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3\(jtnrall Hiflory: 



Experiment 

 Solitary tou- 

 ching the Ditl- 

 cwatioti of 

 Traits. 



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Experiment 

 Solitary tou- 



Sching Flcft) 

 Edible, and 

 not Sdible. 



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FRuit groweth Sweet by Rowling , or Prefl ing them gently with the Hand ; 

 As Rowling Pears, Damajins, &c. By Rottennef As Medlars , Services, 

 Slows, Heps j &c.By As Apples,Wardens, Pomegranates,Uc. By certaine 

 Special Maturations • As by XtfjzVzg them in #4), Straw, Sec. And by F*V* 5 

 Asin RoMmg, Stewing, Baking, &c. ThcCaufeot the S wee tnefje by Routing, 

 and Puffing , is Emollition, which they properly enduce ; As in Beating of 

 Stock-ffh, Flefh,&c. By Rottennefje is, for that the S^Wft of the Fraf , by P«- 

 trefattion, gather Ifatt , and thereby difgeft the Harder Part; For in all 

 Putrefactions , there is a Drg of Jfatf. By and Keeping is, becaufe 

 the 5^/V/« of the , doe ever feed upon the Tangible Parts , and attenu- 

 ate them. By S everal Maturations is, by fome Degree of And by F/V? 

 is,becaufe it is the Proper Worke of Heat to Refine , and to Incorporate; 

 And all Sourenejfe confifteth in fome GroJJenejfe of the Body : And all Incor- 

 poration doth make the Mixture of the Body , more Equal 3 in all the Parts-, 

 | Which ever induceth a Milder Tap. 



OVrletyes, fome are Edible ; Some, except it be in Famine, not. For. 

 thofe that arc not Edible, the Caufe is, for that they have (commonly) 

 too much Mtemejje otfafie , And therefore thofe Creatures, which are 

 Fierce and Cholcrick, are not Edible-, As Lions, Wolves, Squirrels, Bogs, 

 Foxes, Horfes,&c. As for Kine, Sheep, Goats, Deer , Swine, Conneys, Hares,<kc. 

 We fee they are Milde , and FearfulL Yet it is true, that Hordes, which 

 are Beafls of Courage, have been , and are eaten by fome Nations -, As the 

 Scythians were called Hippopagi-, And the Chinefes eat Horfe-flefh at this 

 day 5 And fome Gluttons have ufed to have Colts-flefh baked. In 5i^s,fuch 

 as are Carnivore, and Birds of Prey, are commonly no Good Meat; But the 

 Rcafon is, rather the Cholerick Nature of thofe Birds, than their Feeding up- 

 on Fleflj-, For Puits, Guls,Shovelers, Ducks, doe feed upon Flejh, and yet are 

 good Meat : And we fee, that thofe Birds, which are of Prey, or feed up- 

 on Flefh, are good Meat , when they are very Young ; As Hawkes, Rookes 

 out of theNeft , Owles, &c. Mans Flefh is not Eaten. TheReafons are 

 Three: Firft,becaufe Men in Humanity doe abhorre it: Secondly, becaufe 

 no Living Creature, that Dieth of it [elf e, is good to Eat : And therefore the 

 Cannibals (thcmfelves) cat no Mans Flefh , of thofe that Die of Themselves , 

 but of fuch as are Slain. The Third is , becaufe there muft be ( generally) 

 fome Disparity, between the Nouriflment,and the Body Nourished • And they 

 muft not be Over-near, or like: yet wee fee, that in great Weakness, 

 and Consumptions • Men have been fuftained with Womans Milk: And Pici- 

 nw fondly, (as I conceive ) advifeth for the Prolongation of Life , that a 

 Vein be opened in the Arme of fome wholfome ToungMan -, And the 

 Bloud to be fucked. It is faid,that Witches do greedily eat Mans F/f/jb; which 

 if It be true, befides a Devil/ifh Appetite in thcm,it is likely to proceed, for 

 that Mans Flefh may 'fend up High and Pleafing Vapours , which may ftirre 

 the '.Imagination 5 hndwitches Felicity is chiefly in Imagination, as hath 

 been faid. 



Experiment 

 Solitary tou* 

 chirtg the Set- 

 [lamander. 



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^pHere is an Ancient Received Tradition of the Salamander , that it liveth 

 in the Fire , and hath force alfo to extinguifh the Fire. It muft have 

 twoThinss; ifitbetrue, to this Operation , The One, a very Clofe Skin, 

 whereby FWc,which in the Midft is not fo hot, cannot enter : For we lee 

 that if the Palme of the Handbe anointed thick with#^/teof Egg$o and 



then 



