CENTURY VIII. 411) 



pole struck upon gravel in the bottom of the water 

 maketh a sound. Nay, if you should think that the 

 sound cometh up by the pole, and not by the water, 

 you shall find that an anchor let down by a rope 

 maketh a sound : and yet the rope is no solid body 

 whereby the sound can ascend. 



Experiment solitary of the flight of the spirits upon 



odious objects. 



793. All objects of the senses which are very of 

 fensive, do cause the spirits to retire : and upon their 

 flight, the parts are, in some degree, destitute ; and 

 so there is induced in them a trepidation and horror. 

 For sounds, we see that the grating of a saw, or any 

 very harsh noise, will set the teeth on edge, and 

 make all the body shiver. For tastes, we see that 

 in the taking of a potion or pills, the head and the 

 neck shake. For odious smells, the like effect fol- 

 loweth, which is less perceived, because there is a 

 remedy at hand by stopping of the nose ; but in 

 horses, that can use no such help, we see the smell 

 of a carrion, especially of a dead horse, maketh them 

 fly away, and take on almost as if they were mad. 

 For feeling, if you come out of the sun suddenly 

 into a shade, there followeth a chillness or shivering 

 in all the body. And even in sight, which hath 

 in effect no odious object, coming into sudden dark 

 ness, induceth an offer to shiver. 



