Century I X. 



189 



Light Roome, rl.ey fcem to ha ve a Mi ft before thei r eyes,and iee wor fe than 

 they (hall doe, after they have ftayed a little while ; either in tfte Eight, 

 or in the Dot ke. The Cauf e is, for that the Spirits Vifual, are upon a hidden 

 Change, dirt urbcd, and put out of Order; And till they be recolle&edjdo 

 notperforme their Function well. For when they are much Dilatedby 

 L^/jf, they cannot Co/^Sfuddenly-, And when they are much Contratled 

 by Darhefje; they cannot Dilate fuddcnly. And ExcelTe of both thefe,(that 

 is,of the Dilatation,and ContraBion of the Spirits Vifual)\l it be Jong.Deftroy- 

 eth t'r.e Eye, For as long looking againft the Sunne, or Fire hurtcth the Eye 

 by Dilatatio/,£o Curious Painting in Small Folumnes, and Readingoi Small Let- 

 ters, doe hurt the Eye by Contratlion. 



It hath been oblerved, that in Anger ; the Eyes wax Red 5 And in Blushing, 

 not the Eyes, but the Eares , and the Parts behind them. The Caufe is , for 

 chat in Ariger,the Spirits afcend and wax Eager-, Which is moft cafily feen 

 in the Eyes, bccaufe they are Tranflucide; Though withall it maketh both 

 the Cbeekes and the Gils Red-, But in Elujhing, it is true 5 the Spirits afcend 

 likewife to Succour, both the Eyes, and the Face, which are the Parts that 

 labour : But then they arc repulfed by the Eyes, for that the Eyes,m Shame 

 dee put back the 5^zVz>5,that afcend to them,as unwillingly to look abroad: 

 For no Man, in that Pa/ ion, doth look ftrongly,but Deje&edly; And that 

 Repulfwn from the £j^,Diverteth the Spirits and Heat more to the Eares,and 

 the parts by them. 



The objects of the Sight, may caufe a great Pleafure and 'Delight in the 

 Spirits, but no Paine, or great Offence-, Except it be by Memvry,as hath been 

 faid. The Glimpfes and Beames of Diamonds that ftrike the Eye , Indian Fea- 

 thers, that have glorious Colours The Ccmingimo a F 'aire Garden-^ The 

 Coming into a Faire Roome richly furnhTied ; A Beautifull Perfon ; And the 

 like; doe delight and exhilerate the Spirits much. The Reafon, why it hold- 

 eth not in the Offence, is , for that the bightis moft Spiritual of the Senfes-, 

 whereby it hath no Objetl Grofle enough tooffend it. But the Caufe (chief- 

 ly) isi for that there be no Atlive Gbjells to offend the Eye. For Harmonical 

 Sounds, and Discordant Sounds, are both AUive, and Pofitive : Soare'weet 

 S mels,and Stinks : So aie Btter, and Sweet, in Tafles : So are Ozer-Hot, and 

 CnJer-Ccld^n T ouch : But Blacknefj'e, and DarkeneJ]e,are indeed but PrivaiveS; 

 And therefore have little or no Aftivity, Somewhat they doe Conftriftace> 

 but very little. 



VYTAter of the S^,or otherwiie, looketh Blacker when it is moved , and 

 Whiter when it refteth. The Caufe is, for that by means of the Motion, 

 the Beames q[ ii^ht pafs not Straight,& therefore muft be darkncd-,wherc- 

 as, when it retteth,thc Beames do pafs Straight. Eefides, Splendour hath a 

 Degree of whitenefi ; Efpecially if there be a little Repercuf ion : For a Look- 

 ing-Glafi with the Steel behindc , looketh whiter than Glaj? Simple. This 

 Experiment deferveth to be driven further , in Trying by what Means Mo- 

 tion may hinder Sight. 



QHeti-Fijh have been by fome of the Ancients, compared and forted with 

 the InfeBa But I fee no reafon why they fhould ; For they have Male, 

 and Female,as other Ftjlj have : Neither are they bred of Putrefaction; Efpe- 

 cially fuch as do Move. Never thelefs , it is certain, that Oifters , and Coc~ 

 kles,and Muj]els,which move not,have not difcriminate Sex.^uare'm what 

 timc,& how they are bred? It feemcth that Shels of Cifiers are bred where 



none 



