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| Experiment 
| Solitarys 
| touching the 
| Producing of 
| Feathers and 
| Zlairs of di- 
wers Colenrse 
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Natural Hiftory ae 
of old Walls, efpecially towards the bottom, the Morter will becomeas 
hard as the Brick : We fecalfo, that the Wood on the fides of Veflels of 
Wine, gathereth a ciutof Tartar harder thanthe Woodit felf; and Scales 
likewife grow to the Teeth, barderthan the Teeththemfelyes.. = od 
Moft of all, Znduration by Afimilation appeareth in the bodies of ' Tree " 
and Living Creatures: For no nourifhment that the Tree receiveth, orthat | 
the Living Creature receiveth, is fohard as Wood, Bone, or Horn, &e. but | 
is indurated after by Affimilation. , | es, 
mo Dh 
a | 
He Eyeof the Underitanding, is likethe Eye of theSenfe: Forasyou | 
may fee great objeéts through fmallCranies, or Levels; foyou may fee | 
great Axioms of Nature, through {mall and contemptible inftances. ‘The | 
{peedy depredation of Air upon watry moifture, and verfion of the fome in- | 
to Air, appeareth in nothing more vifible thanin the fudden difcharge, or | 
vanifhing of a little Cloud of Breath, or Vapor, from Glafs or the Blade de 
a Sword, or anyfuch polifhed Body; fuch as doth not ar all detain or im- | 
bibe the moifture: For the miftinets fcattereth and brezketh up fuddenly. 
Butthe like Cloud, if it were oily or fatty, will noz difch arge; not becaule it | 
fticketh fatter, but, becaufe Air preycth upon Water, and. Flame, and Fire, | 
upen Oyl; and therefore, totake outa {pot of Greafe, they ufea Goal upon 
brown Paper, becaufe fire worketh upon Greafeor Oyl, as Air doth upon | 
Water. And we fce Paper oiled, or Wood oiled, or the like, ‘laft long |) 
moift ; but wee with Water, dry or putrifie fooner. The czufe is, forthar | 
Air meddleth little with the moifture of oy. aang ae i 
: : an ie 
WiHere isan admirable demonftration in the fame trifling inftance of the} 
little Cloud upon Glafs, or Gems, or Blades of Swords of the force of | 
Union, even in the leaft quantities, and weakeft Bodies, how muchit con- | 
duceth to prefervation of the prefent form, and the rcfifting of anew. For | 
mark well the difeharge of thatCloud, and you fhall {ee it ever break up, firft | 
in theskirts,and laftin the midft. We feelikewife, that much Water draw- { 
eth forth the Juyce of the Body infufed, but little Water is imbibed by the} 
Body: And this is a principal caufe, why, in operation upon Bodies, for their | 
Verfion or Alteration, the tryal in great quantities doth not an{wer the tryal | 
in fmall, andfodeceiveth many ; for that (I fay) the greater Body rcfifterh | 
more any alteration of Form, and requireth far greater ftrength in the AGive | 
Body that fhould fubdue ir. | ae) 
E have fpoken before in the Fifth Inflance, of the caufe of Orient | 
Colours in Birds; whichis by the finenefs of the Strainer, we will | 
now endeavor to reduce the fame Axiomtoa Work. For this Writing | 
of our Sylya Sylvarum, is (to {peak properly) not Natural Hiftory , bu 
high kinde of Natural Magick. For it is not a difcription onely of N 
ture, buta breaking of Nature, into greatand ftrange Works. Trythe 
fore the anointing over of Pigeons, or other Birds, when they are bu 
their Down, or of Whelps, cutting their Hair as fhort as may be, or 
fome other Beaft ; with fome oyntment, that is not hurtful to the 
and that willharden and ftick very clofe, and fee whether it will not 
the colours of the Feathers, or Hair. Itis, received, that the pullir 
the firft Feathers of Birds clean, will make thenew come forth Whit 
it is certain, that White is a penurious colour, and where moiftureis fc 
So Blew Violets, and other Flowers, if they beftarved, turn pale and white. | 
