Contry FS 
I 
ENE Bodies; (ome (we fee) are hard, and fome foft 0 Phe Hare is caufed 
‘ (chiefly) by the Jejunenefs of the Spirits ; and theirisn parity with tlie 
| Tangible parts : Both which, if they be ina greater degrecsmakcth them 
| not onely hard, but fragile, and les enduring of preffires as Sreel;S1one, Glaff, 
. Dy Wood, @c. Softnefs cometh (contrariwife) by the greater quantity of 
Spirits, (which ever helpeth to ‘induce yielding and ceflion ;) “arid by the 
more equal fpreding of rhe Tangible parts, ‘which thercby are more fliding, 
‘and following; asin Gold, Lead, Wax, &c. But note; that foft Bodies (as we 
‘ufe the word) are of two kindes’; ‘the one, that’eafily giveth place to an- 
otherBody, bur altereth not Bulk by rifing in other places; and therefore we 
fee that Wax, if you putany thing intoir, doth noe rife in Bulk, but onely 
giveth place: For you may not think, that in Printing of Wax, the Wax rifeth 
} upatall s but onely. the-depreffed part giveth place, and the otherremainieth 
asit was. The other thar altereth Bulk inthe Ceffion, as Water, or other 
"place, ahd norin Body. 
Wool, and Tow that will be drawn into Yarn or Thred; have inthem 
the Appetite of Nor difcontinuing, ftcong ; which maketh them follow the 
foree thatpulleth them out ; and yet fo. as nor difcontinue or forfake their 
Lown Body. Vifcous Bodies (likewife) as Pitch, WVae, Birdlime, @héefetoatted, 
| will draw forth endroap. But the difference between Bodies fibrous, and 
Bodies vifcous, is plains: Forall Wooll, aad Tow, and Corton, and Silk 
_} (efpecially raw Silk) have, befides their defire of continuance; in regard of 
: the tenuity of their Tnred, a greedinels of Moifture, and by Moifure to 
‘| joymand incorporate with other Thred, efpecially, iftherebea little Wreath. 
of ting, as appeareth by the twifting of Thred , and the practice’of: Twirling 
i; about of Spindles. And wefee alfo, that Gold and Silver Thredcannot be 
: -made without Twifting. | , lo Gintanup oP 
. 
3g Li Bodies Duftile, and Tenjile, (as Metals) that will be drawn into Wires ; 
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He differences of impreffible, and riot impreffible ; figurable, and not 
1° figurable; mouldable, andnot meuldable; feiflible, and not fciffible; 
- qand many other Paflions of Matter; are Plebeian Notions, applied unto the 
‘# Inftruments and Ufes which Men crdinarily pradife 5’ but they are all but the 
4 effedts of fome of thefe caufes following, which we will enumerate without 
| applying them, becaufe that would betoolong. The firft is the'Ceffion; or 
_j not Ceflion: of Bodics, into'a{mallér {paces or toom, ‘Keeping the outward 
Bulk; and nor flyingup. The f{econdis; the ftronger or weaker Appetite, in 
4 Bodies,;to continuity, andto flie difcontinuity. The third is, the difpofition 
of Bodies, to contract; or not contrat; and agains toextend, of not extend: 
The fourth is, the fmall-quantity, or great quantity of the Paeumatical in 
_{Bodies. Tae fifthis, the nature of the Pneumatical, whether it be Native 
Spirit of the Body, or common Air. The fixth is, the Nature of the Native 
_‘4Spirits inthe Body, whether they be Attive, and Eagety or Dullaxd’ Gentle. 
4 The feventhisythe emiffion ordetenfion of the Spirits in Bodies Theeighth 
Fis, the dilatation ot contraGtion of the Spiritsin Bodies,’ while thicy are dee 
] collocation be equal or unequal; and again, vvhether the Spirits be coacer- 
} vate or diffafed. Thetenthis, thedenfity of rarity of the Tangible parts. 
Scrty> | ih) Stee Sa Py et = 
844. 
Experiment 
Solitary, 
touching 
Hard and 
Soft Bodies. 
‘Liquors, if you put a Stone, or any thing into them, they give place (in- | 
} deed) eafily, bur then they tife all over; which is afalfe Ceflion; for it is in 
845. 
Experiment | J 
Solitary, 
touching’ > 
Bodies Duftile 
and Tenfile. 
846. 
Experiment 
Solitary> 
touching 
Other Pafi- & 
ons of Matter, — 
and CharaGersF: 
of Badiete 
tained. Tnenineth is, the collocation of ‘the Spirits in Bodies; vyhether the | 
