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there Springs are chiefly generated. We fee it alfo in the Effects of the Cold 

 of the Middle Region (as they call it) oft-he^r* which produceth Derves, 

 and Raines. And the Experiment of Turning Water into tCty by Snow,Ni- 

 tre,and Salt, (whereof we lhallfpeak hereafter) would betransferred to the 

 Turning of Air into Water. The Second way is by Comprefion 5 As in Stil- 

 latories, where the Vapour is turned back, upon it felf, by the Encounter of 

 the Sides of the Stillatory h And in theDnv upon the Covers of Boy ling Pots, 

 And in the Dew towards Rain, upon Marble-, and Wainjcot. But this is like 

 to do-no great effect*, Except it be upon Vapours, and grofs Air, that are I 

 already very near in Degree to Water. The Third is that, which may be | 

 fearched into, but doth not yet appear •, which is, by Mingling of moijl Va- j 

 pours with Air 5 And trying if they will not bring a Return of more water, I 

 than the Water was at firft : For if fo $ That Increafe is a Verfion of the Air : 

 Therefore put Water into the Bottome of a S dilatory, with the Neb flopped-, 

 Weigh the Water firft 5 Hang in the Middle of the Stiff at ory a large Spunge •, 

 And fee what Quantity of Water you can crufli out of it 5 And what it is 

 more,or lefs, compared with the Water (pent 5 for you muft underftand,that 

 if any Verfion can be wi ought, it will be eafilieft done in finall Pores .• And 

 that is the Reafon why we prefcribe a Spunge. The Fourth way is Probable 

 alio, though not Appearing 5 Which is,, by Receiving the Air into the fmall 

 Pores of Bodies ; For (as hath been faid) every thing in fmall Quantity is 

 more eafic for verfion ; And Tangible Bodies have no pleafure in the con- 

 fort of Air, but endeavour to fubaet it into a more Denfe Body : But in En- 

 tire Bodies itis checked 5 becaufeif the Air fnould Condenfe, there is no- 

 thing to fucceed : Therefore it muft be in loofe Bodies, as Sand, and Powder, 

 which we fee,if they lie clofe,of themfelves gather Moifture. 



| T is reported by fome of the Ancients Thutwklpr, or other Creatures, Experiment 

 1 if they be put young,into fuch a Cage, or Box, as they cannot rife to their ^^K^ 

 Stature, but may increafe in Breadth, or Length, will grow accordingly, as LovSdflthe 

 they can ^et Roome : which if it be true, and faifible, and that the young Beauty & good 

 Creature 10 preffed,and ftraightned, doth not thereupon die 5 It is a Means 

 to produce Dwarf Creatures, and in a very Strange figure. This is certain, 

 and noted long fince • That the Preffure or Forming of Parts of Creatures, 

 when thev are very young,doth alter the Shape not a little h As the Stroak- i 

 ing of the Heads of Inlants, between the Hands, was noted of Old, to make 

 Macrocephdi \ which lhape of the Head, at that time, was efteemed. And 

 the Raiiing gently of the Bridge of the Nofe, doth prevent the Deformity 

 of a Saddle Nofe. Which obfervation well weighed, may teach a Meanes, 

 to make the Perfons of Men, and Women, in many kinds, more comely 

 and better featured, than otherwife they would be ^ By the Forming and 

 Shaping of them in their Infancy : As by Stroaking up the Calves of the 

 Legs, to keep them from falling down too low*, And by Stroaking up the 

 Forehead to keep them from being low foreheaded. And it is a common 

 Practice to fwathe Infants, that they may grow more ftraight, and better 

 (haped: And we fee Young Women, by wearing ftraight Bodies, keep ^^^^ 

 themfelves from being Grofs and Corpulent. jit may put on 



Weighty, yeild 



ONionsfas they hang, will many of them moot forth 5 and fo will Penni- Nmi fl ment - 

 royal/ ; and fo will an Herb ailed Orpin •, with which they ufe, in 

 the Countrey, to trim their Houfes, binding it to a Lath, or Stick, and 

 fetting it againft a wall. We fee it likewife, more efpecially, in the greater 

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Features of 

 Perfons. 

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