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Solitary tou¬ 
ching cheForoo 
of Imagination, 
Imitating that 
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Experiment 
Solitary.tou- 
ching Prefer na¬ 
tion of Bodies. 
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Solitary tou- 
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Growth, or 
Multiplyingof 
Metals. 
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3\^aturall Hijiorj: ] 
T Hofe Ejfefts, which arc wrought by the Per cation of the Senfe, and j 
by Things \xiFaB, are produced likewifein iome degree, by the 
Imagination. Therefore if a Man fee another eat So w<? or Acide Things, 
which fet the Teeth on edge 3 this 0 ^efi tainteth the Imagination. So that 
he thatTeeth the Thing done by another, hath his owne Teeth aifo fet on 
edge. So if a Man fee another turnc fwiftly, and long - 3 Or if hee looke 
vpon pvheeles that turnc, Hirafelfe waxeth Turne-fcke. So if a Man bee 
vpon an High place , without Railes , or good Hold, except he be vfed to 
it,hc is Ready to FalhFor Imagining a Fall,it putteth his Sprits into the 
very Aftion of a Fall. So Many vpon the Seeing, of others Bleed, or 
Strangled,ox Tortured, Themfelues are ready to faint, as if they Bled, or 
were in Strife. 
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T Ake a Stock~Gilly-Flower, and tie it gently vpon a Sticke, and put 
them both into a Stoop-GlaffefuW of guick-filuerfo that the Flower 
be couered:Then lay a [ittkWeigbt vpon the Top of theGlaJfeyhat may 
keepe the Sticke downe^ And look vpon them after foure or hue daies. 
And you fhall finde the Flower Frefh, ancl the Stalke Harder, and Ieffe 
Flexible than it was. If you compare it with another Flower , gathered 
at the fame time,it will be the more manifeft.This l'hewethjthar^^w 
doepreferue excellently in Jgmck-filuer , And not preferue onIyJaut,by 
the Coldneffeoi the yfrick-filuer, Indurate ; For the Frcjhnejje of the 
Flower may be meereiy Confermtion ^ (which is the more to be obfer- 
ued, becaufe the gnickfiluer prefTeth the Flower •) Rut the Stiffeneffe of 
the Stalke cannot be without Induration f rom the Cold (as ltlecmeth,) 
of the guick-filuer . 
I T is reported by Tome of the Ancients , that in Cyprus, there is a Kinde 
of iron , that being cut into Little Peeces , and put into the Ground , if 
it be well hatred, will increafe into Greater Peeces. This is certaine, 
1 and knowne of Old ; That Lead will multiply, and Increafe . As hath J 
j beene feene in OldStatua's of Stone , which haue beene put in Cellars • j 
The Feet of them being bound whhLeaden Bands, Whereafter a time) | 
there appeared, that the L ead did fwell h Infomuch as it hanged vpon ! 
the Stone like warts. 
Experiment 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching the 
Drowning of 
the wore Bafe 
Met ad in the 
more I retiouu 
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f Call HrowningoS. Metals, when that the Safer Met all, isfoirtcorpo- 
1 rate with the more Rich,as it can by nd meanes be feparated againe : 
which is a kinde of Kerf on, though Falfe: As if siluer fbonld be inf'epa- 
rably incorporated with GolfOx Copper, and Lead, with siluer.The An¬ 
cient Elettrum had in it a Fifth of siluer to the Gold 5 And made a Com¬ 
pound Metall, as fit for moft vfes,as Gold ; And more Refplcndent, and 
more Qualified in fome other Properties ; But then that was eafily Se¬ 
parated. This to doe priuily, or to make the Compound paffe for the 
Rich Mettall Simple, is an Adulteration or Counterfeiting; But if it be 
done AuowedIy,and without Difguizing, it may be a great Sauingof 
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