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Experiment 
Solitary ton-' 
thing theC'»«- 
tracLtiioiBo- 
d si in Until.', by 
the Mixture of 
the more Li 
quid Body with 
the more Solid. 
34 
Experiment 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching the Ma* 
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frmfali. 
35 
Experiments 
in Contort 
touching Pur¬ 
ging Medicines. 
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3\Qiturall Hisiory z 
of Gramtj wotkethweakly, bothfarre from the Earth, andalfo within 
the Earth : The former, becaule the Apetite of Vnion of Denfe Bodies 
with the Earth, in rcfpedl of the diftance, is more dull > The latter, be¬ 
caufe the Body hath in part attained his Nature, when it is fome Depth 
in the Earth. For as for the Morning to a Point or place (which was the 
Opinion of the Ancients) it is a meere Vanity. 
f T is ft range, how the Ancients tooke vp Experiments v pon credit, and 
vet did build great Matters vponthetn. The Obfervation of fome of 
thebeftofthem, delivered confidently is, That Peffetl filled with A fits 
will receive the like quantity of Water, that it would haue done, ifit had* 
beene empty. Butthisisvtterly vntrue ; for the Waier will notgoeinby 
a Fifth part. And I fuppofe, that that Fifth part is the difference of the ly¬ 
ing dole, or open,of the Afbes\ As wee lee that Afbes alone,ifthey bee hard 
prefiedjWilUye in Idle roome : Andfo the Afbes with Aire betvveene, 
J ve loofer3 And with Water, clofer. For I haue not yet found certainly,that 
die Water, itfclfe, b y mixture of Afbes % or Dnfi, will flirinke or draw into 
idle Roome. 
f T is reported of credit, that! if you lay good ftore of Kernels of 
Grapes, about the R oot of a Vine ; it. Wi 11 make the Vine come earlier., and 
profper better. It may bee tried with other Kernels, laid about the Root 
of a Plant of the fame kinde • As Figs, Kernels of Apples , ike. The Cade 
may bee, for that the Kernels draw out of the Earth 1 nice , fit to nou- 
rifh the Tree, asthofe that would beeTrmof themfelues, though there 
were no Root • But the Root being of greater ftrength, robbeth and devcu- 
reth the Nouriihment, when they haue drawne it.- As great Fi/bes de- 
uoLire little. 
T HE Operation of Purging Medicines, and the Cmfes thereof, haue 
beene thought to be a great Secret-, And fo according to the llothfull 
manner of Men, it is. referred to a Hidden Propriety , a Specs fie all venue , 
ahda Fourth Quality , And the like Shifts of Ignorance. The Caufes of 
Purging are diners ; Allpiaine .and perfpicuous ; And throughly main-j 
rained by Experience. The firft is, That whatfocuer cannot bee oner- 
comeanddigeftedby the Stomacke, is by the Stomacke, either put vp by 
Vomit, or put downe to the Guts ; And by that Motion of Expulsion in the 
Stomacke, and Guts, other Parts of the Body (as the Orifices of the Veines, 
and the like) are moued toexpell by Conjent. For nothing is more fre¬ 
quent than Motion of Confent in the Body of Man. This Surcharge of 
the Stomacke, is cauled either by the Quality of the Medicine, or by the 
Quantity, The Qualities are three : Extreme Bitter , as in Aloes, Cdo- 
quwtida , See. Loathfome and of horrible tafte 3 As in Ag&rick , Bl&cke HcEe- 
lore , &c. And 0 tfecret Malignity , and difagreeraent towards Mam Bo 
die , many times not appearing much in the Tafte; As in Scmmony ) Me- 
choachm , Antimony , Sec. And note well, that if there be any Medicines, 
