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Snow and Ice on theout-fide of the Veflel, Nereis alfo added, and no 
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| BaysSalt,. which dotlvrather give aétivity to the coldnefs of the Snow, than 
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'| Mitre is found amongft Vegetables, which aboundeth with Spzrit, and yetis cold, eae 
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ode is: affirmed that! Gaz powder, which confifteth principally of, 
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dried, ats alittle Adyrrhe fnuficd up in the morningat the mouth andnoftrils, wo 
In Grand Opiates, fuch as-are Treacle , «Methridate , and the reft, it wou 
amifs (efpecially in youth) to take rather the déffilled waters eaiiy 
intheit bodies ; for the vapour in diftilling doth rife, but the heat of the Medicine co 
monly fetleth. | Now diftilled waters are good in thofe yertues which are conyeye 
Vapours, inother things but weak. . 
There are Medicines which have a certain weak and hidden degree, and therefor 
fafe to an Opzate vertue ; thefe fend forth a flow and copious vapour, but not malig 
nant as Opiates do, therefore they put not the Spirits to fight; notwithftanding they | 
congregate them, and fomewhat thicken them. ag : ee 
Medicines in order to Opiates are principally Saffron, next Folium Indum,. . 
ber-greefe,  Cortander-[eed prepared ,, Amomum, Pfeuda-mamum, Lignum-Rtodium, | 
Orenge-flower water, and much more the Jafufon of the fame Flowers new gathgred: | 
in the Oil of edlmonds ; WN utmegs pricked full of holes, and macerated in Rofe 
water. Poon choy ain oy aden la -atetk mn ue 
_ As Opiates are to be taken very {paringly, and at certain times, as was faid, fo hefe fo. | 
condaries may be taken familiarly, and in our daily diet, and they will be very eftegtaal 
to prolongation of life. Certainly an Apothecary of (alecute, by theule of « dasbep, 
is faid to have lived an hundred and fixty, years ; and the Noble-ameu of Barbary,through } 
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of fhort life. And our Aucefors, who were longer-liv’d than we, did ufe Saffron | 
much in their Cakes, Broths, and the like. _Andtouching the firft way of condenfing | 
the Spirits of Opsates and the Subordinatesthereto,thus much. — “ae Midi TE 
~ Now we will enquire of the fecond way of condenfing the <pirsts by Cold. For the: 
proper work of Cold is Condenfation, andit is done without any, malignity, or adverfe | — 
quality ; and therefore it is a fafer operation than by opzates, though te heuiel 
powerful, if it be’done byturns onely, as Opzates are. But then again, becaufe it may % 
be ufed familiarly, and in our daily diet with moderation, it is much more powerfulfor { 
the prolongation of life than by pzates. . 279 4470-14) 
_ The Refrigeration’ of the Spirits is effeCted three. ways, either by Respiration, | 
ot by Vapours, or by «Aliment. The firft is the belt, but, in a fort, out of out] 
power ; the fecond is potent, but yet ready ,and at hand; the third is weak, and] — 
-fomewhat about. : Loy pe a eee fe 
Airy clear aud pure, and which hath no fogginefs in ity before it be received into the | 
Lungs, and which is leaft expofed to the Sun-beams, condenfeth the Spirits belt. Such | ~ 
is found either on the tops of dry Mountains, or in Champagnes open to the wind,and | — 
yet not without feme fhade. ss Le ot) virce 2 hein 
As forthe Refrigeration and C ondenfation of the Spirsts by Vapours, the Root of this. z ; 
opetation we place in Mitre, as a Creature’purpofely made and chofen for this end, be- | — 
ing thereunto led,and perfwaded by thefe Arguments, hs i (oe Oe 
| Nuitre is akind of cool Spice: this is apparent to the fenfe it felf, for it bites the } 
‘Tongue and-Palate with cold, as Spices do with heat, and itis the onely thing, asfar as | 
weknow, that haththisproperty. oxi onl es Se ae 
| | Alinoft all cold ebings (which are cold properly, .and not by accident, as Opiwma is) | 
ate poor and jejune af Spirit; contrarily, things full of spirizare almoft all hor, onely | 
for Camphire, whichis full of Spirit, and yet performeth the actions of cold, it coo ny 
by accident onely ; as namely, for that by the thinnefs thereof, without 4erimony, \ 
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“In congealing and freezing of Liquors, (which, is lately grown. into. 
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ing is wrought by Mitre alone; but this I cannot certainly affirm... 
drink, doth ¢ohduce!to valour, and that it is ufed oftentimes by Mariner 
beforethey begin their Battels, as the Furks doy Opinms athe edie 
wee SLC TARAO KN gtiiheek Pie's AS neitieite, EG 4 rte 8 hea 
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