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they came to the fVdx^and then goeout: ol'tiac OrhL-r Three, the 7breed ^ 
consumed rafter than the Cotton^ by a Sixt li-parc cif Timc . The Cotton , 
next s .Then the liujb confirmed (lower than tbeOtfc%by atleaft a third 
part o£ time. For the Bigneffoofthe Flame, the Cotton , and Thred, caft 
a £/^M^itiuchalike -and the j?«jfeiniich leffe,and dimmer. Quart, whe¬ 
ther wodd-pand wukes both, as iifl rforcbes, confume fafber, than the 
Wicked simple. 
We faaue fpokenof the Seuerall fl/Laterialls,and the Seuerall wiekes: 
But to the lofting of theF/^f 3 itimponeth alfo. Not only what the 
teriallhjput in the fa wfcAfateriallj whether it be Hard, Soft, 01 d, New, 
&c,Qqo(X Houfewiuespo make their Candles burne the longer,vfe to lay 
them ( one by one ) in Bran, or Flower, which make them harder,and lo 
they Confume the flower: In fo much, as by this meanes,they will out- 
la ft other Candles pal the fame Scuffe, almoft Halfcin Halfe. For Bran 
and Flowerhme. aVertue to Harden: So that both Age, and lying in 
the Bran, doth helpe to the Lafting. And we fee that wax Candles laft 
longerthan Tallow Candles ,becaufe wax is more firme, and hard. 
The Lafting oiFlame alfo dependeth vponthe eafte Drawing of the 
Nourishment-, As wefee in the Court of Englandpherc is a Seruice which 
( f they call All-night ^hich is(as it were )a great Cake ofWax,with the 
Wieke in the Midd&ft whereby it com meth to pafle, that the YVieke 
fetcheth the Nourifnment further off. We fee alfo that Lamps laft lon¬ 
ger, becaufe the Vefleli is farre broader, than the Brcdth of a Tapcr,or 
Candle. 1 . ■ d > 
Take aTurrettedLampe of Tinne,made in the forme ofa Squire^The 
Height of theTurret being thrice as much, as the length of the lower 
1 part whereupon the Lamps ftandeth .* Make only one Hole in it, at the 
End of the Returnefurtheft from the Turret , Reuerfe it, and fill it full 
of Oile, by that Hole- And then fet it vprightagaine-And put a Wicke 
in at the Hole • And lighten it: You fhall hnde that it will burne flow, 
and a long time.Which is caufed,( as was faid laft before,)for that the 
Flame fetcheth the Nourishment afarre off. You fhall finde alfo, that as 
the Oile wafteth, and defcendeth,fo the Top of the Turret ,by little and 
little, filieth with Aire • which is caufed by the Rarefa&ion of the Oile 
by the Hear.lt were worthy the Obferuation, to make a Hole, in the 
Top of t he Tur ret,and to trie, when the Oile is almoft confirmed, whe¬ 
ther the Aire made of the Oile pi you put to it a Flame of a Candbpn the 
letting of it forth, will Enflame. It were good alfo to haue the Lampe 
made,not of Tinne,but of Glaffephat you may fee how the Vapour, or 
Aire gathereth, by degrces,in the Top. 
A Fourth Point, that importeth the lafting of the Flame, is the cloft- 
neffeoi the Aire, wherein the Flame burnetii. We fee,that if Windblow- 
eth vpon a Candle pt wafteth apace. We fee alfo, it lafteth longer in a 
Lantbome, than at large, And there are Traditions of Lampespsnd Can- 
dies,that haue burnt a very long time, in Canes, and Tmbs, 
A fifth Point, that importeth the Lafting of the Flame , is the Nature 
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