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by a fmalt Pillar heater in the Neckeof the Giafje-fii is that^whichfetteth | 
the Motion on worker For Water and Wine in one Glafje ,wkh long ftanding, ! 
will hardly fetter. | 
This Experiment would be Extended from Mixtures of feueral Liqueurs j 1 6 
to Simple Bodies, which Confilt of fcuerall Similare Parts : Try it there¬ 
fore with Brine or Salt Water, and Prefh Water . Placing the Salt water 
(which is the heauier) in the vpper Glajffe, And lee whether the Prefh will 
come aboue. T rv it alfo with water thicke Sttgred, and P are water ^ and fee 
whether the water which commeth aboue, willlofe his fweetnefte : For 
which purpofe it were good there.werc a little Cocke made in the Belly 
of the vpper Gloffe. 
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I N Bodies containing Fine Spirits, which doe eafily diftipate, when 
you make Infufions, the Rule is • A Abort Ray of the Body in the Li- 
^rreceiueth the Spirit ; Anda longer Stay confoundeth it * becaule it 
draweth forth the Earthly Part withal 1 ; which embafeth the finer. And 
therefore it is an Errour in Fbyfitians , to reft fimplv v pon the Length of 
ftay, for inereaftng the vertue. But if you will haue the Infufion ftrong, 
in thofe kinde of Bodies, which haue fine Spirits, your way is, not to giue 
Longer time, but to repeat the Infufion of the Body oftner. Take Vio¬ 
lets, andinfufea good Pugillof them in a Quart of Vineger; Let them 
ftay three quarters of an houre, and take them forth ; And refrefii the 
Infufion with like quantity of new Violets , feuen times • And it wiil make ' 
a Vineger fo frefh of the P lower, as if aTwelue-moneth after, it bee 1 
brought you in a Saucer, you fhall lmell it before it come at you. Note, 
that it fmelletli more perfectly of the Flower, a good while-after, than 
at firft. ’ j 
This Rule, which wee haue giuen, is of fingular vie, for the Prepa -! 18 
rations of Medicines , and other Infufions. As for Example • The Leafe 
of Barrage hath an excellent Spirit, £0 reprefie the Fuliginous Vapour j 
of Dusky Melancholy, and fo t<y cure Madnefte : But neuertfieleffe, | 
if the Leafe be infilled long, it yeeldeth forth but a raw fubftance, of no j 
Vertue ; Therefore I fuppofe, that if in theMuftof Wine, or Wort; 
of Beere, while it worketh, before it bee Tunned, the Burrage ftava 
ffnall time, and bee often changed with frefh; It will make a Soueraigne 
Drinke for Melancholy Paffions. And the like Iconceiue of Orengsw 
Flo whs, 
Rnharb hath manifeftly in it Parts of contrary Operations: Parts that ' l 9 
purge « And parts that binde the Body : And the firft lav loofer, and 
the latter lay deeper : So that if you infufe Rubarb for an houreyand 
crufh it well, it will purge better, and binde the Body lefie after the 
purging, than if it ftood twenty fourehoures 5 This is tried : But I con- 
ceiue likewife, thatbv Repeating the Infufion of Rubarb , feuerali times.* 
(aswas faid of Violets) letting each ftay inbutafmall time j you may 
make it as ftrong a Purging Medicine, as Scammmy. And it is not a 
fmail thing wenne in Phyficke, if you can make Rubarb, and Other Medi¬ 
cines 
Experiments 
in Confort tou¬ 
ching Indiums 
and Accurate 
infufions, both 
in Liquors, and 
Wire. 
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