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will not be feen, the light confounding the {mall differences of Jightfome 
and darkfome, which fhew the figure. 6, There was the fhining part 
_ | pared off, till you came to that, thatdid not thine; but within two days tHe 
_ | part conziguous began alfo to thine, being laid abroad in the Dew; (0.45 it 
}feemeth the putrefaction fpredeth. 7. There was other dead Wood of 
like kinde that was laid abroad, which fhined not at the firft ; but after a 
| nights lying abroad, begin tofhine, 8. There was other Wood that did 
| firt thine, and being laid dry in the Houfe, within five or fix days loft 
| the fhining ; and laid abroad again, recovered the fhining. 9. Shining 
| Woods beinglaid in adry room, within a feven night lofttheir fhining;. but 
"| being laid in a Cellar, or dark. room, kept the fhining. 10. The boring of 
| holes inthatkinde of Wood, and then laying it abroad, feemethto conduce 
| tomake it fhine; thecaufeis, for that all (olution of continuity, doth help 
op putrefaction, as was touched before. 11. No Wood hath been yet 
hed to fhine thatwascutdownalive, but fuch aswasroored both in Stock 
| and Root while itgrew. 12. Part of the Wood that fhined, was fteeped 
| in Oyl and retained the fhining a formight. 13. Tae likefucceeded in | 
ome fteepcdin Water, and much better. 14. How long the fhining wilt 
continue, it the Wood belaid abroad every night, and taken in and fprinkled 
i with Water in theday, is not yet tryed. 16. Tryal wasmadeof layirg ir 
| abroadinfrofty weather, which hurtit not. 16. There wasa great piece 
| ofaRoor, which did fhine, and the fhining part wascut off, till no more 
fhined 3 yet after two nights, though it were kept inadry Room, it gota 
| thining. bbb bg ) 
| FIPHe bringing forth of Living Creatures may be accelerated in two re- 
A fpeéts : The one, if the Embryon ripeneth and perfecteth fooner ; 
| the other, if there be fome caufe from the Mothers Body of Expulfion 
| ot patting it down: Whercof the former is good, and argueth i{trength; 
| the latter is ill, and cometh by accident or difeafe, And therefore the 
3 Ancient oblervation is true, thatthe Cbilde born in the Seventh CMoneth, doth 
commonly well; but Born in the Eighth Montth, doth (for the moft part) 
die. Bur the caufe affigned is fabulous, which is, That in the Eighth 
-‘Moneth fhould be the return of the reign of the Planet Saturn, which 
(as they fay) is a Planet malign; whereas in the Seventh is the reign 
i of the (Woon, which is a Planet propitious. But the true caufe is, for 
_ that where there is fo great a prevention of the ordinary time, it is-the 
t: luftinefs of the Childe; but when it is lefs, it is fome indifpofitionof the 
_ + Mother. 3 : Mads Bal 
25. 
Experiment 
Solitary, 
touching the 
Acceleration 
of Birth. 
3545, 
Experiment 
Solitary, , | 
touching the } 
Acceleration | 
of Gromsh and} 
Stature. 
‘ TS Accelerate Growth or Stature, it muft proceed; Either fromthe 
i Plenty of the Nourifhment, or from the Nature of the Nourifhment, 
"| or from the Qui kning and Exciting of the Natural hear. For the firft, Excefs 
| of Nourifhmenr,ishurtful; for it maketh the Childe corpulent, and grow. 
}ing in breadth, rather than in height. And youmay take an Experiment 
| from Plants, whichif they {pred much, are feldom tall. As forthe Nature 
| of the Nourifhment ; Firft, ir may not betoodry, and therefore Children 
| in Dairy Countteys do wax more tall, than where they feed more upon 
| Bread andFlcfh. There isalfoa received tale, thac boyling of Dafie-Roots 
jin Milk ¢ which it is certain are great dryets) will make Dogs little. 
| Bur fo much is true, That an over-dry Nourifhment in Childhood | 
"| puttech: back’Stature. Secondly, The Nourifhment mutt be of an opening 
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