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tened, doth not thereupon dye ; It is a Mcancs to produce Dwarfe Crea¬ 
tures , and in a very Strange Figure. This is certaine,.and noted long 
fmee * That the Preflureor Forming of Parts of Creatures , when they 
are very young, doth alter the Shape not a little i As the Stroaking of 
the Heads of Infants, betWeenethe Hands, was noted of Old, to make 
Macrocephalid which fhape of the Head , at that time, was efteemed. And 
the Railing gently of the Bridge of the Nofe, dothpreuent the defor¬ 
mity of a Saddle-Nofe. Which obferuation well weighed, may teach 
aMeanes, to make thePerfons -of Men, and Women, in many kindes, 
more comely, and better featured, thanotherwife they would bee - By 
the Forming and Shaping of them in their Infancy : As by Stroaking vp 
the Calues of the Legs, to keepe them from falling downe too low* 
And by Stroaking vp the Fore-head to keepe them from being low¬ 
foreheaded. And it is a common PracHfe to fwathe Infants , that they may 
grow more freight and better fliaped : And we fee Young Women, 
W wearing flreight Bodies, keepe themfelnes from being Groffe, and 
Corpulent. 
O ptions , as they hang, will many ofthem fhoot forth ; Andfo will 
Venni retail 5 And fo wiU an Herbe called Orpin ; with which 
they vfe, in the Countrey, to trim their Houfes, binding it to a Lath, or 
Sticke, and letting it again!! aWall.We fee it likewife, more efpecially, 
in the greater Semper-viue, which will put out Branches, two or three 
ycares : But it is true, that commonly they wrap the Root ina Cloth 
befmeared with Oile, andrenue .itonce in halfeaYcare. The like is re¬ 
ported by fome of the Ancients , of the Stalkes of Lillies. The Caufe 
is j For that thefe Plants haue a Strong, Denfe, and Succulent Moiflure, 
which is not apt to exhale - And fo is able, from the Old ftore, without 
drawing helpe from the Earth, to fuffice the fprouting of . the Plant; 
And this Sprouting is chiefly in the Jate Spring, or early. Sommer; 
which are the times of putting for|h. Wee fee alfo, that Stumps of 
Trees y lying out of the ground, will put forth Sprouts for a Time. Bunt 
is a Noble Triall, arid of very great Confequence, to try whether thefe 
things, in the Sprouting, doe increafe Weight ; which muflbee tried by 
weighing them before they bee hanged vp. • And afterwards againe, 
when they are Sprouted. For if they increafe not in weight \ Then it is rio 
more but this fI hat what they fend forth in the Sprout, they leefe in fome 
other Part : But ifthey gather Weight, then it is Magnate N&tma ; For it 
fheweth that Aire may bee made fo to bee Condenfed, as to be conuerted 
into a Denfe Body • whereas the Race and the Period of all things, here 
aboue die Earth, is toextenuate and turne things to be more Pneumatic all, 
and Rare, And not tobee Retrograde, from Pneumatic all to that which is- 
Denfe. It fheweth alfo, that Aire, can Nourifh • which is another great 
Matter of Confequence. Note, that to try this, the Experiment .,of the 
Semper •'vine muft be made without Oiling the Cloth j For elfe it may be," 
the Plant receiueth Nourifhmentfrom the Oile. 
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Experiment 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching the Cen- 
de fifing ofAi/e, 
infuchfort as 
it may put on 
'Wight, and 
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