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Coldarc Natures two Hands, whereby (bee chiefly worketh : 
A we hauc in readincfTe, in refpeft of the Fire j But 
for Cold wee mu ft ftay till itcommech j orfeeke it in deepe 
CaueSjor high Mounraines, And when all is done, we cannot 
! obtaine it in any great degree : For Furnaces of Fire arc farre 
| hotter, than a SummersSume; But Faults, or Hils are not much 
| Colder than a Winters Frofl . 
| The firft Meanes of Producing Cold , is that which Nature prefenteth vs 
j withall • Namely the Expiring of Cold out of the Inward parts of the Earth 
j in winter, when the Sunne hath no power to ouercome it 5 the Earth being 
j (as hath beene noted by fome) Primum Frigidum . This hath beene aflerted 
i as well by Ancient as by Moderne Philofophers : It was the Tenet of Par- 
j menides. It was the opinion of the Author of the difeourfexn Plutarch (for 
I take it that Booke was not Plutarchs owne) Deprimo Frigid'). It was the 
opinion of Tele fins y who hath renewed the Philo fop by of Parmenides , and 
; is the belt ofthe Nouellifis. 
j The Second Caufe of Cold is the Contatt of Cold Bodies ; For Cold is 
} A&iueand Tranfitiueinto Bodies Adiacent, as well as Heat: which is 
| feene inthofe things that are touched with Snow or Cold water. And 
j therefore whofoeuer will bean Inquirer into Nature , let him refort to a 
Conferuatory of Snow and Ice ; Such as they <vfe for delicacy , to coole Wine 
in Summer : which is a Poore and Contemptible vie, in refped of other ; 
vies, that may be made of fuch Con[eruatories a 
The Third Caufe is the Primary Nature of all Tangible bodies : Foritis I 
well to bee noted, that all Things whatfoeuer (Tangible) are of them- 
lelues Cold ; Except they haue an Acceflory Seat by fire ■ Life - 3 or Notion: 
For euen the Spirit of wine, or Chymicall Oiles t which are fo hot in Operati¬ 
on, are to the firft Touched • And Aire itfelfe comprefled, and Con- 
denied a little by blowing, is Cold . 
The Fourth Caufe is the Denjity ofthe Body • For all Denfe Bodies are 
Colder than moft other Bodies 5 As Metalls,Stone,Glajfe • And they are lon¬ 
ger in Heating than Softer Bodies. And it is certaine, that Earth , Denfe, 
Tangible t hold all ofthe Nature of Cold. The Caufe is, for that all Matters 
Tangible being Cold, it muft needs follow, that where the Matter is moft 
Congregate, the Cold is the greater. 
The Fifth Caufe of Cold, or rather of increafe and vehemence of ! 
Coldy is a Quiche Spirit inclofed in a Cold Body : As will appeare toany that 
£hall attentiuely confider of Nature in many Inftances. Wee fee Nitre 
(which hath a Quiche Spirit) is Cold • more Cold to the Tongue, than a 
Stone 5 So Water is Colder than Oile, becaufe it hath a Quicker Spirit ♦ For 
all Oils, though it hath the Tangible Parts better digefted than Water* yet 
hath it a duller Spirit: So Snow is Colder than Water, becaule it hath more \ 
Spirit within it: So we fee that Salt put to Ice (as in the producing of the 
Artificial! /^jincreafeth the Actiuity of Cold: So fome InfeBa which haue 
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