Century . V I i 
I T is conceiuedby feme, (not improbably,) that the reaforij why wild/- 
Fires , (whereof the principall Ingredient is Bitumen,) doe not quench 
with water, is, for that the fir ft Concretion of Bitumens a Mixture of: a 
Fiery , and watry Subjiance: So is not Sulphur. This appeared!, for that 
in the nearewhich they call the Court si Vulcan, you (hall 
hcare, vnder the Earth, a Horrible Thundring of Fire, and Water, con- 
Aiding together: And there breake forth alio Spouts of Boy ling Water. 
Now that Place yeeldeth great Quantities of Bitumen i Whereas ^Etna, 
and Vefuuius, and the like, which confift vpon Sulphur, (hoot forth' 
Smoake , and Afhes, and Pumice, but no water. It is reported alfo, thit Bi¬ 
tumen Mingled with Lime, and Put vodet Water, will make, as it werc,an 
Artificial Roche ; The Subjiance becommeth fo Hard* 
T Here is a Cement compounded of Flowre, whites of Egges, an d Stone 
powdred , that becommeth Hard as Marble wherewith Pifeina mira- 
j bills, neare Cuma y is (aid to hauethe Walls Plaitered. Anditiscercaine, 
| and tried, that the Powder of Load Stone, and Flint, by the Addition of 
whites of Egges, and Gum-Dragon, made into Pajle , will in a few dayes 
harden/to the Hardnefle ofa Stones. 
T T hath beene noted by the Ancients, that in Full or Impure Bodies, Vl- 
1 cers or Hurts in the Legs, are Hard to Cure; And in the Head more Ea- 
he. The Caufe is, for thatVlcersoi Hurts in the Legs require Deficcatior ?, 
which by the Defluxion of Humours to the Lower Parts is hindred 3 Wher- 
as Hurts and Vlcers in the Head require it not; But contrariwife Drimjfe 
makeththem moreapt to Confolidate. And in Moderne Obferuation, 
the like difference hath beene found, betweene French-Men, and Englifh- 
Mcn ; Whereof the ones Conftitution is more Drie, and the others more 
Moift. And therefore a Hurt of the Head is harder to cure in a French- 
Man, and of the Legge in an Englijh-Man. 
l 91 
Expel taicnt 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching the Ma¬ 
terials of IVike -; 
Fire. 
783 
I T hath beene noted bv the Ancients , that Southern Winds, blowing 
much,without Raine, doe caufe a Feuouroue Difpofition of the Teare • But 
with Raine, not. The Caufe is, for that Southerne winds doe, ofthemlelues, 
qualifie the Aire, to be apt to caufe Feuers ; But when showers are ioy- 
ned, they doe Refrigerate in Part, and Checke the Sultry Heat of the 
Southerne wind. Therefore this holdeth not in the * Sea-Coafts , becaufe 
the Vapour of the Sea, without Showers, doth refrefh. 
| | T hath beene noted by the Ancients, that wounds which are made 
! 1 with BrajJ'o, heale more eafilv, than wounds made with Iron. The Caufe 
| is, for that Braffe hath, in it felfe, a Sanatiue Vertue ; Andfo in the very In- 
j Rant helpcth fomewhat: But Iron is Corrofiue, and not Sanatiue. And 
{thereforeit were good, that the Inflruments whicharevfedby Chirur. 
\ gians about wounds, were rather of Braffe, than Iron. 
< hi 
Experiment 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching Plafler 
growing as 
Hard&sMarble. 
784 
Experiment 
Solitary cou¬ 
ching ludge- 
nsetii of the 
Cure inlome 
Veers and 
Hum. 
785 
Experiment 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching che 
Heallbfulneffe 
or Vnhealtbful. 
ttefpeohhcSou- 
tbmetvmd. 
785 
Experiment 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching wounds. 
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