of the beauty and variety of feather again heat do put  forth many Excreseences and much solid matter which want of heat can do and  this be the Cause of horn and of the greatness of they and of the greatness of  the comb and spur of cock gills of Turkey cock and fang of boar heat also  dilate the pipe and organ which cause the deepness of the voice again heat  refine the spirit and that cause the cock sing bird to excel the Henry there  be fish great than any beast as the whale be far great than the elephant and  beast be general great than bird for fish the Cause may be that because they  live not in the air they have not their moisture draw and soak by the air and  sunbeam also they rest always in a manner and be support by the water whereas  motion and labour do consuine as for the greatness of beast more than of bird  it be cause for that beast stay long time in the womb than bird and there  nourish and grow whereas in bird after the egg lie there be no further growth  or nourishment from the female for the sit do Vinifie and not nourish we have  partly touch before the mean of produce fruit without Coares or stone and this  we add further that the Cause must be abundance of moisture for that the core  and stone be make of a dry Sap and we see that it be possible to make a tree  put forth only in blossom without fruit as in cherry with double flower much  more into fruit without stone or Coares it be report that a tions of a apple  graft upon a stalk stalk send forth a great apple without a core it be not  unlikely that if the inward pith of a tree be take out so that the juice come  only by the bark it will work the effect for it have be observe that in  pollard if the water get in on the top and they become hollow they put forth  the more we add also that it be deliver for certain by some that if the tions  be graft the small end downward it will make fruit have little or no Coares  and stone tobacco be a thing of great price if it be in request for a of it  will be worth as be affirm two hundred pound by the year towards charge the  charge of make the ground and otherwise be great but nothing to the profit but  the English tobacco have small credit as be too dull and Eartby nay the  tobacco though that be in a hot climate can get no credit for the same that a  trial to make tobacco more aromatical and better concoct here in England be a  thing of great profit some have go about to do it by drench the English  tobacco in a decoction or infusion of Indian tobacco but those be but  sophistication and toy for nothing that be once perfect and have run his race  can receive much amendment you must ever resort to the beginning of thing for  melioration the way of maturation of tobacco must as in other plant be from  the heat either of the earth or of the sun we see some lead of this in musk  melon which be sow upon a hot bed dung below upon a bank turn upon the south  sun to give heat by reflection lie upon tile which increase the heat and cover  with straw to keep they from cold they remove they also which add some life  and by these help they become as good in England as in Italy or Provence these  and the like mean may be try in tobacco inquire also of the steep of the root  in some such liquor as may give they vigour to put forth strong heat of the  sun for the maturation of fruit yea and the heat of vivification of live  creature be both represent and supply by the heat of fire and likewise the  heat of the sun and life be represent one by the other tree set upon the back  of chimney do ripen fruit soon vine that have be draw in at the window of a  kitchen have send forth grape ripe a month at least before other stove at the  back of wall bring forth orange here with we egg as be report by some have be  hatch in the warmth of a oven it be report by the ancient that the ostrich lie  her egg under sand where the heat of the sun disclose they barley in the boil  swell not much wheat swell more rise extreme in so much as a quarter of a pint  unboiled will arise to a pint boil the Cause no doubt be for that the more  close and compact the body be the more it will dilate now barley be the most  hollow wheat more solid than that and rise most solid of all it may be also  that some body have a kind of Lentour and more depertible nature than other as  we see it evident in Colouration for a small quantity of saffron will tinct  more than a very great quantity of bresill or wine fruit grow sweet by roll or  press they gentle with the hand as roll Pears Damasins c by rottenness as  medlar Seruickes Sloe's Heps c by time as apple warden pomegranate c by  certain special maturations as by lie they in hay straw c and by fire as in  roast stew bake c the Cause of the sweetness by roll and press be emollition  which they proper induce as in Beatrice of stock fish flesh c by rottenness be  for that the spirit of the fruit by putrefaction gather heat and thereby  digest the hard part for in all putrefaction there be a degree of heat by time  and keep be because the spirit of the body do ever feed upon the tangible part  and attenuate they by several maturations be by some degree of heat and by  fire be because it be the proper work of heat to refine and to incorporate and  all Sourenesse consist in some grossness of the body and all incorporation do  make the mixture of the body more equal in all the part which ever induce a  mild taste of flesh some