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as in divers liquefactions : and so doth time in 

 some bodies of a softer consistence, as is manifest 

 in honey, which by age waxeth more liquid, and 

 the like in sugar ; and so in old oil, which is ever 

 more clear and more hot in medicinable use. Heat 

 causeth the spirits to search some issue out of 

 the body ; as in the volatility of metals ; and so 

 doth time; as in the rust of metals. But generally 

 heat doth that in small time which age doth in 

 long. 



Experiment solitary touching the differing operation of 

 fire and time. 



295. Some things which pass the fire are softest 

 at first, and by time grow hard, as the crumb of 

 bread. Some are harder when they come from the 

 fire, and afterwards give again, and grow soft, as 

 the crust of bread, bisket, sweet-meats, salt, &c. 

 The cause is, for that in those things which wax 

 hard with time, the work of the fire is a kind of 

 melting ; and in those that wax soft with time, con 

 trariwise, the work of the fire is a kind of baking ; 

 and whatsoever the fire baketh, time doth in some 

 degree dissolve. 



Experiment solitary touching motions by imitation. 



296. Motions pass from one man to another, not 

 so much by exciting imagination as by invitation ; 

 especially if there be an aptness or inclination before. 

 Therefore gaping, or yawning, and stretching do pass 

 from man to man ; for that that causeth gaping and 



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