| So" things which pafs the Fire,. are fofielk at firft, and by Time oTow | 
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Century ITI. 
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doth that in fmall time, which Age doth in long. 
f Metals; andfodoth Time; asinthe Ruftof Metals, But generally Heat | 
hard, asthe Crum of Bread. Some areharder whenthey come fromthe 
Fire, and afterwards give again, and grow foft as the Crult of Bread, Bisker, 
4 Sweet-Meats, Salt, &c. The caufeis, forthat in thofe things which wax 
hard with Time , the work of the Fire isakinde of melting ; and in shofe 
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‘Solitary, 
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Experiment | 
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touching the | 
Differing Ope- 
vations of Fire, | 
| and Times 
| thar wax foft with Time, (contrariwife) the work of the Fire is akindc | 
of Baking; and whatfoever the Fire baketh, Time’doth infome degree 
diffolve. 
Otions pafs from one Man toanother, not fo much by exciting Ima 
M gination as by Invitation, efpecially if there be an Aptnefs or Incli- 
nation before. Therefore Gaping, or Yawning, and Stretching; dopafs 
from Manto Man ; for that that caufeth Gaping or Stretching is, whenthe 
Spirits are alittle Heavy, by any Vapor, orthelike. Forthen they ftrive (as 
| it were) to wring out, andexpel that which loadeththem. SoMendrowzy 
and defirous to fleep ; or before the fit of an Ague, do ufe to yawn and 
firetch, and do likewife yield'a Voice or Sound ,. which is an Interjeétion 
of Expulfion : So that if another be apt and prepared todo the like, he 
| followeth bythe fightof another. So the Laughing of another maketh to 
| laugh: . oN | : i 
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“Here be fome known Difeates that aie Infectious, “and others that are 
-not. Thofe that are infectious, are firft, Such as are chiefly in the Spi- 
| rits, andnotfomuchinthe Humors, and therefore pa(seafily from Body to 
| Body; fuch are Peftilences Lippitudes, and fuch like. Secondly, fuch as raint 
the breath, which we fee paffeth rnanifeftly:from Man'‘to Man, and not in- 
vifible as the affeéts of the Spiritsdo; fuch are Confumptions of the Lungs; 
; &e. 
| or the Body adjacent ; efpecially, if they confift in an un€ttuious fubftance, 
} nOtapttodiffipate; fuch are Scabs, and Leprofie. Fourthly, fuch as ate 
| meerly inthe Humors, and not in the Spirits, Breath, or Exhalations : And 
_| therefore they never infe&, butby touch onely ; and fucha touch alfo, as 
‘| cometh withinthe Epiderms, as the yenome of the French Pox,and the biting 
Thirdly, Such as come forth to the skin, and therefore taint the Air, 
of a Mad-Dog, , 
KR A Okt Powders grow more clofeand coherent by mixture of Water, than 
by mixttire of Oyl, though Oyl be the thicker Body; as Meal; &c. 
Thereafonis the Congtuity of Bodies, which if it be more, maketh aper- 
| feéter imbibition, and incorporation ;_ which in moft Powders is more be- 
| tween them and Water, than between them and Oyl: But Painters colours 
| gtound; and afhes, do better incorporate with Oyl. 
3 Mi Motion and Exercife is good for fome Bodies, and fitting and 
lefs motion, for others: If the Body behot, and void of fuperfluous 
| Moiftures, too much Motion hurteth; and it is dn érror in Phiyfitians , to 
| call too much upon Exercife. Likewife, Men ought to beware, thacthey 
ufe not Exercile, anda (parediet, both ; butif much Exercife; then a plenti- 
ful diet; and if fparingdiet, thenlittle Exercifc. The Benefits that come of 
| Exercifeare. Firft, thatit fendeth nourifiment into the Parts more forcibly. 
G 3 Secondly, 
296. 
Experiment 
Solicary,- 
touching 
Mations by I- 
mitations 
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Experiment 
Solitary, 
touching Zn- 
feétious dif- 
eafes, 
298. 
Experiment 
Solitary, | 
touching the 
Incorporation 
of Powders 
and Liquors. 
299° 
Experiment 
Solitary, 
touching Es- 
ercife of she 
Body. 
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