be edible some except it be in famine not for those  that be not edible the Cause be for that they have common too much bitterness  of taste and therefore those creature which be fierce and choleric be not  edible as lion Wolnes squirrel dog fox horse c as for Kine sheep goat deer  swine Conneyes hare c we see they be Mild and fearful yet it be true that  horse which be beast of courage have be and be eat by some nation as the  scythian be call hippophagi and the chinese eat horse flesh at this day and  some glutton have use to have colt flesh bake in bird such as be Carniuor a  and bird of prey be common no good meat but the reason be rather the choleric  nature of those bird than their feed upon flesh for Puits gull Shouelers duck  do feed upon flesh and yet be good meat and we see that those bird which be of  prey or feed upon flesh be good meat when they be very young as hawk rook out  of the nest owl c man flesh be not eat the reason be three first because man  in humanity do abhor it second because no live creature that die of it self be  good to eat and therefore the can themselves eat no man flesh of those that  die of themselves but of such as be slay the three be because there must be  general some disparity between the nourishment and the body nourish and they  must not be over near or like yet we see that in great weakness and  consumption man have be sustain with woman milk and ficinus find as I conceive  advice for the prolongation of life that a vein be open in the arm of some  wholesome young man and the blood to be suck it be say that witch do greedy  eat man flesh which if it be true beside a devilish appetite in they it be  likely to proceed for that man flesh may send up high and please vapour which  may stir the imagination and witch felicity be chief in imagination as have be  say there be a ancient receive tradition of the salamander that it life in the  fire and have force also to extinguish the fire it must have two thing if it  be true to this operation the one a very close skin whereby flame which in the  amid be not so hot can enter for we see that if the palm of the hand be anoint  thick with white of egg and then Aquanita be pour upon it and inflame yet one  may endure the flame a pretty while the other be some extreme cold and quench  virtue in the body of that creature which choke the fire we see that milk  quench wild fire better than water because it enter better time do change  fruit as apple Pears pomegranate c from more sour to more sweet but  contrariwise liquor even those that be of the juice of fruit from more sweet  to more sour as wort must new Veriuyce c the Cause be the congregation of the  spirit together for in both kind the spirit be attenuate by time but in the  first kind it be more diffuse and more master by the gross part which the  spirit do but digest but in drink the spirit do reign and find less opposition  of the part become themselves more strong which cause also more strength in  the liquor such as if the spirit be of the hot sort the liquor become apt to  burn but in time it cause likewise when the high spirit be evaporate more  Sourenesse it have be observe by the ancient that Plataeae of metal and  especial of brass apply present to a blow will keep it down from swell the  Cause be repercussion without humectation or entrance of any body for the  plate have only a virtual cold which do not search into the hurt whereas all  plaster and ointment do enter sure the Cause that blow and bruise induce swell  be for that the spirit resort to succour the part that labour draw also the  humour with they for we see that it be not the repulse and the return of the  humour in the part strike that cause it for that gout and tooth ache cause  swell where there be no percussion at all the nature of the Orris root be  almost singular for there be few odoriferous root and in those that be in any  degree sweet it be but the same sweetness with the wood or leaf but the Orris  be not sweet in the leaf neither be the flower any thing so sweet as the root  the root seem to have a tender dainty heat which when it come above ground to  the sun and the air vanish for it be a great mollifier and have a smell like a  violet it have be observe by the ancient that a great vessel full draw into  bottle and then the liquor put again into the vessel will not fill the vessel  again so full as it be but that it may take in more liquor and that this hold  more in wine than in water the Cause may be trivial namely by the expense of  the liquor in regard some may stick to the side of the bottle but there may be  a Cause more subtle which be that the liquor in the vessel be not so much  compress as in the bottle because in the vessel the liquor meet with liquor  chief but in the bottle a small quantity of liquor meet with the side of the  bottle which compress it so that it do not open again water be contiguous with  air cool it but moisten it not except it vapour the Cause be for that heat and  cold have a virtual transition without communication of substance but moisture  not and to all madefaction there be require a imbibition but where the body be  of such several levity and gravity as they mingle not there can follow no  imbibition and therefore oil likewise lie at the top of the water without  commixture and a drop of water run swift over a straw or smooth body wet not  star light night yea and bright moon shine