yS 
(aturall Hijloryi 
themfelues.And thcre^rethcy arc commonly Bodies ill mixed - And 
which take more plcaiure in a Forrainc Body,than in prcleruing their 
owne Confidence - And which haue little predominance in Droughty or 
Moifiure. 
Experiment 
Soluaiy cou* 
chtngthe life 
i Vfcranom ot 
Heal, and Turn. 
\9 4 
T7*/e, and Heat, are Fellowcs in many EfFe&s, Heat drieth Bodies, 
X that doe eafily expire* As Parchment, Leaues, Roots, Clay, &c. 
And,fo doth Time or Age afefie- As in the lame Bodies,&c. Heatdtf- 
folueth and melteth Bodies,that keepe in their Spirits* As in diuers Li- 
quefaBions * And To doth Time fin. fomc Bodies ot' a i'otter Confiftcnce: 
AsismanifeftinHoney, which by Age waxeth more liquid * And the 
like in Sugar • andfo in old Oyle,which is cuer more elcarc, and more 
hot in Medicinable vfc. Heat caufeth the Spirits to fearch Tome ItTue 
out of the Body* As in the Volatility of Aletalls- And fo dothr/we* As in 
the Mufi of MetallsJbut generally Heat doth that in fmall time, which 
Age doth in long. 
Experiment 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching thcdjp* 
\mg Operations 
of Fue, and 
■ Time. 
: ^5 
QOme things which patle the Fire are fofteft at firft,and by Time grow 
Ohard * As the Crumme of Bread.Some are harder when they come j 
irom thef ire , and afterwards giuc againe, and grow fofr, as the Cruft 
of Bread,Bisket, Sweet Meats, Saltj&c. The Caufe is, for that inthofe 
things which wax Hard with 7 ime, the Worke ot the Fire is a Kinde of 
Melting : And in thole that wax Soft with Time y ( contrariwife, ) the 
worke of the Fire is a Kinde of Baking, And whatfocucr the Fire baketh, 
| Timed oth infome degreediffolue. 
f 
Experiment 
Solitary cou¬ 
ching Motions 
by imtaiwn. 
%9fi 
\JSOtions pafle from one Man to another, not fo much by Exciting 
IVIlmagination.as by Inuitation* Efpecially iftherebean Aptnefl? 
or Inclination before. Therefore Gaping y ot Tawning,md Stretchingdoe 
i pafle from Man to Man * For that that caufeth Gaptngand Stretching is, 
when the Spirits are a little Heauy,hy any Vapour,or the like.For then 
they ftriue,( as it were, ) to wring out, and expell that which loadcth 
them: So Men drowzie,and defirous tofleepe* Or before the Fit of an 
Ague * doe vfe to Yawne and Stretch* And doe like wife yceld a Voice 
or sound, which is an interaction of Expulfion : So that ifanother be apt 
and prepared todoc the like, he followeth by the Sight of another. £o 
the Laughing of another maketh to Laugh. 
Experiment 
. Solitary tou¬ 
ching Infectious 
Difia/r. 
29 7 
' 1' , 
TT Here be fome knowne Difeafis that are infcBious * And Others 
i thar are not. Thole that are infeUiousy* re * Firft, liich as are chiefc- 
ly in the Spirit s\ and not fo much in the Humours - And therefore pafle 
eafily from Body to Body : Such arc Pefiilences, Lippi tuder, and fuch 
like. Secondly, fuch as Taint the Breath * Which wee fee paffeth nu- 
nifeftly from Man to Man * And not inuifiply, as the Ajfefts of the 
Spirits doc : Such are Consumptions ot the Lungs, See. Thirdly, ftich 
as come forth to the Skinne * And therefore taint the Aire, or the Body 
Adiacem 
