Century . V 1 1 1 ,':, 
Stamped Almonds • Wherewith they alfo bdmeare the Month of the ' 
| And iodraw it off, a her it hath refted roiiiecime.lt were good, | 
: to trie this Ciar ifyingwiih Almonds,mNew Been ,or Mu ft,to hafttn,and 
perfect the Clarifying. , 
r Here be fcarceto be found anyVegetables,thathaucBrancbes,and no 
Leaues^xccpz you allow CorallCox one.But there is alfo in the De- 
\fins ot's.M /cario in *s£gypt,a Plant which is Long 4 LeaucleftcyBrowne 
I' of Colour, and Branched like Cor all, laue that it cioleth at the Tt^.This 
being fee in Water within#<?#/£,fpreadeth and difplayeth ftrangdy-And 
the people thereabouts haue a Superftitious Beleefe,thacin the Labour 
ofomen, it helpeth to the Dtliuerancc. 
T Hc CryfiaUine Vmice Glajje , is reported to be a Mixture^ in equal 1 
Tortious, of Stones, brought from Pauia by ibc RiuerTicinmn-, And 
the Afpes of a Weed called by the Arabs Kali 5 which is gathered in a De- 
fartbetweene Alexandria and Rofetta-, And is by the Egyptians \kd fir ft 
for Fuel!- And then they criiih the Afhes intoLumps, likeaS^f-And 
fo fell them to the Venetians for their GlaJJe-workes . 
I T is ftrange,and wellto be noted,how long Carkajjes haue continued 
Vacorrupt, and in the former Dimenjions • As appeareth in the Mum¬ 
mies of Au.\fypt-y Hailing lafted, as is concerned, ( fome of them • ) three 
thoufand yeeres.lt is true,they findeMeanes to draw forth the Brnines, 
and to rake forth the£/zmd/c.r,which are thePam apteftto cofrupr.But 
chat is nothing to the Wonder* For wee fee, what a Soft and Corrup¬ 
tible Subfiance thcFlefb,of all the oth QTParts ofthePi^is.But it fhould 
feeme,that according to our Obferuation, and Axiom ) in our hundredth 
Experiment, Putrefaction, which we coticeiue to be fo Naturall a Period 
of Bodies t is but an Accident-, And that Matter maketh not that Hafte to 
Corruption, that is conceiucd. And therefore Bodies in shining.Amber -, 
In Quick-Silver i In Balmes, ( whereof we now fpeake •) In wax -, In 
Honey ; In Gummes • And(it may be ) in Conferuatories of snow 5 See. are 
preferned very long.lt need not goe forRepetition,if we refume againe 
that which we faid in the afore laid Experiment , concerning Annihilati¬ 
on ; Namely, thatifyouprouideagainft three Caufes of Putrefaction, 
• Bodies will not corrupt: The firft is, that the Airebe excluded-, For rhdt 
vndermineth the Body,a nd confpircrh with the Spirit of the Body to dif- 
folue ir.TheSccond is,thaztheBodyAdiacent ax\d A mbient be noiCom- 
materiall ,but meerely Hcterogcneall towards the Body that is to bee 
preferued-. For if Nothing can be received by the One, Nothing can if- 
iuefrom the Other* Such are. fhticke-Siluer,and white-Amberyo Hetbs , 
and Flies find iuchBodi es.T heTh ird is,that thePodptobe preferued ,bl 
not ofthat Groffy, that it may corrupt within it felfe, although no Part 
of it iflue into the Body Adiacent : And therefore it muft be rather Thin 
and Small, than of Bulke, There is a Fourth Reihedie aifb^.whkh is - 
_. _ __ That 
' 9 ? 
Experiment 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching Plants 
withoutlM«fr. 
7 6 9 
Expeument 
Soluaiy tou¬ 
ching the Ma- 
t mails of Glafft. 
77° 
Experiment 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching F obibi- 
tion ot l rutrefa- 
<Sfio» } andihe 
LongCmfer nati¬ 
on of Bodies. 
771 
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