night be cold than cloudy night the  Cause be the dryness and fineness of the air which thereby become more pierce  and sharp and therefore great continent be cold than island and as for the  moon though it self incline the air to moisture yet when it shine bright it  argue the air be dry also close air be warm than open air which it may be be  for that the true Cause of cold be a expiration from the globe of the earth  which in open place be strong and again air it self if it be not alter by that  expiration be not without some secret degree of heat as it be not likewise  without some secret degree of light for otherwise cat and owl can not see in  the night but that air have a little light proportionable to the visual spirit  of those creature the eye do move way for when one eye move to the Nosthrill  the other move from the Nosthrill the Cause be motion of consent which in the  spirit and part spiritual be strong but yet use will induce the contrary for  some can squint when they will and the common tradition be that if child be  set upon a table with a candle behind they both eye will move outward as  affect to see the light and so induce squint we see more exquisite with one  eye shut than with both open the Cause be for that the spirit visual unite  themselves more and so become strong for you may see by look in a glass that  when you shut one eye the pupil of the other eye that be open dilate the eye  if the sight meet not in one angle see thing double the Cause be for that see  two thing and see one thing twice work the same effect and therefore a little  pellet hold between two finger lie across seem double poor blind man see best  in the dimmer light and likewise have their sight strong near hand than those  that be not poor blind and can read and write small letter the Cause be for  that the spirit visual in those that be poor blind be thin and rare than in  other and therefore the great light disperse they for the same Cause they  needs contract but be contract be more strong than the visual spirit of  ordinary eye be as when we see through a level the sight be the strong and so  be it when you gather the eyelid somewhat close and it be common see in those  that be purblind that they do much gather the eyelid together but old man when  they will see to read put the paper somewhat a far off the Cause be for that  old man spirit visual contrary to those of poor blind man unite not but when  the object be at some good distance from their eye man see better when their  eye be over against the sun or a candle if they put their hand a little before  their eye the reason be for that the glare of the sun or the candle do weaken  the eye whereas the light circumfuse be enough for the perception for we see  that a overlight make the eye dazzle insomuch as perpetual look against the  sun will Cause blindness again if man come out of a great light into a dark  room and contrariwise if they come out of a dark room into a light room they  seem to have a mistress before their eye and see worse than they shall do  after they have stay a little while either in the light or in the dark the  Cause be for that the spirit visual be upon a sudden change disturb and put  out of order and till they be recollect do not perform their function well for  when they be much dilate by light they can contract sudden and when they be  much contract by darkness they can dilate sudden and excess of both these that  be of the dilatation and contraction of the spirit visual if it belong destroy  the eye for as long look against the sun or fire hurt the eye by dilatation so  curious paint in small volume and read of small letter do hurt the eye by  contraction it have be observe that in anger the eye wax read and in blush not  the eye but the ear and the part behind they the Cause be for that in anger  the spirit ascend and wax eager which be most easy see in the eye because they  be Translucide though withal it make both the cheek and the gills read but in  blush it be true the spirit ascend likewise to succour both the eye and the  face which be the part that labour but then they be repulse by the eye for  that the eye in shame do put back the spirit that ascend to they as unwilling  to look abroad for no man in that passion do look strong but deject and that  repulsion from the eye divert the spirit and heat more to the ear and the part  by they the object of the sight may cause a great pleasure and delight in the  spirit but no pain or great offence except it be by memory as have be say the  glimpse and beam of diamond that strike the eye Indian feather that have  glorious colour the come into a fair garden the come into a fair room rich  furnish a beautiful person and the like do delight and exhilarate the spirit  much the reason why it hold not in the offence be for that the sight be the  most spiritual of the sense whereby it have no object gross enough to offend  it but the Cause chief be for that there be no active object to offend the eye  for harmonical sound and discordant sound be both active and positive so be  sweet smell and stink so be bitter and sweet in taste so be overhot and over  cold in touch but blackness and darkness be indeed but privatives and  therefore have little or no activity somewhat they do contristate but very  little water of the sea or otherwise look black when it be move and white when  it rest the Cause be for that by mean of