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that Hot Water will quench Fire. And againe wee Tee, that in Bodies j 
wherein the Water doth not much enter, but only the Heat pafleth, Hot 
1 water worketh the Effe&s oF Fire : As in Egges Boyled, and Roijled, (in- 
j to which the water entreth not at all) there is fcarce difference to be dif- 
! cerned, But in Fruit , and Flefij, whereinto the Water entreth, in Tome 
Parr, there is much more differences 
T* He Bottome of a VeJJell ofBoyling Water, (ashathbeene obferued) is 
4 not very much Heated ; So as men may put their hand vnder the 
VeJJell, and remoue it. The Cau/e is, for that the Moijlureoi water, as it 
quencherh Coales, where it entreth • So it doth allay Heat, where it tou- 
clieth: And therefore note well, that Moijiure although it doth not paffe 
thorow Bodies, without Communication of fame Subjtancc, (As Heat and 
Coldd oe,) yet it worketh manifeft Effe&s • not by Entrance of the Bo¬ 
dy, but by Qualifying of the Heat, and Cold; As wee fee in this in- 
fiance : And we lee likewife, that the water of Things dijlilled in Water, 
(which they call the Bath ) differeth not much from the water of Things 
Diflilled by Fife: We fee alfo, that Pewter-Difhes i with Water in them, 
will not Melteafily; But without it, they will: Nay we fee more, that 
Butter, or Oyle, which inthemfelues are Inflammable, yet by Vertueof 
their Moijiure, will doe the like. 
Experiment 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching the Squa¬ 
ll ficationof Heat 
byMeifturc. 
^84 
¥ T hath beene noted by the Ancients, that it is dangerous to Picke ones 
\.Eare, while A he Tawncth. The Caufeis, for that in Yawning, the Inner 
Parchment of the Eare is extended, by the Drawing in of the Spirit , and 
Breath ; For in Tawning, and Sighing both, the Spirit is firft flrongly 
Drawne in, and then flrongly Expelled. 
Experiment 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching Yawning* 
6 S S 
TT hath beene oblerued by the Ancients t that Sneezing doth ceafe the 
Y. Hiccough, The Cau/e is, for that the Motion of the Hiccough, is a Lifting 
vpof the Stomacke ; which Sneering doth fomewhat deprclfe, anddiuert 
the Motion another way. For firfl we fee that the Hiccough commeth of 
Fulnejfe of Meat, (efpeciallv in Children ) which caufeth an Extcnfion 
of the Stomacke : We fee alfo, it is caufed by Actde Meats, or Drinkes , 
which is by the Pricking of the Stomacke: And this Motion isccafed, ei¬ 
ther by Diuerfton ; Or by Detention of the Spirits: Diuerfm , asin 5 >w- 
ring- Detention, as we fee Holding of the Breath, dothhelpe fomewhat 
to ceafe the Hiccough: And putting a Man into an earneft Study doth 
the like; As is commonly vied: And Vinegar put to the Nojlhrills , or 
Garzarized, doth it alfo; For that it is Ajlringent, and inhabiteth the 
Motion of the Spirits. 
Experiment 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching the Hie- 
cough, 
636 
T O^wgagainft the Suntie § doth induce sneering. The Cau/e is, hot 
Lthe Heating oftkc Nofibrils ; For then the Holding vp of the Noflhrib 
againftthe Same, though one Winkc, would doe it; ^ux. the Drawing 
downe of the Moijiure of the Braine: For it will make the Eyes run with 
P 3 . water ; 
Experiment 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching Sneering. 
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