Century ILL. Pt 
_ Iconceive alfo, that the Species of Audibles, do hang longer in the Ait than 
i thofe of Vifibles : For although cventhofe ot Vifibles dohang' fome time, 
aswe fee in Ringsturned, that fhew like (pheres. In Late-ftrings fillipped,a Fire 
| brand carried a long, which leaveth atrain of light behinde ir, andin the Twi 
“flight, and the like: Yet I conceive that Sounds, {tay longer becaufe they are | 
‘| carried up and down with the Wind; and becaule of the diftance of the | 
|timein Ordnance difcharged, and heard twenty miles off | 
In Vifibies there are not found Objeéts fo odious.and ingrate to the Senfe, 
: fas in Axdibles. For foul Sights dorather difpleafe,in that they excite thememory 
of foul things, than in the immediate Objeds. And therefore in Pidures,thofe 
Vou! Sights donot much offend; but in Asdibles, the grating of aSaw when 
jie is fharpned, doth offend fo aac as it ferceth the Teeth om edge; and any 
| of theharlh Difcords in cAtuficks, the Ear doth ftraightwaysretufe, 
a In Vsfibies, after great light, if you come {uddenly intothe dark, or con- 
"| trariwife out of the dark into a glaring Light. The eye is dazled for a time, 
| and the Sightconfufed ; but whether any {uch effet be after great Sounds, or 
| after a deeper filence may be better enquired. It is an old Tradition, that 
| thofe that dwell nearthe Cataracts of ilu, are flrucken deaf: But we finde 
| no fuch effect in Cannoniers, nor Millers, nor thofe that dwell upon Bridges. 
| Atfeemeth, that the mpre/fion of Colouris fo weak, asit worketh not, ‘but 
joe Cone of dire&t Beams, or right, Lines, whereof the Bafis isin the Objeét 
} amd the Vertical point inthe Eye: Soasthere is a corradiation and conjun&i- 
} on of Beams; and thofe Beams fo fentforth, yet arenot of any force to beget 
| the like borrowed ot fecond Beams, except it be by Reflexion, whereof we 
| fpeak net. For the Beams pafs and givelittletincture to that Air which ts ad- 
jjacent; whichif theydid, we fhouid fee Colours out of aright line, But as 
| this in Colours, fo otherwife it is in the Body of Light. For when there isa 
skreen between the Candle and the Eye, yet the light pafferh to thePaper 
| 
} whereonone writeth, fo that the light isfeen where the body of the flame 
| snotfeen; and where any Colour (if it were placed where the body of the 
7 flame is) wouldnotbefeen,) I judge: that Sound is of this latter nature: For 
when two are placed onboth fidesof a Wall, and thevoice is heard, I judge 
‘i it is notonely the oviginal found, which paflethinan Arched line; but the found, 
which paffeth above the Wailina Right line, begetteth th¢like Motion round 
i A it, asthe firft did, thaugh more weak, 
; Sounds, and fo (likewife) inthat Mufick, which we call Broken ssufick, or 
Confort Mufick, ; fome Conforssof Inftruments are {weeter than others, (a thing 
| Bot fnfficiently yer obferved(;) as the Irish-Harp and Bafe.Vial agrec well; the 
Recorder and Stringed DMufick, agree well; Organsand the Pouce agrce well, &e. 
2 ut the Virginals and the Late, or the Welsh- Harp aod Lrish-Harp, or the Yoice 
and Pipes alone, agree not fowell; burfor the Melioration of Mufick, thereis 
yet much left (inthis Point of Exquifite Conforts) to try and enquire. 
. There is a common obfervation, That if a Lute or Vial belaid upon the 
| f Berwiths fmall traw upon one fide of the frings, and another Lure or Vial be 
Taid by it; and-in the other Lute or Pial the Fnifon to that fring be (trucken, it 
will make the fring moves which willappear both tothe Eye, and by the 
ftraws falling off. The like will be if the Diapafon or Eight to that firing be ftruck- 
| £n, citherin the fame Lute ot Vial, or in others lying by: Bat in none of thefe 
‘) there is any report of Sound that can be difcerned, but onely Motion. 2 
ir :- G t 
A LI Concords sed Difiords of Mufick (no oni) Spiess and Antipathies of | 
touching the 
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276. 
277; 
278. 
Experiments | 
in Confort,» | 
Sympathy er 
Atntipashy of 
Sounds, one ; 
with another. 
279. 