the motion the beam of light pass not  straight and therefore must be darken whereas when it rest the beam do pass  straight beside splendour have a degree of whiteness especial if there be a  little repercussion for a look glass with the steel behind look white than  glass simple this experiment deserve to be drive further in try by what mean  motion may hinder sight shell fish have be by some of the ancient compare and  sort with the insecta but I see no reason why they shall for they have male  and female as other fish have neither be they breed of putrefaction especial  such as do move nevertheless it be certain that oyster and cockle and Mussles  which move not have no discriminate sex quare in what time and how they be  breed it seem that shell of oyster be breed where none be before a try that  the great horse mussle with the fine shell that breed in pond have breed  within thirty year but then which be strange it have be try that they do not  only gape and shut as the oyster do but remone from one place to another the  sense be alike strong both on the right side and on the leave but the limb on  the right side be strong the Cause may be for that the brain which be the  instrument of sense be alike on both side but motion and ability of move be  somewhat help from the liner which lie on the right side it may be also for  that the sense be put in exercise indifferent on both side from the time of  our birth but the limb be use most on the right side whereby custom help for  we see that some be leave hand which be such as have use the leave hand most  friction make the part more fleshy and full as we see both in man and in carry  of horse c the Cause be for that they draw great quantity of spirit and blood  to the part and again because they draw the aliment more forcible from within  and again because they relax the poor and so make better passage for the  spirit blood and aliment last because they dissipate and digest any inutile or  excrementitious moisture which lie in the flesh all which help assimilation  friction also do more Fll and impinguate the body than exercise the Cause be  for that in friction the inward part be at rest which in exercise be Beatrice  many time too much and for the same reason as we have note heretofore galley  slave be fat and fleshy because they stir the limb more and the inward part  less all globe afar off appear flat the Cause be for that distance be a  secondary object of sight be not otherwise discern than by more or less light  which disparity when it can be discern all seem one as it be general in object  not distinct discern for so letter if they be so far off as they can be  discern show but as a duskish paper and all engrave and emboss afar off appear  plain the utmost part of shadow seem ever to tremble the Cause be for that the  little moat which we see in the sun do ever stir though there be no wind and  therefore those move in the meeting of the light and the shadow from the light  to the shadow and from the shadow to the light do show the shadow to move  because the medium move shallow and narrow sea break more than deep and large  the Cause be for that the impulsion be the same in both where there be great  quantity of and likewise space enough there the water roll and move both more  slow and with a sloper rise and fall but where there be less water and less  space and the water dash more against the bottom there it move more swift and  more in precipice for in the break of the wane there be ever a precipice it  have be observe by the ancient that salt water boil or boil and cool again be  more potable than of it self raw and yet the taste of salt in distillation by  fire rise not for the distil water will be fresh the Cause may be for that the  salt part of the water do partly rise into a kind of scum on the top and  partly go into a sediment in the bottom and so be rather a separation than a  evaporation but it be too gross to rise into a vapour and so be a bitter taste  likewise for simple distil water of wormwood and the like be not bitter it  have be set down before that pit upon the seashore turn into fresh water by  percolation of the salt through the sand but it be further note by some of the  ancient that in some place of Africa after a time the water in such pit will  become brackish again the Cause be for that after a time the very sand through  which the saltwater pass become salt and so the strainer it self be tincted  with salt the remedy therefore be to dig still new pit when the old wax  brackish as if you will change your strainer it have be observe by the ancient  that salt water will dissolve salt put into it in less time than fresh water  will dissolve it the Cause may be for that the salt in the precedent water do  by similitude of substance draw the salt new put in unto it whereby it diffuse  in the liquor more speedy this be a noble experiment if it be true for it show  mean of more quick and easy infusion and it be likewise a good instance of  attraction by similitude of substance try it with sugar put into water former  sugar and into other water unsugared put sugar into wine part of it above part  under the wine and you shall find that which may seem strange that the sugar  above the wine will soften and dissolve soon than that within the wine the  Cause be for that the wine enter that part of the sugar which be under the  wine by simple infusion or spread