372 NATURAL HISTORY. 



row, if it be headed with wood, hath been known to 

 pierce through a piece of wood of eight inches thick. 

 And it is certain, that we had in use at one time, for 

 sea fight, short arrows, which they called sprights, 

 without any other heads, save wood sharpened : which 

 were discharged out of muskets, and would pierce 

 through the sides of ships where a bullet would not 

 pierce. But this dependeth upon one of the greatest 

 secrets in all nature ; which is, that similitude of sub 

 stance will cause attraction, where. the body is wholly 

 freed from the motion of gravity : for if that were 

 taken away, lead would draw lead, and gold would 

 draw gold, and iron would draw iron, without the 

 help of the loadstone. But this same motion of 

 weight or gravity, which is a mere motion of the 

 matter, and hath no affinity with the form or kind, 

 doth kill the other motion, except itself be killed 

 by a violent motion, as in these instances of arrows; 

 for then the motion of attraction by similitude of 

 substance beginneth to shew itself. But we shall 

 handle this point of nature fully in due place. 



Experiment solitary touching certain drinks in 

 Turkey. 



705. They have in Turkey and the east certain 

 confections, which they call servets, which are like 

 to candied conserves, and are made of sugar and 

 lemons, or sugar and citrons, or sugar and violets, 

 and some other flowers ; and some mixture of amber 

 for the more delicate persons : and those they dis 

 solve in water, and thereof make their drink, 



