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| The cane is, for that the Compreflion of the Parts faffetetl not the Spirits ! 
{to have freé accefS ; andtherefofe, when We Come Git Cf it, We feel a iting: 
‘Jing or pricking, which is che te-entrante of the Spitits, 
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T hath been noted, That thofe Years are peftilential andutiwholfome, 53 6, 
when there are great numbers of Frogs, Flies, Locufts,&c. ‘Lhe caufe is gxperitnent 
} plain; for that thofe Créatures being ingetdred of Putrefaction, when they Soljeaiy 
abound, flew ageneral difpofition of the Year, and coniltitution of thé Air Pefiilensiat 
}to Difeafes of Putrefation. And the fartie Prognoftick (48 hath been faid Tears. 
| befote) holdeth, if you finde Worms in Oak-Apples, For the Conttitiition | 
] of the Air appéareth more fubtilly in aly Of thefe things, rhen to the fenfé of | 
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OWT isan obfervation amonglt Coiitry people, that Yéars of tore of Haws | 
| Band eps, do commionly portend cold Winters; and they aicribe it to 
| Gods Providence, that (a8 the Scripture faith) reacheth even to the failirig of a 
} Sparrow; and much moreéis like to reach to the Prefervation of Birds in fach 
| Seafons. The Natutal caufe alfo may be the wantof Heat, and abundance of 
| Moifture inthe Sammer precedent, which putteth forth thofe Frtits, and | 
| mn@ needs leave great quantity of cold Vapors nor diffipate, which caufeth 
thecold of the Winiet tollowiip. ar 
PpHey have in Turkey a Drink called Cofee; made of a Betty of the fame 
| E niaie, as black as Soot, andof a ftrong fent, bathet atomatical, which 
/they take, beaten into powder, in Warer as hot as chey can drinkit? Aind 
/they cakeit, and fir at itin their Coffee-FLonfes, which are like our Taverns. 
This Drink comforteth the Brain and Heart, aiid hélpeth Digéftion. Cet. 
tainly this Berty Coffee, the Root and Leaf Betel, the Leaf Tobacco, and tlic 
Teate of Poppy, (Opinm) of which, the Tarks.dte great takers ({uppofing it 
‘xpelleth all fear; do allcondence the Spirits, and make them itrong and 
paleger, But it feemeth they are taken after feveral mafiners ; for Coffee and 
| Opinm are taken down, Tobacco but in Smoak, and Sefeél is but champed in 
{the MouwhwithalittleLime. Icis like, thereare more of them, if they were 
well found out, and well corte&ted. Queré, of Henbane-feod, of Mandrake, 
of Sefron, Rootand Flower, of Folidm Indum, of eAmbergréece, of the Af- 
: fyrian cAmonum, if it may béhad; and of the Scaler Powder which they 
} call Kermez ; and (generally) of all fuch things as do inébriate and provoke 
fleep. Note, that Zobaccois not taken in Root or Seéd, which atemore forci-« 
ble evet thén Leaves. 5 ain a 
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Experiment 
Solitary, _ 
touching the _ 
Prognofticks of 
Hard Winters: 
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Experiment 
Solin 
touching 
Medicines that 
Condenteand 
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Spiriss, 
| (He Turks have a black Powder made:of a Mineral called ¢Atcobole, which 
) SL witha fine long Pencil they lay undet theit Bye-lids; which doth colour 
| them black, whereby the White of the Rye is fer off moté white. With Solty: 
| the fame Powder they colouralfo the Hairs of their Bye-lids, aad of their \Pabasingt of 
| Eye-brows, whichthey draw into cmibowed Arclés.. You hall fitide that she 204. 
| Xenophon maketh mention, that the Aedes ufed to paint their Byes. The 
| Turksuife with the fame Tinure to colour the Hait of their Headsaiia Beards 
| black: And divers withus thar are grown Gray, and yet would appear young; 
| finde means to make their Hair black, by combing it (as they fay) with a 
‘Leaden Gomb, or the like. Asfor the Chinefes, who-ateé of av ill Complexion; E 
| (being Olivaffer) they paint their Cheeks Scarlet, efpectally their King and | 
Grantees, Generally, Barbarow People that go naked, do tot onély paint 
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