af Century if 
deeper ; So thatif youinfule Rubar) foranhour, andcrufhit well, it will 
purge better, and binde the Body lefs after the purging, than if it ftood 
Twenty ‘ourhours: Thisistried, butI conceive likewife, that by repeat- 
; ing the Infufionof Kubarb, feveral times (as was faid of Violets). letting 
‘th each ftay in but afmall time, you may make it as {trong aPurging Medi- 
| cine, as Scaimmony. And it is not afmall thing womin rMyfick, if you can 
| make Rubarb, and other Medicines that are Benedict, as {trong Purgers,as 
_ | thofe thar are not without fome maligiy PNR OC  dsid 
Purging Medicines, for the moft pee , have their Purgative Vertue in afine 
_ | Spirit, as appeareth by that they indure not boiling, withoutmuch lofs of 
-| vertue. Andchereforeit is of good ufe in Phyfick,it yowcan retain the Pur- 
gingof Vertue, and takeaway the unpleafant tafte of the Purger; which | 
‘itis like youmay do, by this coutfe of infufing oft with little ftay.. Forit is 
probable, that the horrible and odious tafteisinthegroflerpart. 
Generally, the working by Infufions is grols and blind, exceptyou firft 
| try the ifluing of thefeveral parts of the Body, which of them iffue more 
} fpeedily, and w hich more flowly ; and fo by apportioning thetime, can 
| take and leave that quality which yéudefire. Thistoknow, thérebe two 
ways; the one totry whatlong ftay, and whatfbort ftay worketh, as hath 
| been faid ; theother totry, in order, thefucceeding Infufions, of one and 
| the fame Body, fucceflively, in feveral Liquors. As: for example,: ‘Take 
| Oraage-Pills, or Rofeniary, or Cinnamon, or what you will; and let them in- 
| fafe half an hour in Water; then takethemout, and infufe them again in 
| other Water; and fothe third time; and then tafte and: confider the firft 
Water, the fecond, and thethird, and you will finde them differing, notone- 
lyin fireagthand weaknefs, but oticrwifeintatte, orodor ; for itmay be | 
the firft W ater willhavemore of the fent,as more fragrant; and the fecond 
| more of thetafte, as more bitter orbiting; &c. 8 ior ait 
Tnfafions in Air (for fo we may call Odors) have thefame diverfities with 
| Infafions in Water 5 in that the feveral Odors (waicliare in one Flower; or 
{other Body) iffue at feveraltimes, tome earlier, fome later: So'we finde, 
| that Vivlers, FVoodbines, Strawberries, yield a pleafing fent, that cometh forth | 
|) firft ; but foonafter an ill fent quite differing from the former.».Whichvis |. 
| eee not fo much by mellowing, as by the late ifluing of the grofler 
7 irit. Me quipoll tld 236 si. Dodoiw aistro>'orsy 
z : As we may defire to extrac the fineft Spirits infome cafes; fo.we'may 
+| defirealfo'to difcharge them (as hurtful) in fome other. So Wine: burnuby 
| reafonof the evaporating of the finer’Spirit, inflamethlefs, and isbett in| ° 
Agues : Opium lecfeth fome of his posfonous quality, if itbe vaporedvout, 
mingled with Spirit of Wine; orthe like!: » Seam leefeth fomewhat-ofvhis 
} windinels b. decoding; and (generally) fubtile or windy Spiritsare taken 
| off by Incenfion, or Evaporation, And even in Infufions in things that are 
of toohighaipirit, you.were better pour off the firft Infufion, afterai{mall 
time, and ufe the latter. + foil rh 
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Experiment | 
Solitary 
touching the 
Apperise of 
Continsation 
in Liquids. 
Rea arein the formof an Hemifphere; ir within,and a little Skin 
B39 of Water without : And it feemeth fomewhat ftrange, that the Air 
fhould rife fofwiftly, while it isin the Water, and when it cometh to the 
top; fhould be ftaid by fo weak acover, as that of theBubbleis. But-as 
for the {wiftafcentof the ~Air, while it is under the Water, that isa 
otion of Percuffion from the Water, which it felf defcending, driveth 
»P the «ir; and no motion of Leviry:in the Air. “And this Democritus 
ad B 
called 
