Century IX. 



For the Drawing forth oiHeat, we have formerly prefcribed to take water 

 warm , and to fet Part of it againft the CMoon Beams , and Part of it with a 

 Sheen between ; And to fee whether that which ftandeth Expofed to the 

 Beams, will not Cool fooner. ButbccaufethisisbutaSmall/^f^/ft^, 

 (though in the Sun we fee a Small Shade doth much, ) it were good to try 

 it, when the Moon fhineth,and when the Moon fhineth not at all; And with 

 mter warm in a Glaf -Bottle, as well as in a Dtjh ; And with Cinders And 

 with Iron Red-Hot,1kc. , 



For the Inducingoi Putrefat1ion,k were good to try it with Flefh, or Fijh, 

 Expofed to the Moon-Beams And again Expofed to the Air , when the 

 Moon fhineth not, for the like time ; To fee whether will corrupt fooner t 

 And try it alfo with Capon , or fome other Fowl laid abroad , to fee whe- 

 ther it will Mortifie, and become tender fooner. Try it alfo with Dead 

 Flies,ot'De&dmrms, having a little water caft upon them, to fee whe- 

 ther will Putrifie fooner. Try it alfo with an Apple,or Omg^having Holes 

 made in their Tops , to fee whether will Rot or Moufd fooner. Try it alfo 

 with Holland Chee fa having wine put into it, whether will breed Mites 

 fooner, or greater. 



For the Increafe of Moytfure , the Opinion Received is , That Seeds will 

 grow fooneft; And Hair, and Nails, and Hedges, and Herbs,Cut,&c. Will 

 grow fooneft, if they be Set or Cut, in the Increase of the Moon, Alfo that 

 Brains in Rabits, wood-Cocks , Calves, &c. are fulleft in the Full of the Moon : 

 And fo ot Marrow in the Bones And fo of Oyfters, and Cockles, which of all 

 the reft are the eafieft tried, if you have them in Pits. 



Take fome Seeds, or Roots,(as Onions,^.) And fet fome of them imme- 

 diately after the Change • and others of the fame kind immediately after 

 the Full: Let them be as Like as can be : The Earth alfo the Same as near 

 as may be 3 And therefore beft in Pots : Let the Pots alfo ftand , where no 

 Rain , or Sun may come to them, left the Difference of the Weather confound 

 the Experiment: And then fee in what Time , the Seeds Set in the Increase of 

 the Moon, come to a certain Height ; And how they differ from thofe that 

 are Set in the Decrease of the Moon. 



It is like, that the Brain of Man waxeth Moifler, and Fuller, upon the Full 

 of the Moon ; And therefore it were good for thofe that have Moift Brains, 

 and are great Drinkers, to take Fume oi Lignum Aloes, Rofemary,Frankincenfe, 

 [ &c. about the Fulloi the Moon. It is like alfo , that the Humours inMens 

 Bodies, Increafe, and Decrcafc, as the Moon doth ; And therefore it were 

 good to Purge fome day, or two, after the Full-, For that then the Humturs 

 j will not replenifh fo foon again. 



As for the Exciting of the Motion of the Spirits , you muft note that the 

 Growth of Hedges, Herbs, Hair,&c. is caufed from the Moon, by Exciting of 

 the spirits,as well as by Increafe of the Moifiure. But for Spirits in particular, 

 the great Inflance is in Lunacies. 



Tnere may be other Secret Effefts of the Influence of the Moon, which are 

 not yet brought into Obfervation. It may be, that if it fo fall out, that the 

 Wind be North, or North-Ea(l,in the Full of the Moon, it increafeth Cold- 3 And 

 if South, or South-Weft, it difpofeth the Air , for a good while, to warmth , 

 and Rata', Which would be obferved. 



It may be, that Children, and Young Cattel, that are Brought forth in the Fal 

 of the Moon, are flronger, and larger than thofe that are brought forth 

 in the wane : And thofe alfo which are Begotten in the Full of theMoon 3 

 So that it might be good Hmbandry, to put Rammes , and Bulls to their 



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