Century IX. 



187 



then AqutuvitaJbG poured upon it, and Enflamed, yet one may endure the 

 Flame a pretty while. The other is fome Extreme Cold, and ^uenchingVer- 

 tue, in the Bodyot that Creature which choaketh thtFire. We fee that 

 . Milke quencheth Wild-fir,e better than Water ,becaufe it entreth better. 



"Vlme dofh change Fruit, (as Apples, Pears, PomegranaUs,&c. from more 

 Soure to mote Sweet: But contrariwife, Liquors (even thofe that are of 

 the Juice of £raY,)from more to more Soure, As ^orf, New-Ver- 

 juice, Sec. 'The Caufe h , the Congregation of the Spirits together: For in 

 both Kinds,the Spirit is attenuated by Time 5 But in the firft Kinde , it is 

 more Diffufed, and more mattered by the GroJJer Parts , which the Spirits 

 doe but difgeft ; But in mids'the Spirits doe raign, and finding lefle Op- 

 pofition of the P^rf^become themfelves more Strong • Which caufeth al- 

 to more Strength in the Liquor;Such,as if the Spirits be of the Hotter Sort, 

 the Liquor becommeth apt to Burrn, But in Time,it caufeth likewife, when 

 the Higher Spirits are E vapourated,more Soumefi. 



IT hath been obferved by the Ancients,thu Plates of Metal, and efpecially 

 oiBraffe, applied presently to a Blow, will keep it down horn Swelling. 

 The Caufe is Repercufj'ion, without Humefation^ox Entrance vq£ 'any Body : for 

 the Plate hath only a Virtual Cold , which doth not fearch into the Hurt; 

 Whereas all Plaifters and Ointments doe enter* Surely, the Caufe that Blows 

 and Bruifes induce Swellings is, for that the Spirits reforting to Succour the 

 Part that Laboureth, draw alfo the Humors with them : For we fee, that 

 it is not the Repulfe, and the Returne of the Humour in the Part Strucken, that 

 caufeth it., For that Gouts, and Tooth-Aches caufe Swelling,where there is no 

 Per cuff ion at all. 



^Ue Nature of the Orris Root; is almoft Singular; For there be few Odori- 

 ferom Roots ; And in thofe that are in any degree , Sweet , it is but the 

 fame Sweetneffe, with the Wood or \Leafe : but the On? is not S»*r/-in the 

 Leaf ; Neither is the Flower any thing fo Sweet as the Root. The feem- 

 eth to have a Tender dainty Heat,which when it commeth above Ground, 

 totheSwz, and the^/V^vanifheth: For it is a great Mollifter ; And hath 

 a Smell like a 



JT hath been obferved by the Antients, that a great ^Je/full, drawn into 

 Bottles; And then the Liquor put again into the VeJJel , will not fill the Vef- 

 fel, again, fo full as it was, but that it may take in more Liquor,: And that 

 this holdeth more in Wine ^ than \\\Wa:er. The Caufe maybe Trivial; 

 Namely , by the Expence of the Liquor , in regard fome may flick to the 

 Sides of the Bottles : But there may be a Caufe more Subtill ; Which is, 

 that the Liquor in the VeJJel, is not fo much Comprefled^ as in the Bottle; Ee- 

 caufe in the VeJJel,the Liquor meeteh with Liquor <;hiefly 5 But in the Bottles 

 a Small Quantity of Liquor meeteth with the Sides of the Bottles , which 

 Comprels it fo 3 that it doth not Open again. 



^JAter, being contiguous with Aire,Coo\eth if,but Moifteneth itnot,ex- 

 cept it Vapour, The Caufe is, for that Heat and Cold have a Virtual T ran- 

 ftton, without Communication of Subftance ; but Moifture not : And to all 

 MadefaHi on there is required an Imbibition, But where the Bodies are of 

 fuch feveral Levirie, and Gravity, as they Mingle not, they can follow 



no 



Experiment 

 Solitary tou- 

 ching the Con- 

 trary Operati- 

 ons of Ti m e, 

 upon Fruits 

 and Liquours. 



861 



Experiment 

 Solitary tou- 

 ching Blows 

 and Bruifes. 

 862 



Experiment 

 Solicary tou- 

 ching the 

 Orris Root. 



Experiment 

 Solitary tou- 

 ching the com- 

 &eflion of Li- 

 quours'. 



864 



Experiment 

 Solitary tou- 

 ching the 



Wording of 

 Water upon 

 Aire Contigu- 

 ous. 



865 