but that part above the wine be likewise  force by sack for all spungy body expel the air and draw in liquor if it be  contiguous as we see it also in sponge put part above the water it be worthy  the inquiry to see how you may make more accurate infusion by help of  attraction water in well be warm in winter than in summer and so air in cave  the Cause be for that in the hither part under the earth there be a degree of  some heat as appear in sulphureous vein c which shur close in as in winter be  the more but if it Peripire as it do in summer it be the less it be report  that among the leucadian in ancient time upon a superstition they do use to  precipitate a man from a high cliff into the sea tie about he with string at  some distance many great fowl and fix unto his body diverse feather spread to  break the fast certain many bird of good wing as kite and the like will bear  up a good weight as they file and spread of feather thin and close and in  great breadth will likewise bear up a great weight be even lie without tilt  upon the side the further extension of this experiment for fly may be think  upon there be in some place namely in Cephalonia a little Shrub which they  call holy oak or dwarf oak upon the leave whereof there rise a tumour like a  blister which they gather and rub out of it a certain read Dust that convert  after a while into worm which they kill with wine as be report when they begin  to quicken with this Dust they die scarlet in Zant it be very ordinary to make  man impotent to accompany with their wine the like be practice in gascony  where it be call Nouer l eguillette it be practice always upon the wedding day  and in Zant the mother themselves do it by way of prevention because thereby  they hinder other charm and can undo their own it be a thing the civil law  take knowledge of and therefore be of no light regard it be a common  experiment but the Cause be mistake take a pot or better a glass because  therein you may see the motion and set a candle light in the bottom of a Basen  of water and turn the mouth of the pot or glass over the candle and it will  make the water rise they ascribe it to the draw of heat which be not true for  it appear plain to be but a motion of next which they call ne detur vacuum and  it proceed thus the flame of the candle as soon as it be cover be suffocate by  the close air lessen by little and little during which time there be some  little ascent of water but not much for the flame occupy less and less room as  it lessen the water succeed but upon the instant of the candle go out there be  a sudden rise of a great deal of water for that the body of the flame fill no  more place and so the air and the water succeed it work the same effect if in  stead of water you put flower or sand into the Basen which show that it be not  the flame draw the liquor as nourishment as it be suppose for all body be  alike unto it as it be ever in motion of next insomuch as I have see the glass  be hold by the hand have lift up the Basen and all the motion of next do so  clasp the bottom of the Basen that experiment when the Basen be lift up be  make with oil and not with water nevertheless this be true that at the very  first set of the mouth of the glass upon the bottom of the Basen it draw up  the water a little and then stand at a stay almost till the candle go out as  be say this may show some attraction at first but of this we will speak more  when we handle attraction by heat of the power of the Gelestiall body and what  more secret influence they have beside the two manifest influence of heat and  light we shall speak when we handle experiment touch the celestial body mean  while we will give some direction for more certain trial of the virtue and  influence of the moon which be our near neighbour the influence of the moon  most observe be four the draw forth of heat the induce of putrefaction the  increase of moisture the excite of the motion of spirit for the draw forth of  heat we have former prescribe to take water warm and to set part of it against  the moon beam and part of it with a screen between and to see whether that  which stand expose to the beam will not cool soon but because this be but a  small interposition though in the sun we see a small shade do much it be good  to try it when the moon shine and when the moon shine not at all and with  water warm in a glass bottle as well as in a dish and with Crs and with iron  redhot c for the ining of putrefaction it be good to try it with flesh or fish  expose to the moon beam and again expose to the air when the moon shine not  for the like time to see whether will corrupt soon and try it also with capon  or some other foul lie abroad to see whether it will mortify and become tender  soon try it also with dead fly or dead worm have a little water cast upon they  to see whether will putrify soon try it also with a apple or orange have hold  make in their top to see whether will rot or mould soon try it also with  holland cheese have wine put into it whether will breed mite soon or great for  the increase of moisture the opinion receive be that seed will grow soon and  hair and nail and hedge and herb cut c will grow soon if they be set or cut in  the increase of the moon also that brain in rabbit wood cock calf c be full in  the full of the moon and so of in the bone and so of oyster and which of all  the rest be the easy try if you have