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2 _Natral Fiiftory ; 
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p i en nn ORI TRON NDA RET STRRS NE = eres ne et 
the eleventh is the Equality or Inequality of the Tangible parts ; the 
| twelfth is the Difgeftion or Crudity of the Tangible parts ; the thirte all 
is the Nature of the Matter, whetherSulphurcous, or Mercurial, or Wat ye 
or Oily, Dry, and Terreftrial; or Moift andLiquid ; which Natures of 
Sulphureous and. Mercurial, feem to be Natures Radical and Principal; 
fourteenth is the placing of the Tangibleparts, in Length orl mata €(a 
itis inthe Warp, and the Woof of Textiles;) more inward ormore out 
|| ward, &e. Thefifteenthisthe Porofity or Imporofity betwixt the Tang ble | 
| parts, and the greatnefsor {mallnefs of the Pores; the fixteenth is the Col, | 
ans and pofture of the Pores. Fhere may be more caufes, but thefedo 
[occur forthe prefent.- 9. 3) ; ‘hee 
$45. Ake Lead and meltit, andinthe midft of it, whenit beginneth tocon- 
Experimeiit geal, make a little dint or hole, and put Quick-filver wrar edin;a 
Pectin _| piece of Linnen into that hole, and the Quick-filver will fix, Bs | 
Indwrarion by| More, and, endure the Hammer. This is anable inftance of Induration, } 
Sympathy. * | by confent of one Body with another, and Motionof Excitation toimitate ; | 
| | for to afcribe it onely to the vapor of the Lead, is Iefs probable. ain 
whether the fixing may be ‘in fuch adegree, asi will be figured like other | 
Metals 2 For if fo, you may make Works of it for fomepurpofes, fo they | 
come not near the Fire. aes “ot eld 
/ ot Est 3 non sie 
848. | QUgar hath put down the ufe of Honey, infomuch, as we have loft thofe | 
| Experiment S obfervations and preparations of Honey, which the eAncients had, when | 
//Solety | it was more in price. Firft, it feemeth, thatthere was inold time Tree-honey, } 
| Broney ea || as wellas Bee-honey, which was the Year or Blood itluing fromthe Tree s| 
Sugar. | infomuch, as one of the Anciengs relateth, that in 7 ribefond, there was/Honey | 
iffuing from the Box-trees, which made Men mad. Again, inancient time, | 
| there was a kinde of Honey, which either of the own Nature, orbysArt, | 
would grow as-hardas Sugar, and was not fo lufhious as ours ;_ they. had | 
alfo a Wine of Honcy, which they made thus. They crufhed the Honey in-| 
to a great quantity of Water, and then ftrained the liquor, after they boil-| 
edit in a Copper to the half ; then they poured it into Earthen Veffels for!} 
afmalltime, and.after turned itinto Veffels of Wood, and kept it for mamy'| 
.. | yeats. They havealfo, at this day in Rufiia, and thofe Northern Countréys,|} 
°| Mead Simple, which. (well made and feafoned)-is a good wholefor 
Drink, and very clear. ee | ufe alfo in Wales, a Compound Drink of | 
Mead, with Herbs and Spices. But mean while it were good, inrecompente fh 
of that wehave loft in Honcy, there were brought inufe.a Sugar-Adcad (for'} 
fo we may call it} though without,any mixture ar all of Honeys and to ae 
brew it, and keep it itale, as they ule Aéead ; for certainly, thoughitwould} 
not be fo abfterfive, and opening, and folutive a Drink as Asad ; yetirwill)| 
bemore grateful tothe Stomack,. and more lenitive, and fic to be ufed 
fhatp Difcafes: Forwe fee, thatthe ufe of Sugar in Beer and Ale,hath ge 
effectsinfuch. cafes: - 
| }t is reported by the w4ncienss, that there is akinde of Steel,in fom 
A. which would) polifh almoft as\-white and, bright as Silver: . And 
| there was-:in India akinde. of Brafs;. which (being polifhed) could fear 
| difcerned from Gold. ‘This was inthe Natural,Ure, but Iam d 
| whether Mer have. fufficiently refined Metals, which we count B 
whether Irony: Brafs, and ‘Tin, be: refined to the height ? But w’ 
Finer fort of 
Bafe Metals. 
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