Century VIII. 



The Caufe is, for that the Comprejs ion of the Parts fuffereth not the Spirits to 

 have free AccefTe; And therefore when we come out of it, we feel a Sting- 

 ivg; or Pricking ; Which is the Re-entrance of the Spirits. 



IT hath been noted, that thofe Years are Pkftilentiall, and Unwhohfome, 

 when there are great Numbers of Frogs, Flies. Locufls , &c. ThcCaufe is 

 plain ; For that thofe Creaturesbdng ingendred of FutrefaBion^whcn they 

 aboundjfhew a generall Difpofuion of the Tear s and Conftitution of the Aire, 

 to Difeafesoi PutrefaBion, And the fame Progncflick, (as hath been laid be- 

 fore,) holdeth, if you finde Wormes in Oake- Apples. For the Conpitution of the 

 Aire, appeareth more fubtilly , in any of thefe Things , than to the Senfe of 

 Man. 



TT is an Obferva Jion amongft Countrey People , that Tears of Store of times 

 and Heps do commonly portend Cold winters-, And they afcribek to Gods 

 Providence, that , (as the Scripture faith) reacheth even to the Falling of a 

 Sparrow;And much more is like to reach to the Preservation of Birds in fuch 

 Seasons. The NatuvaSl Caufe alfo may be the Want of Heat , and Abundance of 

 Moifluve,in the Summer precedent Which putteth forth thofe Fruits, and 

 muft needs leave great Quantity of Cold Vapours, not diilipate ; Which cau- 

 feththe Coldol the wfotey following. 



*TpHey have in Turkey, a Brink called Cojjvi, made of a Jfcrrji of the fame 

 A Name, as Black as Soot , and of a ft/o/zg , but not Aromatical ; 

 Which they take, beaten into Powder, in water, as Hot as they can Drink 

 it : And they take it,and fit at it in their Ccffa-Houfes , which are like our 

 Taverns.This Bvixk comforteth the Braiv,and Heart, and helpeth Di[ge(lion. 

 Certainly this Berry Cofja ; The Root,and Leaf Bete 11 5 The Leaf Tobacco^ And 

 the T ear of Poppy, (Opium) of which the Tut ks are great Takers, (fuppofing 

 it expelleth all Fear*) do all Condenfe the Spirits, and make them Strong, 

 andAleger. Butitfeemeth they are taken after feveral manners ± For 

 Cop and Opium are taken down Tobacco but in Smoake^ And Betell is but 

 champed in the Mouth, with a little Lime.lt is like there are more of them, 

 if they were well found out, and well corre&ed. Jguxre of Henbane-Seed • 

 Of Mandrake ; Of Saffron, Root], and Flower; Of Folium Indum- 3 Of Ambev- 

 grice ; Of the Affyrian Amomum , if it may be had 5 And of the Scarlet Pow- 

 der, which they call Kermez j And (generally) of all fuch Things, as do 

 in-ebriate and provoke Sleep, Note that Tobacco is not taken in Root, or Seed^ 

 which are more forcible ever than Leaves. 



*TPHe Turkes have a Black Powder , made of a Mineral called Alcohole^ 

 J- Which with a fine long Pencil they lay under their Eye-Lids j Which 

 doth colour them Black, Whereby the white of the Eye is fet off more 

 white. With the fame Powder they colour alfo the Halves of their £)'<? //V/s, 

 and of their Eye-browes, which they draw into Embowed Arches. You fhall 

 finde that Xenophon maketh mention,that the Medes ufed to paint their Eyes. 

 TheTurks ufe with the fame TinBure , to colour the Haire of their Heads 

 and jpowft Black : And divers with us,that are grown Gray, and yet would 

 appeare Young, finde means to make their Haire black, by Combing it, (as 

 they fay,) with a Leaden Combe,or the like. As for the Chinefes, who are 

 of an ill Complexion , (being Olivafter,) they paint their Cheeks Scarlet ; 

 Efpecially their King, and Grandees. Generally , Barbarous People, that go 



Naked, 



Expc n'ment 

 Solitary tou- 

 ching Pcfli- 

 lential Tears. 



736 



Experiment 

 Solitary tou- 

 ching the 

 Trogniiflicl^s 

 of Hard win 

 ters. 



737 



experiment 

 Solitary tou- 

 ching Medi- 

 cines that Con- 

 denfe, and Re- 

 lieve the Spi- 

 rits. 



738 



Experiment 

 Solicjry tou- 

 ching Paint- 

 ings of the 

 Body. 



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