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old is the onely Subftance which hath nothing in it Volatile, and yet 
melteth without much difficulty. The Melting fheweth, that it is not 
jejune or {carce in Spirit. So thatthe fixing of it is notwahtof Spirit to flic 
‘out, .butthe equal {preding of the Tangible patts, and the clofe coacerva- 
| tion of them; wherebythcy havethelefs appetité, and no means (atall) to 
| iffue forth. It were good therefore to try whether Glafs Re-molten, do lofe 
| any weights forthe partsin Glafsare evenly fpred, but they are hot fo clofe 
| asinGold; as we {ee by the eafie admiffion of Light, Heat, and Cold, and 
by the fmalnefs of the weight. There be other Bodies fixed, which have lit- 
| tle or no Spirit, foas there is nothing to flie out; aswe fee inthe Stuff, where- 
| of Coppels are made, which they put into Furnaces, upon which Fire wotk- 
fethhor. So that there are three caufes of Fixation s the Even-(preding both 
of the Spirits and Tangible parts; the Clofenef of the Tangible parts ; andthe Fe- 
| junenef or Extream Comminution of Spirits : Of whichthree, the two fisft may 
| be joyned witha Nature Liquefiable, the laft not. : 
| & may callit) or Infatisfadion of feveral Bodies,and of theirappetite to take 
fin others. Air taketh in Lights, andSounds, and Smells, and Vapors: And 
itis moft manifeft, that itdoth ie wich a kinde of Thirft, asnot fatisfied with 
| hisown former Confiftence ; for elfe itwould never receive them in fo fud- 
'denly and cafily. Water and all Liquorsdohaftily receive dry and more Ter- 
| reftrial Bodies proportionable; and Dry Bodies, onthe other fide, drink in 
| Waters and Liquors: So tliat (as it was well faid by one of the Ancients, of 
| Earthy and Watry Subftancés) one is a Glue toanother. Parchment, S ils, 
Clorh, &c; drink in Liquors; though themfelves be entire Bodies, andnot 
| comminuted, as Sand and A/bes, tor apparently porous: c%eérals themfelves 
|do receive inreadily Strong-Warers, and Strong-Wwaters likewife do readily piercé 
Jinto Metals and Stones; anid that Strong-waier will touch upon Gold, that will 
{not touch upon Silver, and ¢ converfo. And Gold, which feemeth by the weight 
| to betheclofeft and moft folid Body, doth greedily drinkin Oxick-filver. And 
jitfeemeth, that this Reception of other Bodies isnot violent; for it is (many 
times) reciprocal, and, as it were, with confent. Of the caufe of this, andto 
what Axiom it may be referred, confider attentively ; for as for the pretty 
Jaflertion, That (Matter is like a Common Strampes that deficeth all Forms, it is 
but a Wandring Notion. Onell Flame doth not content it felf to takein an 
other Body; butcither to overcome, and turn another Body into it felf, as 
| byvidory, or itfelf to di¢ andgo out. 
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| le is 2 profound Contemplation in Nature, to confiderof the Emptinefs (as we: 
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