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that need Detention of Sprits, the Exclufion of *the Aire doth good-, As in 

 Drinks, and Corn : But in Bodies that need Emijfion of Spirits to difcharge 

 fome of the Supuerfluous Moifture, it doth hurt, for they require Airing. 



The fourth is Motion, and Stirring For Putrefaction asketh Refi; For the 

 Subtill Motion, which Putrefaction requireth, is dilturbed by any Agitation-, 

 And all Locall Motion keepeth Bodies Integrall, and their Parts together As 

 we fee that Turning over of Corn in a Garner $ Or Letting it runne like an 

 Houre-glalTe, from an upper Room into a Lower, doth keep it Sweet : And 

 Running Waters putrifie not i And in Mens Bodies, Exercife hindereth Pu- 

 trefaction-, Pwd contrary wife Refi,md Want of Motion,or Stoppings-,(where- 

 by the Runne of Humours, or the Motion of Perforation, is ttayed,) fur- 

 ther Putrefaction-, As we partly touched a little before. 



The FiftK is,the Breathing forth oft he Adventitious Moifiure in Bodies > ,For 

 as Wetting doth haften PutrefaCtu>n-,SoConvement I)ry;Vzg 5 (whereby the more 

 RadicaU Moifiure is only kept in, ) putteth back Putrefaction ': So we fee that 

 Herbs, and Flowers*, if they be dried in the Shade or dried in the hot Sunne, 

 for a fmall time, keep beft. For the Emifiion of the Loofe and Adventitious 

 Moifiure,doth betray the RadicaU Moifiure 5 And carryeth it out for Com- 

 pany. 



The Sixth is,the Strengthening of the Spirits of Bodies-^ ox as a Great Heat 

 keepeth Bodies from Putrefaction-, But a Tepide Heat enclineth them to Pu- 

 trefaction : So a Strong Spirit ltkewife preierveth , and a Weak or Faiat 

 Spirit clifpoieth to Corruption. So we find that Salt water corrupteth not fo 

 foon as Frefh:And Salting of uifters, and Powdring of Meat, keepeth them 

 from Putrefaction. It would be tried alfo, whether Chalk put into Water, or 

 Drink, doth not preferve it from Putrefying, or fpeedy Souring. So we fee 

 that Strong Beer will laft longer than Small , And all things , that are Hot 

 and Aromaticall, do help to Preferve Liquours, or Powders, &c. Which 

 they do, as well by Strengthening the spirits , as by Soaking out the loofe 

 Moifiure. 



The Seventh is, Separation of the Cruder Parts , and thereby making the 

 Body more Equall for all unperfect Mixture is apt to Putrefie ; And Wa- 

 try Subftances ^re mor#aptto Putrefie , than Oily. So we fee Diftilled 

 Waters will laft longer than Raw waters -, And Things that have palled the 

 Fire, do laft longer than thofe that have not palled the Fire as Dried 

 Pears, &c. 



The Eighth is, the Drawing forth continually of that part, where the Putre- 

 faction begineth : Which is(commonly)the Loofe and Watrey Moifiure ; Not 

 onely for the Reafon before given,that it provoketh the RadicaU Moifiure to 

 come forth with it-, But becaufe being detained in the Body, the Putrefaction 

 taking hold of it, infe&eth the reft : As we fee in the Embalming of dead Bo- 

 dies : And the fame Reafon is ot Preferving Herbs, or Fruits, or Flowers, in 

 Branne, or Me ale. 



The Ninth is, the Commixture of any Thing that is more Oily, Sweet:Yox 

 fuch Bodies are leaft apt to Putrife; the Aire working little upon them And 

 they not putrefying preferve the reft. And therefore we fee Syrrups ,znd Oint- 

 ments, will laft longer, than J-uyces. 



The Tenth is, the Commixture ' of fomewhat that is Drie-, For Putrefaction 

 beginneth firft from the Spirits -, And then from the Moifiure : And that 

 that is dry is unapt to putrefie : And therefore Smoak preferveth fleify 

 As we fee in Bacon, aud Neats-Tongues, and Martlemas Beefe, &c. 



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