Century . I. 
the water , that is a Motion of Pension from the Water ; which it 
feife defcanding, driucth vp the Aire s And no Motion of Lenity in the 
Aire. And this Democritus called Mot us Plaga. In this Common Ex¬ 
periment, the Caule of the Enclofure of the Bubble is, for that the Ap¬ 
petite to refill Separation, or Difcontinuance (which in follid Bodies 
i is ftrong) isalfo in Licjuonrs, though fainter and weaker ♦ As wee fee in 
! thisof the Bubble : Wee fee it alfo in little Glafies of Spittle that children 
| make of Rufhes • And in Cattles of Bubbles, which they make by 
i blowing into Water, hauing obtained a little Degree of Tenacity by 
: Mixture of Soape : Wee fee it alio in the Stillicides of water, whichif 
there bee water enough to follow, will Draw themlelues into a fmall 
i thred, becaufe they will not dittontinue ; But if there bee no Remedy, 
; then they caftthemfelues. into round Drops; Wdiich is the Figure, that 
! faueth the Body nlott from Difcontinuance : The fame Reafon is of the 
Roundneffe of the Bubble, as well for the Skinof Water , as for die Aire 
within :For the Aire likewife auoideth Difcontinuance • And therefore ca- 
fteth it feife intoa Round Fi gure. And for the ftop and Arreft of the Aire a 
little while, it fheweth that the Aire of it feife hathlittle, or no Appetite, 
or Attending. 
T 
H E Reieclion, which I continually life, of Experiments , (though Experiment 
it appeareth not) is infinite; But ye t if an Experiment be probable in cbmetheMa- 
theWorke, and of great Vfe, I receiueit, butdeliueritasdoubtfull. It k.ngof^r#- 
was reported by a Sober Man, that an Artificial Spring may bee made ; tuU s P ,w i u 
thus : Findeouta hanging Ground, where there is a goodquicke Fall ' 
of Raine-water. Lay a Halfe-Trough of Stone, ofa good length, three or j 
fourefootdeepe within the fame Ground 5 with one end vpon the High 
Ground, the other vpon the Low. Couer the Trough with Brakes a 
good thicknefle, andcaft Sand upon the Top of the Brakes : You fhall 
tte (faith hee) that after fome fhowers arepaft, the lower End of the 
Trough Will run like a Spring of water : which is no maruell, if it hold, 
while the Raine-water latteth 5 But hee faid it would continue long time 
after the Raine is paft: As if the water did multiply it feife vpon the Aire, 
by the helpeof theColdnefle and Condenfation of the Earth, and the 
Confort of the firtt Water. 
1 
T HE French (which put off the Name of the French Difeafe 5 vnto ' Experimens 
the Name of the Difeafe of Naples ) doe report, that at the Siege s ? itary . to jT 
of Naples , there were certaine wicked Merchants., that Barrelled vp nemus^Jntj 
Mamflefh (of fome that had beene, lately flaine in Barbery) andfold of Marnfajh. 
it for Tunny ; And that v pon that foule and high Nourifhment, was the ! a< ^ 
Originall of that Difeafe. Which may well bee ; For that it iscettaine, 
that the Cantbalsi n the Weft Indies , eat Mans Fle(b 5 And the Weft Indies 
were full of the Pockes when they were firtt dittouered : And at tjiis 
day the Mortaliefl Poifons, pra&ittdby the Weft-lndians^ hauefome Mix¬ 
ture of theBloud, or Fat, orFlefhof Man : And diuers Witches, and 
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