178 I jK[ aturall Hijiory : 



I is never unpleafant to the Eye : Mixture, of Difcordant four, els is unplefanr to 

 I the Eare : Mixture, or hotch-potch of many tafies , is unpleafant to che T afie: 

 Harfhnetfe and Rugged nefle of Bodies,is unpleafant to the Touch : Now it 

 is certainc that all Putrefaction , being a Dtfjtlution of the firft Forme, is a 

 rneer Confufion, and Unformed Mixture of the Parr. Neverthelcffe, ic is 

 itrange, andfeemeth to croifethe former Obfervation,that fome Putrefa- 

 ctions and &$fcrement$ do veeld exceUenc Odours •, as Civit and Muskeg and as 

 fome think Amber-Greafe r For diners rake it , (chough un- probably,) to 

 come from the Sperm oi Fifh : and the Mojje we fpake off from Apple-Trees , 

 is little better then an Excretion. The Reafon may be, for that there palTeth 

 in the ' Excrements , andremaineth in the Putrefactions, fome good Spirit? ^e- 

 fpecially where they proceed from Creatures,thax are very Hot.< But it may 

 be alfo joyned with a further Caufe, which is more lubtil^ and it is, that 

 the Se/fes love not to be Ovcr-pleafed; But to have a Commixture of lom- 

 what that is in it fclfe In 2rate. Certainly, we fee how Difcords in Afufick, 

 falling upon Concords,make the Sweeteft Strains : and we fee againe , what 

 ftrange ta(les delight the .Tafte; as Red-herrings,C 'aviary, Parmizan^c. And 

 it may be,the fame holdethin Smells.Yor thofe kind of Smells,that we have ! 

 mentioned,are all ftrong 3 and do Pull and Vellicate the Senfe. And we find 

 alfo,that places where Men Urine , commonly have fome Smell c&Violets. 

 And Urine,i{ one hath eaten Nutmeg,hath lo too. 



The Slothful 5 General 9 and Indefinite Contemplations 9 and 

 potions j of the Elements , and their Conjugations • Of the Influen- 

 ces of Heaven i Of Hot 5 Co/^ , Moiflure Drought y Qualities Ac~iiye\ 

 (Pafiive^ and the like ; have fwallowed up the true Tajfages^ and 

 Trocejps^ and JfleEls, and Confluences of Matter, and Natural 

 ^.Therefore they are to be fet afide, being but Notional , and 

 *// Limited i and Definite Jxiomes are to be drawn out of meafu- 

 red Inflames : and fb affent to be made to the more General Axi- 

 oms • by And of thefe Kinds of Trocejfes of Nature 5 and 

 Charatlers of Matter, we will now fet down fome Inflames. 



\ hh Putn factions come chiefly from the inward Spirits of the Body, 

 ^*and partly alfo from the Ambient Body,be it Aire, Liquour , or whatfoer 

 ver elfe. And this laft, by no Means : Either by IngreeJJ'e of the Subflance 

 of the Ambient Body, into the Body Putrefied; Or by Epccitacion and Solicitation 

 of the tforfji Putrefied, and the Ptfrty thereof, by the £0^ Ambient. As for the 

 Received Opinion , that Putrefaction is caufed, either by Cold, or Peregu.e, 

 and Preternatural Heat, it is bur Nugation : For Cc/^Z in things In-animate, 

 is r he greatcft enemy that is to Putrefaction j though it extinguifheth Fivi- 

 fi cation, .which ever confifteth in Spirits Atten*tate,which the Ce/c/ doth con- 

 ge*le ? and co-agulate. And as for the Peregrine head, it is thus farre trucj. 

 That if the Proportion of the Adventine heat,be greatly predominant,™ the> 

 Natural heat} and Spirits of the Body , it tendeth to difjulution , or notable; 

 alteration. But this is wrought by Emiffion, cr$upprejjivn • or Suffocation, of: 

 the Native Spirits, and alfo by the Di (ordination, and Difcompoflure of the ■ 

 Tangibe Parts 5 and other Pafiagesoi Nature j and net by a Conflict of htats. 



Experiment 

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