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and set some of them immediately after the change ; 

 and others of the same kind immediately after the full : 

 let them be as like as can be ; the earth also the same 

 as near as may be ; and therefore best in pots : let the 

 pots also stand where no rain or sun may come to 

 them, lest the difference of the weather confound the 

 experiment : and then see in what time the seeds set 

 in the increase of the moon come to a certain height ; 

 and how they differ from those that are set in the 

 decrease of the moon. 



894. It is like that the brain of man waxeth moister 

 and fuller upon the full of the moon ; and therefore it 

 were good for those that have moist brains, and are 

 great drinkers, to take fume of lignum aloes, rosemary, 

 frankincense, &c., about the full of the moon. It is 

 like also, that the humours in men s bodies increase 

 and decrease as the moon doth ; and therefore, it were 

 good to purge some day or two after the full ; for that 

 then the humours will not replenish so soon again. 



895. As for the exciting of the motion of the spirits, 

 you must note that the growth of hedges, herbs, hair, 

 &c. is caused from the moon, by exciting of the spirits 

 as well as by increase of the moisture. But for spirits 

 in particular, the great instance is in lunacies. 



896. There may be other secret effects of the influ 

 ence of the moon, which are not yet brought into ob 

 servation. It may be, that if it so fall out that the 

 wind be north, or north-east, in the full of the moon, 

 it increaseth cold ; and if south, or south-west, it dis- 

 poseth the air for a good while to warmth and rain ; 

 which would be observed. 



897. It may be, that children and young cattle that 

 are brought forth in the full of the moon, are stronger 



