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T Ake Lead, and mck it,and in the middeft of it, when it beginneth 
tocongeale,make a UtcleDintiOrHole 3 and put jjhncke-filuer wrap- j 
| ped in a Peece of Linnen into that Hole, and the <pujck-Jiluer will hx^ 
| and runne no more, and endure the Hammer. This is a Noble 'infiance 
| of Induration, by Confent of out Body with another, and Motion of Exci- 
| union to Imitate-, For to aferibe it only to the Vapour of Leadfis lefle Pro- 
| bable. ypuyere whether rhe Fixing may be in fuch a degree, as it will be 
i Figured like other Metalls ? For if fo, you may make Workes of it for 
I foine ptirpofes, fo they come not neare the Eire, 
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Vgar hath putdowne the vfe of Honey 5 In fo much as wee haue loft 
thofe Obferuatiohs ,andPreparations of Honey, which th o Ancients had, 
when it was more in Price.Firft,it feemeth that there was,in old time, 
Tree-Honey, as well as Bee-Honey, Which was the Teareoi Blond 1 Oiling 
from the Tree: In fo much as one of the Ancients relateth, that in Trebi- 
fond, there wasHo/z^y ifliiing from the Box-Trees,which made Men Mad. 
Againe, in Ancient time,there was a Kind of Honey, which either of the 
owne Nature, or by Art, would grow as Hard as Sugar, And was not fo 
Lufhious as Ours. They had alio a \ Vine of Honey , which they made 
thus. They crulhed the Honey into a great guantitie oftrater , and then 
drained the Liquor-, After they boyled it in aCopper to the halfe .-Then 
they powred it into Earthen VeJJels,, for aftnall time^And after tunned it 
into VeJJels of mod, and kept it for many yeares. They haue alfo, atthis 
day i, in Kufia, and thofe Notherne Countries, Mead Simple, which (well 
made,and leafoned)is a good wholefomeD W»/’,and very Cleare.They 
vfe alfo in tValesy Compound Drinke of Mead,with Herbs, and Spices. 
But meane-while it were good, in recompence of that wee haue loft in 
Honey , there were brought in vfe a Sugar-Mead, (for fo we may call it,) 
though without any Mixture at allot Honey-, And to brew it,and keepe 
it ftale,as they vfe Mead-, For certainly,though it would not be fo Ab- 
fierjiue, and Opening, and Solutiuea Drinke, as Mead-, yet it will be more 
grateful! to the Stomach, and more Lenitim, and fit to be vfed in Sharpe 
Difeafes :For we fee, that the vfe of Sugar in Beere, and Ale, hath good 
EjfeBs in fuch Cafes. 
I T is reported by the Ancients, that there was a Kind of Steele, in fome 
places,which would polifh almoft as white and bright as Siluer. And 
that there was in India a Kind of Brajje, which ( being polifned ) could 
fcarce be di (cerned from Gold. Th is was in the Naturall Vre • But I am 
doubtfull,whether Men haue fufficicntly refined Met alls, which wee 
count BafezA$whefhevIron,BraJfe,and T in, be refined to rhe Heighth? 
But when they come to luchaFineneffc, as ferueththe ordinary vfe, 
they trie no further. 
T Here haue beene found cexta\neCementsvndexEarth,that are very 
Soft* And yet, taken forth into the Stih, harden as Hard as Marble: 
There 
■experiment 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching lndurati- [ 
on ly Sympathy, j 
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Expeiimcnt 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching Honey 
and Sugar. 
848 
Experiment 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching the Finer 
Sort of Baft 
Metalb. 
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Experiment 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching Cementi 
and Quarries. 
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