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| Centiny VIII. | 
| yifual; forthe vapor is asanunequal Medium, and it isas the fight of things 
{ ont of place in Water. The caufe of teeing things double, isthe Iwift and 
| unquier motion of the Spirits (being oppretied) to andfros for (as was faid 
} betore) the motion of the Spirits vifual, and themotion of the obje& make 
| you fillip a Lae tring, it fheweth double or treble. 
} > Menare fooner Drunk with {mall draughts then With great; And again, 
| Wine fugared, inebriateth Icfs then Wine pure: The caufe of the formeris, 
1 for that cne Winel@e(cendeth not fo faftto the Bottom of the Stomack; but 
| maketh longer ftay inthe upper part of the Stomack; and fendeth Vapors 
| fatter to the Head, and therefore inebriatethfooner. And for the fame reafon, 
}Sops in Wine (quantity for quantity) inebriate more then Wine of it felf. 
| Thecaufe of the latter is, forthat the Sugar doth infpiffite the Spirits of the 
| Wane, and maketh them not fo eafie to refolve into Vapor. Nay further; it 
Jis thought robe fome remedy againft inebriating, if Wine fugared be taken 
} after Wine pure. And thefame effectis wrought; either by Oylor Milktaken 
; upon much Drinking: ! 
i ; io. BA . ' ; ‘ } , We i ee Cl i 
| He uf of Wine in dry and confumed Bodies ishurtfil) in moiftand full 
th Bodiesitisgood. Thecaufeis, for thatthe Spirits of the Winedo prey 
4 upon the Dew ox radical moifture (asthey term it) of the Body, and fo deceive 
| the Animal Spirits: But where there ismoifture enough, or fuperfluous.there 
| Wine hefpeth to digeft and deficcate the moifture: 
Lp He Cuterpillzr is one of the moft genetal of Worms, and breedeth of 
¥ T Dew and Leaves $ for we fee infinite number of Catterpivers which breed 
‘J upon Trees and Hedges, by which the Leavesof the Trees or Hedgesare in 
} great part confumed; as well by their breeding out of the Leaf; as by their 
‘| feeding uponthe Leaf. They brced inthe Spring chiefly, becatife'then there 
jis bot Dew: ahd Leaf. And they breed commonly. when the Eaft Winds 
jhavemuchblown: The caufe whereof iss the drynefs-of that Wind; forto 
Vall Vivification upon Putrefation; it is requifite che matter be not too moift : 
And therefore we fee they have Cobwebs about them; which is 4fign of a 
‘}Glimy drynefs ; as we f€e upen the Ground, whereupon by Dew and Sin 
| Cobwebs breed allover. We feealfo the Green Cazterpiller breedeth inthe in- 
ward parts of Rofes, efpecially not blown where the Dew fticketh: But 
Jefpecially Cazterpillers , both the greateft and the moft; breed upon Crbbages, 
| which have afat Leaf, andaptto putrifie: The Catterpiller toward theend.of 
|Sammer waxcth volatile, and turneth toa Burterflie; or perhaps fome other 
| Blie. Theteisa Catterpiller that hatha Fur or Downuponhim, and feemeth to 
| have affinity with the Silk warm.. 03 . figi : 
|W 1He Flies Cantharides, are bred of a Worn ox Carterpiller ; but peculiar to 
| 4 cettain Fruit-trees j;\as are the Fig-tree, the Pine-tree, and the Wilde 
)Bryar; ali which bear (weet Fruit, and Fruit that hath a‘kinde of fecret biting 
4or fharpnefs. For the Fig hath a Milk in it that is {weet and corrofive; 
the Pine-Apple hath aKernel that is trong and abfterfive ; the Fruit of the 
‘| Bryar is faid to make Children, or thofe that eatthem,feabbed. And there. 
fore no marvel though Cantharides have fuch a Corrofive and Cauteri- 
duller matter; The Body of the Cantharidesis bright coloured; andit may 
| the fame appearances; and torthe fwift mdtion of the objeét, we fec tharif 
re ern ay ne ner teem 
bigeye a) 
| Phecanle of {eeing things ourof their place, is the refraction of rhe Spirirs | 
pvae, 
727. 
Experiment 
Solitary, 
touching the 
Alelp or hurt 
of Wines | 
though Mode- 
bately ufed. 
7238. 
Experiment. 
Solitary, 
touching 
Catterpillers. 
729% 
Experiment 
Solitary, 
touching the 
Flies Caniha= 
rides, 
‘}zing quality ; for there is not one other of the Infeda,but is bred of a} 
