may nowadd -^/r^/?-well in Northampton , lately difcovered, together 
withthacat StdUbrUge in Somerfetfhire , which iaft begins aifo to be in 
high efteem for extraordinary Cures of the Scorhim , Afthma which,, 
befides common fame, IS ( as we werefrefbly informed by a worthy friend), 
attefted by Dr. High more ^ who affirmes alfo upon his own Tryal , thac 
k hath a larger proportion of the Minerals, than Jfirap-wdter ; hm 
thac the force holds not, if removed from the Spring^ie^id.. And JDi\ 
Wktie bath himfelf fufficiently afferted the Vertues of the ScarhorQugh- 
Spaw ; and particularly, that it cured the Afthma , Jnveteme Catharrs , 
HeBlckj , ConfumptmSySeMYzj^ Dropfy , and other difeafes , when they 
feemed incurable: Thac an Alderman of Hull (to whom himfelf^and the fa- 
mous Dr. Prlmrofe ^ were, 15. years agoe, joyntly Phyfitians for the, 
Afthma) had in few days perfed cure by , the Spaw,and is yet. living to 
vouch the teftimony.-So thac all the neighbourhood are t^.ughtby frequenr 
experience to fing the o!d Song of Ciaudia^^^whkhhc made for his ApcnHs.r 
Fublica morhorum reqmes^ commune medtntum 
A'uxilit^m.prcefens NumenJ^nempta S^hs. ^ 
And this old Record may p,ut us in mind , chat lofty Groves and hea - 
ling Fountains have been reputed Holy in old times ; and we can fhow t hc^ 
Hofpitals^which have been long agoe built and endowed on parppfe to en^. 
tertain thepoorpiiFengers in their travek to fiich waters. This! had nos 
here mentbned,but to introduce our Authors Weighty remark ; That thefa 
Waters loofe all their virtues , yea their quantity and bulk alfo, though in- 
GlalTes,and under the Herraetick Seale , it removed from the Fountain- ■ 
head ^ that then they became fuddenly putrid , ilLcolored, loofing the taft. 
and f. nt, and being very nosious,and begetting the J^undife and worfe di- 
feafes The like is afR rmed by Dr French, ihu the KnarshoroUgh Water ex-'' 
pires through Glafs and the- firmeftSeales. And Dr. //ff-r affirmes of his 
Spadbcreney that by fuch removals , iiUs a commmihm nihil difirepaffe , m. 
quihm fingulk Ugems ac]pi<z vkrum (which is gueffed to be half a pint) 
ceferat. Hq adds Decedit etiam <]Mantitati—fi fons hie alio transferatHr — - 
quia fflritfi. turgpntia plus laci^(^mm eoprivata^occupars arrant. KvAFrAm^ 
^f/^nVj reports as much of thei'^^t^^'^ir , that in bottles well,he iled up 
■ tliere wanted to every lagen^ ( fi '.sk ) one Glafs of its meafure ( doubtlt fs 
througli the lofTe of the volatile Spirits. j.Here we want inftrodion, Whe- 
ther the decreafe was as well of Weight as of Bulk or Quantity. 
Whatever thefe Spirits be, which will neither endure to travel from the 
place, nor will be confined in any botle^ not under any. Seal;- Dr Wlttk 
undertakes to evince by good Proofs, and roanifold indications,^ that thefe 
^y^'^r^fjr^'^/g-// waters have a mixture or tindure of Iron, Allum, Nitre, and 
probably of a fra all dofe of Common ^laks Nay, he affirraes ptrndoally 
(p. 175. .as upon his own Experiment, that 5. quarts of thlf water con- 
tain at the leaft an Ounce of Minerals , and in dry years , 10. draais ;^ 
And yet thac the ofual dofe for women to remove. the Green feki-;tfs 
<|uarts of water^ and fome times more, . 1 ^ 
