Trutlfeof BODIES. Chap.iy. 



grown to be one bodyr&could not become through dry wi 

 incafure of fire,ffor more would have drycd thcrn, even whiles 

 they were hot ) untill they were alfo grown ch rough cold. And 

 in like manner, firupcs, hydrcmels, gcllies, and the like grow 

 much thicker a fee* they are taken off from the fire, then they 

 v. ere upon tbc fire,ad much of their humidity flieth away whii 

 the fire, in their cooling, whereby they leffen much of their quao*- 

 city, evert afcer the outward fire hath ceated from working up* 

 on them. 



Now if the nioift parts, that remain after the drying, be by 

 the heat well incorporated in the dry parts; and fo do occation 

 the dry parts to ftick cloic together; then that body is condrn- 

 fecLaiad will ( to the proportion of it) be heavier in a ieflc bulk; 

 as we Tee that metalls are heavier then ftonec. 



Although this etfc&be in chclc examples wrought by heat, 

 Thefccon4 V^ generally fpcaking it is more proper to .cold: which is the 

 manner of con- {ecod way of drying a moift body. As when in Greenland, 

 c5d" W the extreme cold frcelcth the \vhaJefifhers beer into ice, lo that 



the ftcwards divide it with axes ami wedges^ and deliver thck 

 portions of drink to their lliips company, and their fhallopes 

 .pjngSjin their bare handsrbut in the innermoft part of the butte, 

 they find Ibme quantity of very ftrong liqueur, not inferiour to 

 moderate fpirit of wine. At the firft, before currome had made it 

 familiar unto them, they wondered that every time they drew 

 at the tap, when firrt it came from their fhips to the fhorc ( for 

 the heat of the hold would not let it frecfe) no Jiquour would 

 come, unleflb they new tapped it with a longer gimlctrbut they 

 thought that pains well recompenced,by finding it in the taft to 

 grow ftronger and ftrongerjtill at the Jaft,their Jongert gimlets 

 would bring nothing out;& yet the veflfellnot a quarter drawn 

 off; which obliged them then to flare the cask, that fo tkey 

 might make ufe of the fubftance that remained. 



Tkc reafon of this, ic evident : that cold feeking to condenfc 

 the lcr by mingling its dry and cold parts with it, thofethat 

 would indurc this mixture, were imbibed and fhrunkupby 

 them. But the other rare and hot parts that were fqueelcd out 

 by the denfc ones which entered to congeal the beer, and were 

 forfcd into the middle of the veflfel (which was the ftirtheft part 

 for them to retire unto/rom their invironing caernies)did con. 



ferve 



