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j\jHurail Hijlory: 
Flame fircth Naphtha of (Babylon, a great drftancc off. It is 
thcrforca$^/V#of a very Noble Enquiry, to enquire of the 
more Subtil 1 Perceptions $ For it is another Kjy to open Na¬ 
ture, as well as the Senfe', And fometimes Better, And be- 
fidcs,ic is a Priacipall Meancs of NaturallDiuination, For that 
which in thefc Perceptions appearcth early, in the great Ef- 
fefts commcth long after. It is true alfo, that it ieructh to 
difeouer that which is Hid , as wcB as to foretell that which is 
to Corner As it is in many SubtiU Trialls ,• As to try whether 
Seeds be old, or new, the Senfe cannot informe: But if you 
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boile them in Water, the New Seeds w\W fprout fooner: And 
fo of Water, the Tafte will not dilcouer the belt Water ; But 
the Speedy Confumwg of it, and many other Msanes which 
wc haue heretofore let downe, will difcoucrit. So inallP^ 
fiognomy, 'i\\c Lineaments oi the Body will difccmer thofe Na¬ 
turall Inclinations of the Minds, which Difiimulation will con- 
ceale, or Difcipline will fuppreffe. Wee (hall therefore now 
handle only, thofe two Perceptions, which percaine to Natu¬ 
rall Diuination, and Difcoucry: Lcauing the Handling of Per¬ 
ception in other Things to be dilpofed EH«whcre. Now it is 
true, that Diuination is attained by other Meanes; As if you 
know the Caufes j If you know the Concomitants you may 
judge of the Effeth to follow; And the like may be faid of 
Difcouery > But we tic our Sclueshere, to that Diuination and 
Difcouery chiefly, which isjCaufed by an Early, or Subtill 
Perception . 
The Aptneffe or Propenjion of Aire, ©r Water , to Corrupt 
orPutrifie, (no doubt,) is robe found before itbreakclorth 
into manifeft Effetts of Difeajes, Biddings, or the like. Wee 
will therefore let downe forne Prognojticks of Peftilentiall 
and Fnwhole/ome Tearn . 
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The wind blowing much from the South, without Rme ; And 
tvermes in the Oake-Apple 5 haue bccnc fpoken of before. Alfo the Plenty 
of Preps, Grafheppers, Flies, and the like Crutures bred of Putrifa&ien, 
doth portend Peftilentiall Terns. 
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Great, and Early Hcets in the Spring, (and namely in May,) without 
Winds, portend the fame- And generally fodoe Terns with little wind, 
or Thunder . 
Great 
