Century . III. 
cured of a Cataradinoneof his Eyes) that while the Sillier Needle did 
worke vpon the Sight of his Eye, toremoue the Filmeof theCatarad, 
hec neuer law any thing more cleare or perfed, than that white Needle: 
Which (nodoubt) was, becaufethe Needle was Idler than the Pupili of 
rhe Eye, and fo tooke not the Light from it. The other Errour may be, for 
that the obieft of Sight doth ftrike vpon the Pupill ofthe £^,diredly with¬ 
out any interception; whereas the Caue of the Bare doth hold off the sound 
a little rrom the Organ : And fo neuerthclefie there is fome Dtftance re¬ 
quired in both. 
F'ifibles are fwifclier carried to the Senfe, than Asappeareth in a 73 
Thunder and Lightning ; Flame and the Report of aPeece •, Motion of 
the Aire in Hewing of Wood. All which haue beenefet downe hereto¬ 
fore, but are proper for this Title. 
I conceiue alfo, that the Species of Audible* doe hang longerin the Aire, 274 
than thofe of Ptjibles : For although euen thole of Vifibles, doe hang lome 
time, as we fee in Rings turned, that (hew like Spheres ; In Lute-firings 
fi Hipped j A Fire-Brand carried along,which leaueth a Traine of Light be¬ 
hind it; And in the Twi-light 5 And the like : Yet I conceiue tha t Sounds 
ftav longer, becaufe they are carried vp. and downe with the Wind: And 
becaufe or the Diftance of the Time in Ordnance difebarged, and heard 20. 
Miles olF. 
Ifi Fifibler, thereare notfound Obiedslo Odiousand Ingrate tothe 275 
Senfe, as in Audible s. For foule Sights doe rather difpleafe, in that they ; 
excite the Memory of foule Things, than in the immediate Obicds. And 
therefore in PiElures, thole foule Sights doe hot much offend, But in An- 1 
dibits, the Grating of a Saw, when it is fharpned* doth offend lb much, as | 
it fetteth the Teeth on Edge. Andany of the harjh Difcords in Muficke, the 
Earedoth Hraight-Waies refule. 
In nfibles, after great Light, if you come fuddenly into the Darke ; Or j 27^ 
cOrttrariwile,Qut of the Darke into a Glaring Light, the Eye is dazled for a ! 
time, and the Sight confufed; But whether any fuch Effed be after great J 
Sounds, or after a deepe Silence, may be better enquired. It is an old Tradi-! 
tion, that thofe that dwell neere the Cdtaratts of kit us,art ftrucken deafer 
But wee finde no fuch Effed, in CannonierS; nor Millers, nor thole that 1 
dwell vpon Bridges. 
It feetnerh that the imprest on of Colour is fo weake, as it worketh not 277 
but by d Cone of Hired Bernes, or Right Lines 5 whereof the Bafis is in 
theObied, and the Verticall Point in the Eye : So as there isaCorra- 
diation and Comuridionof Beanies •, And thofe Beames fo lent forth, yet 
are not of anv force to beget the like borrowed or lecortd Beames , ex¬ 
cept it be bv Reflexion, whereof we fpeake not. Fotthe beames palfe, and 
giue little T in&ure to that Aire, which is Adiacertt; which if they did, 
wee Ihould lee Colonrsmtof aRightline. But as this is in dolours, fo 6 - 
therwife ir is in thei>Wy of Light. For When t’hefeis aSkreeiie betweCne 
the Candle and the Eye, yet the paffeth tothe Pape* Whereon One 
writeth ; So that the Light is feenc, where the Body of the Flame is not 
Gj leene : 
