Qenturj . VII. 
cion of them, we referre to that Place, where wee meane to handle the T itle of 
Animal’s ingeneral/. 
A Man Leapeth better with freights-, in his Hands , than without. The 
Caufe is 3 tor that the freight , (it it be proportionable,) llrengtheneth 
the Sinewes , by Contrasting them. For otherwile, where no Contraction is 
needfuli, freight hindereth. As we fee in Horfe-Races, Menaxt curious to 
fore-fee, that there be not the lead might , vpon the one Horfe,moft than 
vpon the other. In Leaping with Weights, the^me/are fird callback- 
wards, and then forwards,with fo much the greater Force: For the Hands 
goe backward before they take their Raife. Jgu<ere, if the contrary Motion 
of the Spirits, immediately before the Motion wee intend,doth notcatife 
the Spirits, as it were, to breake forth with more Force: As Breath alfo 
drawen,andkepcin, commeth forth more forcibly : And in Cajling of 
any Thing, the Armcs , to make a greater Swing, are firil call backward. 
O F Muficall T ones, and Vne quail Sounds, wee haue Ipoken before • 
Rut touching the Fleafure, and Difpleafure of the Senfes, not fo fully. 
Harjh Sounds, as of a Saw, when it is fharpened; Grinding of one Stone 
’ againd another 5 Squeaking,or S Inching Noife make a Shi tiering or Hor- 
rour in the Body, and fet the Teeth on edge. The Caufe is, for that the Oh- 
ieSts of the Eare, doe affed the Spirits (immediately) moll with Pleafure 
and Offence. We fee,there is no Colour that affedeth the Eye much with 
Diftlcafure : There be Sights, that are Horrible, becaulcthey excite the 
Memo ry of T hings that are 0 dio us,or Fearfully But the fame Things Pain¬ 
ted dot little aifed. As for Smells fTafies, and Touches,they be Things that 
doe affed,bv a Participation, or Impulfion of the Body, of the OhieSt. So it j 
is Sound alone, that doth immediately, and incorporeally, affed mod : | 
This is mod manifedin Mujicke ; and Concords and Difcordsin Mufxcke : i 
For all Sounds, whether they be lharpe, or Flat, if they be Sweet, haue a 
Roundneffe and Equalitie • And if they bee Harfn, are Fne quail: For a 
Difcordi t lelfe is but a Harjh nejje of Diuerj Sounds Meeting. It is true, 
that Inequality J not Stayed vpon, but Palfmg, is rather an Encreale of 
Sweetnejfe j As in the of a wreathed String j And in the Raucitie 
■ of a Trumpet ; And in the Nightingale-Pipe of a Regally And in a Dif- 
cord draight falling vpon a Concord : But if you llav vpon it,it is Offenfiue* 
And therefore, there be thele three Degrees of Pleafmg and Dityleafing in 
Sound f Sweet Sounds', Difcords • and Harjh Sounds, which wee call by 
diuers Names, as skriching, or Grating, fuch as we now fpeake of. As for 
the Setting of the Teeth on Edge, we fee plainly, what an Inter- 
courfe there is,between the Teeth,mdr\\t Organ of the 
Hearing, by the Taking of the End of a Bow, 
betweene the Teeth, and Striking 
vpon the String, ; 
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Experiment 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching Leaping. 
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Experiment 
Solitary ton- \ 
ching the Pica- \ 
fures, and Dif- j 
pleafurcs of the | 
Senfes, c fpeci- 
ally of Hearing, 
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