Experiments 
snConfort, 
coaching the 
Pnfturcs of the 
Bodie. 
Ill 
734 
735 . 
Experiment 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching Teplen- 
tianTenres. 
716 
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pgjtturaU Hiftorj: ) 
of the New shell ; And fometimesby the Frf/fa'jf/'f of the Colouroi it* ! 
The Cauftohhc Ca fling of Skin, and Shell, fhould fee me to be the great, 
fluantitte otMatterin tho (c Creatures, that is fit to make SPm, or shelly 
And Againe, the Loofenejfcot the Skin, or shell , that fticketh not dole to 
th cFteJh. For it is certaine,thatitis the New Skin, or shell, that putteth 
off the old: So we fee, that in Deere, itisth eToung Horne, that putteth 
off the Old, And ip Birds , the Young Feathers put off the Old: And fo 
Birds, that haue much Matter for their Beake, caft theii Beaks- the New 
Beaks Putting off the Old . 
L T'mg, not EreB, but HoUovp, which is in the Making of the Bed; Or 
with the Legs gatheredvp, which is in the Pofturc of the Body, is the 
more VVholefome. Th oReafon is, the better Comforting of the Stomach, 
which is by thatleffe Penfilc: And we fee, that in Weake Stomachs , the 
Laying vp of the Legs high, and the Knees almolt to the Mouth, hel- 
peth, and comforteth. We fee alio that Gatly-s lanes, notwithftanding 
their Mifery otherwife, arc commonly Fat and Flefhv 5 And theReafon 
is, bccaufe the Stomach is fupported fame what in Sitting • And is Pen- 
file in Standing, or Going. And therefore, for Prolongation of Life , it is 
good tochoofe thofe Exerci/es , where the Limbs moue more than the 
Stomach , and Belly 5 As in Rowing, and in Sawing being Set. 
Megrims and Giddinejje are rather when we Rife, after long Sitting 
than while we Sit. The Caufe is, for that the Vapours, which were gathe- 1 
red by Sitting , by the Sudden Motion , fly more vp into the Head . 
Leaning long vpon any Part maketh it Nnmme , and, as wee call it, 
Afleepe. The Caufe is, for that the Comprefion of the Part fuifereth not - 
the Spirits to haue free Accede j And therefore, when wee come out; 
of it, wee feele a Stingtng, ox Prickings Which is the Re-entrance ofthe 
Spirits. 
TT hath beene noted, that thofe Teares are Peftilentiall , and Vnwhole- A 
1 (ome, when there are great Numbers of Frogs, Flies, Locufls, See. The 
Caufe isplaine; For that thofe Creatures being engendredof PutrifMi- 
on, when they abound, (hew a generall Difpofuton of the Tears, an dCon- 
fiitutionof the Aire, to Difeafes of Putrefaction. And the fame Trogno- 
flicks, (as hath beene faid before,) holdeth, if you finde Wormes in Oaks- 
Apples. For the Confutation of the Aire , appeareth more tiibriily, in any 
of thefe Things , than to the Senfe of Man. 
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Experiment 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching the frog 
mlUdt s of Hard 
winters. 
737 
I T is an Obferuation amongfl: Country-People , that Teares of Store of 
Haws and Heps , doe commonly portend Cold Winters - And they aferibe 
it to Gods Providence, that, (as th 0 Scripture faith) reacheth euen to the 
Falling of a Sparrow • And much more is like to reach to the Preferu.it i- 
ono f Birds infuch Seafons. The Natnrall Caufe alfo may be the Want of 
Heat, and Abundance of Moiflure , in the Summer precedent • Which put¬ 
teth forth thofe Fruits, and mult needs leaue great fhtantitie of Cold Va- 
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