—_—__ reer — 
Century VohIS. 
and fimallttheaot Buik. There is a fourth Remedy aifo; 
enna” 
whichis, That if 
‘the Body to be preferved, be of bulk, asa Cotps is, then the Body that in- 
clofeth it muft have a virtue to draw forth and dry the moilture of the in- 
ward Body; for elfe the Putrefa@ion will play within, though nothing iffuc 
forth. 1 remember Ziyy dorh relate; that there were found at atime two 
Coffins of Lead in a Lomb, whercof the one contained the Body of king 
Numa, itbeing fomé Four hundred years after his death, andthe other, his 
Books of Sacred Rites and Cererinonies; and the Difcipline of the Pontifts : 
And that in the Coffin that had the Body, there wasnothing (at all) to be fecn 
‘| bur a little light Cinders about the fides ; but in the Coffin that had the 
Books, they were foundas frefh asif they hadbeen but newly written; being 
writtenin Parchment, and covered over with Watch-candles of Wax thrce 
‘or four fold. By this it feemeth; thatthe Romans in Numa’stime were not 
fo good Embalmers as the Fyyptians were ; which was che caule that the 
Body was utterly confumed. But I finde in Plutarch and others; that when 
cAugufus Cafar vifited the Sepulchre of Alexander the Great in Alexandria, 
| be found the Body to keep his Dimenfion ; but withal, that norwith{tanding 
all che Embalming (which no doubt was of the beft) the Body was fotender, 
as Cafar touching but the Nofe of it, defaced it. » Which maketh me finde it 
very ftraoge, that the Egyptian AdZummies fhould be reporrcd to be as hatd 
jas Stone-pitch : For Ftindeno difference but one, which indeed may be 
| very material } namely, that the ancient Egyptian Mummies were fhrowded 
fin a number of folds of Linnen; befmeared-with Gums, in manner of 
| Sear-cloth 3 which it doth not-appear, was praGifed upon the Body of. 
4 Alexander. 
qd “43 ai 
i pa the Caftle of Cutie, and by the Wells Affi inthe Land of Idumea, 
Ni 4 great part of the way, you would think the Sea were-neat’ hand, 
t though it be a gooddiftance of : And it if nothing, -butthe fhining of the 
|| Nitre upon the Ses-fands 5 fuch abundance Of Nitre the Shores there do put 
|} Quick filver: 
| forth. 
He Dead-Sea, which vorniceth ap Bitumen, is of thét Crafficude, as 
Living Bodies, bound hand and foot, ‘and caft into ir, have beeti borne 
up andnot funk: Which fhewerh, that all finking into Warer, is but an over- 
weight of the Body put intothe Water; in refpe& of the Water; fo chit 
you may make Water foftrong andheavy of Quivk-flver, (perhaps) or the 
like, as'may bear up Iron; of which I fee no ufe, but Impofture. We 
fee alfo, that all Metals, exeept Gold, for the fame reafon {wim upon 
ie isteported, thatat che Foot of a Hill near the c2aré mortuiim, theré iga | 
Black Stone (whereof Pilgrims make Fires) which burncth like aCoal and 
‘}diminifheth nor; but onely waxeth brighter and whiter: Tat it fhould do 
The Queition is this, 
fo, isnot ftrange ; for we fee Iron red hot burneth and confumeth not. 
But the ftrangencfs is; that it fhoiild continue any time fo; for iron, as 
foon as it is out of the Fire, deadeth ftraight-ways. Certainly, it Were a 
thing of great ufeand profit, if you could finde out Fuel thar would burn 
hot, and yet laft long: Neither am I alrogether incrediilous, but there 
may be fuch Gandles as (they fay) are made of Sélamandert Wool, being a 
kinde of Mineral which whiteneth alfo inthe burning, and confumeth not. 
Flame mutt be made of fomewhat ; andcommonly it 
VE digs 
Experiment 
Solitacy, 
touching the 
Abundance 
of Mitre in 
certain Sea. 
fhores. 
773. 
Experiment 
Solitary, 
touching 
Bodies that 
are borne up 
by Wasery” 
774. 
Experiment 
Solitaty, 
touching 
Fuel that con- 
fumeth litsle or 
nothing: 
a 
soden a 
