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the Morning, to feed,againft Rain: And Cattel, and Deere, and Coneys, will 

 feed hard before Mine : And a Heifer, will put up his Nofe, and fnuffe in 

 in the Aire,again{k ifoi/Zi?. 



The Trifoile, again ft fwelleth in the ; and fo ftandethmore 

 upright; For by W?t 3 doe ered, and Leaves bow clowne. There is a 

 Small Red Flower in the Stubble-Fields , which Countrcy People call the 

 Wincoprpe; which it it open in the Morning, you may be fure of a fair Day 

 to foViow. * 



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Experiment 

 Solitary tou- 

 ching the 

 Nature of ap- 

 petite in the 

 Stomach. 

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I Experiment 

 Solittay tou- 

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Even in Men, Aches, and Buns, and Comes , do engrieve, either towards 

 £<ti,*z<?, or towards Froft : For the One maketh the Humours more to Abound, 

 and the Other maketh them Sharper. Soweieeboth Extremes bring the 

 Gout. 



Wormes, Vermine, &c. doe fore-Chew (likewife) Rain : For Earth-wormes. 

 will come forth, and Modes will caft up more } and Fleas bite more, agairift 

 Raine. 



SolidBodies likewife fore-fhew Raine. As Stems, and Wainfcot, when they 

 Sweat: And Boxes , and /Vggs of Wood , when they Draw, and WzW 

 Though the Former be but from an Outward Caufe; For that the Stone,or 

 Wainfcot, turneth and beateth back the Aire againft it fclfe ; But the latter 

 is an Swelling -of the Body oi the modk felfc. 



^Ppetite is moved chiefly by Things that are Cold , and Dry, TheCaufe 

 is , for that Cold is a Kinde of Indigence of Nature , and calleth upon 

 Supply; And fo is Drinefje :, I\nd therefore all Sour Things ; (as Vinegar, 

 Juice ot Lemons, Oil of Vitriol , &c. ) provoke Appetite. And the Difeafe 

 which they call Appetitm Caninm , xonfiftcth in the Matter of an Acids and 

 Glafjy Flegme, in the Mouth 0$ the Stomach. Appetite is alio moved by Some 

 Things ; For that Soure Things'mduce a Contraction in the Nerves, placed in 

 the Mouth oi the Siarawf/>s which is a great Caufe oi Appetite-, As for the 

 I why O*)'0#5)and S^,and Pepper,in Baked Meats,move Appetite,it is by P"5j& 

 1 cation of thofe Nerves; For Motion whetteth. As for Worme-wood,Olives, 

 \ Capers, and others of that kind,which participate of Bitterne(]e,they move 

 I Appetite by Abfterfion. So as there be four Principal C'^a/Vs of Appetite, The 

 I Refrigeration of the Stomach joyned with fome Drinefje , Contraction, Vellica- 

 j t/o/2 ; And Abflerjion ; Betides Hunger , which is an Emptinejje : And yet 

 I 0wr-fdJ?w2£,doth (many, times) caufe the Appetite 10 ceafe ; For that zr#2f 

 I of ^/<?<Ji maketh the Stomach draw Humours-, And fuch Humours as are 

 J Lighr,and Cholerick,which quench Appetite raoft. 



JT hath been obferved by the j that where a Rain-Bow feemeth 



to hang over, or to touch, there breathcth forth a Sweet Smel. The Caufe 

 is, for that this happeneth but in certain Matters , which have in them- 

 felves fome Swee tnejj'e; Which the Gentle Dew of 'the Rain-Bow, doth draw 

 forth: And the like do Soft Showers-, For they alfo make the Ground Sweet: 

 But none are fo delicate as the Dew of the Rain~Bow,xvhcre it falleth.lt may 

 be alfo. } that the water it felfe hath fome Sweetnefje: For the Raine-Bow con(\~ 

 fteth of a Glomeration of Small Drops, which cannot poflible fall , but from 

 the Aire, that is very Low * And therefore may hold the very Sweetnefje cf 

 the H e rbs,and Flowers, as a Dialled water : For Raine, and other Dew, that 

 fall from high, cannot preferve the Smell , being diffipated in the draw- 

 ing up : neither doe we know , whether fome water it felfe may not have 

 fome degree oiSweetnefi. It is true, that we find it fenfibly in no Pool,River, 



nor 



