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A LL Bodies DuBUe, avATenfite, (as Metals e hai w:U bcci-awnc-mto J 
wires 5 wooll and Tow that will be drawne into Tame, or Thred) haue 
in them the Appetite of Not Difcontinuing. Strong v Which maketh them j 
follow* the Force, that ptilleththem out; And yet fo 5 as not to Dtfcon- j 
time or forlake their owne Body. Vifcous Bodies, (likewife) as Pitchy 
wax, Bird-Lime, Cbeefe toafied, will draw forth., and rope. But the 
difference betweene-B^iVr Fibrous, and Bodies Tifcous, is Plaine ; For all 
wooll, and Tow , and Cotton , and Silke 6 (efpeciallv raw silke) haue, be- 
fides their Defirc of Continuance, in regard of the Tenuity of their Thred, a | 
Greedincjje of Moijiure ; And by Motfiure to loyne and incorporate with 
, other Thred -, Efpecially if there be a little Wreathing , Asappeareth by 
the Twijting of Thred ; And the Pra&ice of Twirling about of Spindles. 
And we fee alfo, that Gold and SUtter Thred cannot bee made without 
Twijling. 
T He Differences of imprefible and Net Imprefible • Pigurable and Not 
Figurable^ Mouldable and Not Mouldable v Sctflile and Not Scifile-, And 
mariyotber Papons of Matter , are Plebeian Notions, applied vntothe In- 
(Iruments and Vfes which Men ordinarily pra&ife •, But they are all but 
the Ejfefls of fome of thefe Caufes following ; Which we will Enumerate 
without Applying them, becaufe that would bee too long. TheFirft is 
the Cefiion, or not Cefion of Bodies, into a Smaller Space or Roome, kee¬ 
ping the Outward Bnlke, and not flying vp. The Second is the Stronger 
or weaker Appetite, in Bodies * to Continuity , and to flie Vi [continuities. 
The Third is rhe Difpofition of Bodies, to Contraff, or Not Contract., 
And againe, to Extend, or Not Extend . The Fourth is the Small Qurn 
thy, or Great Quantity, of the Pneumaticallin Bodies, The Fifth is the 
Nature of the Pneumaticall, whether it bee Native Spirit of the Body, or 
Common Aire. The Sixth is, the Nature of the Natitte Spirits in the Body, 
whether they be Aftiue and Eager, or Dull and Gentle. The Seuenth is 
the Emifion or Detention of the Spirits in Bodies, the Eighth is the Di¬ 
latation , or Contraction of the Spirits in Bodies, while they are detained. 
The Ninth is the Collocation of the spirit sin Bodies ; whether the Colloca¬ 
tion be Equail, or Fnequall , And againe, whether the Spirits be Coacer- 
uate, or Diffufed. The Tenth is the Denjitie, or Raritic of th t Tangibles 
Parts. u The Eleuenth is the Equality or inequality of the Tangible Parts. 
j The Twelfth is the Difgefiion , or Crudity of the Tangible Parts. The 
J Thirteenth is the Nature of the Matter, whether Sulphureous or Mcrcu- 
I riall, watrie or Oilie, Drie and Terrefiriall, or Moift and Liquid ; which 
Natures of Sulphureous and Mercurialt, jeeme to bee Natures Radically and 
Principall . The Fourteenth is the Placing, of the Tangible Parts, in Length, 
or Tranfuerfe h (as it is in the warpe, and the woojeof Textiles -) More 
Inward, or More Outward-, &c. The Fifteenth is the Porofity, or lmporo- 
fity betwixt the Tangible Paris • And the Greatneffe , or SmalnejJ'e of the 
Pores. The Sixteenth is the Collocation and Pofture of the Pores. There 
may be more Caufes % but thefe doe occurre for the Prelent. 
