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The Tenth is,by Time, and the Work and Procedure of the Spirits themfefoes; 

 which cannot keep their Station Efpecially if they be left to themfelves, 

 And there be not Agitation or Locall Motion. As we fee in Corn not ftir- 

 red-, And Mens Bodies not exercifed. 



All Moulds are Inceptions of Putrefaction As the Moulds of Pyes, and 

 Flejh-jhe Moulds of Orenges, and Limmons, which Moulds afterwards turn in- 

 to Worms, or more odious Putrefactions: And therefore ( commonly )prove 

 to be of ill Odour. And if the Body be Liquid, and not apt to putrefie totally, 

 it will caft up a Mother in the Top^ As the Mothers of Di filled Waters , 



Mojje is a Kind of Mould, of the Earth and Trees. But it may be better for- 

 ted as a Rudiment of Germination ; To which we referre it. ' 



It is an Enquirie of Excellent ufe, to Enquire of the Means of f*^$™ K 

 Preventing or Staying of futrefattion j For therein confifteth the touching Fro 

 Means of Confirmation of Bodies - 3 For Bodies have two Kindes 

 of Dijfolutions 5 The one by Confutation , andDeficoation * The 

 other by Putrefyclion* But as for the Putrefaclions of the Bodies 

 of Men, and Living Creatures (win Agues, Worms 5 Confum- 

 ptions of the Lungs, Impoftums, and yieers both Inwards 

 and Outwards) they area great Part of Pbyftck , and Surgery*, 

 And therefore we will referve the Enquiry of them to the pro- 

 per Place, where we ftiall handle Medicinall Experiments of all 

 Sorts, Of the reft we will now Enter into an Enquiry ; 

 wherein much light may be taken, from that which hath been 

 faid, of the Means to Enduce or Accelerate Putrefaction • For the 

 Removing that, which caufed Putrefatl'ton 3 doth Prevent and 

 Avoid Putrefaction. ,', 



The Firft Means of Prohibiting or Checking Putr&ctionjs Cold:Voz fo we 

 fee that Meat and Drink will laft longer^ Unputrified,or Unfowred,in Win- 

 ter,than in Summer: And we fee that Flowers, and Fruits^put in Conferva- 

 tories of Snow, keep frefli. And this worketh by the Detention of the Spirits, 

 and Conjlipation of tne T angible Parts. 



The Second is A friction i For A friction prohibiteth Difjolution : As we 

 fee (generally) in Medicines, whereof fuch as are Afringents do inhibite Pu- 

 trefaction : And by the fame reafon of Ajlringency, fome fmall Quantity of 

 Oile of Vitrioll, will keep Frefh Water long from Putrifying. And this 

 A friction is in a Subftance that hath a Virtuall Cold^And it worketh(partly) 

 by the fame Means that Cold doth. k 



The Third is,the Excluding of the. Aire-, And again, the the Expofng to the 

 Aire : For thefe Contraries, (as it cometh often to pafle,) work the fame 

 Efted, according to the Nature of the Subject-Matter. So we fee, that 

 Beer, or Wine, in Bottles clofe flopped, laft long ; That jthe Gamers 

 under Ground keep Corn longer than thofe above Ground - 7 And that 

 Fruit clofedin Wax keepeth frefh: And likewife Bodies put in Honey, & Flow- 

 er, keep more frefh : And Liquors, Drinks, and Juyces, with a little Ojle 

 caft on the Top,keep frei"h.Contrariwife,we fee that Clutb and Apparell, not i 

 Aired, do breed M oaths, and Mould-, and the Diverfitie is, thqtjii Bodies I 



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