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3{atHrall Hifiory: 



Experiment 

 Solitary tou- 

 ching Male ft* 

 elating 



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Experiment 

 Solitary,tou- 

 chingtne 

 Rife of Water 

 by Meanes of 

 Flame. 



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Experiments 

 in Con fort, 

 touching the 

 Influences of 

 the CMoon. 



feth a Tumour,\ike a 5/^*3 Which they gather 3 and rub out of it, a certain 

 RedDuJf, that converteth (after a while) into wbrmes, which they kill with 

 (as is reported,) when they begin to Quicken : With this Duft they 



die Scarlet. 



IN Zant, it Is very ordinary , to make Men Impotent , to accompany with 

 their wives. The like is Practiled in Gafcewe h Wfhcre it is is called Nover 

 /' eguillete. It is practifed always upon the Wedding-Day. And in Zant^ the 

 Mothers themfelves doe it , by way of Prevention • Becaufe thereby they 

 hinder other Charmes, and can undoe their Owne. It is a Thing the Civil 

 Law take th knowledge of; And therefore is of no Light Regard. 



TTisa CommonExperiment, but the Caufe is miftaken. Take a Pot, (Or 

 better a Glajje, becaufe therein you may fee the Motion,) And fet a Candle 

 lighted in the Bottome of a Bafon of Water ; And turne the Mouth of the Pot, 

 or Glajje , over the Candle,and it will make the water rile. They afcribe it to 

 the Drawingoi Heat Which is not true, Foritappeareth plainly tobe 

 but a Motion of Nexe,wh\c\\ they call Ne detur vacuum 5 And it proceedeth 

 thus. The Flame of the Candle, as fbon as it is covered,being fuffocated by 

 the Clofe Aire, lefTeneth by little and little : During whichT time, there is 

 fome little Afcent of water, but not much : for tie Flame Occupying leile 

 and leffe Room , as it leffeneth, the Water fucccedeth. But upon the/#- 

 fiant of the Candles Going cut , there is a ludden Rife,o{ a great deal of Wa- 

 ter, ; For that the Body of the Flame filleth no more Place; And fo the Aire, 

 and the Water fuccced.lt worketh the fame Ejfebl, if in ftead of vyaterjjvw 

 put Flower, or Sand, into the Bafon: Which fheweth,that it is not the Flames 

 Drawing the Liquor,%s Nourishment ; As it is fuppofed ; For all Bodies are 

 alike unto it; As it is ever in Motion of Nexe ; Infomuch as I have feen the 

 Glajje, being held by the Hand, hath lifted up the Bafon, and all : The Mo- 

 tion of Nexe did fo Clafp the Bottome of the Baf on. That Experiment, when 

 the Bafon was lifted up,was made with 0/'A?,and not with Water Ne\er%he- 

 leflTe this is true,thatat the very firft Settingoi the Mouth of the Glajje, up- 

 on the Bom m of the Bafon, it draweth up the VV attr a little,and then ftand- 

 eth at a Stay almoft till the Candles Goingout, as was laid. This may fhew 

 come Attraction at firftrBut of this we will (peak more,when we handle At- 

 traction by Heat. 



Of the Tower of the Celefiial bodies , and what more Secret 

 Influences they have,befides the two Manifeft Influences of Heat, 

 and Light fhall fpeak, when we handle Experiments touching 

 the Celefiial 'Bodies : Mean-while, we will give fome Directions 

 for more certain Trials , of the Vertut and Influences of the Moon ; 

 which is our ${eareft Neighbour. 



The Influences of the Moon , (moft obferved^ are Four . The 

 Drawing forth of Heat : The Inducing of PutrefaBion : The Increafe 

 of Motflure. The Exciting of the Motions of SpfWf*. 



For! 



