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the Rawnefs of the Water 5 But Chalkie Water, towards the Top ofthe Earth, 

 is too fretting As it appeareth in Laundry of Clothes, which wear out 

 apace, if you ufe fuch Waters. 



Fifthly, the Houfwives do find a Difference in Waters, for the Bearing or 

 Not Bearing of Soap ■ And it is likely that the more Fat Water will bear 

 Soap beft For the Hungry water doth kill the Un&uous Nature of the 

 Soap. 



Sixthly, you may make a Judgement of Waters, according to the Place , 

 whence they Spring , or Come : The Rain-Water is,by the Phyficians efteem- 

 ed theFineft, and the beft-, But yet it is faid to putrifie fooneft which is 

 likely, becaufe of the Finenefs of the Spirit : And in Conservatories of Rain- 

 water, ( fuch as they have in Venice, &c. ) they are found not fo Choice Wa- 

 ters The worfe, ( perhaps ) becaufe they are Covered aloft, and kept from 

 the Sunne. Snow-water is held unwholfome ; Infomuch as the People, that 

 dwell at the Foot of the Snow-Mountains , or otherwife upon the Afcent , 

 ( efpecially the Women,) by drinking of Snow-water, have great Baggs 

 hanging under their Throats. Well-water, except it be upon Chalk, or a very 

 plentifull Spring, m.rketh Meat Red-, which is an ill Sign. Springs on the 

 Tops of High- Hills are the beft : For both they feem to have a Lightnefs , 

 and Appetite of Mounting ; And befides they are mod pure and un- 

 mingled : And again, are more Percolated through a great fpace of Earth, 

 For Waters in Valleys, joyn in effecl: under Ground with all Waters of the 

 fame Levell >, Whereas Springs on the Tops of Hills, pafs through a great 

 deal of Pure Earth, with lets Mixture of other Waters. 



Seventhly, Judgement may be made of Waters by the Soyl whereupon the 

 Water runneth ; As Pebble is the Cleaneft, and beft tailed And next to that 

 Clay-water •, And Thirdly, Water upon Chalk ; Fourthly, that upon Sand ; 

 And Worft of all upon Mudd, Neither may you truft Waters that Taft 

 Sweet ; For they are commonly found in Riling Grounds of great Cities ; 

 which muft needs take in a great deal of Filth. 



IN Peru, and divers Parts of the Wefl-Indies, though under the Line, the 

 Heats are not fo Intolerable, as they be in Barbary, and the Skirts ofthe 

 Tomd Zone. The Causes are, Firft,the Great Briz,es,\\hich the Motion ofthe 

 Air in great Circles, ( luch as are under the Girdle of the World, ) produceth 

 Which do refrigerate • And therefore in thofe Parts Noon is nothing fo 

 hot, when the Bribes are great, as about Nine or Ten of the Clockinthe 

 Fore-Noon. Another Caufe is, tor that the Length of the Night, and the 

 Dews thereof, do compence the He at of the Day. A third Caufe is the Stay 

 of the Sunne Not in Refped of Day and Night, ( for that we fpake of 

 before, ) but in Refpect ofthe Seafon For under the Line, the Sun crof- 

 feth the Line, and maketh two Summers, and two Winters , But in the 

 Skirts ofthe Torrid Zone, itdoubleth, and goeth back again, and fo maketh 

 one Long Summer. 



THe He/if of the Sunne maketh Men Black infome Countries, asin^£- 

 thiopia, and Ginny, &c. Fire doth it not, as we fee in Glaf-Men, that 

 are continually about the Fire. The Rcafon may be, becaufe Fire doth 

 lick up the Spirits , and Bloud ofthe Body , fo as they Exhale So that it 

 ever maketh Men look Pale and Sallow ; But the Sunne , which is a Gent- 

 ler Heat , doth but draw the Bloud to the Outward Parts , And rather 



Conco&eth it, than Soaketh it : And therefore we- 



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fee that all 

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