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them, they give place indeed easily, but then they 

 rise all over ; which is a false cession ; for it is in 

 place, and not in body. 



Experiment solitary touching bodies ductile and 

 tensile. 



845. All bodies ductile and tensile, as metals, 

 that will be drawn into wires ; wool and tow, that 

 will be drawn into yarn or thread, have in them 

 the appetite of not discontinuing strong, which 

 maketh them follow the force that pulleth them out ; 

 and yet so, as not to discontinue or forsake their own 

 body. Viscous bodies likewise, as pitch, wax, bird 

 lime, cheese toasted, will draw forth and rope. But 

 the difference between bodies fibrous and bodies vis 

 cous is plain : for all wool, and tow, and cotton, and 

 silk, especially raw silk, have, besides 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 ; especially if 

 there be a little wreathing ; as appeareth by the 

 twisting of thread, and the practice of twirling 

 about of spindles. And we see also, that gold and 

 silver thread cannot be made without twisting. 



Experiment solitary touching other passions of matter, 



and characters of bodies. 



846. The differences of impressible and not im 

 pressible ; figurable and not figurable ; mouldable 

 and not mouldable ; scissile and not scissile, and 

 many other passions of matter, are plebeian notions, 



