Century 1X. 
or Fifh bothupona Stake of Wood, fomeheight above che Earth, and 
upon the flat of the Earth. ig. SY 
Take (My Dew, and fee whether it putrefie quickly, ot no; for chat, 
likewife may ditclofe the quality of the Air, and vapor of the Earth, more 
‘or lefs corrupted. : 
_ Adry March, and a dry fay, portend a wholefome Stimmer, if there be 
‘a fhowring April between; but otherwifeirisafign of aPefilential year. | 
As the difcovery of the difpofition of the Air is good for the Prognofticks 
of wholefome and unwholefome years ; fo ic is of much more ule for the 
choice of placesto dwell in; atthe leaft for Lodges andRetiring-places for 
Health, (for Manfion- Houf:s refpec provifions as well ashealth) wherein 
the Experiments above.mentioncd may fetve. | 
Bur for thechoice ef Places or Seats, itis good to make tryal, notonely | 
of aptncfs of Air to corrupt, but alfo of the moifture and drynefs of the 
Air,and the temper of itin heatorcold; for that may concern health diverily. 
We fee that there be fame Houfes wherein Sweer Adeats will relent; and Baked 
| Afeats willmould, moretheninotherss and Wainfcors will alfo fweat more, fo 
| chat chey willalmoft:un with Water: All which (ao doubr) are caufed chief- 
| ly by the moiftnefs of the AirinthofeSeats. But becanf: ic is better to know | 
Jit before a Min buildeth his Houfe, then to finde it after, take the Experiments 
| following. . 
Lay Wool, ora Sponge, or Bread inthe place you would trv, comparing 
fit with fome other places;‘and fee whether itdoth not moiften, and make 
| the Wool or Sponge, &c, more ponderous thenthe other: And if it do, you 
| may judge of that place, as firuate inagrofs and moift Air. 
| Becaufe it is certain chat in fome place, either by the Nature of the Earth, 
jor by the firuation of Woods ahd Hills, che Aic is more unequal then in 
jothers; and inequality of Airis ver an enemy tohealth: It were good to 
| take two Weathcr-Glaffes, matches in allthings, and to f:¢ them forthe fame 
hours of one day infeveral places where no fhadeis not encloftres ; and to 
| mark when you fetthem, how farthe Water cometh ; andto compare them | 
when you come again, how the Warerftandeth then. Andif you finde them | 
Jj unequal, youmay be fure, thatthe place where the Water isloweft is inthe 
|warmer Air, andthe otherinthe Colder. _ And the greater the inequality is | 
jof the afcent or defcent of the Water, the greater is che inequality of rhe 
| temper of the Air. | ay, 
The Predittions likewife of cold andlong Winters; and hot and dry | 
} Summers, are good to be known, as well for thedifcovery of the cauf:s, 
} as for divers Provifions. That of Plentyof Haws, and Heps, and Bryar-Bervies, 
hath beenfpoken of before. If Wainfcor or Stoney thathave ufzd to fwear, be 
| more dry in the beginning of Winter, or the drops of the Eavs of 'Houfes 
{come more flowly down then they uf, ic pottendeth ahard and frofty Win- 
}ter. The caufe is, for thatit fheweth an inclination of the Airto dry Weather, | 
whichin Winter is ever joyned with Froft. te 
} Generally ¢moift anda cool Summer, portendethahard Winter. The 
|canfe is, for char the vapors cf thc Earth are not diffipated in the Sammer by 
}the $un ; and fothey rebounduponthe Winter. © | 
- Ahot and dry Summer and Autumn, and efpecially if the heat and 
}drought extend fir into Seprember, porrendeth an open beginning of Winter, 
fand colds to fucceedtowardthe latcerpart of the Winter, and the beginning 
of the Spring. For till thea the former heat and drought bear the fway, and | 
ithe vapors are not fufficiently multiplied. ? ‘ 
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