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a T isaflirmed conftantly by many, as an ufual Experiment, T hata lu np ol 
Experiment eo in thebettom of a Mine, will betumbled and ftirred bytwo de ns | 
sae the | ftrength; which if you bring it to the top ‘of the Earth, will.ask fix Aens 
Decreafe of he | ftrength atthe leaft to ftir it. Itis anoble inflance, and is fit to be tryed t 
ae ewe the full: For itisvery probable, that the Aforion of Gravity worketh weakly, | 
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|‘) in greae | both far fromthe Earth, and alfo within the Earth; The former, becaufe the | 
diflance from | appetite of Union of Denfe Bodies with the Earth, in refpe& of thediftance | 
elias fe "is more dull. The latter; becaufe the Body hath in part attained apie 
depth of he | whenit isfome depth in the Earth. For as forthe moving toa pointor place | 
Barth. (which was the opinion of the Ansients) it isa meer vanity. ie 
34: T is ftrange, how the _ Antients took up Experiments upon credit, and et did | 
Eepenen build great Mattersupon them. The obferyation of fome of tlie belt of | 
sathitthe them, delivered confidently, is, That a Veflel filled with 4/kes, will receive | | 
Contraction of | the like quantity of Water,that it would have done if it hadbeen empty-But 
bodies in bulky beve rom Sint , Senge 
by she mirnge, this is utterly untrue, for the Water will not go in by a fifth pare; and Ifup- 
of she mre | pote, that that fifthpart isthe difference of thelying clofe, oropen of the 
| Liquid Body, Afhes; as we fec, thar Athes alone, if they behard prefled, will lie in lefs |. 
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Solid, room ; and fo the Afhes with Air between, lic loofer, and with Water 
clofer. For Ihave not yet found certainly, that the Water it felt by mix- | 
|‘ turc of Afhes or Duft, will fhrink or draw into lefs room. a ° 
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35. T is reported of credit, That if you lay good ftoreof-Kernels of Grapes | 
Experiment as the Root of 2 Vine, ic will make the Vine come earlier, and profper | 
Solitary’ ne | better. Itmay be tried with other Kernels, laid about the Root of a ‘Plane of | 
| staking ines| the famekinde ; as Figs; Kernels of Apples, @c. Thecaufemaybe, fortharthe | © 
more frnitfol. | Kernels draw out of the Earth Juice fit tonourith the Tree, asthofe that] 
would be Trees of themfelves, though there were no Root; butthe Root | — 
being of greater ftrength, robbeth and devoureth the nourifhment, when | — 
cy havedrawnit; asgreat Fifhesdevour little. airy 
36. He operation of Purging Medicines, and the caufes thereof; have been} 
.| Experiments thoughttobea great Secret; and fo according to the flothful manner | — 
Lora of Men, it is referred to a Hidden Propriety, a Specifical Vertue, and a Fourth | 
Purging Me- | Quality, and the like fhifts of Ignorance. The Caufes of Purging, are} . 
rvielg divers, Allplain and perfpicuous, andthroughly maintained by experience. | 
The firftis, That whatfoever cannot be over¢ome and digefted by the} 
Stomack, is by the Stomack, either put up by Fomit, or putdown to thie | 
Guts ; and by that Motion of Expulfion in the Stomack and Guts, other | © 
Parts of the Body (asthe Oriftces of the Veins, andthe like) are moyed to €x-| 
pel byConfent: For nothing ismore frequent then Afosion of Confens inthe | 
Body of Man. This Surcharge of the Stomack, is caufed either by the | 
Quality of the Medicine, or by the Quantity. ‘he Qualities arethree, } 
Extream Bitter, as in Aloes, Coloquintida, cs. Loathfome, and of horrible tafte 
as in CA garik, Black Hellebore; @c. And of fecrer Malignity, and di! ore 
ment towards (Wans Body, many tim@st*not appearing much in th 
as in Scammony, (Machoacham, Antimony, oc. And note well, that i 
be any Medicine that Purgeth, and hath neither of the firft two © 
“Qualities , isto beheld fufpeded asa kinde of Poyfon ; Forthat it wor 
either by Corrofion, or by a fecrer Malignity, and Enmisy to Nature 3 
| therefore fuch Medicines are warily to be prepared ani ufed. ‘The 
of that which is taken, doth alfo caufe Purging , aswe fec in as { er 
| tity of new Milk from the Cow, yea, and agreat quantity o v 
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