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periment made of Putting Sea-fijk into freshwater , /Ws, and Poo/y. It is a 

 Thing of great life, and Pleafure : For fo you may have them new at fome 

 good diftance from the Sea : And befides, it may be , the Fifh will eat the 

 pl ea fanter,and may fall to breed: And it is faid,that Colchefler Oifters 3 whkh 

 are put into Pits, where the Sea goeth and cometh ; (but yet fo, that there 

 is a Frefh water comming alfo to them,when the Sea voideth , ) become by 

 that means Fatter, and more Grown. 



Experiment 

 Selitary tou- 

 ching jLifta- 

 ffiion by Sim'i 

 lit tide of Suh- 

 ftance. 

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Experiment 

 Solitary tou- 

 ching certain 



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Experiments 

 in Con fort, 

 touching 

 Sweat, 

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THe T urkijh-Bow giveth a very Forcible Shot j Infomuch as it hath been 

 known, that the Arrow hath pierced a Steel T arget, or a Piece of Braf 

 of two Inches thick : But that which is more ftrange, the Arrow, if it be 

 Headed with Wood, hath been known to pierce thorow a piece of Wood, qf 

 eight Inches thick. And it is certain, that we had in ufe at one time , fc(r 

 Sea-fight, fhort Arrows, which they called Slights, without any other 

 Heads, fave Wood fharpened j which were difcharged out of Mwkets, and 

 would pierce thorow the Sides of Ships , where a Bullet would not pierce. 

 But this dependeth upon one of thegreateft Secrets in all Nature ; Which 

 is, that Similitude of Subflance will caufe AttraBion,wheie the Body is who- 

 ly freed from the Motion of Gravity: For if that were taken away , Lead 

 would draw Lead,and Gold would draw Gold, and Iron would draw Iron, 

 without the help of the Load-flone. But this fame Motion of Weight ox Gra- 

 vity, (which is a meer Motion of Matter , and hath no Affinity with the 

 Form, or Kindejdoth kill the other ^o^,exceptit felf be killed by a vio- 

 lent Motion ; And in thefe Injlances of Arrows j For then the Motion of At- 

 traBionby Similitude of Subflance, beginneth to (hew it felf. But we fhall 

 handle this Point of Nature fully in due Place. 



THey have in Turkey, and the Eafl, certain Confellions , which they call 

 Servets, which are like to Candid Conferues, And are made of Sugar and 

 Limons, or Sugar and Citrons or Sugar and violets, and fome other F lowers ; 

 And fome Mixture of Amber for the more delicatePerfonsjAnd thofethey 

 diflblve in Water,and thereof make their Tfrinke , becaufe they are forbid- 

 den wineby their haw. But I do much marvel, that no Englishman, or Dutch- 

 man, or German, doth fet up Brewing in Constantinople ; Confidering they 

 have fuch Quantity of Barley.Vor as the general Sort of Men,Vrugalhy may 

 be the Caufe of Drinking water ; For that it is no fmall Saving , to pay no- 

 thing for ones Drink : But the better Sor t mought well be at the Coft. And 

 yet I wonder the lefs at it, becaufe I fee France^ Italy } or Spain, have not ta- 

 ken into ufe, Beer,or Ale-, Which (perhaps) if they did, would better both 

 their Healths and their Complexions. It is likely it would be Matter of 

 great Gain to any, that fhould begin it in Turkey. 



TN Bathing in Hot water, Sa^(nevcrtheleis) commeth not in the Parts un- 

 j der the Water. The Caufe is ; Firft , ,for that Sweat is a Kinde of Colliqua- 

 j tion. And that Kinde of Colliquation is not made 3 either by an Over-Dry 

 Heat, or an Over-Moifl Heat. For Over-Moiflure doth fcmewhat extin^uifh 

 the Heat -, As we fee that even Hot water quencheth Fire : And Over-Dry 

 H^fhutteth the Pores : And therefore Men will fooner Sweat covered 

 before the S««,or F/V^than if they ftood naked ; And Earthen Bottles, filled 

 with Hot water , do provoke, in Bed, a Sweat more daintily, than Brick-Bats 

 Hot. Secondly. Hot Water doth caufe Evaporation from the Skin; So as 

 it fpendeth the Matter, in thofe Parts under the Water, before it iffueth in 



Sweat, 



