II4. 
Experiments 
in Confort, 
| mongeff Trees, thenoifeof fuch Winds willbeperceived. And the Winds | 
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Men, and make them warlike ; tomake them foftand effeminate ;' to el 
them grave ; to make them light ; to make them gentle and inclined to} 
pity, &c: The caufe is, for that the Senjfe of Hearing {triketh the Spirits. | 
more immediately, than the other Senjes, and more incorporeally than 
the Smelling: For the Sight, Tafte, and Feeling, have their Organs, not of fo 
prefent and immicdiate accefs to the Spirits, as the Hearinghath. And|— 
as for the Smelling (which indeed workcth alfo immediately upon the Spi- ; 
rits, andis forcible while the obje& remaineth) ir is with a communica- | 
tion of the Breath or Vapor of the obje& oderate: But Harmony entring 
eafily, and mingling not atall, and coming with amanifeft motion; doth| 
by cuftom of often affe&ing the Spirits, and putting them intoone kinde | 
of pofture, alter not a little the nature cf the Spirits, even when the ob- |. 
jectis removed. And therefore wefec, that Tunes and Airs, even in their | 
own nature, have in themfelves fome athnity with the Affe@ions: As | 
there be Merry Tunes, Doleful Tunes, Solemn Tunes; Tunesinclining 
Mens mindes to Pity, Warlike Tunes, &c. So as.it isnomatvel, if they 
alterthe Spirits, confidering that Tunes have a predifpofition to the Moti- 
on of the Spirits in themfelves. But yet ithathbeen noted, that though | 
this variety of Tunes, doth difpofe the Spirits to variety of Paffions, con- 
form unto them; yetgenerally, (Mofick teeceth that difpofition of the Spi- 
rits which icfindeth. We feealfo, that feveral Airs and Tunes, do pleafé 
feveral Nations, and Perfonsaccording to the fympathy they have with their 
Spirits.’ SR 6 ae Kai tat 
Erpetive hath been with fome diligence inquired ; and fo hath the Na- 
P ture of Sounds, infome fort, as far as concerneth Mujick, bus the Na- | 
ture of Sounds in general, hath been fuperficially obferved. Itis one of} 
the fubtilleft pieces of Nature. And befites,, 1 pra@ife, as I do advife: | 
Which is after long inquiry of things, immerfe in matter, to enterpofefome | 
fubje& whichis immateriate orle{s materiate; fuch as thisof Sounds: To | 
the end, that theinteHe@ may be redtified, and become not partial. 
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It is firft to beconfidered , what great motions there are in Nature | 
which pafs without found or noife. Whe Heavensturn about in a moft rapide | 
motion, witheut noife to us perceived, though:in fome dreams theyhave | 
been faid to make anexcellent Mufick. So the motions of the Comets, and} — 
Fiery Meteors (as Stella Cadens, &c.) yield nonoifle. And if itbe thought, that) 7 
it is the greatnefs of diftance from us, whereby the found cannot, beheard ;| 7 
wefce that Lightnings and Corufcations, which are nearathand, yieldno |” 
found neither; and yet in all thefe, there is a percuflion and divifsion of the | 
Air.) “The Winds in'the Upper Region (which move the Clouds above | 
(which we call the Rack): and are not perceived below) pats without noite. | 
The lower Winds ima Plain, except they be ftrong, make no noife; ‘but a- | 
(generally) whenthey make a noife,doever make it unequally, rifing and fall- | 
ing, and fometimes (when they are vehement) trembling at the height of | 
their blaft.. Rain or Hail falling, though vehemently, yieldeth nonoife, in 
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