935° 
936. 
938. 
Expernment 
Solitary, 
touching the 
Emifsions of 
Spiritual Spe- 
Ciesy which 
affed roe 
Senfese 
939. 
Experiments 
in Confort, 
i touching 
Emifsion of 
Immateriate 
‘| Virtues frone 
the Mindes 
and, Spirits of 
Men,either by ‘ ft : ‘ i 
Ayfeéticns; or | genits (Which otherwife was brave and confident) was, inthe prefenc 
by Imaginati- foe 
onsy or by other 
Fmpre(ssons, 
949. 
| ae? tt ii. —, 
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Natural Hiftory ; 
the Odor of themtill the Feaft waspaft. knew aGentlemanthat would 
faft (fometimes) three or four, yea, five days, without Meat, Bread, _ 
Drink; but the fame Man ufed to have continually a great Wifp of Herb: 
that hefmelled on; and amongft thofe Herbs fome efculent Herbs of ftrong 
fent, as Onions, Garlick, Leeks, andthelike. 9. 53) 9 
They do ufe for.the Accidentof the Aéther toburn Feathers, and other 
things of ill Odor; and by thofe ill fmells the rifing of the Mother is put 
down. Veat Waits : f ; i ae. 
_ There be Airs which the Phyficians advife their Patients torem ove 
untoin Confumprions; or upon recovery of long ficknefles, which (common- 
ly) are plain Champaigns, but Grafing, and not over-grown with Heath, 
or the likes ox elfe Timber-fhadcs, asin Forefts, and thelike. Itis noted, al- 
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a 
fo, that Groves of Bays do forbid Peftilent Airs; which was accounted a 
great caule of the wholefome Air of cAntiochia. There be alfofome Soyls | 
that put forth Odorate Herbs. of themfelves,as VV ilde Thyme, Veilde AAavjoram, | 
Penny-royal, Camomile.; andin which, the Bryar-Rofes {mell almoft like Atuk- 
Rofis; which (no doubt) are figns that dodifcover anexcellent Air; J 
It were good for mento think of having healthful Air in their Houfes; | 
which will never be, if the Rooms be low-roofed, or fullof Windows and | 
Doors ;. for the one maketh the Air clofe, and not frefh ; and the other, |) 
maketh it exceeding unequal, whichisa great enemyto health. The Win-|7 
dows alfo fhould not be highup tothe Roof (which is in ufe for Beauty and } 
Magniticence) but low. Alfo Stone-walls are not wholefome; but Timber is | 
more wholefome,: and efpecially Brick; nay, ic hath been ufed by fome |” 
with greatfuccefs, to make their Walls thick, aed to put a Lay of Chalk] 
| between the Bricks to take away all dampifhnefs. May ih 
pice a ye yt oes t t+ (faa 
Hefe Emiffions (as we faid before) are handled, and oughtto be hand, | 
led by themfelves, under their proper Titles; that is, Vifibles, and |¥ 
Audibles, eachapart: In this place, it fhall futfice to give fome general Ob- | 
fervations common,to both. Firft, they feemto be Incorporeal. Secondly, |) 
they work fwiftly: Thirdly, they work at large diftances. Fourthly, in } 
curious varieties, Fifthly,they are not effe@ive of any ching, norleave any | 
work behindethem,butare energies meerly; for their working upon mir- 
rors and places of Echo doth not alter any thing in thofe Bodies; but iris 
the fame Action with the Original, onely repercuffed. And as forthe fhakin 
of Windows, or rarifying the Air by greatnoifes, and the Heat caufed by |) 
Burning. Glaffes, they are rather Concomitants of the Audible and Vifible | 
Species, then the effe@s of them. Sixthly, they feem to be of fo tender and |) 
weak a Nature, as they afted& onely fucha Rare and Attenuate Subftance |) 
as is the Spirit of Living Creatures. | +} che hy 
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Tis mentioned in fome Stories, that where Children have been exp 
or taken ayay young fromtheir Parents, andthatafterward they have | 
approached totheir Parentsprefence, the Parents (though they have not} 
known them) have hadafecret Joy, orother Altcrationthereupon, = 
a) ae es The 
; jn : , . ae br’ “a a | 
There was an Egyptian Soothfayer that made e Antonius believe, that his 
Ottavianus Cafar, poor and cowardly; andtherefore, he advifed him to4 
himfelf (as much as he could) and remove far from him. The Soo 
thought to be fuborned by Clesparra, to make him live in Egypz, 