they in pit take some and set some of  they immediate after the change and other of the same kind immediate after the  full let they be as like as can be the earth also the same as near as may be  and therefore best in pot let the pot also stand where no rain or sun may come  to they lest the difference of the weather confound the experiment and then  see in what time the seed set in the increase of the moon come to a certain  height and how they differ from choose that be set in the decrease of the moon  it be like that the brain of man wax moist and full upon the full of the moon  and therefore it be good for those that have moist brain and be great drinker  to take fume of lignum aloe rosemary about the full of the moon it be like  also that the in man body increase and decrease as the moon do and therefore  it be good to purge some day or two after the full for that then the will not  replenish so soon again as for the of the motion of the spirit you must note  that the growth of hedge herb hair be cause from the moon by of the spirit as  well as by increase of the moisture but for spirit in particular the great  instant be in there may be other secret effect of the influence of the moon  which be not yet bring into observation it may be that if it so fill out that  the wind be north or north east in the full of the moon it increase cold and  if south or south west it dispose the air for a good while to warmth and rain  which will be observe it may be that child and young cattle that be bring  forth in the full of the moon be strong large than those that be bring forth  in the wane and those also which be beget in the full of the moon so that it  may be good husbandry to put ram and bull to their female somewhat before the  full of the moon it may be also that the egg lie in the full of the moon breed  the better bird and a number of the like effect which may be bring into  observation quare also whether great thunder and earth quake be not most in  the full of the moon the turn of wine to vinegar be a kind of putrefaction and  in make of vinegar they use to set vessel of wine over against the noon sun  which call out the more oily spirit and leave the liquor more sour and hard we  see also that burn wine be more hard and astringent than wine unburnt it be  say that cider in navigation under the line ripen when wine or beer sour it be  good to set a roundlet of Veriuyce over against the sun in summer as they do  vinegar to see whether it will ripen and sweeten there be diverse creature  that sleep all winter as the bear the hedgehog the bat the be c these all wax  fat when they sleep and egest not the Cause of their fatten during their sleep  time may be the want of assimilate for whatsoever Attimilation not to flesh  turn either to sweat or fat these creature for part of their sleep time have  be observe not to stir at all and for the other part to stir but not to remove  and they get warm and close place to sleep in when the Fleming winter in new  Zembla the bear about the middle of November go to sleep and then the fox  begin to come forth which dare not before it be note by some of the ancient  that the she bear breed and lie in with her young during that time of rest and  that a bear big with young have seldom be see some live creature be procreate  by copulation between male and female some by putrefaction and of those which  come by putrefaction many do nevertheless afterward procreate by copulation  for the Cause of both generation first it be most certain that the Cause of  all vivification be a gentle and proportionable heat work upon a glutinous and  yield substance for the heat do bring forth spirit in that substance and the  substance be glutinous produce two effect the one that the spirit be detain  and can break forth the other that the matter be gentle and yield be drive  forward by the motion of the spirit after some swell into shape and member  therefore all sperm all menstruous substance all matter whereof creature be  produce by putrefaction have evermore a closeness Lentour and sequacity it  seem therefore that the generation by sperm only and by putrefaction have two  different cause the first be for that creature which have a definite and exact  shape as those have which be procreate by copulation can be produce by a weak  and casual heat nor out of matter which be not exact prepare accord to the  species the second be for that there be a great time require for maturation of  perfect creature for if the time require in vivification be of any length then  the spirit will exhale before the creature be mature except it be enclose in a  place where it may have continuance of the heat access of some nourishment to  maintain it and closeness that may keep it from breathe out and such place be  the womb and matrix of the female and therefore all creature make of  putrefaction be of more uncertain shape and be make in short time and needs  not so perfect a enclosure though some closeness be common require as for the  heathen opinion which be that upon great mutation of the world perfect  creature be first engender of concretion as well as frog and worm and fly and  such like be now we know it to be vain but if any such thing shall be admit  discourse accord to sense it can be except you admit a chaos first commixture  of heaven and earth for the frame of the world once in order can effect it by  any Extesse or casualty