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periment made of putting Sea fish into Frefh-water, Ponds, and Pools. Itis 
a thing of great ufe and pleafure; for fo you may have them new at fome 
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sood diftanee from the Sea: And befides, it may be the Fifh wih catthe | 
| _ | pleafanter, ard may fall to breed. And it is faid, that Coltheffer Oyttets, | 
| which are put into Pits, where the Sea gocth and cometh, (but yet fo that | 
| there is a Frefh-water coming alféto them when the Scayoideth) become} 
| by that nic ans fatter, and more grown. Cee Se 
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7 OAs WHe Turkish Bow giveth avery forcible Shoot, infomuch asit hath been] | 
eee known, that the e/4rrow hath pierced a Steel Target, or apiece of Brafs] 
touching of two Inches thick : But that which is more ftrange, the Arrow, if it be | 
ee? headed with/W ood, hath been known to pierce through a/piece of W ogg | 
Subpance. | cight Inches thick. And it is certain, that we hadin ufe at one time, for Sea-| 
fight, fhort Arrays, which they called Sprights, withott any othéerHeads, | 
fave Wood fharpned ; which were difcharged out of Muskets, and would} 
pierce through the-fides of Ships, wherea Bullet would not pierce. But} 
this dependeth upon one of the greateft fecretsinall Natute; which is, that} 
Similitude of Subfancewill caufe AttraGion, where the Body is wholly freed | 
from the Motionof Gravity: Forif thatweretaken away, Lead would draw] 
: Lead, and Geld would draw Gold, and fron would draw ia without the help} 
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of the Loai./one. Butthis fame Motion of Weightor Gravity (which-is | 
a meer Motion of Matter, and hath no affinity with the Form or Kinde | 
doth kill the other Motion, exceptitfelf be killed by aviolent Motion; and| 
in thefe inftances of Arrows, for then the Motion of Attra@ion by Simili- 
tude of Subftance beginneth to fhewitfelf. But we fhall handle this point} 
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505: Bi fee have in Yarky; and. the Zaft, certain. Confection’, which they call} 
Experimient Servers, Which are like to Candid Conferves, and are made of Sugar and | 
pe rre Lemmohs, or Sugar and Citrons, or Sugar and Violets, and fome other Flowers; | 
pea! Gtiks and fome mixture of eA mber for the more delicate perfons : And thofe they | 
inTurkey. | diflolvein Water,and thereof:maketheir Drink,becaufe they are forbidden} 
WinebytheirLaw. ButI do muchmarvel,that no Englishman, or Dutchman, } 
‘or German, doth fet up Brewing in Confiantineple, confideritig they have fuch | 
‘ quantity of Barley. For as forthegeneral fort of Men, frugalitymay be the] 
caufe of Drinking Water ; forthatitis no4mall faving topay nothing: for} 
ones drink: Butthe better fort might well beat the coft. Andyet 1 wonder} 
the lefsatit, becaufe I fee France, /taly, or Spain, have not taken into ufe Beer 
or Ale ; which (perhaps) if they did, would better boththeir Healths and ;. 
their Complexions» Itis likely. it would bematter of great gain to any that | | 
fhould begin itin Tarkey. at | 100n 1. ThAR FRoae aye 
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be canes N Bathing in hotwater, fweat ~neverthelefs), cometh not in the parts 
‘in Confort, | & der the Water: The caufeis, firft, for that fweat is a kinde of Colli 
rouching tion. And that kinde of Colliquation is not made cither by an over 
oe Heat, or anover-moift Heat. For over-moifture dothfomewhat exting 
| the Heat} as we fee, that evenhat (vaterqiiencheth Fire; and over-dryF 
fhutteth the Porés. Andtherefore Men will. fooner fweat covered 
the Sun or Fire, then if they. ftood naked:,. And Earthen. Bottle 
_ | with hot water, do provokein Bed aSweat more daintily then Bri 
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Ro a hors &: Secondly; Hot-water doth caufe Evaporation fromthe Skins — 
| it fpendeth the matter in thofe parts under'the Water 5, before it iflue 
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