Qzntury IV. 



T. He Generall Opinion is s that r^w #<tf and ifef^ , are moft Peftilent $ 

 Upon the Superficiall Ground, that Heat and Moiffure caufe Putrifa- 

 (ftion. In ^/Wit is found not true-, For,many times, there have been 

 great Plagues in Dry 7>4tt. Whereof the Caufe may be , for that Drought 

 in the Bodies of I (landers , habituate to jjfrj , doth Exafperate the 

 Humours ,arid maketh them more apt to Putrifie , or Enflame : BefideS , it 

 tainteth the Waters ( commonly , ) and maketh them lefs wholefome. And 

 again in Barbary , the Plagues break up in the Summer-moneths , when the 

 Weather is Hot andJDry. 



\ k Any Difeafes , ( both EpUemicail, artd others, ) break forth at Particu- 

 SSfXlar times. And the Caufe is falfly imputed to the Conftitution of the 

 Air , at that time , when they break forth , or reign 5 whereas it proceedeth 

 ( indeed ) from a Precedent Sequence , and Series of the Seafons of the % ear : 

 And therefore Hippocrates , in his Prognoflicks , doth make good Obferva- 

 tio'ns, of die Dijedfes' , that enfue upon the Nature of the Precedent four 

 SeafonsotthtTear. 



TRiall hath been made , with Earthen Bottles , well flopped , hanged in a 

 ^// of Twenty Fathom deep, attheleaft- And fome of the Bottles 

 have been let down into the Water , fome others have hanged above, within 

 about a fathom of the Water 5 And the Liquors fo tried have been, Beer , 

 ( not New, but Ready for drinking, ) and Wine, and Milk. The Proof hath 

 been , that both the Beer, and the Wine, ( as well within Water, as above, 1 ) 

 have not been palled or deaded at all 5 But as good, or fome what better 

 than Bottles of the fame Brinks , and Stalenefs , kept in a Celler. But thofe 

 which did hang above Water , were apparently the beft-, And that .Sordid 

 flower a little ^ whereas that under Water did not, though it were Frefh. The 

 Milk fewer ed , and began to Puttifie. Neverthelefs it is true , that there is 

 a Village near B lots , where in Deep Caves they do thicken Milk 5 In fuch 

 fort , that it becommeth very pleafant 5 Which was fome Caufe of this Tri- 

 allof Hanging Milk in the Well: But our proof was naughty Neither do 

 I know , whether that Milk in thofe Caves , be hrft boyled. It were good 

 therefore to trie it with Milk Sodden, and with Creame % For that Milk 

 of it felf is fuch a Compound Body , of Creame , Curds, and Whey, as it is ea- 

 fily Turned, and Diilblved. It were good alfo to trie the Beer, when it is in 

 Wort, that it may be feen, whether the Hanging in the Well, will Accelerate 

 the Ripening and Clarifying of it. 



DIvers,we fee , do Stut .The Catife may be, ( in moft, ) the Be friger ani- 

 on of the T ongue Whereby it is lefs apt to move. And therefore 

 we fee, that Naturalls do generally Stut : And we fee that in thofe that 

 Stut , if they drink Wine moderately, they Stut lefs, Becaufe it heateth: 

 And fo we fee , that they that Stut , do Stut more in the firft offer to fpeak , 

 than in Continuance • Becaufe the Tongue is, by Motion, fomewhat heated. 

 In fome alfo , it may be, ( though rarely, ) the Drinefi of the Tongue s which 

 likewife maketh it lefs apt to move, as well as Cold-? For it is anAfTeft that 

 cometh to fome Wife and Great Men-? As it did unto Mofes , who was 

 Lingua Pr£pedit£ 5 And many Stutters ( we find ) are very Cholerick Men 

 Choler Enducing a Drinefs' in the Tongue. 



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