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{ He nature of the Orris Root, isalmoft fingular, for there be few odo. _. 863: , | 
| B riferousRootss andinthofe that are in any degree feet, it is but che Ears | 
—Hame fiveetneis vith the Wood or Leaf: But the Orrsis notfivect in the touching che | 
(Leaf, neither isthe f lower any thing fo fveetas the Root. The Rootfeem- 97% 
eth to have atender dainty heat, which when it cometh above ground to 
the Sun, and the Air, vanifieth: For itis a gecat Mollifier, and hath a fmell 
like a Violet. | 
Ay | Boa? 
4 ie hath been obferved by the Ancienss* that agreat Veflcl full, drawn into ‘ soe 
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Bottles; and then the Liquor putagain into the Veffel, willnot fillthe Soliray, — | 
| Veffel again, fo fullas it was, but thatit may take in more Liquor; and that touching the | 
| thisholdeth more in Wine, thanin Wat€r. The caufe may be trivial, name- ete a 
| ly, by the expence of the Liquor, in.regard fome may {tick to the fides of | 
| the Bortles: But there may be a caufe more fubtil, which is, thatthe Liquor 
| in the Veffels sis not fo much compreffed, as inthe Bottle; becaufe in the 
| Veffel, the Liquor meeteth with Liquor chiefly ; butinthe Bottles, a {mall 
| quantity of Liquor meeteth with the fi ics of the Bottles, which comprefs it 
fo, that it doth not open again. ; 
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/ "Ww TAter being contiguous with Air, coolethit, but moifteneth itnot,| 865. 
except it Vapor. The caufe is, for tha: Heatand Cold have a Virtual | Experinient 
+ Traffition, without Communication of fubftance, but moifture not; and eke the 
| to all madefa@ion there is required an imbibition: But where the Bodies Working of 
| are of fuchfeveral Levity, and G-avity, as they mingle not,they can follow 4% "Fe", 
| no imbibition. And therefore, Oyl likewife licth at the top of the Water, cite 
without commixture ; And adrop of Water running fwiftly over a Straw 
_orfmooth Body, wettethnot. . | 
| Q'°Tarlight Nights, yea, and bright Moonshine Nights, are colder than Cloudy | 866. 
S Nights. Thecaule is, che drinefs and Finenefs of the Air, which thereby Experiment 
becometh more'piercing and fharps and therefore great Continentsare (20) he 
| colder than Iflands. And as forthe Adon, though it felf inclineth the Air to ‘ature of 
moifture, yet when it thineth bright, it argueth the Airis dry. Alfo clofe 
Air is warmer than openAir, which (it may be) is; forthat the true caufe of 
cold, is an expiration fronithe Globe of the Earth, which in openplaces is 
: ‘ftronger. And again, Air itfelf, if it be not altered by that expiration, is 
| not withoutfome fecret degree of heat; asit is notlikewife without fome 
 fecret degree of Light: For otherwife Cas, and Owls, could not fee in the 
| Night ; batthat Airhatha little Light, -proportionable to the Vilual Spirits 
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ra tHe Eyes do move one andthe fame way; for whenone Eye rnoveth | 867. | 
= te the Noftril, the other moveth from the Noftril. The caufe is Motion F*peniments | 
of Confent which in che Spirits and Parts Spiritual, is ftrong. But yet ufe will Rouching che 
inducethe contrary ; forfome can {quint when they will. Andthe common Eyes and 
| Pratition is, thatif Children, be fet upon a Table, with aCandle behinde 8” 
them, both Eyeswill move outwards, as affe@ing to fee the Light, and fo 
induce Squinting. == 9) Py pa vy Nae 
-~ We feemore exquifitely with one Eye fhut, than wichboth open. The | 868. 
\eaufe is, for that the Spirits Vifual unite themfelves:more, and fo become 
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