A Table of the chief matters 



Sympathy and Antipathy ofS ounds, 6 1 . Con- 

 cords , and Dif cords in Mufick, are Sympa- 

 thies and Antipathies of Sounds , ib. 

 Strings that befi agree in Con fort, ib. Strings 

 tuned to an Vutfon , or a Diapafon, fhetv a 

 Sympathy, 62. Sympathy conceived to caufe no 

 report, '^Experiment of Sympathy to be tra f- 

 ferred to wind- Instruments. ib. 

 Ejjence of Sounds Spiritual, 63. Sounds not 

 Imprefions in the Air. ib . 



Caufes ofthefudden Generation and perifhing of. 



Stars leffer obj'cured , a fign of Tempefls. 



Sterility of the Year changeth Corn into another 

 kind. m 

 Stomach, the Appetite thereof 176. Tte Quali- 

 ties that provoke Appetite, ib. The four 

 Caufes of Appetite. ib. 

 Stone wanting in Plums. 1 1 o 



Stretching a Motion of Imitation. 6 5 



Stub old putting forth a Tree of abetter kind. 



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Sounds. 



Conclufion touching Sounds. 63 

 Sour nejf in Fruits And Liquors , 187. The 

 Caufe of each, ib. Souring cf Liquors in the 

 Sun. ib. 

 South-winds difpofe mens Bodies to Hea- 

 vinej', 64. South- winds hurtfull to Fruit 

 blooming , 135. South-winds , without 

 Rain , breed Pefiiltnce ; with Rain , not , 

 166. The Caufes, ib. On the Sea-CoafSyr.ot 

 fo. ib 

 South-Eafi Sun better than the South-Weft joy 

 ripening Fruit* ib. 

 Sparkling Woods. 133 

 Species Vifible. 1 60 



Spirits in Bodies fcarce known. 2 6. Several 

 Opinions of them 3 ib. they are natural Bo- 

 dies rarified, ib. Caufes of moji of the Ef- 

 fects in Nature, ib. 7 hey have five differing 

 Operations, 7 3 . Spirits in Bodies, 125. How 

 they differ in Animate and Inanimate -,ib. 

 How in Plants and Living Creatures, 126. 

 Again of Spirits in Bodies , 181. They are 

 of two forts, ib. Motion of the Spirits exci- 

 ted by the Moon^ 193, the Strengthening of 

 them prohibit eth P utrefa&ion . 7 6 



Spirits of men fly upon odious Obj efts , 167. 

 The Transmiflion of Spirits, 198. Et in fe- 



ib. Stutting, 85. Two Caufes thereof. 



qucntib. T,ansmijsion of them from tb 

 Minds of 'Men, 205, 206, 207, 108,209 

 110,211 .Such Things as comfort the Spirits 

 by Sympathy, 211, 2I2» The ftrife of the 

 fpirits befi helped by arreting them for a time. 



212 



Sponges. 1 47 



, tying* °f Water made by Art. 6 

 [Spring-water. 87 

 j Sprouting of Plants with Water only. 133 

 I Squill good to [et Kernells , or Plumftones in, 



96 



Stags Heart with a bone in it. 157 

 Stancbers of Blood. 



ib. 



Subterrany Fires. 78 

 Sucking long ill for Children. 78 

 Sugar , 127,183. The ufe ofit,ib . Drawetb Li- 

 quour higher than the Liquour commetb. 



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Sulphureous and Mercurial. 78, 79 



Summer and winter Sickneffes, 84. The Prog- 

 noSiicks of a dry Summer. 174 

 Sungannetb , which Fire doth not, 87, 88. The 

 Caufe. ib. 

 S uper-fetation 3 The Caufe of it. 116 

 Super-Plants, befide Miffehoe. 135 

 Supporting Plants of themfelves and not Suppor- 

 ters. 122 

 Swallows made white by annointing the Egges 

 withOyl. 214 

 Sweat, 148. Parts under the Water , though 

 bot,fweat not, ib. Salt in Tafte, ib. Commetb 

 more from the upper Parts , than from the 

 lower, ib. More in fleep than wakings ib. 

 Cold Sweat, commouly Mortal , ib. 149. 

 Sweat 5 in what difeafes good, in what 

 bad) ib. In feme men have been fweet. 



Sweet Moffe, 114, 132. Sweetnef of Odour 

 from the Rain- Bow, 176. Sweet ne f of Odour 

 whether not in fome Water, 176. In Earth, 

 found, \b. Sweet Smells, 177 • Several Pro- 

 perties of them, ib. They have a Corporeal 

 Subftance. ib. 

 Sweet nef in Fruits and Liquors. 187.. The 

 Caufe of each, ib. Sweet things commixed 

 prohibit Putrefaction. 76 

 Swelling how caufed in the body. 74. How it 

 maj be kept down .187. why itfolloweth up- 

 on Blows and Bruifs. ib. 

 Swelling of drains upon Boyling , 185. The 

 Caufe of the different Swelling them. «ib. 

 Swimming of Bodies, I £3 3 166, \6f. The 

 eaufe. 1^3 

 213 Swines-Dung dulcoratetb Fruit, 98. The\ 

 caufe, ib. __J*™!!&1_ 



