Century IX. 



QUgar hath put downc the ufe of Honey, Infomuch as wee have loft thof e 

 Obfetvations, and Preparations of Honey, which the Ancients had, when it 

 was more in Price. Firft , it feemeth that there was , in old time , Tree- 

 Honey^as well as Bee-Honej ; Which was the Tear ox Bloud iffuing from the 

 Tree : Infomuch as one of the Ancients rclateth, that in Tribefond, there was 

 Hmey ifluing from the Box-Trees, which made Men Mad.Again 5 in Ancient 

 time, there was a Kind of Honey, which either of the own Nature, or by 

 Artjwould grow as Hard as Sugar; And was not fo Lufhious as Ours.They 

 had alfo a Wine of Honey, which they made thus. They crufhed the Honey 

 into a great Quantity o{ Water , and then ftained the Liquour ; Af ter they 

 boiled it in a Copper to the half; Then they poured it into Earthen Vef- 

 fels, for a fmall time; And after turned it into Veftels of woodland kept it for 

 many years. They have alfo, at this day , in Rufsia, and thofe Northerne 

 Couptreys, Mead Simple, which (well made , and feafoned) is a good whol- 

 fome Drink , and very Clear. They ufe alfo in Wales, a Compound Drink 

 of Mead, with Herbs, and Spices. But mean- while it were good, in recom- 

 pence of that we have loft in Hony, there were brought in ule aSugar-Mead, 

 (for fo we call it,) though without any Mixture at all of Honey ; And to 

 brew it, and keep it ftale,as they ufe Mead; For certainly ,though it would 

 not be fo Abflerfi ve,and Opening, and Solutive a Drink as Mead ; yet it will be 

 more grateful to the Stomach, and more Lenitive, and fit to be ufed in Sharp 

 Difeafes : For we fee, that the ufe of Sugar in Beer, BX\dAle, hath good Ef- 

 fects in fuch Cafes. 



IT is reported by the Ancients, that there was a Kind of Steel, in fome pla- 

 ces, which would polifhalmoft as white and bright as Silver. And that 

 there was in India a Kinde of BraJ" , which ( being polifhed) could lcarce 

 be difcerned from Gold. This was in the Natural Ure; but I am doubtful, 

 whether Men have fufficiently refined Metals, which we count Bafe ; As 

 whether Iron , Brafi , or Tinne , be refined to the Height ? But when they 

 come to fuch a Finenefs, as ferveth the ordinary ufe> they try no further. 



THere have been found certain Cements under Earth,that are very Soft$ 

 And yet, taken forth into the Sun^ harden as Hard as Marble : There 

 are alfo ordinary Quarries in Somerfetfbire , which in the guarry cut foft to 

 any bignefs, and in the Building prove firm, and hard. 



\Iving Creatures (generally ) do change their Hair with Age , turning to 

 be Gray&nd while: As is fecn in Although fome Earlier, fome Later ; 

 In Horfes, that arc Dapled^nd turn White(m old Squirrels, that turn Grifly ; 

 And many Others. So doe fome Birds ; As Cygnets \ from Gray turn Watte ; 

 Hmks inomBiown turn more White; And fome Birds, there be ? that upon 

 their Moulting, do turn Colour • As Robin-Red- hefts , after their Moulting 

 grow to be again by degrees; So do Gold-Finches upon the Head. The 

 C^/Hs,for that Moifture doth (chiefly) colour Hair, and Feathers; And 

 Drine/ turneth them Graymd White % Now Hairin Age waxeth Drier : So 

 do Feathers. As for Feathers, after Moulting , they are Young Feathers , and fo 

 all one as the Feathers of Young Birds. So the Beard is younger than the Hair 

 of the Head, and doth (for the moft part,) wax Hoar later. Out of this 

 Ground, a Man may dev.ifethe Means of Altering the Colour of Birds, and 

 the Retardation of Hoar-Hair s. But of this fee the ftfth Experiment. 



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