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\ deal much in Refining, or other works abour Metals. and Minerals, hay ye 
| their Brains hurt and itupefied by the Metalline Vapors: Among(t whic 
| is noted, that the Spirirs of Quick-filver ever flie tothe pikes Teeth, be 
'| Bones's infomuch) “as \Gilders ule ‘to have a piece) of: Gold in theit Mouth 
dtawthe Spirits of Quick-filver'y which Goldvafteewards they inde rbe 
whitned, There are alfo certain Lakes and Pits, fuich as that Of Averow, that 
oss |} poyfon Birds (as is ah which flie over them, or Men that fay too in ns g| 
“|| abour'them. ei SE We 
919. The? Vapor of Char. coal lor Sea-coal iti Feleie room}: hath killed| 
many; )anditis the more dangerous, becaufe it cometh without any ihinel| 
| but ftealeth on by little and little; inducing onely faintnefs , without any 
| manifett ftrangling. ‘When the: Darchmen wintred at Nova. Zemble j and} 
chat they ‘could gather'no ‘more fticks, they fell'to make fire of fome Sea- } 
| coal they had, wherewith (at firft) they were much refrefhed ; butalitie| 
| after they had fat about the fire, there grew a general filence’ and lothnefs} 
to {peak among't them 3; and immediately after, one of the weakeft of] 
|, the Company fell down in'a fwoon: Whereupon, they Sotienie: what it] 
| was, opened their door to let inAir, and (o faved themfelves:.' The effet} 
| (no doubr) is wrought by the infpiffwion of the Air, and fo.of the} | 
‘| Breathand Spirits. Tuclike enfueth in Rooms newly Plaiftred, if a fire | 
| be made in them ; whereof no lefs Man then the Emperor Sire 
| died, hy 
Wide the Experiment 803. ‘Touching the ae Nature of the Air upon] 
| the firlt Showers afterdlong Drought. | 
It hath come to pafs,. that4ome Aputbecssii, upon famping of Cote 
‘| quintida, have been put into a great Scouring by the Vaporonely. » Dod ® 
Ir hath been a pradlice to*burn a Pepper they call Guinny- Pepper, which 
| hath fuch a ftrong Spitit, that i it Cela ks hi She eRing in thofe that | 
are inthe Room. | : 
_ It is an Ancient Traditions that Blea Eis infedt Sound Eyes ; and that ' 
Menftrnous Weman looking in’a Glafs doth ruft it: Nay, they havean opinion, | 
| which feemeth fabulous, That Menflrnows Women’ going over a Field or Garden, | 
do Corn and Herbs good by killingthe Worms.» 
The Tradition is no lefs ancient, that the Bafilisk killeth by afpettt 
thatthe Woolf, if he feeth a Mas ficlt, by aipe@ttriketh a Manhoarfe. = J 
Perfumes convenient do dry and ftrengthen the Brain, and ftay Rheums} 
and: Defluxions; as we findein Fume of Rofemary dried, and Lignam | Ales, s, | 
and @alamus taken at the Mouthand Noftrils. And no doubt, there be other 3 
| Perfumes that do moiften and refrefh and are fit to be ued in Burning Agues. 
Confumptions, and too much wakefulnef ; 3 fuch asare Rofe- Water, Vinegar, 
| Lemrion-pills, Fiolets, the Leaves of Vines {prinkled witha little Refe-w : ug | 
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“) They do ufein fadden Faintings andSwoonings, to puta Handker. 
| with’ Rofe-water, ora‘little Vinegar to theNofe, which gathereth together 
agai the Spirits, which are upon pointtorefolve and fall away. 
° Tobacco comforteth the Spirits, and difchargeth wearinefs 5 which i 
cGy bth partly by opening, but chiefly by the opiate virtue, which cor 
denfeth ‘the Spirits,- It: were good therefore to try the taking of Fumes t 
Pipes (as they do in Tobacco) of other things, as well to dry and comfa 
for other intentions. 1 with tryal be made of the drying Fume.of 
and Lignam Aloes, before mentioned’ ia ei and fo of Waraitgs a 
isis ¢ Wig aks: qo ow vd 40 de 
