Mo ee fe 
Natural Hiftory ; 
you fhallfeethe Wine,as it were, Mer hh ababionie WA TEE 
_| For landfomneds fake '\¢ becaufe'the working requireth. fome fmall.t img) | 
“Jit were good yeu hang the upper G4fupon a Nail. But ‘as foon as there 
is gathered !o much pure andunmixed Water in the bottom of the ower 
Glaffy-as that the; Mouth of ithe upper Gla? dippeth into it, the Motion | 
ceafeth:, i ¢bosivios 20M bovicice : Joo oh ee 
.» vet the upper G/4f be Wine, and the lower Water; there followcta. no 
Motion at all. Lettheupper G/4be Water pure,the lower Water coloured, 
or-contrariwife-there followeth no Motion at all. Butit hath been try¢c 
that)though thé mixture of Wine and ‘Water, in the lower G/, be.thtee 
_parts Water, and butone Wine; yet itdothnot dead the Motion. This fg 
paration of Warerand Wincappeareth to bemade by weight 5 for i¢mult | 
be of Bodies of unequal weight, or elfe it worketh not ; and the heavier 
Body muftever'be inthe upper Gf, But thennote withal, that the water | 
being made penfible, and there beingagreat weight of Watetin the Belly “ 
of the Gla, fuftained by afmall Pillar of Water intheneck of the Glaf;\ it | 
is that which fetteth the Motion on work: For Waterand Winein one Glas, - 
withlong ftanding, will hardly fever.’ © soodidinoy Hee 
(This Experiment would be extended from mixtures of feveral Laquors | 
to Simple: Bodies, which confift of {eyeral fimiliar parts > Try, it therefore , 
with Broyz or Salt-vvater and Fresh-vvater, placing the Sa/Awvvater (which | 
isthe heavier) m the upper G4, and fee whetiierthe frefh, will come above. | 
Try it allo with Water thick Sugred, and pure Water.s..amd,fce whether | 
the Water which cometh above; will lofe his fw eetnefs:, For which. pur; 
: Pe it were good there were a little Cock made inthe Belly.of the upper ee 
Glaff. ” oone B 
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Experiments — 
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N Bodies containing: fixe Spirits, which do eafily diffipate when youmake | 
| infufions; the Rule is, A fhortftay of the Body inthe Liquor receiveth the | 
Spirit, and a longer {tay confoundeth, it ; becaufe it draweth forth the } 
| Earthy part withal, which embafeth the finer, And therefore it is an. Bes | 
ror in Phyfitiaws, toreft fimply upon the length of ftay for encreafing the | 
vertue. But if you will have the Z#fufon {trong, in thofe kinde of Bodies; | 
which have jive Spirits, your way is not to give longer time, but to repeat | 
the Zefufion of the Body oftner. | Take Féolets, and infufe agood Pugilof) 
themin a Quart of Vinegar, let them ftay three quarters.of anhour; and | 
take them forth, ‘and refrefh the, dzfufon with like quantity of new Violers | 
feven times, and it will make a Pinegar fo treth of the Flovver,as if a Twelve; ( 
moneth after it bebrought youina Saucer, you fhallimellit beforeit come | 
at you. Note, that it {melleth more perie@ly, of the Flowera good hile | 
after, then atfirft, ~~ | 3 ‘ot abide 
Thig Rule which we have given, is of fingular ufe for the preparations } 
of Atedicines, andother Infufions. As forexample, the Leaf of Burrage hath |~ 
an excellent Spirit, to reprefs the fuliginous vapor of Dusky Melancholy, | 
iand fo to cure Madnefs :.. But neverthelefs, if. the Leaf be infufed longyit | 
yeildeth forth but araw fubftance of'no vertue: Therefore I fuppofe, that 
if inthe Muft of Wine or Wort of Beer,while ith OolacthibeSeredttee. Th 
| the Barrage ftaya {malltime, and be often changed with frefh, it vvill make | 
a foveraign Drink for Azelancholy Pafions. And the like lconceive of Orduge 
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19. | © Rabarbhath manifeftly in it Parts of contrary O erations ions: Parts that} 
| purge, and partsthat bth the Body; and she Grttlaycloafetsindtbela ‘ 
Bois | 7 . ‘ ied ne ony bance ean ea 
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dicieus and 
Alccurate In- 
fufions, both 
ip Liquors,and 
Air. 
